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Oberon Overture

18269 min

This guide follows Weber’s Oberon Overture (1826) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (1997)

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Follow all 6 sections as they play

– Sonata form0:53–10:11

The slow opens with the horn call and moves through the fairy music until the fast section begins. The first is excited, and a leads to the lyrical , which draws on the lovers' music. The is where the stormy sea crossing belongs. The drives to the brilliant ending based on Rezia's joyful outburst.

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