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6 lis 2014 · Mahler Listening Guide Symphony no. 2 in C Minor (“Resurrection”) by Bettie Jo Basinger. Gustav Mahler. Work History. Mahler composed his Second Symphony over a period of seven years.
The Symphony No. 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection Symphony, was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895. This symphony was one of Mahler's most popular and successful works during his lifetime.
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 ...
Thus the song 'Urlicht', composed in 1892 on a text from Des Knaben Wunderhorn – Mahler's principal text source for his songs – became the fourth movement of the Second Symphony.
12 kwi 2018 · The symphony Mahler scored for a large orchestra including 4 flutes, 4 oboes, 5 clarinets, 10 French horns, 8 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, a great range of percussion including 3 cowbells, 2 harps, organ, large string section plus soprano and alto soloists and chorus.
Here, Mahler uses all of his skill as composer to craft a dramatic musical and emotional turning point: The key is Db major—a long way (to the ear, not the finger) from the C that ended the last movement, and it gives a breathtaking freshness to the soft entrance of the alto soloist and strings.
Mahler wrote symphonies at a time when audiences expected a sort of written explanation of the music—a “program.” Although he provided copious explanations of his Second Symphony, it wasn’t without objection: It only gives a superficial indication, all that any program can do for a musical work,
