Overture, Scherzo and Finale

Overture, Scherzo and Finale
by Robert Schumann
Portrait of Robert Schumann, c. 1839
Native nameOuvertüre, Scherzo und Finale
KeyE major
Opus52
Composed1841 (1841), revised 1845
DedicationJohannes Verhulst
Published1846
Durationc. 17 minutes
Movements3
ScoringOrchestra

The Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major (German: Ouvertüre, Scherzo und Finale), Op. 52, is a work for symphony orchestra by Robert Schumann, written in 1841. Schumann originally considered it his second symphony.[1] The Overture, Scherzo and Finale was received tepidly by critics,[1] was revised in 1845[2] and published the next year,[2] with a dedication to Johannes Verhulst.

Instrumentation

The piece is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, and strings.

Structure

The work is in three movements:

  1. Overture. (Andante con moto in E minor[2] – Allegro in E major and cut time time[3]) (sketched and completed in April 1841)[1]
  2. Scherzo. Vivo, in 6
    8     time and in C♯ minor,[4] whose theme is based on that of the overture.[1] It has a trio section in D♭ major, in contrasting 2
    4     time[5] whose material reappears as the coda of the movement.[6]
  3. Finale. Allegro molto vivace[2] (orchestrated around May 1841)[1]

Recordings

Year Conductor Orchestra Label
1953 Lawrance Collingwood London Symphony Orchestra Parlophone
1954 Carl Schuricht Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire Decca
1956 Paul Kletzki Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Warner Classics
1962 Franz Konwitschny Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Eterna
1968 Sir Georg Solti Wiener Philharmoniker Decca
1973 Wolfgang Sawallisch Staatskapelle Dresden Warner Classics
1988 Neeme Järvi London Symphony Orchestra Chandos
1988 Peter Maag Bern Symphony Orchestra Helios (Hyperion)
1991 Herbert von Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker Deutsche Grammophon
1993 Johannes Wildner Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Naxos
1998 John Eliot Gardiner Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Deutsche Grammophon
1999 Christian Thielemann Philharmonia Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon
2007 Wolfgang Sawallisch Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra
2012 Gerard Schwarz Seattle Symphony Naxos
2013 Heinz Holliger WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Audite
2013 Stewart Robertson Atlantic Classical Orchestra Artek
2015 Paavo Järvi Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen RCA Red Seal
2026 Jörg Widmann Irish Chamber Orchestra Pentatone

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Daverio, John (1997). Robert Schumann: Herald of a "new Poetic Age" at Google Books. Oxford University Press U.S. Pages 235-6. ISBN 0-19-509180-9.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ferguson, Donald N. (1968). Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire: A Guide for Listeners at Google Books. U. of Minnesota Press. Page 518. ISBN 0-8166-0467-3.
  3. ↑ See score, bar 18 - pages 2-3 of the piano 4-hands arrangement.
  4. ↑ Pages 16-7 of the piano 4-hands arrangement, for example.
  5. ↑ starting middle of bar 55, to bar 71 - pages 18-9 of the piano 4-hands arrangement.
  6. ↑ starting at bar 137 - pages 24-5 of the piano 4-hands arrangement.
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