Gustav Mahler composed Songs of the Wayfarer for Orchestra and solo voice, while in his early 20s. This cycle of four songs is the composer’s first mature work and the start of a genre known as the orchestral song cycle. The cycle tells the story (Mahler also wrote the lyrics)...
St. Anthony of Padua's Fish Sermon is one of the settings from Des Knaben Wunderhorn ('The Youth's Magic Horn'). This is a comic song in which St. Anthony finds his church empty, so he goes to the river and delivers his sermon to the fish. The fish like it very...
Mahler began writing his Fifth Symphony in 1901, just months after suffering a nearly fatal hemorrhage. It was premiered October 18, 1904 in Cologne and conducted by the composer. Six months later it was premiered in the United States by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. This transcription preserves most of Mahler's...
"Um Mitternacht" (At midnight) recounts a battle with darkness until giving up to the hands of God. Instrumentation: 423.11 brass ensemble Trumpet 1in C Trumpet 2 in C (Doubles on A Piccolo) 2 Flugelhorns 2 Horns 2 Trombones Bass Trombone Euphonium Tuba Timpani Harp or Piano (Optional) This arrangement is part...
Urlicht (Primordial Light) Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht (Very solemn, but simple) is from the fourth movement of Mahler's Symphony No. 2. Urlicht, is a Wunderhorn song, sung by an alto, which serves as an introduction to the Finale. The song illustrates the longing for relief from worldly woes. For 11...
Gustav Mahler composed Songs of the Wayfarer for Orchestra and solo voice, while in his early 20s. This cycle of four songs is the composer’s first mature work and the start of a genre known as the orchestral song cycle. The cycle tells the story (Mahler also wrote the lyrics)...
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