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Mahler - 6th Symphony (piano solo)
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- čas přidán 6. 10. 2021
- Gustav Mahler - 6th Symphony (piano solo) with score
Arranged and performed by Iain Farrington
Published by Aria Editions: www.ariaeditions.org/store/c7...
www.iainfarrington.com
1. Allegro energico, ma non troppo
2. Scherzo
3. Andante moderato
4. Finale
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) composed his 6th Symphony in 1903-4 while he was music director at the Vienna State Opera. It was written at Mahler's composing hut in Maiernigg near the Wörthersee, and he conducted the premiere in 1906 in Essen. The work has been subtitled 'Tragic' owing to the dark and stormy nature of much of the music. This contrasts strongly with the period of personal stability and happiness during which Mahler composed the work: he was happily married with a growing family, and at the height of his conducting career to date. The opening march rhythm sets the mood and the musical groundwork for much of the piece, along with a recurring A major to A minor triad. Mahler originally composed the work with the Scherzo second and Andante third, but changed his mind during rehearsals for the premiere. This may have been his concern that the Scherzo resembled too closely the first movement, or to follow a Classical structure of having the slow movement second. However, in the original order the Scherzo functions effectively as a variation of the first movement, using the same keys and related musical material. The Andante moderato is in the unrelated and distant key of E flat major, with the Finale opening in C minor, its closest key providing a smooth transition, before the sudden arrival of A major/minor. Mahler's original order has been recorded here. Mahler also wrote three hammer blows in the Finale, but removed the last when he revised the piece. These blows are placed at the points where the music is close to reaching a positive outcome, shattering the major key each time and carrying the music into darker territory. The Symphony is one of Mahler's most Classical in form, but ultra-modern and wide-ranging in content.
An arrangement for solo piano of Mahler's work brings the music close to its compositional origins. In each one of his composing 'huts', Mahler had a piano at his disposal. His sketches are often on two or three staves of music, and can be read directly on the piano. Mahler often played his latest works on the piano to friends and colleagues, and his early training as a pianist left him with a good virtuoso technique. By performing the music in this way, it enabled the first listeners to hear the melodies and harmonies unadorned.
Mahler also 'recorded' some of his music onto piano rolls: the first movement of the 5th symphony, the last movement of the 4th symphony and several songs. These demonstrate Mahler's 'orchestral' piano technique, full in texture and tone, carrying the general sweep and drama of the music.
This solo piano arrangement of Symphony No. 6 is not just a literal transcription of the notes onto two staves, but a transformation into pianistic texture of the full sonic landscape. Hearing Mahler's music in this way allows us to take in the content as 'pure' music. In Mahler's lifetime, piano duet versions of the Symphonies were published, but very few for solo piano. This arrangement allows one player the opportunity to perform and study them.
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I didn’t expect that Mahler sounds this nice on piano. I didn’t get bored throughout!
this can be a standard repertoire as a virtuosic recital piece!
48:08 My God, this is MAGIC ✨
Many thanks!
00:00 - *Movement 1* - _Allegro energico, ma non troppo_
22:45 - *Movement 2* - _Scherzo_
35:40 - *Movement 3* - _Andante moderato_
50:15 - *Movement 4* - _Finale_
I think this is the most musical Mahler transcription I have ever heard. Well done
As an amateur musician, I salute you for your great work on arranging and performing these magnificent and complex pieces! It must have been a real challenge.
L'orchestrazione di Mahler è caleidoscopica e gigantesca, ascoltarlo al pianoforte fa l'effetto di un negativo di foto: vedendoci in controluce sembriamo dei fantasmi con occhi spiritati. Questo è il fascino di questa interpretazione: è il "fantasma" della Sesta di Mahler. Meraviglioso ascoltare Farrington!
You’re to be commended! You do more with two hands than others have done with four. You find a way to bring out the melody (a must in Mahler) while at the same time never compromising on the rhythmic integrity. The “Spirit” of Mahler was visceral and present.
congratulations on the Andante here in particular - it is already the most "pianistic" of the movements but I didn't expect it to retain so much of its expressive weight - bars 174 to the end still bring tears to my eyes, a passage that I've thought about for more than forty years now as to what it says. It sounds like consoling someone unable to speak from emotion here, sounds noble and calming even though underneath there is still great pain. Lovely work.
The andante is just superb
I can appreciate how much work went into this. I'm definitely purchasing and trying it out. A reduced piano score also helps with studying the symphony immensely. Phenomenal. Thanks for toiling over this.
This is among the most extraordinary contributions to music of this century. Many thanks to Iain Farrington
Really glad you kept the movement order according to the composer's original intent. It's much better.
