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Mahler - 4th Symphony, 2nd mvt (piano solo)

Gustav Mahler - 4th Symphony, 2nd movement (piano solo) with score In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast Arranged and performed by Iain Farrington Published by Aria Editions: https://www.ariaeditions.org/store/c7... http://www.iainfarrington.com​ Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) started composition on his Fourth Symphony in the summer of 1899, finishing the short score the following year while staying on the Wörthersee in Austria. Mahler himself conducted the work's premiere in Munich on 25th November 1901. The symphony's final movement is a song written and orchestrated in 1892, using a text from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn' (The Boy's Magic Horn), the collection of folk-songs made by Achim von Amim and Clemens Brentano and published in the first decade of the nineteenth century. The first movement has the elegance of a Classical work from Haydn, with lightly bouncing textures, as well as intricate counterpoint. At the climax of the development the mood darkens, with a trumpet fanfare that is a premonition of the opening of the Fifth Symphony. A ghostly Ländler characterises the second movement, a type of Totentanz (Dance of Death) in the form of a Scherzo with two Trios. One of Mahler's most outstanding achievements is the third movement, a set of variations of extraordinary serenity. A sudden blaze of sunlight in E major towards the end of the movement subsides to a delicate conclusion. An arrangement for solo piano of Mahler's work brings the music close to its compositional origins. In each one of his composing 'huts', Mahler had a piano at his disposal. His sketches are often on two or three staves of music, and can be read directly on the piano. Mahler often played his latest works on the piano to friends and colleagues, and his early training as a pianist left him with a good virtuoso technique. By performing the music in this way, it enabled the first listeners to hear the melodies and harmonies unadorned. Mahler also 'recorded' some of his music onto piano rolls: the first movement of the 5th symphony, the last movement of the 4th symphony and several songs. These demonstrate Mahler's 'orchestral' piano technique, full in texture and tone, carrying the general sweep and drama of the music. This solo piano arrangement of Symphony No. 4 is not just a literal transcription of the notes onto two staves, but a transformation into pianistic texture of the full sonic landscape. Hearing Mahler's music in this way allows us to take in the content as 'pure' music. In Mahler's lifetime, piano duet versions of the Symphonies were published, but very few for solo piano. This arrangement allows one player the opportunity to perform and study them.