December 29, 2013

Classical Piece of the Week: Symphony 4, 4th mvmt


A while back I attended the Tchaikovsky Festival show by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and it was a mind-blowing experience. One of the pieces they performed was his Fourth Symphony, and the whole piece kept me at the edge of my seat. All four of the movements were extremely impressive, but the movement I want to showcase today is the fourth movement.

The movement is 9 minutes of epic, grandiose, magnificent music. It's everything that's good concentrated into the sound of the bold strings, blaring brass, balanced winds and the booming percussion. (All those b's were definitely unintentional, hehe). The music always builds and intensifies from its momentum, but just when you think it's at its peak, everything just diminishes again and a new, even more powerful momentum starts to develop. And then all this energy just releases at the end, giving you one of the most EPIC endings ever.


It's amazing what music can make you feel. It wraps you, then transports you into this whole different world where everything just seems possible. And that's why I love doing Classical Piece of the Week, because I get to share this world with you guys, but more importantly, you get to create your own world, from tiny fragments of music.

My favourite version. Barenboim is absolutely brilliant. 

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