3rd Symphony (Schmidt)
The symphony in A major for large orchestra is the third symphony by the composer Franz Schmidt . It was composed between 1927 and 1928 and premiered in Vienna , Austria in 1928 . At the International Schubert Competition in 1928 she was awarded second prize.
Sentence names
- Allegro molto moderato
- adagio
- Scherzo. Allegro vivace
- Trio. Molto più tranquillo
- Lento
The playing time is approx. 55 minutes.
analysis
In accordance with the conditions of the Schubert competition, Schmidt found his way back to the classic four-movement form in his third, as Franz Schubert himself cultivated in the wake of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn . The first movement (Allegro molto moderato, A major, 3/4) has a bucolic, gentle shape and is built in a clear sonata form. The second movement, an Adagio (D minor, 4/4), is one of Schmidt's most profound creations - the fascinating harmonic refinement with which the basically simple, diatonic theme is subjected to bold tonal wanderings - and some enthusiastic, expressive eruptions . The recapitulation, in which the melody is entwined with delicate clarinet figures, is magical.
Scherzo (A major, Allegro vivace, 3/4) and Finale (A minor / A major Lento - Allegro vivace, 4/4) seem to be carried by great unrest. Both the Lander theme of the third movement and the main idea developed from a pensive, slow introduction and the lighter secondary theme of the finale develop over continuously pulsating bass figures. Only at the very last does the work find its way back to the cheerful tone of the symphony's beginning. The initial serenity seems to have turned into affirmative optimism.