Tag: The DWR Friday Romantic Interlude
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Romantic Interlude – The Tannhäuser Overture
Wagner’s middle stage output began with Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman, 1843), followed by Tannhäuser (1845) and Lohengrin (1850). These three operas are sometimes referred to as Wagner’s “romantic operas”.[154] They reinforced the reputation, among the public in Germany and beyond, that Wagner had begun to establish with Rienzi.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Romantic Interlude – Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4, Forth Movement.
In the vigorous finale, Tchaikovsky incorporates a famous Russian folk song, “In the Field Stood a Birch Tree”, as the secondary theme – firstly in A minor, the second time in B flat minor and then in D minor, which leads to the A-flat phrase of the first movement, with
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Romantic Interlude – Beethoven 3rd Symphony, The Funeral March
“Perhaps the best reflection of these emotional extremes is the Second Movement, which he titled “Funeral March,” a powerful musical evocation of the massive state funerals then taking place in Paris. The music suggests the thunder of drums and the roar of the crowd. In this movement, Beethoven explores grief,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The Storm – Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony
We’ve look at Beethoven’s 6th before here on a Interlude Friday, but I wanted to highlight what I think is the section of the symphony that is most likely to get me killed while driving. The last two parts in particular. 4. Thunderstorm, Storm: Allegro 5. Shepherds’ song; cheerful and
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