CV18.152/00
Vierne began work on his 2ème Symphonie, Op. 20 while staying at the resort of Cayeux-sur-Mer in Picardy (northern France) in the summer of 1901. The work was completed in 1903 and published by Pérégally et Parvy fils in Paris that same year. The 2ème Symphonie is the first of Vierne's cyclical symphonies. The two themes upon which the whole work is based are presented in the first movement (Allegro).