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During the “Maestoso” and “Poco Adagio” sections, the organist plays low pedal notes which are almost inaudibly low. In the finale, these low notes combine with rumbling timpani to create a thunderous bottom end, and the organist reiterates the plainchant-derived themes of the symphony to add to the overwhelming effect.
- First Movement
- Second Movement
- Third Movement
- Fourth Movement
Allegro ma non troppo, un pocomaestoso. Duration approx. 15 mins. The first movement is insonata form, and the mood is often stormy. The opening theme, playedpianissimoover string tremolos, so much resembles the sound of an orchestra tuning, many commentators have suggested that was Beethoven’s inspiration—but from within that musical limbo emerges...
Scherzo: Molto vivace – Presto. Duration approx. 12 mins. The second movement, ascherzo and trio, is also in D minor, with the introduction bearing a passing resemblance to the opening theme of the first movement, a pattern also found in theHammerklavierpiano sonata, written a few years earlier. At times during the piece, Beethoven specifies one do...
Adagio molto e cantabile – Andante Moderato – Tempo Primo – Andante Moderato – Adagio – Lo Stesso Tempo. Duration approx. 16 mins. The lyrical slow movement, in B-flat major, is in a loosevariationform, with each pair of variations progressively elaborating the rhythm and melody. The first variation, like the theme, is in 4/4 time, the second in 12...
Presto; Allegro molto assai (Alla marcia); Andante maestoso; Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato. Duration approx. 24 mins. The famous choral finale is Beethoven’s musical representation of Universal Brotherhood. American pianist and music scholarCharles Rosenhas characterized it as a symphony within a symphony, played without interruption.This “i...
Early sketches of the symphony show that Beethoven intended an instrumental finale. Student and confidante Carl Czerny reported to Otto Jahn that on more than one occasion following the first performance, Beethoven expressed to friends that the choral finale was a mistake—an inappropriate movement for a symphony—and he would write an instrumental last movement to replace the choral finale ...
The Organ Symphony was written in early 1886 for a concert of the Philharmonic Society of London for which Saint-Saëns had been engaged as a soloist. In a testament to his versatility, Saint-Saëns conducted his new work after playing the solo part of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto (led by Sir Arthur Sullivan of operetta fame).
The Maestoso is introduced by a full C major chord in the organ: Piano four-hands is heard at the beginning with the strings, now playing the C major evolution of the original theme. The theme is then repeated in powerful organ chords, interspersed with brass fanfares.
Mar 2, 2024 · Earliest ideas. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, sometimes known as the ‘Choral’, belongs in a different world from the previous eight. It took far longer to compose than any of them – more than six years from start to finish, with some ideas stretching back further still; its complexity on several levels – motivic, tonal and structural – is conspicuously richer than theirs; and it is ...
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Maestoso. Maestoso (Italian pronunciation: [ma.eˈstoːzo]) is an Italian musical term and is used to direct performers to play a certain passage of music in a stately, dignified and majestic fashion (sometimes march-like) or, it is used to describe music as such. [1]
