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classicalexburns is a English-speaking blog specialized in the field of classical music and opera. As such, classicalexburns is a qualified source of soclassiq, like FT.com Music or Classical Music Daily and many others. The oldest article indexed by soclassiq is dated 2017-10-14. Since then, a total of 1368 articles have been written and published by classicalexburns.
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2023-05-29 16:09:15
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.20 Context Often known as the ‘Father of the Symphony’, Joseph Haydn’s legacy as a symphonist stays strong today. Haydn composed 104 symphonies over the course of his long and fruitful life, and we at Classicalexburns want to help you discover the stories and music behind all […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2023-03-10 07:00:01
Gustav Mahler ‘Symphony No.2’: Movement V
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Movement V) Movement V At Mahler’s funeral on 22nd May 1911, fellow composer and friend J.B. Fӧrster recalled that, although Mahler had requested no music to be played at the service, nature had its own ideas: “Only somewhere in a tree a bird sang […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2023-03-06 11:13:42
Gustav Mahler ‘Symphony No.2’: Movement IV
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Movement IV) Movement IV Although added very late in the compositional process, the fourth movement plays a key role in the dramaturgy of the symphony. After the riotous Scherzo, this movement calmly opens, not with the orchestra, but with a human voice. The movement is composed […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2023-02-27 11:03:49
Gustav Mahler ‘Symphony No.2’: Movement III
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Movement III) Movement III Also composed in the summer of 1893, the third movement was originally labelled as the second movement, as it bears many similarities to Todtenfeier. This movement is the first of the symphony to take musical and literary inspiration from Mahler’s Des […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2023-02-20 11:13:41
Gustav Mahler ‘Symphony No.2’: Movement II
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 (Movement II) Movement II Once Mahler had completed the Second Symphony, he became troubled as to where the Andante movement should be placed. Completed in the summer of 1893, the Andante was originally labelled as the third movement as Mahler initially felt that “the power of […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2023-02-13 10:31:25
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.2 – Genesis & Movement I
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.2 (Genesis & Movement I) Genesis In 1888, when Gustav Mahler began working on the first and second movements of his Second Symphony, he had completely immersed himself in paradoxical thoughts regarding death and mortality. Attempting to follow on from a narrative that figuratively and […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2022-11-21 12:37:11
Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite Context As well as appreciating British landscapes and heritage, Ralph Vaughan Williams was also sentimental about Britain’s musical history. Military bands were on the rise again, and thus in 1923, Vaughan Williams composed his English Folk Song Suite for them. Although popular in […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2022-11-21 12:22:18
Alexander von Zemlinksy ‘Symphony No. 1 in D minor’: A Master of Musical Colour
Alexander von Zemlinsky: Symphony No. 1 Context Born in Vienna in 1871, Alexander von Zemlinsky was tutored by some of the ‘great’ composers of the Romantic period – Gustav Mahler and Johannes Brahms. After the premiere of Zemlinsky’s First Symphony, Brahms supported the young composer until his own death in 1897. […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2022-11-21 12:21:15
Ingolf Dahl: Concerto for Alto Saxophone Context Ingolf Dah’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra was composed in 1948, after the German composer received a letter of request from virtuoso saxophonist, Sigurd Rascher. Dahl quickly settled on using a wind orchestra instead of a traditional orchestra for the accompaniment […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2022-09-28 09:25:12
César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor Context César Franck’s highly emotional Piano Quintet sits strongly beside the French composer’s most popular works. Premiered in 1880 by the Marsick Quartet and Camille Saint-Saëns at the piano, the quintet was dedicated to Saint-Saëns. Although now regarded as one of Franck’s best […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.