Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No.8 in G major, Op.88
Movement I. Allegro con brio
Conducted By: Herbert von Karajan
August 15, 1974
Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg
The symphony is in four movements:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allegro con brio (G major) [which is posted here][Source: Wikipedia]
- Adagio (C minor)
- Allegretto grazioso – Molto vivace (G minor)
- Allegro ma non troppo (G major)The work is scored for 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (1st doubling English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, and strings.
The orchestration of piccolo and English Horn is unusual in this symphony. The piccolo only sustains a long note in unison with the flute at the exposition of the 1st movement and the English Horn only plays a short, but exposed phrase during the second recapitulation of the main "bird call" theme, also in the 1st movement. In some editions the 2nd oboe doubles on English horn rather than the 1st oboe as indicated in most scores.
A typical performance of the Eighth lasts about 36 minutes, making it one of Dvořák's shorter symphonies.
More detail on the composition here.
Posted By: Kidist P. Asrat
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