Listening Guide The Works Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937) – The Ocean, Op. 99 National Symphony Orchestra Of UkraineJohn Mclaughlin Williams, Conductor(Naxos 8.559064)Buy this CD on Amazon.com Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941) – Les Chants De La Mer Orchestre Philharmonique Du LuxembourgMarc Soustrot, Conductor(Timpani 1c1135)Buy this MP3 album on Amazon.com Frederick Delius (1862-1934) – Sea DriftThomas Hampson,… Continue reading Buried Treasure – The Sea (Part II)
Month: October 2010
Buried Treasure – The Sea (Part I)
Listening Guide The Works Ralph Vaughan Williams – A Sea Symphony Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) – Symphony No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 39 (“From The Seaward Skerries”)Elisabeth Söderström, sopranoGösta Winbergh, tenorStockholm Philharmonic OrchestraStig Westerberg, conductor(Bluebell ABCD 001)Buy this CD on Amazon.com Gustaf Nordqvist – Til Havs (To The Sea) Jussi Bjoerling, TenorOrchestra Conducted By… Continue reading Buried Treasure – The Sea (Part I)
Symphony No. 6 In A Minor – Fourth Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Allegro Moderato (Sostenuto); allegro energico Principal key: A minor with various subsidiary keys (C minor, D major and minor, F-sharp and B-flat major, A major, F minor, E-flat major and G major and minor) Time Signature: alla breve opening leads to the principal 4/4 meter Form: Extended sonata form with… Continue reading Symphony No. 6 In A Minor – Fourth Movement
Symphony No. 6 In A Minor – Third Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Andante Moderato Key: E-flat major (second theme in G minor, then in E minor and A minor) with the Development in E minor and 2 episodes, the first in E minor then E major, the second in C major.Time Signature: 4/4 Form: Rondo form. (ABA’B’A’Coda)
Symphony No.6 In A Minor – Second Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Wuchtig (weighty or powerful) (3/8 ausschlagen ohne zu schleppen) (3/8 meter not too dragging).Key: A minor (First trio in F major and Second trio in D major)Time Signature: 3/8 (numerous meter shifts throughout the trios)Form: Scherzo with two Trios (ABA’B’AACoda)
Symphony No. 6 In A Minor – First Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo:Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig (Vigorous, but emphatic). Key: A minor (second theme in F major; recapitulation in A major with the second theme in D major) Time Signature: 4/4 Form: Modified Sonata form
Symphony No. 6 In A Minor – Introduction
Listening Guide The Work Date(s) of composition: 1903-4; published by C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger, Leipzig (1906) in three editions (a full orchestral score, study score and a four-hand piano transcription by Alexander von Zemlinsky) were published, the second of which reversed the order of the middle movements from Scherzo-Andante to Andante-Scherzo and contained substantial… Continue reading Symphony No. 6 In A Minor – Introduction
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 5th Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Allegro. Allegro giocoso.Principal Key: D major.Time Signature: 2/2 Form: Although Mahler used the term Arondo in the title of this movement, its structure is hardly that of a traditional rondo. Some commentators consider the movement to be in sonata-form, but there are several reasons to doubt the efficacy of… Continue reading Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 5th Movement
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 4th Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Sehr langsam (Very slowly) Key: F (with modulations in the B section to C minor, G-flat major, E major, D major, etc.). Time Signature: 4/4 Form: ABA
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 3rd Movement
Listening Guide The Work Third Movement: Scherzo In what strange simplification and falsification man lives! One can never cease wondering once one has acquired eyes for this marvel! How we have made everything around us clear and free and easy and simple! How we have been able to give our senses a passport to… Continue reading Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 3rd Movement