Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 "Spring"

Robert Schumann

음악과 삶으로 시대를 대변한 진정한 낭만주의자 , 로베르트 슈만

고전주의 형식의 틀을 깨고 낭만주의 이상에 충실했던 독일의 작곡가로 피아노와 가곡 분야에 뛰어난 작품을 남겼다. | 로베르트 슈만은 1810년 독일 작센 지방의 츠비카우에서 태어났다. 7살 때부터 음악을 배우기 시작했는데, 이때부터 작곡에 재능을 보였다...[음악사를 움직인 100인]

 

 

Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 "Spring"

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 "Spring" (with Score) Composed: 1841

Conductor: Zubin Mehta Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker

00:00 1. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace (B-flat major)

11:51 2. Larghetto (E-flat major)

19:15 3. Scherzo: Molto vivace (G minor)

25:08 4. Allegro animato e grazioso (B-flat major)

 

The Symphony No. 1 in B♭ major, Op. 38, also known as the Spring Symphony, is the first completed symphonic work composed by Robert Schumann. Although he had made some "symphonic attempts" in the autumn of 1840 soon after he married Clara Wieck, he did not compose his first symphony until early 1841. Until then, Schumann was largely known for his works for the piano and for voice. Clara encouraged him to write symphonic music, noting in her diary, "it would be best if he composed for orchestra; his imagination cannot find sufficient scope on the piano... His compositions are all orchestral in feeling... My highest wish is that he should compose for orchestra—that is his field! May I succeed in bringing him to it!" Schumann sketched the symphony in four days from 23 to 26 January and completed the orchestration by 20 February. The premiere took place under the baton of Felix Mendelssohn on 31 March 1841 in Leipzig, where the symphony was warmly received. According to Clara's diary, the title "Spring Symphony" was bestowed upon it due to Adolf Böttger's poem Frühlingsgedicht. Originally, each movement had its own title, with the first movement nicknamed "The Beginning of Spring", the second "Evening", the third "Merry Playmates", and the last "Spring in Full Bloom". However, Schumann withdrew the titles before publication. The first movement was described by the composer as a "summons to awakening", and "The vernal passion that sway men until they are very old, and which surprises them with each year." One scholar wrote that "If that makes this a kind of Last Judgment, then the rest of the symphony is a Garden of Heavenly Delights."[10] The first trio of the third movement quotes motifs from the first movement. The last movement of the symphony also uses the final theme of Kreisleriana, and therefore recalls the romantic and fantastic inspiration of the composer's piano compositions.

[해설] 슈만의 첫 번째 교향곡으로, 아내 클라라 슈만과 결혼한 지 1년이 되던 1841년에 작곡되었다. 부제명인 봄처럼 매우 밝고 역동적인 느낌을 준다. 슈만은 특정 시기에 특정 장르의 곡을 몰아서 쓰는 버릇이 있었는데, 클라라와 결혼하기 전에는 주로 피아니스트로 입신하려다가 실패한 경험 때문인지 피아노곡을 상당히 많이 썼다. 그러더니 결혼 직후에는 가곡에 푹 빠졌는 지 무려 130여 곡에 달하는 가곡을 신나게 썼고, 그 이듬해에는 이 곡과 교향곡 4번의 초판, 그리고 같이 시도했다가 스케치에 그친 교향곡 C단조까지 무려 세 곡의 교향곡을 한 번에 작업하는 등 교향곡에 올인하는 식이었다.

 

 

Spring is in the air! The Philharmonie Südwestfalen, led by Gerard Oskamp, welcomes the new season with Schumann's 'Spring Symphony', live in Het Concertgebouw. 

 

Recorded: Sunday the 11th of March 2018, during The Sunday Morning Concert in Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam.