Informationen zu "Gustav Mahler Arr: Tim Van Medegael A Titan's Fantasy Double Bass Sextet"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM1077
EAN: 9990093814565
Beschreibung
Tim Van Medegael writes: 'On 13 and 15 December 2019 Brussels Philharmonic
Orchestra programmed Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in their Hall Flagey, Brussels.
To announce this concert I made a short reflection of Mahler's symphony with
the members of the double bass section of the orchestra. The beginning of the
piece is actually also the beginning of the symphony. It goes quickly to the
third part, because this opens with timpani and the well known introduction
of the theme by the principal double bass. We recorded it in the rehearsal
week at Studio 1 of our beloved Flagey.' Symphony No.1 in D major by Gustav
Mahler was composed between late 1887 and March 1888. At the time he was a
conductor at Leipzig Opera in Germany and it was premiered in Budapest in
1889. Mahler made revisions and changes several times before publication in
1898 and conducted it more than any of his later works. The opening of the
third movement is remarkable for its double bass solo, accompanied by
timpani, based on the popular round ?Bruder Jakob?, although Mahler calls it
?Bruder Martin? and is more commonly known as ?Frère Jacques?. The eight bar
theme is in the key of D minor and it is believed that the round was sung in
the minor key in 19th-century Austria.
