Symphony n° 3 of Nielsen

The Symphony COp 27, " Espansiva" is the third of the 6 Symphonie S, written by Carl Nielsen between 1910 and 1911 (either nearly ten years after its second symphony.

It comprises a vocal part for Soprano and Ténor in the second movement. Like its preceding symphonies, she is written in a progressive tonality, the latter changing with each part of movements.

Nielsen rather quickly completes the first two movements in 1910 before knowing an episode of depression drying up its inspiration lasting a few months. The genesis of the second movement was particularly complex, the musician adding only secondarily the vocal part which does not rest on any text (as in the sirens of the night three of Claude Debussy. It completes the two last parts on April 30th 1911.

Its creation takes place with Copenhagen of February 28th 1912 by the Danish royal orchestra under the direction of the type-setter. During the same concert, it gives the first of its concerto for violin. The title of " Espansiva" was given only secondarily according to the heading of the first movement. Nielsen publishes of it a comment for this first representation.

Success is immediate and it is the most played symphony of the musician so much so that its second movement was useful like funeral music during its burial.

It comprises four movements uninterrupted, played, and its execution takes approximately a little more than one half an hour. The first movement begin with a series from notes repeated before the appearance of the first topic. The second movement, whose calm contrast with the tension of the preceding movement, is divided by the musician himself into three under-parts: landscape, call of nature and human emotion, revealed by the two votes singing of the singing exercises. The last movement is an anthem with the pastoral life

Allegro espansivo

Andante
Allegretto a poco

Finale, allegro

External bond

Note in English on work

Random links: