Gstav Mahler "Resurrection" 2,3

The second movement

~Andante moderato “Comfortably but don’t hurry”~

Mahler wrote about this movement, “The happy moment and youth of a hero in the past and sad image of pure losed ” The main motif is merry, but it has a faint sorrow. It impress with the subtle sound of violin and the freely melody of woodwind. The music gradually becomes slowly, and the trio is end.

After the main motif is reconstructed by the beautiful sounds of cellos, the music enters into the second trio. The music becomes various and activity melody. Finally, the main motif is reconstructed by pizzicato. After the sound of harp and cantabile of the string, the woodwind reserves the melody, and the music comes to end in a very faint sound.



The third movement

~In mild and fluid movement ~
Mahler wrote about this movement, “We awake from dream of the second movement, and we come back to the bustle of our life again”. This movement is very activity.
At the first, it is started by the impressed sound of timpani. After other percussions join to it, violins play the fluid motif. After that, the row string plays staccato, and finely fanfare is played by the brass. The two motif is involved each other, and the first part is reconstructed. In coda, the melody of trio appears, and the music head to the climax. After the sound of a tamtam, the music becomes so softly, and head to the forth movement straightly.


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