![]() ![]() Schubert follows Viennese tradition with a Menuetto as the third movement-but this, like many of Haydn’s minuets, this rather rough-edged and fast ( vivace) music, with its oddly-placed accents, has little to do with the old courtly dance The central trio section, led by the oboe and bassoon, and accompanied in German country dance band style, is a Ländler, a German dance tremendously popular in the decades before it was eclipsed by the waltz in the 1820s. In the middle, there is a more pastoral episode, led by solo clarinet, and the movement ends with a repeat of the opening music. (In this case, his model may have been Beethoven’s seventh and eighth symphonies, which had been played in Vienna a few years earlier.) This is set in scherzo form, beginning with a gentle tune in two repeated sections. In place of the usual slow movement, Schubert provides a relaxed Allegretto. ![]() The transitional figure appears again at the end, now transformed into a forceful coda. In the recapitulation, Schubert, introduces a few surprises: expanding and developing the transition, and having the clarinet play both main themes. A short but intense development focuses on a figure from the first theme. The second theme, played by the oboe, is equally jolly. This continues into a brisk transition that uses a sweeping figure from the introduction. But the character and tempo change abruptly for the body of the movement ( Allegro con brio), and the clarinet introduces a good-humored main theme in D Major. It opens with a long Haydnesque introduction ( Adagio maestoso) that spends much of its time in D minor. The influence of Haydn and Mozart is clearly there, but there is also a hint of Rossini, whose comic operas had become phenomenally successful popular in Vienna at the time. Schubert uses a small “Classical” orchestra for this compact symphony: strings, pairs of woodwinds, horns and trumpets, and timpani. A brilliantly quick finale in Italian comic opera style.A vigorous minuet, combined with a rustic German country dance.A calm Allegretto with a contrasting middle section.A movement in sonata form with a formal introduction.This symphony is laid out in four movements: ![]() By late 1815, the group had grown into a small orchestra that met regularly at the home of violinist Otto Hatwig. ![]() However, it was probably played by an amateur orchestra that had had its beginnings as a Schubert family quartet, in which Franz played viola. 3, and in fact, like all of his symphonies, it was not published until long after his death. 2-3, Schubert completed four small operas, two masses, and some 145 songs! He does not seem to have had a particular purpose in mind for Symphony No. At this time, the 18-year-old composer was working as a teacher at his father’s school but 1815 was a tremendously prolific year. He returned to the symphony on July 11, completing it in just eight days. 3 on May 24, 1815, but set it aside after completing only the beginning of the first movement. 2 (early 1815), are rather conservative in style, following the forms of Haydn and Mozart. 1 (1813 written while he was a student at the City College in Vienna) and Symphony No. He also studied privately with the court composer Antonio Salieri. Growing up in Vienna, Schubert was of course surrounded by the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart, and was certainly well aware of the more radical symphonies produced at the time by Beethoven. These are bright and vivacious works, written with a song-composer’s gift for unforgettable melodies and an increasingly confident grasp on orchestral writing. The early symphonies of Franz Schubert are infrequently played today-and that is a shame. Schubert himself likely played the viola part in an informal premiere of this symphony at the home of one of his many Viennese friends. Previous MSO Performances: This is our first performance of the work.Premiere: Date unknown, but it may have been performed in Vienna by the amateur orchestra led by Schubert’s friend Otto Hatwig.Composed: between May 24 and July 19, 1815.Died: November 19, 1828, Vienna, Austria.Born: January 31, 1797, Vienna, Austria.This work, written when Schubert was 18, is a fine example of his all-too-rarely heard early symphonies. ![]()
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