Introduction to Mahler's Fifth Symphony
The second movement is stormy and more intenseThe beginning of the second movement is the painful tearing of the heart, the accompaniment of brass pipes and percussion instruments, and the plaintive moaning of strings. It sounded like a vent to the composer at first. But the music soon became calm and the mood was the same. Cello gentle melodies with woodwind accompaniment told us he went into meditation. A drum went up again, and the pain seemed to take hold, and soon calmed down and replaced the meditative melody with tenderness. Thus, the alternation of meditation and pain played well, and the struggle of thought began in the composer's mind. Suddenly, the trumpet ensemble, the sublimation of the soul to do? As the conductor stamped his foot, the painful melody returned to the hearer's ear, and the struggle continued. At last a holy chant came, and the brass pipe told the listeners with a bright smile that his heart was winning. But the pain continued to harass, and the struggle continued. Until the last entered a quiet, as if such a struggle over the soul sleeps terribly fatigued. The second movement ended in three sleepy notes.
The first movement: a Funeral March (at a precise pace, strictly like a funeral procession)The first movement is a fierce Funeral March, pain and trouble in lamentations with fantastic burst out. The brass music of the beginning played a solemn melody; the music of the funeral marches opened the world of self that Muller wanted to express. Here is the desire, struggle, meditation, chanting and monologue whisper, very emotional, energetic and strong, sincere and affectionate, the hysteria is the soul of this is not unique to whine Mahler, neurotic Tchaikovsky world style of absolute darkness and despair, runaway dying sentiment, but the huge spiritual pursuit of restless, dedication, my spiritual journey that. Famous music critic Lawrence Gilman interpretation of the movement is: "it is heartbreaking to lose a sense of sorrow, and get out of hand, on bass bass and bassoon last trumpet shrill sound performance as the grief of a murky sky over a dark earth, and string music chromatic wail echoed each other, the description of a piece of music despair, raging, no previous music with unmatched."
In October 18, 1904, Mahler's Fifth Symphony in C minor was premiered in Cologne, where the premiere marked the successful transformation of Mahler's musical style. It is the beginning of the mid March trilogy, and it is the three that sets the symphony up to its acme. The fifth symphony is a representation of Mahler's personality fragmentation in music. Misery and happiness, depression and madness, pain and pleasure, despair and hope, all the opposition exists in his music. These completely opposite features depict a seemingly ordinary, indeed bumpy road, the starting point of the road is despair, and the end is the ultimate sense of happiness.
