RE: (western) classical music discussion
March 24, 2015 at 5:16 pm
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2015 at 5:39 pm by Alex K.)
Ok I've started up the Berliner's latest rendition of Mahler 7. So far so marchy 
I've read that the some of the following movements, especially #4, have a more intimate quality.
Promises to be very interesting.
Haha, Wikipedia says that before the pemiere in Prague, Alban Berg and Klemperer came visit and helped Mahler with the finishing touches. What a monument, that you need three geniuses to lift it to the finishing line!
Have you read that it was thought that the fifth movement is a parody on overly majestic finales?
which as I said above is my favourite... nice, nice
The second is already completely different, very varied with lots of droll ideas. I can relate to the night theme given by the title.
I've read that the some of the following movements, especially #4, have a more intimate quality.
Promises to be very interesting.
Haha, Wikipedia says that before the pemiere in Prague, Alban Berg and Klemperer came visit and helped Mahler with the finishing touches. What a monument, that you need three geniuses to lift it to the finishing line!
(March 24, 2015 at 2:28 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: I'm finishing my Mahler Cycle with the Seventh (mostly because someone else had Dudamel's version of the Seventh checked out when I was trying to get it). And frankly, especially with the fourth movement, I'm inclined to consider it his most underrated symphony.
Have you read that it was thought that the fifth movement is a parody on overly majestic finales?
Wikipedia Wrote:which may have been what prompted Arnold Schoenberg to become a particular champion of the work. The abundance of themes based upon the interval of a fourth has parallels with the First Chamber Symphony.
which as I said above is my favourite... nice, nice
The second is already completely different, very varied with lots of droll ideas. I can relate to the night theme given by the title.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
