Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) composed the beautiful Serenade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 11 in 1884, before his "creative crisis" of 1890. For a small orchestra, it was premiered in 1885, his friend and mentor Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov conducting. Instrumentation: 2.1.2.2: 2.0.0.0: Str (9-8-7-6-5 in set).