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Rued Langgaard Composer

Symphony No.4 "Leaf-Fall", BVN 124   

Performances: 2
Tracks: 26
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Musicology (work in progress):
  • Symphony No.4 "Leaf-Fall", BVN 124
    Year: 1916
    • 1.Skovbrus (Rustle in the Forest)
    • 2.Solstrejf (Glimpse of Sun)
    • 3.Allargando
    • 4.Torden (Thunderstorm)
    • 5.Più lento
    • 6.Allegretto pastorale
    • 7.Høstligt! (Autumnal)
    • 8.Træt! (Tired)
    • 9.Fortvivlelse (Despair)
    • 10.Tranquillo
    • 11.Sempre con moto
    • 12.Søndag Morgen (Klokkerne) (Sunday Morning [The Bells])
    • 13.Forbi! (At an End)
    • Fortvivlet skovbrus: Allegro -
    • Solstrejf: Quasi allegretto -
    • Allargando espansivo -
    • Torden: Allegro -
    • Più lento -
    • Allegretto pastorale -
    • Høstligt!: Allegro con moto -
    • Træt: Poco adagio -
    • Fortvivlelse: Allegro appassionato -
    • Tranquillo -
    • Comodo sempre -
    • Søndag-morgen-klokkerne: Sostenuto pesante -
    • Forbi!: Più con moto
By now firmly established in a single-movement idiom, Langgaard marked the end of the first phase of his symphonic development with a powerful and apocalyptic fourth symphony. The progression from Strauss and Wagner is marked and the orchestration, style, texture and content of this work are markedly Mahlerian. There is an episode of bell-like woodwind writing towards the end of the symphony, in a section marked "Sunday morning—the bells" which sounds infinitely more modern than anything else he had written to that point. This helps to point the way to the intensely chromatic harmonies that will feature in the next phase of the cycle of symphonies and major orchestral works. A revision in 1920 cut a great deal of thematic material from the work and shortened it considerably.

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