Traditional Tuesday: Mahler's Symphony I Movement IV

Starting in this video just after 35'37" with a big burst of cymbal crashing of excitement with full orchestra and upbeat tempo. The third movement's quietness is still lingering in the air when the fourth bursts onto the scene.

The trumpets fanfare with responses of eerie descending strings

with lots of booming timpani

around 37'15' the theme bounces along

slowing down and then speeding up trumpets are racing along

horns around 38'08 and then strings take over briefly until everyone slows way down and gets quiet

by 39' the violins are starting a new theme colored with horn and lower strings

oboe 39'54"

I love listening for the low pizzicatos throughout this very passionate section

intensity built in with dynamic changes led by horns

a new tonality and then horn solo 41'45"

soooo quiet, cello, drops of sound in low clarinet a little low brass and trumpet until

short sort of recapitulation starting with another cymbal crash

44'25" intensity raises, violins getting higher and low brass coloring leading to a full fanfare in trumpets (with triangle) and timpani

Horn play out theme in unison proudly with timpani adding in here and there

another slow long tone section leading into violin recapitulation, horns, brief muted trumpet

piccolo, clarinet.

strings at 47'07"give us a reprieve of relaxing sounds

Just before 48 minutes the clarinet, bassoon and flute playfully enter with renewed sweetness followed by cello (some timpani rolls) and violins

oboe solo at 49'10"

strings build intensity and higher pitch with timpani and horn bringing A LOT of emotion

violas enter at 50'30" with a repeated three note clip followed by violins and other entrances until violas have more of the theme leading into more entrances and dynamic swells and then going higher in pitch with intensity in the cellos and fanfare in horns

Trumpets come in brightly leading into a brass chorale and cymbal crashing section (coda?)

Timpani giving a nice toe tapping beat for a moment and then back into the beautiful brass chorale
cymbals crash with full orchestration long timpani with crashes of cymbal, dynamic swells into a big robust finish