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The Friday Classical Music Interlude – Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” – 3rd Movement.

September 16, 2011 in Music | Tags: 3rd Movement, Dvorak Symphony No.9 - "From the New World", Friday Classical Music Interlude | by The Arbourist | Comments closed

Fantastic movement, keeps you on the edge of your seat. :)

Follow along with some of the musical highlights.

1.	Dvorak, Beethoven, and the Scherzo. Dvorak purposely confuses the listener’s expectations. 00:01:54

2.	Using a little fanfare, Dvorak further builds up expectation before revealing the main theme. 00:00:21

3.	When the theme is revealed, we find that it is not exactly a tune. 00:00:36

4.	Two little bursts of rhythm provide the seeds from which much of the movement grows. 00:00:24

5.	It is the second half of the theme that dominates. 00:00:22

6.	Back to the beginning to hear the whole of this opening section 00:00:48

7.	Without ever being remotely ‘academic’ or ‘intellectual’, there is much counterpoint going on here. 00:00:20

8.	Dvorak’s very Czech love of combining conflicting rhythms, sometimes metres 00:02:31

9.	A clearly transitional passage, obsessed with the rhythmic tag that both opens and closes the theme 00:00:30

10.	Sooner than we may have expected, we seem to have arrived at the Trio section. 00:01:07

11.	A new kind of tone quality sheds a subtly different light on the theme. 00:00:35

12.	The flutes and oboes now chime in with an answering variant of the opening… 00:00:21

13.	… and the cellos and bassoons take up the original version of the theme. 00:00:43

14.	A false alarm: it was not the traditional Trio section at all, but rather part 2 of Scherzo proper 00:00:52

15.	Soon, after a very rapid build, the Scherzo proper does reach its final phase. 00:01:13

16.	The orchestral texture thins dramatically, and we approach what this time really is the Trio section. 00:01:28

17.	The Trio section is reminiscent more of the ‘Old World’ than the ‘New’. 00:00:50

18.	In the second half of the Trio, a new tune emerges, a kind of Slavonic waltz. 00:01:00

19.	The main theme of the Trio returns against a much fuller orchestral background. 00:00:36

20.	Then it is all a matter of repeats, until we reach the coda, which ends with an explosive bang. 00:01:15

21.	Third movement (complete) 00:08:07

The Friday Classical Music Interlude – Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” – 2nd Movement.

September 9, 2011 in Music | Tags: Dvorak Symphony No.9 - "From the New World", Friday Classical Music Interlude | by The Arbourist | Comments closed

I apologize for switching orchestras, but the original had parts missing so we had to go to this edition of the symphony.

Musical highlights courtesy of the Naxos website.

0.	The very opening chords unmistakably herald the arrival of something special. 00:01:06

41.	The role of instrumentation in setting the scene… 00:01:10

42.	… and in enhancing the quality of one of the most famous tunes in symphonic history. 00:01:29

43.	The cor anglais is joined by the clarinet, creating a fascinating change in the timbre. 00:01:08

44.	For the closing part of the tune, there is another new sonority: cor anglais plus bassoon. 00:00:24

45.	The closing bar is repeated by clarinets and bassoons, the horn adding a new touch 00:00:28

46.	Back to the start to hear the whole of the story so far, this time without commentary 00:02:24

47.	A change of scoring: the slow opening chords return, this time played by the winds alone. 00:01:14

48.	The changes in scoring are just beginning. 00:02:35

49.	The flutes and oboes introduce a new tune, over hushed tremolo strings. 00:01:05

50.	A memorable combination of continuous, asymmetrical melody with steady, march – like counterpoint. 00:01:28

51.	Back in that woodland glade, the light and shadows have changed, revealing new shapes and patterns. 00:01:33

52.	The next section is new and forward – looking, yet also a kind of dream – recollection of a past scene. 00:01:30

53.	An abrupt change of mood, much discussion and embellishment, and a hushed note of expectancy 00:02:01

54.	Subjectivity and expertise; Sourek and Tovey disagree; onwards, into the final section 00:05:14

55.	Cue to whole movement 00:00:10

56.	Second movement (complete) 00:12:00

The Friday Classical Music Interlude – Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” – I (part 1)

September 2, 2011 in Music | Tags: Dvorak Symphony No.9 - "From the New World", Friday Classical Music Interlude | by The Arbourist | Comments closed

Romantic Music here we come!

Few works for the concert hall have won such immediate and continuing popularity as Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’. Dramatic, lyrical, and spacious, it presents a rich panorama of ravishing and exciting orchestral colours, reflecting the experiences and emotions of the great Czech composer during his years in America towards the end of the nineteenth century. Its abiding magic might seem beyond analysis, but in this detailed and fascinating tour Jeremy Siepmann explores the inner-workings of a masterpiece, his enthusiasm not only intact but enhanced.

Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony is undoubtedly a much-played, much-loved masterpiece – but why? What are the ‘New World’ connections, and how does it link with the 19th-century symphonic tradition that was so much the composer’s musical heritage? This informal but fascinating and detailed account enriches our appreciation of one of the most popular symphonies without the need for any theoretical knowledge of music.

Disc 1

Dvorak, Antonin

An Introduction to… DVORAK Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’

1.	A quiet beginning: sorrow, syncopation, and sequence 00:02:38

2.	Instrumental colour as a prime element: clarinets and bassoons, an outburst by the French horn 00:00:57

3.	The opening tune again, with different instrumental colouring: now flutes and oboes 00:00:32

4.	The first big surprise: strings, shattering drumbeats, shrieks from flutes, oboes, and clarinets 00:00:37

5.	Cellos and basses take us into a new key while flutes and oboes dance in syncopation. 00:00:32

6.	Horns, violas, and cellos introduce a new idea, soon to evolve into the main theme. 00:00:31

7.	A tiny detail from the opening culminates in a wild drumming that heralds a major event 00:00:43

8.	Introduction complete 00:02:05

9.	A solo horn introduces the main theme, perkily answered by bassoons and horns. 00:00:39

10.	The theme moves to G major; answering phrase from flutes, oboes, bassoons. 00:00:33

11.	Long crescendo, tremolo strings, back to tonic and biggest statement yet of the main theme. 00:00:39

12.	Transition to the secondary theme through the use of sequence. Sonata form; satability and flux 00:01:36

13.	Three – bar groupings and again the use of sequence, spelling out a chord 00:00:34

14.	The sequence continues to rise, and the four – bar phrase returns as the standard unit. 00:00:18

15.	The first violins start off the next phrase, but the melodic shape is more compact. 00:00:21

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