 He composed the majority of his orchestral works in this genre at two periods of his career—at the beginning, with "Sadko" and "Antar" (also known as his Second Symphony, Op.9), and in the 1880s, with "Scheherazade", "Capriccio Espagnol" and the "Russian Easter Overture".Despite the gap between these two periods, the composer's overall approach and the way he used his musical themes remained consistent.