Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24
This guide follows Strauss’s Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24 (1889) in one part.
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Follow all 4 sections as they play
0:21–22:36
Part 1 is slow: the sick man lies on his cot, and two dreamy themes sound in the flute and the oboe, the oboe one standing for childhood innocence. Part 2 is the battle between life and death, with a sharp timpani strike and a syncopated rhythm like laboured breathing. In Part 3 his past passes through a feverish delirium, and the brass present the of the ideal. Part 4 is the transfiguration, where the childhood and ideal themes reach their final glory.
- Part 1: Sick man lying on his cot
- Part 2: Battle between life and death
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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