Listening Guide – Movement 4: Adagietto. Sehr langsam
Transcript The adagietto is undoubtedly the single best-known piece of Mahler’s music. Its popularity skyrocketed primarily as a result of its use as background music for Visconti’s film Death in Venice. There was some controversy, however, about what Mahler intended the adagietto to communicate. Villa Mengelberg, an intimate friend and colleague of Mahler, and an […]
Listening Guide – Movement 3: Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell
Transcript What a shocking change of mood this scherzo moving brings in the wake of part one. Gone are its angst riddled emotions, gone the striving and hoping for fulfillment that are but for one glorious moment of prophetic vision dashed by torrents of raging fury. Having confronted the negative, destructive side of the human […]