Symphony in One Movement (Barber)
- Symphony in One Movement (Barber)
Samuel Barber's Symphony in One Movement (op. 9), was completed 24 February 1936. It was premiered by Rome's Philharmonic Augusteo Orchestra under the baton of Bernardino Molinari 13 December 1936. It lasts around 21 minutes.
Barber commenced his work on the symphony in August 1935 and completed the work at the Anabel Taylor Foundation in Roquebrune in the French Alps. It was dedicated to his long time companion Gian Carlo Menotti. It received its American premiere by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Ringwall 21 January 1937 and was performed 24 March 1937 at Carnegie Hall, New York by the New York Philharmonic under direction of Artur Rodzinski. Rodzinski was a strong promoter of Barber's work and conducted the Vienna Philharmonic's performance of the symphony at the opening concert of the 1937 Salzburg Festival. It was the first performance of a symphonic work by an American composer at the festival.
The symphony is a condensed one movement version of a classical four movement symphony and is modeled after Sibelius' Symphony No. 7. The work is divided into three sections:
#Allegro ma non troppo
#Allegro molto
#Andante tranquillo
In the program notes for the New York premiere Barber explained:
cquote2|The form of my Symphony in One Movement is a synthetic treatment of the four-movement classical symphony. It is based on three themes of the initial Allegro non troppo, which retain throughout the work their fundamental character. The Allegro opens with the usual exposition of a main theme, a more lyrical second theme, and a closing theme. After a brief development of the three themes, instead of the customary recapitulation, the first theme, in diminution forms the basis of a scherzo section (Vivace). The second theme (oboe over muted strings) then appears in augmentation, in an extended Andante tranquillo. An intense crescendo introduces the finale, which is a short passacaglia based on the first theme (introduced by the violoncelli and contra-bassi), over which, together with figures from other themes, the closing theme is woven, thus serving as a recapitulation for the entire symphony.|
Barber made some revisions to the work in 1942 - 43. The revised version was first performed 18 February 1944 by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter.
External links
* [http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/?fuseaction=composition&composition_id=2374 National Symphony Orchestra program notes]
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