Dudelsack-Menuett

O quam gloriosum est regnum

für Chor und Orchester-'This has to be written all by oneself' is what Schumann is supposed to have said to his first biographer after the completion of the Requiem. Thus began a reception history of the work created in 1852 before the outbreak of depression and fatal disease that was characterised by prejudices.It is impossible to tell what prompted the protestant Schumann to compose a Catholic requiem. With regard to music history the mysterious yet fascinating Requiem in the rare D flat major mode forms the connecting link between Mozart's and Brahms' requiems. And what is documented in a letter for the Missa sacra certainly applies to this work too: It was intended for both the concert halland the church.

for four-part choir and orchestra-Whoever attempted to compose a Latin mass in the middle of the 19th century had to compete with great models and traditional composition techniques. Bach's Mass in B minor and Beethoven's Missa solemnis but even his earlier Mass in C major (performed by Schumann) are among the key works of a great mass tradition in the reception of High Romanticism. Not unlike Schubert and later Bruckner before Schumann's Mass in C minor too is bound by tradition yet finds its very own formulation of the 'Ordinarium Missae' the characteristic features of which point to the late style of the composer.

Prussian Quartet No. 5

Overture to the Opera

Rhapsody

from Les Troyens

Overture to the comic Opera

Tost Quartets II No. 5

Little Russian

Motette a 15

Hunt

Prussian No. 2

op. 8/3 RV 293 / PV 257

Mahler once said about his most successful work that 'it is probably the most personal composition I have created thus far'. After suffering several blows of fate he created a music which virtually 'reflects the whole world' between the poles of life and death.

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Out of all his symphonies this first symphony took Brahms the longest to write. This was on the one hand due to the composer's meticulous and extremely self-critical working method and on the other hand due to Beethoven's overwhelming example which held him back. 14 years passed until this serious and complex work was completed. But it was worth the effort: none of his other works contain such a multitude of musical ideas. Out of all his symphonies Symphony No.1 symphony took Brahms the longest to write. This was on the one hand due to the composer's meticulous and extremely self-critical working method and on the other hand due to Beethoven's overwhelming example which held him back. 14 years passed until this serious and complex work was completed. But it was worth the effort: none of his other works contain such a multitude of musical ideas.

A late starter in music? After the 1841 premiere which was anything but promising Schumann did not deal with his Fourth Symphony and put the finishing touches to it until 10 years later. One of its most remarkable features is its structure. The individual movements – none of which is really completed – shall follow each other without a break thus leading to a great one-movement structure. The work is pervaded by common thematic rhythmic and harmonic connections. In 1841 such an approach to the symphonic form was still unusual. In the second half of the 19th century however it was widely applied. After the 1841 premiere which was anything but promising Schumann did not deal with his Fourth Symphony and put the finishing touches to it until 10 years later. One of its most remarkable features is its structure the individual movements - none of which is really completed - shall follow each other without a break thus leading to a great one-movement structure. The work is pervaded by common thematic rhythmic and harmonic connections. In 1841 such an approach to the symphonic form was still unusual in the second half of the 19th century however it was widely applied.

Created in 1851 'Ride of the Valkyries' is the prelude to the third act of the music drama 'The Valkyrie'. The purely instrumental version soon found its way onto the concert stages and turned out to be a first-rate attraction. Apart from 'Treulich geführt' 'Ride of the Valkyries' probably is Wagner's most popular melody.More intimate insights however are given by 'Siegfried-Idyll'. In 1870 Richard Wagner came up with a rather special birthday present for his wife Cosima. He surprised her with a secretly composed orchestral work the dedication of which alludes to impressions or circumstances at the birth of their common son Siegfried. Created in 1851 'Ride of the Valkyries' is the prelude to the third act of the music drama 'The Valkyrie'. The purely instrumental version soon found its way onto the concert stages and turned out to be a first-rate attraction. Apart from 'Treulich gefuhrt' 'Ride of the Valkyries' probably is Wagner's most popular melody.More intimate insights however are given by 'Siegfried-Idyll'. In 1870 Richard Wagner came up with a rather special birthday present for his wife Cosima. He surprised her with a secretly composed orchestral work the dedication of which alludes to impressions or circumstances at the birth of their common son Siegfried.