Gustav Mahler - Adagietto | Leonard Bernstein (4K)

Gustav Mahler - Adagietto. Sehr langsam. Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor, 1901-02. Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, 1973. Motion Picture Restored “In the Fourth movement, the famous Adagietto, harp and strings alone play. The opening melody recalls two of Mahler’s songs, “Nun seh’ ich wohl“ (from Kindertotenlieder) and the separate Ruckert setting “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen“. The long upbeats and expressive appoggiaturas of the melodic lines give the music a yearning, almost heart-breaking quality. The intensity that builds up inthis movement finaly assuages the darkness and doubts of the earlier movements, making the lighter mood and extrovert energy of the Rondo-Finale acceptable. Together, these two movements form the third part of the symphony. The formal function of the Adagietto is ambiguous. It acts as an introduction to the last movement, which follows without a break, and is thematically bound to it, for tw