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)
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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
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 2nd Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz. (Stormily agitated, with the greatest vehemence). Key: A minor, F minor in the second theme, with various major and minor key modulations; E minor for the second theme in the recapitulation and D major for the Grand Chorale. Time Signature: 2/2 Form: ABABA with… Continue reading Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – 2nd Movement
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – First Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Trauermarsch. In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt. (Funeral March. In measured tread, austere, like a funeral cortège.) Key: C-sharp minor (modulating to A-flat, then to B-flat minor for the first trio, D-flat major and then A minor for the second trio, etc.) Time Signature: 2/2 Rhythm: funeral march. Form:… Continue reading Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – First Movement
Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – Introduction
Listening Guide The Work Date(s) of Composition: 1901-02; published by C. F. Peters (1904), revised edition, 1919.Place of Composition: Maiernigg and ViennaPremiere: Cologne, 18 October 1904. Orchestration: 4 flutes (3rd and 4th double with piccolo); 3 oboes (3rd doubles with English horn); 3 clarinets (3rd doubled with bass clarinet); 3 bassoons (3rd doubles with… Continue reading Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor – Introduction
Rückert-Lieder – Um Mitternacht (At Midnight)
Listening Guide The Work Key: B minor in the piano version and the Kritische Gesamtausgabe; B-flat minor and A minor in other orchestral editions. Tempo: Ruhig. Gleichmässig. (Restful, evenly) Time Signature: 3/2, alternating with 2/2, 4/2 and 6/2. Orchestration: no strings; 2 flutes; 2 oboes (oboe d’amore in A minor version); 2 clarinets; 2… Continue reading Rückert-Lieder – Um Mitternacht (At Midnight)