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Classics Explained: DVORAK - Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World' (Siepmann)

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Jeremy Siepmann 7/1/2002

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  2. 1 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': A quiet beginning: sorrow, syncopation, and sequence Jeremy Siepmann 2:38
  3. 2 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Instrumental colour as a prime element: clarinets and bassoons, an outburst by the French horn Jeremy Siepmann 0:57
  4. 3 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The opening tune again, with different instrumental colouring: now flutes and oboes Jeremy Siepmann 0:32
  5. 4 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The first big surprise: strings, shattering drumbeats, shrieks from flutes, oboes, and clarinets Jeremy Siepmann 0:37
  6. 5 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Cellos and basses take us into a new key while flutes and oboes dance in syncopation. Jeremy Siepmann 0:32
  7. 6 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Horns, violas, and cellos introduce a new idea, soon to evolve into the main theme. Jeremy Siepmann 0:31
  8. 7 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': A tiny detail from the opening culminates in a wild drumming that heralds a major event Jeremy Siepmann 0:43
  9. 8 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Introduction complete Jeremy Siepmann 2:5
  10. 9 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': A solo horn introduces the main theme, perkily answered by bassoons and horns. Jeremy Siepmann 0:39
  11. 10 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The theme moves to G major; answering phrase from flutes, oboes, bassoons. Jeremy Siepmann 0:33
  12. 11 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Long crescendo, tremolo strings, back to tonic and biggest statement yet of the main theme. Jeremy Siepmann 0:39
  13. 12 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Transition to the secondary theme through the use of sequence. Sonata form; satability and flux Jeremy Siepmann 1:36
  14. 13 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Three-bar groupings and again the use of sequence, spelling out a chord Jeremy Siepmann 0:34
  15. 14 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The sequence continues to rise, and the four-bar phrase returns as the standard unit. Jeremy Siepmann 0:18
  16. 15 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The first violins start off the next phrase, but the melodic shape is more compact. Jeremy Siepmann 0:21
  17. 16 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The violins fall silent; the violas and cellos answer with a new figure Jeremy Siepmann 0:9
  18. 17 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': So now we have a two-bar group, made up of statement and answer. Jeremy Siepmann 0:7
  19. 18 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The same thing again (though not quite the same) Jeremy Siepmann 0:5
  20. 19 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Transition complete. The secondary theme arrives, with French horns as 'bagpipes'. Jeremy Siepmann 1:0
  21. 20 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The 'bagpipe drone' is taken over by cellos, with their insistently repeated G and D. Jeremy Siepmann 0:19
  22. 21 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The tune is taken up by cellos and double-basses, 'shadowed' by the second violins. Jeremy Siepmann 0:57
  23. 22 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The violins continue a pattern of steady pairs, and the cellos and basses introduce a new idea. Jeremy Siepmann 0:33
  24. 23 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Unexpectedly, we find ourselves back with the secondary theme. A new idea emerges. Jeremy Siepmann 0:26
  25. 24 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Again we hear the shortened version of the secondary theme Jeremy Siepmann 0:33
  26. 25 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The suspense is heightened as everything slows down Jeremy Siepmann 0:25
  27. 26 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': This beautiful flute tune is said to resemble 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'. Jeremy Siepmann 0:47
  28. 27 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': A big crescendo leads to a final statement of the closing theme Jeremy Siepmann 1:16
  29. 28 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The development section begins with a conversation between cellos, double-bases, and violins. Jeremy Siepmann 1:9
  30. 29 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The beginning of the closing theme is taken up in turn by the horn, piccolo, and trumpet. Jeremy Siepmann 0:18
  31. 30 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Sequential chirping from the oboes based on the 'answering' part of the main theme, now in the major Jeremy Siepmann 0:18
  32. 31 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Much of the development comes from a diminution of the closing theme from the exposition. Jeremy Siepmann 0:19
  33. 32 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': A tiny detail becomes a major ingredient, giving an agitated quality to an originally sunny tune. Jeremy Siepmann 0:31
  34. 33 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Through a sequence of keys so quickly that it is hard to keep track of them Jeremy Siepmann 0:37
  35. 34 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The main theme from massed cellos and double-basses, topped by two trumpets over tremolo violas Jeremy Siepmann 1:46
  36. 35 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': After that major climax, we arrive at the threshold of the recapitulation Jeremy Siepmann 1:4
  37. 36 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Dvorak flouts tradition by setting the secondary theme and the closing theme in unexpected keys. Jeremy Siepmann 1:10