Faring exceptionally well and opting for the movement sequence of Allegro, Scherzo, Andante and Finale, which is my preference due to its progression of key structure. The Andante's climactic buildup starting at Note 100 (46:30) and ending with that surprise Neapolitan 6th modulation into the home key of Eb Major at Note 102 (48:05) leads, in my opinion, to one of the most beautiful passages in all of music starting at Measure 174 to the end (48:08 - 58:08). Why? Because there's really nothing quite like melodies and harmonies weaving around the circle of 5ths. Symphony No. 5's brief Adagietto is Mahler's most popular movement, but the 6th's Andante contains some of his most profound music. For me, those two slow movements reflect Mahler's journey with his muse Alma Schindler from infatuation to domestic bliss. You've captured the latter here with two hands and three pedals on 88 assorted white and black keys - a Herculean task.
I love these transcriptions
I can see Mahler's ideas in their essence
This is at the height of Liszt's transcription of the Beethoven cycle
I'm smiling and crying at the same time.
For the 9th i just stop breathing
So happy a human like mahler ever existed
A really remarkable transcription/re-imagination for the piano and equally remarkably played. I used to listen to this symphony endlessly many years ago at college and loved it. I still love it now and listening to your piano rendition, I could "hear" the orchestra. Bravo!
Astounding! Both the arrangement and the performance are magnificent achievements, and a worthy tribute to this monumental work.
This is incredible
It is fascinating how well my favourite passages also sound fantastic on the piano.
Thank you very much for all your work and passion that must have gone into this arrangement!
i always was waiting for this arrangement, amazing!
I am impressed!
Extrêmement BEAU. Très surprenant.
I never leave comments but I have to say this is just incredible! Really beyond words.
You are an absolute genius! Can't tell you how much spiritual joy your transcriptions have given me in these days of economic hardship! How I wish you could also do this with other symphonic composers, Bruckner, Sibelius and other late Romantics! My eternal gratitude to you!
I second the Bruckner.
The symphonies are all available in transcriptions, most of them by August Stradal.
But they have two major problems:
1 They were published way before the critical edition of the Bruckner Symphonies was started and as such follow the Loewe cuts and harmonic interventions.
2. Stradal was a beast, probably Liszt's most techincally gifted pupil with an octave techique like no other. What he asks in octave passages and leaps is next to impossible to play for all but the most talented pianists.
Therefore a complete Bruckner Symphony Edition for piano, that is easier to play than Stradal's versions and is uncut and unchanged and might even follow the various versions of the Symphonies, is something I would really love for piano.
@@Quotenwagnerianer Oh that would be lovely...But how do we get Sir Ian to become involved in this project?
@@Quotenwagnerianer And also what would you think of Sibelius?
@@cabiria0 Sibelius is not free yet. Can't be done before 2027.
I just love listening to this. It gives one a real different aural impression of this massive symphony. Amazing!
Amazing!
Excellent pianist & transcription.
Congratulations and thanks for this!
A real pianistic time-travel and a musical psychoanalysis experience into the world as perceived by Mahler - and of course, as presented (written and performed) by Farrington.
very nice transcription the first 4 minutes work very well for the piano, awesome!
Thank you so much for the upload!! I was having a hard time reading this unbelievable music on the 2 pianos score.
Chapeau!
Great adaptation, really enjoyed it
epic
Wow this sounded great, finally a piano arrangement that I loved every adaptation and idea. Great job and thank you for putting the effort haha I really enjoyed this
Thank you for such a great work!
Wonderful!
Great
Came from your astounding series at the 1901 Arts Club in 2018, which to this date remains *the* most satisfying live concert experience I’ve ever had!
In fact, I only found out about it when you were about to perform the 7th, so I missed out on all the previous 6, and have since been waiting for the promised upload :-)
And now, after almost exactly 3 years’ time, you finally did it! Thank you Iain!
I LOVE THIS!!!!!! Great work!
3th movement (my favourite) at 35:39
Well done.
Secondo me sono trascrizioni fatte molto bene, naturalmente con tutti i limiti del caso. Comunque, in sé, un buon lavoro.
The last movement is going to sound cosmic on a real grand piano!
But it needs an hammer strike🔨
27:36 32:30 48:01 1:17:44 1:02:52
Love this format and your adaptation!
I feel like it clicks with me *even more* than the full orchestra, maybe because inherently my brain and ears are not that well trained to consume the full sound profile projected by the orchestra, and so I’ve been subconsciously reducing it to the backbone anyway. And so now by hearing the “backbone” directly, it saves the brain bandwidth for a better and fuller experience!
Hillary Hahn once did a violin solo version of the Sibelius concerto (it’s on CZcams), and that has a very similar effect on me.
Sometimes less *is* more!
Really great work! btw I at 55:24 the first bar, the score is C5 but the sound is D5.
Will you arrange another Mahler's Symphonies?
Hay que ver al arreglista tocando esto en vivo, será interesante...
01:02:56
1:07:40 is the good part
where is the hammer drop located
favorite 48:00
ふと思ったんだがfinaleは合唱のサウンドが入ると良いと思った、適切な詞を探すのに苦労しますが..マーラー本人に怒られない様なねw
7:12 1:16:30
The third movement resembles Rachmaninoff quite a bit, especially when performed on piano.