Symphony n° 6 of Anton Bruckner

The symphony n° 6 in major the of Anton Bruckner is made up as from September 1879 and it is not the subject of any final improvement, any remorse, any deterioration or rehandling. Very proud of its audacities of writing, it calls it: Die Keckste (boldest or most shameless). In fact, this generally serene composition preserves, constantly, a very intimate tone. It is let go to the wire topics and combinations which it has the leisure to lengthily improvise on large the Orgue of Linz. September 3rd 1881, the Symphonie is completed with the Abbaye of Saint-Florian. Work that it will not have time nor the will to reorganize, it is much more concise, much less elaborate than the others. It is in vain that one can seek the esthetic glares there that the type-setter affectionate particularly in all his work. Its freshness, its beauty contemplative and smiling, its lyric and cordial rises, make of it a symphony with share of the others.

It is made up in four movements:

  1. - Majestoso

  2. - Adagio: sehr Faierlich
  3. - Scherzo: nicht zu schnell
  4. - Final: bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

Data sheet

Composition: September 1879 - September 1881

Edition: C. Hynais for the publication at Doblinger (1891) and another edition prepared by Wöss and published in 1927.

The first hearing: February 26th 1899 with Vienna under the direction of Gustav Mahler

Movements

The tonality of the first movement can be compared with a radiant light because with the recovery one hears a pallet of bright sonorities there. The median movements are, on the other hand, much less luminous and comprise, sometimes, of the matt colors. As for the Final , after a beginning in the minor tonalities, it emphasizes triumphal the major the .

I - Majestoso

The violoncellos and the double basses introduce the first topic while around of this one, the violins trace very decorative figures on a rate/rhythm particularly run up against. At once, this first topic progresses and is supported by triplets. The second topic molto piu slow is melancholic person. Lastly, the third topic is generated by the opposition between two unisons: that of the cords and that of wood and coppers.

II - Adagio: sehr Feierlich ( very solemn )

The violins make hear an immaterial melody then, a little later the oboe plays a splendid against-melody. After, one hears funeral chants there.

III - Scherzo: nicht zu schnell ( without precipitation )

In this movement, it adapts way very personal the romanticism to the manner of Berlioz. Based on several reasons, it presents a court Trio which offers to the violins the occasion to be expressed in somewhat lyric terms

IV - Finale: bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell ( not too fast )

The first topic entrusted to the violins is drawn up opposite tremors to the violoncellos and the double basses. Emerge from the brass bands menaçantes to the trumpets and the horns. A second topic more impassioned is repeated by the violins while the clarinet plays a melody. The end takes again the main theme of the first left.

Selective discography

Source

  • Summits of the Music by C. Howeler, French version (Flammarion Edition in France).

External bonds

  • Discographie supplements
  • Synopsis of the symphonies of Bruckner

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