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Schicksalslied, Op. 54

187116 min

This guide follows Brahms’s Schicksalslied, Op. 54 (1871) in one part.

Recording: Collegium Vocale Gent, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Philippe Herreweghe (2013)

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A single in three connected parts. It opens with a slow orchestral prelude () in E-flat major over a timpani (a repeated drum pattern), and in section A the chorus enters, (always sweet), for the stanzas about the gods. In section B the begins in C minor, with agitated strings, hard accents and dissonances for the suffering mortals. The is an for orchestra alone, in C major, where a flute takes up the prelude.

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