  38. 37 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The tumultuous convulsion of the coda brings the first movement to its epic close. Jeremy Siepmann 3:9
  39. 38 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Humpty Dumpty: putting the bits back together again Jeremy Siepmann 0:20
  40. 39 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': First movement (complete) Jeremy Siepmann 11:36
  41. 40 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The very opening chords unmistakably herald the arrival of something special. Jeremy Siepmann 1:6
  42. 41 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The role of instrumentation in setting the scene... Jeremy Siepmann 1:10
  43. 42 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': ...and in enhancing the quality of one of the most famous tunes in symphonic history. Jeremy Siepmann 1:29
  44. 43 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The cor anglais is joined by the clarinet, creating a fascinating change in the timbre. Jeremy Siepmann 1:8
  45. 44 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': For the closing part of the tune, there is another new sonority: cor anglais plus bassoon. Jeremy Siepmann 0:24
  46. 45 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The closing bar is repeated by clarinets and bassoons, the horn adding a new touch Jeremy Siepmann 0:28
  47. 46 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Back to the start to hear the whole of the story so far, this time without commentary Jeremy Siepmann 2:24
  48. 47 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': A change of scoring: the slow opening chords return, this time played by the winds alone. Jeremy Siepmann 1:14
  49. 48 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The changes in scoring are just beginning. Jeremy Siepmann 2:35
  50. 49 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The flutes and oboes introduce a new tune, over hushed tremolo strings. Jeremy Siepmann 1:5
  51. 50 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': A memorable combination of continuous, asymmetrical melody with steady, march-like counterpoint. Jeremy Siepmann 1:28
  52. 51 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Back in that woodland glade, the light and shadows have changed, revealing new shapes and patterns. Jeremy Siepmann 1:33
  53. 52 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The next section is new and forward-looking, yet also a kind of dream-recollection of a past scene. Jeremy Siepmann 1:30
  54. 53 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': An abrupt change of mood, much discussion and embellishment, and a hushed note of expectancy Jeremy Siepmann 2:1
  55. 54 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Subjectivity and expertise; Sourek and Tovey disagree; onwards, into the final section Jeremy Siepmann 5:14
  56. 55 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Cue to whole movement Jeremy Siepmann 0:10
  57. 56 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Second movement (complete) Jeremy Siepmann 12:0
  58. 1 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Dvorak, Beethoven, and the Scherzo. Dvorak purposely confuses the listener's expectations. Jeremy Siepmann 1:54
  59. 2 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Using a little fanfare, Dvorak further builds up expectation before revealing the main theme. Jeremy Siepmann 0:21
  60. 3 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': When the theme is revealed, we find that it is not exactly a tune. Jeremy Siepmann 0:36
  61. 4 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Two little bursts of rhythm provide the seeds from which much of the movement grows. Jeremy Siepmann 0:24
  62. 5 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': It is the second half of the theme that dominates. Jeremy Siepmann 0:22
  63. 6 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Back to the beginning to hear the whole of this opening section Jeremy Siepmann 0:48
  64. 7 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Without ever being remotely 'academic' or 'intellectual', there is much counterpoint going on here. Jeremy Siepmann 0:20
  65. 8 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Dvorak's very Czech love of combining conflicting rhythms, sometimes metres Jeremy Siepmann 2:31
  66. 9 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': A clearly transitional passage, obsessed with the rhythmic tag that both opens and closes the theme Jeremy Siepmann 0:30
  67. 10 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Sooner than we may have expected, we seem to have arrived at the Trio section. Jeremy Siepmann 1:7
  68. 11 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': A new kind of tone quality sheds a subtly different light on the theme. Jeremy Siepmann 0:35
  69. 12 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The flutes and oboes now chime in with an answering variant of the opening... Jeremy Siepmann 0:21
  70. 13 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': ...and the cellos and bassoons take up the original version of the theme. Jeremy Siepmann 0:43
  71. 14 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': A false alarm: it was not the traditional Trio section at all, but rather part 2 of Scherzo proper Jeremy Siepmann 0:52
  72. 15 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Soon, after a very rapid build, the Scherzo proper does reach its final phase. Jeremy Siepmann 1:13
  73. 16 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The orchestral texture thins dramatically, and we approach what this time really is the Trio section. Jeremy Siepmann 1:28
  74. 17 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The Trio section is reminiscent more of the 'Old World' than the 'New'. Jeremy Siepmann 0:50
  75. 18 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': In the second half of the Trio, a new tune emerges, a kind of Slavonic waltz. Jeremy Siepmann 1:0
