2. Plan
• Vast
opening
moderato
in
E
minor.
•
Short
angry
2nd
mvt
in
B
flat
minor.
• AllegreBo
in
C
minor
as
third
mvt
–
full
of
personal
shiGs
in
mood.
• Intro
to
Finale
–
moves
to
major
mode
–
to
triumphant
unison
ending.
• Personal
asserKon
of
triumph?
• Stalin
portrait?
3. MoBo
intervals
• Of stepwise minor third in first mvt.
• Ballet/soloistic second subject.
• Very long first mvt – moderato.
• Rich low string writing –
• First mvt – long introduction-like section.
• Third mvt – DSCH theme – German
spelling of name – D (S=Eflat, C, H = B
natural. Also 5 note theme E-A-E-D-A
Elmira Nazirova).
4. Shostakovich
10th
Symphony
• After 8 year hiatus – 1948 Zhdanov conference
and denunciations. Pubic humiliation.
• Composed in 1953 – year of Stalin’s death.
• Hailed as a masterpiece.
• Recreation of classical romantic symphony –
Mahler.
• Key of E minor – shades of Tchaikovsky.
• Perhaps the most popular and acclaimed?
6. First
Mvt
• Neo-‐romanKc
warmth
–
passion
and
intensity
of
Mahler
and
Tchaikovsky.
• MoBo
interval
–
step-‐wise
minor
third.
Not
mono-‐
themaKc.
• Second
subject
first
mvt
–
ballet/dance.
Clearly
differenKated.
• Re-‐engagment
with
Russian
romanKc
tradiKon.
• Rich
string
textures
and
Kmbres
–
start?
• All
moderato
–
no
change
to
allegro
• Avoids
emphasing
¾
of
movement
–
cross
rhythms
in
2/4.
7. Movement
to
second
subject
area
• Movt
very
long
–
22
minutes!
• Second
subject
aGer
about
7
minutes!
• First
subject
area
includes
solo
for
clarinet
–
but
not
so
may
solos
as
other
symphonies.
• Climax
at
end
of
first
sub
area
–
then
g.p.
• Second
subject
slightly
faster.
• Themes
more
chromaKc
‘typsy
anxiety’
11. Second
Movement
• ‘Portrait
of
Stalin’
–
descent
into
madness.
• No
real
solos.
• MoBo
theme
announced
by
strings.
• Form
ABA
–
B
secKon
starts
with
cymbal
crashes.
• Builds
in
fury
with
addiKon
of
percussion.
• Return
to
theme
even
more
ferocious.
• All
big
climaxes
in
major
keys.
• Short
mvt
–
as
first
is
long.
12.
13. Third
Movement
• Mosaic
structure
–
dance
steps
into
notes
–
DSCH
=
D
Eflat
C
B.
Schumann
Carnival
and
Bach.
Slow
with
lively
outbursts.
• Horn
signal
E
A
E
D
A
–
Elmina
Nazirov.
• Rising
notes
of
moBo
at
very
start.
• Second
subject
has
Shostakovich’s
moBo.
15. Fourth
Movement
• Slow
intro
into
principal
theme
• Start
on
cellos
and
basses
• Sonata
form
–
2
different
subjects.
• Allegro
tune
–
light
woodwind
arabesques.
• Second
subject
–
Russian
dance
on
strings
