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Symphony No. 2 in C minor, WAB 102

187256 min

This guide follows Bruckner’s Symphony No. 2 in C minor, WAB 102 (1872) in two parts: Moderato (sonata form) and Finale. Mehr schnell (sonata form).

Recording: NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Paavo Järvi (2019)

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Follow all 24 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II. · Sonata form
ISonata form0:32–17:45

Out of soft string a long, lyrical emerges at the , and soon an enigmatic trumpet call sounds a rhythm that comes back throughout the . The first ends with one of the symphony's typical pauses, and the opens a warmer in E-flat major. The stays in E-flat and recalls the trumpet call. After the and , the follows the order of the before the .

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II. Sonata form41:28–56:52

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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