Franz Schubert - Symphony No.4 in C-minor, “Tragic“ (1816)

Picture: Carlo Bossoli - Battle of Solferino Franz Schubert Work: Symphony No.4 in C-minor, “Tragic“ (1816) Mov.I: Adagio molto - Allegro vivace 00:00 : Andante 09:57 : Menuetto: Allegro vivace 17:57 : Allegro 21:15 Orchestra: Failoni Orchestra Conductor: Michael Halász The title Tragic is Schubert’s own. It was added to the autograph manuscript some time after the work was completed. It is not known exactly why he added the title, but the work is one of only two symphonies (the Unfinished Symphony is the other) which Schubert wrote in a minor key. The symphony is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B-flat, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in A-flat, C and E-flat, 2 trumpets in C and E-flat, timpani and strings. The slow introduction is modeled after Haydn’s The Representation of Chaos overture to The Creation oratorio. The opening theme of the Allegro of the first movement derives from the opening th