Symphony No. 2 in D Major op. 73 - a work by Johannes Brahms , written in 1877 . The approximate duration of the sound is 42-45 minutes.
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Creation History
Brahms began work on the symphony in the summer months in the Austrian spa town of Pörtschach . In September-October, he continued to work in German Lichtenthal (now a suburb of Baden-Baden ) and by the end of November completed the work.
Structure
- I. Allegro non troppo ( D major )
- II. Adagio non troppo ( B Major )
- III. Allegretto grazioso ( G Major )
- IV. Allegro con spirito ( D major )
Premiere
In December 1877, Brahms, along with Ignaz Bruhl, played the arrangement of a piano symphony for four hands in Vienna in the private music salon of Friedrich Erbar .
The first performance of the full orchestra version took place on December 30, 1877 in the Vienna Musical Society , conducted by Hans Richter . Musical critic close to Brahms, Eduard Ganslik, responded with an enthusiastic response, noting that the symphony “from beginning to end is full of new thoughts” and is the best evidence of the fruitfulness and vitality of pure instrumental music, refuting the ideas of Richard Wagner .
Music Feature
Brahms himself wrote to his publisher and friend Fritz Zimrok on November 22, 1877:
The new symphony is so melancholy that you cannot stand it. I have never composed anything so tragic and gentle, the score should have been printed in a funeral frame. |
Die neue Symphonie ist so melancholisch, daß Sie es nicht aushalten. Ich habe noch nie so was Trauriges, Molliges geschrieben: die Partitur muß mit Trauerrand erscheinen. |
Despite the fact that this characteristic is considered to be an exaggeration, it is noted that the composition of the wind group, which (unlike other Brahms symphonies) includes three horns and tuba, makes a certain contribution to the gloomy coloring of the work [1] .
Philip Shpitta pointed out that Brahms' Second Symphony grows from the same root as the First , but grows in its opposite, and these two works must be considered together in order to understand them [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Tobias Ackerschewski. Symphonie nr. 2 in D-Dur op. 73 Archived August 12, 2014 at Wayback Machine // Akademische Orchestervereinigung Göttingen, Juli 2012 (German)
- ↑ Johannes Brahms - das symphonische Werk: Entstehung, Deutung, Wirkung. / Im Auftrag des Bayerischen Rundfunks hrsg. von Renate Ulm. - München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1996 .-- S. 219. (German)
Links
- Symphony No. 2 (Brahms): sheet music by International Music Score Library Project