Listening Guide – Symphony No. 10 Intro
Transcript One of the tragedies of Mahler’s brilliant career as a composer is that he could not complete what might well have been his greatest Symphony. But we are fortunate that he left one virtually completed movement and substantial sketches for the other movements of what would have been his Symphony number 10. These sketches […]
Listening Guide – Movement 4: Adagio. Sehr langsam und noch zuruckhaltend
Transcript Having been subjected to the raging violence, manic fury and sneering mockery of the rondo burlesque, the human spirit seem to be doomed to a tragic fate, if the proceeding movements lead us to the conclusion that all that is civilizing and humane and human life must end, what more could the finale have […]