ΗΜΙΤΕΛΕΙΣ ΣΥΜΦΩΝΙΕΣ ~ MAHLER ~

GUSTAV MAHLER

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9BfL2g5fXc&feature=youtu.be

Μια

απο τις πιο γνωστες ημιτελεις συμφωνιες ειναι η 10 του Gustav Mahler. Ο

μεγαλος Αυστριακος συνθετης αρχισε να την δουλευει τον Ιούλιο του

1910 και σταματησε τον Σεπτεμβριο του ιδιου ετους, λιγους μηνες πριν να

πεθανει (Μαιο του 11). Προλαβε να επεξεργαστει ικανοποιητικα μονο το 1ο

(Andante -- Adagio:) απο τα 5 μερη Το μερος αυτο ακουμε εδω απο δυο μεγαλους μαεστρους: Τον Μπερνσταιν και τον
Μπουλεζ.

Mahler

started his work on his Tenth Symphony in July 1910 in Toblach, and

ended his efforts in September the same year. He never managed to

complete the orchestral draft before his premature death at the age of

fifty from a streptococcal infection of the blood.Mahler's

drafts and sketches for the Tenth Symphony comprise 72 pages of full

score, 50 pages of continuous short score draft (2 pages of which are

missing), and a further 44 pages of preliminary drafts, sketches, and

inserts. In the form in which Mahler left it, the symphony consists of

five movements:1. Andante -- Adagio: 275 bars drafted in orchestral and short score.2. Scherzo: 522 bars drafted in orchestral and short score.3.

Purgatorio. Allegro moderato: 170 bars drafted in short score, the

first 30 bars of which were also drafted in orchestral score.4. Scherzo. Nicht zu schnell]: about 579 bars drafted in short score.5. Finale. Langsam, schwer: 400 bars drafted in short score.

Mahler: Adagio from Symphony no. 10 (Cleveland Orchestra, Boulez)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PQT5IK8mwA&feature=youtu.be 
The

parts in short score were usually in four staves. The designations of

some movements were altered as work progressed: for example the second

movement was initially envisaged as a finale. The fourth movement was

also relocated in multiple instances. 

Mahler then started on an orchestral draft of the symphony, which

begins to bear some signs of haste after the halfway point of the first

movement. He had gotten as far as orchestrating the first two movements

and the opening 30 bars of the third movement when he had to put aside

work on the Tenth to make final revisions to the Ninth Symphony.The

circumstances surrounding the composition of the Tenth were highly

unusual. Mahler was at the height of his compositional powers, but his

personal life was in complete disarray, most recently compounded by the

revelation that his young wife Alma had had an affair with the architect

Walter Gropius. Mahler sought counselling from Sigmund Freud, and on

the verge of its successful première in Munich, dedicated the Eighth

Symphony to Alma in a desperate attempt to repair the breach. The

unsettled frame of Mahler's mind found expression in the despairing

comments (many addressed to Alma) written on the manuscript of the

Tenth, and must have influenced its composition:
 on the final page of

the short score in the final movement, Mahler wrote, "für dich leben!

für dich sterben!" (To live for you! To die for you!) and the

exclamation "Almschi!" underneath the last soaring phrase.

Mahler - Symphony No. 10 i. Adagio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P8POin5prE&feature=youtu.be