Dante Symphony, S. 109
This guide follows Liszt’s Dante Symphony, S. 109 (1856) in two parts: Inferno and Purgatorio – Magnificat.
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Follow all 17 sections as they play
- IInferno
- IIPurgatorio –
IInferno0:27–20:11
Inferno opens with a slow : three -like (speech-like) themes set the words over the gate of Hell, with timpani and tam-tam rolls. The fast music (A) starts with the first in the violins. The slow, long for Francesca da Rimini fits the stretch labelled B: a bass clarinet , then a passionate in 7/4. The fast music (A′), with the first stretched out as a parody sung by devils. In the the 'abandon all hope' comes back in the last ten .
- A
IIPurgatorio – 21:26–46:33
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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