Longest symphony in the world - standard repertoire - RODIN'S BUST

Wow, you added an exclamation mark behind each sentence. Good work! Made for a perplexing read.

Originally Posted by Anders

Wow, you added an exclamation mark behind each sentence. Good work! Made for a perplexing read.

I'm not entirely sure but that may have been a not-so-subtle jab at another certain poster in this thread.

Actually, I added a exclamation mark after each sentence. Like this!

Have seen the third symphony performed in Sweden, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Hungary, Italy, Spain and France during the 80s,90s!

In Sweden it was performed as often as the 2,4,5,6,7th symphony!

His Resurrection symphony no 2, also requires immense forces, like separate hidden musicians, simulating echo effect and big choir with additional soloists with huge orchestra.

His no 5 is of course the most popular, because of its famous "Adagietto",
which the world has been swooning to since "Death in Venice" hit the silver screen! 1971!



By the way, even more immense forces are required in his symphony no 8!
Watch Simon Rattle, the new Karajan of our time!
(seems like Simon likes to wear a chinese shirt instead of the traditional tuxedo, lol!)

ARGH! I hate it so much! There was a premiere of the performance of Mahler's 3rd in Adelaide (South Australia) and it was really awesome, people came out astonished, etc. The only thing I hate about it is that I WASN'T THERE! I forgot! It was performed twice and I forgot! How dumb was I?

=( I missed this performance, the last movement is my favourite, although all of them are awesome!

Oh, they play that that often in Sweden? btw, I want to go to Sweden, jag älskar svenska, men jag talar inte svenska... =(

Anyway, Symphony No.5 is also an absolutely gorgeous work!

Hi Steven,

Adelaide is an interesting name for a town!

You mentioned that you liked the last movement in the 3rd mov. Yes, It's also my favorite, which is also the reason I posted it at this thread!

His unfinished 10th is also interesting. The 2nd movement is the first example of the use of irregular beats, used here two years before Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps." -- 1913

The 5th symphony was once upon a time conducted by Mahler himself, when he was chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, at the very height of his career. At that time Gustav was the most powerful and influencial person in the Viennese musical world.
I think the music reflects the power he had!

Glad you enjoyed the thread!

Fred

I would like to know what exactly you mean by "irregular beats".

Debussy used mixed time signatures considerably before this point.

As did Scrijabin.

And Ravel.

And Puccini.

I'd dare say that Schoenberg's 1st chamber symphony (1908) used some rather unorthodox rhythms.

Unless I am misunderstanding what it is you are referring to?

Originally Posted by Fredrik

Hi Steven,

Adelaide is an interesting name for a town!

You mentioned that you liked the last movement in the 3rd mov. Yes, It's also my favorite, which is also the reason I posted it at this thread!

His unfinished 10th is also interesting. The 2nd movement is the first example of the use of irregular beats, used here two years before Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps." -- 1913

The 5th symphony was once upon a time conducted by Mahler himself, when he was chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, at the very height of his career. At that time Gustav was the most powerful and influencial person in the Viennese musical world.
I think the music reflects the power he had!

Glad you enjoyed the thread!

Fred

Mahler's 10th is imo the most beautiful symphony he ever wrote..even beyond the 2nd or 8th.

Like QC said, there were plenty of examples of "irregular beats" before Mahler.

Hi Michel,

I mean constantly changing meters, not irregular beats! (I chose the wrong expression.)

The 2nd movement of Mahler's 10th symphony features almost constantly changing meters, probably the first piece of music to do so (two years before Stravinsky's famous use of this in Le Sacre du Printemps ['the rite of spring']-1913 --

Fred