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Chamber Symphony No. 2 op. 38 (Beginning)

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Titel Chamber Symphony No. 2 op. 38 (Beginning)
Spieldauer 00:03:24
Urheber/innen Schönberg, Arnold [Komponist/in] [GND]
Mitwirkende Stiedry, Fritz [Dirigent] [GND ]
G. Schirmer Inc. [Produzent]
The New Friends Of Music Orchestra [Orchester]
Datum 1940.12.15 [Aufnahmedatum]
Ort Rottach-Egern am Tegernsee [Ortsbezug]
New York City [Aufnahmeort]
Schlagworte Musik ; E-Musik ; Gesellschaft ; Instrumentalmusik - Symphonie ; Besetzung - Orchester ; Besetzung - Kammerorchester ; Radio ; Unveröffentlichte Aufnahme
20. Jahrhundert - 40er Jahre
Typ audio
Format SCS [Schallplatte, Schellack]
Sprache Englisch
Link Chamber Symphony No 2 op. 38 on the website of the Arnold Schönberg Center
Signatur Österreichische Mediathek, e11-00388_b01_k02
Medienart Mp3-Audiodatei
Arnold Schönberg, Alexander Zemlinsky and Gertrude Schönberg Greissle at Tegernsee, Arnold Schönberg Center, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT

Arnold Schönberg, Alexander Zemlinsky and Gertrude Schönberg Greissle at Tegernsee, Arnold Schönberg Center, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT

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Only a few days after the Chamber Symphony op. 9 had been completed, in early August 1906 Schönberg began to compose the Second Chamber Symphony in Rottach-Egern on Tegernsee. Owing to several interruptions, the work was only completed in 1939/40 as op. 38, at the suggestion of conductor Fritz Stiedry. During rehearsals for the premiere of the work, Stiedry remarked: “Everybody is very enthusiastic about it all, they are all studying their scores at home, and – with the exception of the lowest double basses – I don’t see any insurmountable difficulties at the moment. One of the four has a C string, but the others do not. At the end of the second movement I ask them to tune down to reach the low E flat.” (Letter dated December 7, 1940) The premiere at Carnegie Hall in New York received much applause from the audience, even though the work was not performed perfectly due to several mishaps. “The solo violist suddenly stopped playing in bar 103, and even he cannot understand why. The muted trumpets and horns who had just played in bar 137 felt moved – again for some incomprehensible reason – to put their instruments to their mouths in 138, but not to blow. [...] I found my tempo somewhat too drawn-out especially at the beginning, and towards the end of the second movement I was not fluid enough. [...] In my opinion everything sounds wonderful, and the score is literally a textbook for the most imaginative instrumentation.” (Fritz Stiedry to Arnold Schönberg, December 17, 1940) (Text: Arnold Schönberg Center)

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