LET'S PUT TOGETHER OUR OWN SYMPHONY!
(By juggling the movements of this 1943 broadcast performance)
(1)
Here's the thing in "traditional" fast-slow-fast configuration:
i. Allegro || ii. Largo [at 6:38] || iii. Presto [at 28:06]
(2)
Here, the short quick movements lead up to the big slow one:
i. Allegro || ii. Presto [at 6:38] || iii. Largo [at 14:02]
(3)
Or, start with the giant movement, then tack on the 'quickies':
i. Largo || ii. Allegro [at 21:32] || iii. Presto [at 28:10]
by Ken
Haven't we all had the itch at some time to rejigger some or all of the movements of some symphony or other? Thinking, you know, that we can do a better assembly job than the person whose only authority was having composed the damned things?
This is basically what I've played at doing above, with a symphony that has the strangest structure of any I can think of from the pen of what I'm going to call a "serious symphonist," as anyone who approaches the piece for the first time is bound to notice quickly: three movements, with a slow movement that is considerably longer than the two fast movements put together. Many readers will recognize this symphony. For those who don't, I should disclose at the outset that in this "pre-post" I'm not going to disclose the identity of either the composer or the work -- a little experiment I'm hoping will be more interesting, even fun, for those who don't recognize the symphony. (For anyone who feels cheated, I would suggest that by pre-post's end, enough information will have been disclosed to enable online searchers to track the piece down in a minute or two.
BY CLICKING THROUGH TO THE PRE-POST
JUMP, THE READER WILL BE ABLE TO:
