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6 lis 2014 · Considering that the program Mahler outlined for Marschalk in 1896 specifies that the hero mourned in the opening movement of Symphony no. 2 equates to the same individual that his First Symphony depicts, the allusion to the latter piece in the former work seems a natural choice.
So the ‘programme’ of the symphony resolves itself into a symbolic description of a psychological mood-sequence: a sense of outrage at the omnipotence of death, a haunting awareness of the fragility of life’s happiness, and a feeling of disgust at the mechanical and aimless triviality of everyday life, followed by a turning away to faith ...
The canon is in three voices spaced by a span of two measures; it unfolds over an ostinato in the bass which provides the harmonic basis for the piece, implying a progression of eight chords: Chord progression of the Canon
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) ‘Resurrection’ I called the first movement ‘Todtenfeier’, and if you want to know, it is the hero of my first symphony whom I am bearing to the grave, and whose life I, from a lofty vantage point, reflect in a clear mirror – Mahler, writing to Max Marschalk, 26 March 1896 Introduction
Johannes Brahms. Program Notes by Dr. K. Dawn Grapes. Date of Composition: 1877. Duration: 43 minutes. Although Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) was born and raised in the German town of Hamburg, he spent much of his adulthood in Vienna, where he gained a reputation as a bit of an eccentric.
23 wrz 2019 · Does the Second Symphony chart a path from doubt to faith? Is the “resurrection” of the finale a literal or metaphorical one? Is the journey of the Second Symphony ambiguous, a winding road that allows each listener to find their own meaning?
The medieval sequence ‘Dies irae’ haunts the movement as a spectre. Peace and repose are promised, as in the beautiful second theme in the strings, but consoling hints like this are cut short by grim reminders of mortality. The progress of the movement is inexorable — it ends in annihilation.
