Symphony No. 3 Archives

Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler was written between 1893 and 1896. It is his longest piece and is the ...

Transcript In his most extensive orchestral movement, Mahler presents a conflict between life affirming and life negating forces in the ...

Transcript Mahler asks for a pause between the first and second movements, as he had done between the first two ...

Transcript Taken together, the second and third movements are Mahler's most fascinating symphonic representations of nature. They come close to ...

Transcript In the progression of life forms that Mahler sought to characterize in the Third Symphony, man stands midway between ...

Transcription Without a pause after the previous movement, that finale begins with an enormous explosion that ricochets off the first ...

Transcript The juxtaposition of a Christian poem with the words of the most notable anti Christian philosopher in western history, ...

Transcript How could one conclude a symphony that has gone through so many different musical settings, expressing such a range ...

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Transcript Mahler's gigantic third Symphony is his paean to pantheism, his great hymn to nature. According to the model's program, ...

"Pan Awakes, Summer Marches In" Strong and decisive. D minor to F major. The symphony, particularly due to the extensive ...

"What the Flowers in the Meadow Tell Me" In the tempo of a minuet. A major. Mahler dedicated the second ...

"What the Animals in the Forest Tells Me" Comfortably, like a scherzo. C minor to C major. The third movement, ...

"What Man Tells Me" Very slowly, mysteriously. A minor. "Midnight song". At this point, in the sparsely instrumentated fourth movement, ...

"What the Angels Tell Me" Cheerful in tempo and cheeky in expression. F major. The cheerful fifth movement, "Es sungen ...

"What Love Tells Me" Slowly, tranquil, deeply felt. D major. Of the great finale, Bruno Walter wrote, “In the last ...