Classical Podcasts

Classical Podcasts

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Classical Podcasts episodes

  • Symphony No. 10 in F-Sharp Major – Second Movement
    Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Schnelle Viertel (3/4 ganze Takte – 4/4 alla breve) Key: F-sharp minor with a first Trio in F major, a second Trio (Ländler) in E- flat major, concluding in F-sharp major Time Signature: mixed meters that shift from duple to triple sometimes from measure to measure Form: Scherzo and Trio

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    33 min
  • Symphony No. 10 in F-Sharp Major – Introduction
    Listening Guide The Work Date(s) of composition: 1910-11 Place(s) of composition: Toblach (and New York) Performing Versions and Completions: Ernst Kenek edited the first and third movements with the assistance of Alban Berg and Alexander Zemlinsky, published in 1924 by Paul Zsolnay, Vienna and first performed in Vienna on 14 October 1924 under the direction […]

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    14 min
  • Symphony No. 9 in D Major – Fourth Movement
    Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Sehr Langsam und Noch Zurückhaltend (very slow and yet held back); (Molto Adagio) Key: D-flat major (subsidiary section first in D-flat minor, then in C-sharp minor) with a brief excursion into F-sharp major during the development Time Signature: 4/4 Form: sonata form

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    58 min
  • Symphony No. 9 in D Major – Third Movement
    Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Allegro Assai. Sehr Trotzig (Very Obstinate) Key: A minor (with C sections in D) and various modulations (D minor, F major, D minor, A major, A-flat minor, etc.) Time Signature: Alla Breve with subsidiary theme in 2/4. Form: Rondo (ABA’B’A”CC’C”A”’ Coda)

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    45 min
  • Symphony No. 9 in D Major – Second Movement
    Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Im Tempo Eines Gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas Täppisch Und Sehr Derb. (In the tempo of an easy-going ländler; somewhat clumsy and very coarse). Key: C Major, with Tempo II waltz theme in E major and E-flat major and Tempo III Ländler in F major, and various modulations. Time Signature: 3/4 Form: […]

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    36 min
  • Symphony No. 9 in D Major – Introduction
    Listening Guide The Work Date(s) of composition: 1909-10; published by Universal Editions, Vienna (1912) Place(s) of composition: Toblach and New York Premiere: Vienna, 26 June 1912, Bruno Walter conducting Orchestration: piccolo, 4 flutes, 4 oboes (4th doubling with English horn), 3 clarinets, clarinet in E-flat, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons (4th doubling with contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 […]

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    16 min
  • Das Lied von der Erde – Der Abschied
    Listening Guide The Work Tempo: Schwer (Heavy); Sehr Mässig (Very moderate). Key: Begins in C minor; with principal sections in F, B-flat major, C major and minor, and ending by hovering between in C major and A minor. Time Signature: Begins in 4/4, with principal sections in alla breve and 3/4 and numerous meter shifts to […]

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    1 hr 44 min

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