Listening Guide The Work Tempo: In ruhig fliessender Bewegung (In calmly flowing motion)Principal Key: C minor (C major in the trio)Time Signature: 3/8.Rhythm: fast ländler with a sixteenth-note ostinato.Form: Scherzo and trio. ChorusAuferstehn, ja auferstehn wirst du,Mein Staub, nach kurzer Ruh!Unsterblich LebenWird, der dich rief, dir geben. Wieder aufzublühn, wirst du gesät!Der Herr… Continue reading Symphony No.2 in C Minor – Fifth Movement
Category: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
Symphony No.2 in C Minor – Fourth Movement
Listening Guide The Work “Urlicht” (“Primal Light”) from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”Tempo: Sehr feierlich aber schlicht (Choralmässig) (very solemn but modestly simple) [Like a chorale]Key: D-flat major (middle section begins in B-flat minor)Time Signature: 4/4 (with alternating meter shifts).Form: Though-composed in ABA structure. O Röschen rot!Der mensch liegt in größter Not!Der mensch liegt in größter… Continue reading Symphony No.2 in C Minor – Fourth Movement
Symphony No.2 in C Minor – Third Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: In ruhig fliessender Bewegung (In calmly flowing motion)Principal Key: C minor (C major in the trio)Time Signature: 3/8.Rhythm: fast ländler with a sixteenth-note ostinato.Form: Scherzo and trio.
Symphony No.2 in C Minor – Second Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Im Tempo des Scherzos; Wild herausfahrend; Langsam, Allegro energico, nicht zu schnell; Kräftig; Mit einem Male etwas wuchtiger; Mit etwas drängendem Charakter; Langsam. Misterioso, etc. (In the tempo of the Scherzo; a wild outburst; slowly; energetically fast, without rushing; powerfully; somewhat weightier; somewhat pressed; slowly, mysteriously etc.)Key: C minor/major,… Continue reading Symphony No.2 in C Minor – Second Movement
Symphony No.2 in C Minor – First Movement
Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Allegro Maestoso. Mit durchaus ernstem und feierlichem Ausdruck. (with serious and solemn expression throughout).Principal Key: C minor (second subject in E major)Time Signature and Rhythm: 4/4, slow funeral march.Form: Modified and expanded sonata allegro form.
Symphony No.2 in C Minor – Introduction
Listening Guide The Work Date(s) of Composition: 1888-1894; published by Hofmeister, Leipzig in 1897Place of Composition: Leipzig, Hamburg and SteinbachPremiere: first three movements: 4 March 1895; complete symphony: 13 December 1895 both given in Berlin under Mahler’s direction. Orchestration:4 flutes (doubling with piccolo); 4 oboes (3rd and 4th double with English horn); 4 clarinets… Continue reading Symphony No.2 in C Minor – Introduction