Who was the composer of both the "Christmas Symphony" and "Symphony No.3"?
Symphony No. 2 (Penderecki) Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki wrote his Symphony No. 2 during the winter of 1979–80. Sometimes referred to as the "Christmas Symphony" (quotations of the Christmas carol "Silent Night" occur repeatedly throughout the symphony), neither the score nor the parts (Schott Music, Mainz 45 791) make any reference to this moniker.
Symphony No. 3 (Malipiero) Gian Francesco Malipiero's Terza Sinfonia, "delle Campane" is the third of his eleven numbered symphonies and it was completed in February 1945, two months before the end of the Second World War in Italy with the fall of the Italian Social Republic. It was premiered on November 4 in Florence, with Igor Markevitch conducting.