Listening Guide – Movement 2: Scherzo. Schnelle Viertel
Transcript Second movement we’ll call scherzo one is one of Mahler’s most original scherzo’s, intended at first to be a scherzo finale of a much shorter Symphony, this movement combines traditional scherzo trio formed with Sonata elements, and juxtaposes a scherzo section consisting of a metrically irregular subject presented in busy Neo-Baroque polyphony with a […]
Listening Guide – Movement 1: Adagio
Transcript In its grand design, thematic content and conceptual framework, the first movement of the 10th is a worthy successor to the finale of the ninth. As in the closing Adagio movement of the Ninth Symphony, the 10th opening movement presents two contrasting themes, both in slow tempos and with common elements. The atmosphere is […]