  76. 19 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The main theme of the Trio returns against a much fuller orchestral background. Jeremy Siepmann 0:36
  77. 20 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Then it is all a matter of repeats, until we reach the coda, which ends with an explosive bang. Jeremy Siepmann 1:15
  78. 21 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Third movement (complete) Jeremy Siepmann 8:7
  79. 22 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Like the first movement, the fourth begins not with its main theme but with an introduction. Jeremy Siepmann 0:47
  80. 23 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The main theme: an imposing march, introduced by trumpets and trombones, with timpani Jeremy Siepmann 0:48
  81. 24 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The main theme, part two. A codetta-like passage closes off the march Jeremy Siepmann 1:1
  82. 25 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The 'transitional' theme, while outwardly contrasting, is actually a hidden variant of the march. Jeremy Siepmann 0:53
  83. 26 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': A point of future obsession Jeremy Siepmann 0:16
  84. 27 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The second half of this 'transitional' theme is given to the winds the strings have finished. Jeremy Siepmann 0:16
  85. 28 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The 'obsession' takes root, with a ten-fold repetition, before the arrival of the second subject. Jeremy Siepmann 0:57
  86. 29 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The hidden traps in sonata-form terminology: 'second main theme' vx. 'second subject' Jeremy Siepmann 2:31
  87. 30 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The unexpected entry and subsequent ubiquity of 'Three Blind Mice' Jeremy Siepmann 1:23
  88. 31 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': We meet the mice again, now in the cellos and double-basses, where they persistently refuse to run. Jeremy Siepmann 0:36
  89. 32 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': More 'Three Blind Mice' material Jeremy Siepmann 0:30
  90. 33 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The mice return to the basement, where the bassoons have joined the cellos and double-basses. Jeremy Siepmann 0:19
  91. 34 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Next, they are back with the clarinets who pass them back to the cellos Jeremy Siepmann 0:18
  92. 35 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Now they return to the high winds, delicately trilling. Jeremy Siepmann 0:15
  93. 36 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Relief, at last: the mice back off, making way for a remainder of the main theme from the trumpets. Jeremy Siepmann 0:34
  94. 37 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The mice yield to woodpeckers; the main theme is now doubled in speed Jeremy Siepmann 1:7
  95. 38 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The triplets of the 'transitional' theme are now handed down through strings Jeremy Siepmann 0:23
  96. 39 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Reminders of past movements begin to fly by, thick and fast, sometimes very fast. Jeremy Siepmann 0:28
  97. 40 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': In fact there are three bits of quotation going on here simultaneously. Jeremy Siepmann 0:23
  98. 41 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The violas react every time the 'Goin' Home' theme is quoted by the winds. Jeremy Siepmann 0:13
  99. 42 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The rhythm of the opening of the 'Goin' Home' theme dominates, transformed by trumpets Jeremy Siepmann 0:35
  100. 43 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The march theme reappears as a Mendelssohnian fairy; the main theme from the 1st mov. now returns. Jeremy Siepmann 1:55
  101. 44 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': We reach an interesting point: have we heard the beginning of the recapitulation, or not? Jeremy Siepmann 1:5
  102. 45 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Perhaps this is it? Back for a reminder of the theme proper, as we first heard it Jeremy Siepmann 1:41
  103. 46 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Tovey places the start of the recapitulation here. Jeremy Siepmann 1:27
  104. 47 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The main theme recast in pathetic rather than heroic terms - and with magical scoring Jeremy Siepmann 1:51
  105. 48 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': This unexpected crisis in confidence plays a major role in the overall dramatic impact of the mov. Jeremy Siepmann 1:49
  106. 49 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The main theme returns - not complete, but chopped up into shorter and shorter fragments. Jeremy Siepmann 1:30
  107. 50 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': A glorious thematic stew; high drama, a powerful build-up... but then? Jeremy Siepmann 0:56
  108. 51 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The dramatic highpoint of the mov., an astonishing transformation, but first, back to the original Jeremy Siepmann 1:26
  109. 52 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': The same chords again, this time blasted out by the entire wind and brass sections Jeremy Siepmann 1:9
  110. 53 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Now we are into the finishing stretch, but the surprises continue to the very end of the very end. Jeremy Siepmann 1:42
  111. 54 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Summary, context, and cue into the whole movement Jeremy Siepmann 1:5
  112. 55 An Introduction to... DVORAK Symphony No. 9 'From the New World': Fourth movement (complete) Jeremy Siepmann 11:5
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