Universal Edition - Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2 | in 5 movements | C minor | for soli, mixed choir and orchestra | revised version Stark/Kaplan

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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 | in 5 movements | C minor | for soli, mixed choir and orchestra | revised version Stark/Kaplan

Work Details
Key: C minor
Year of composition: 1888-1894
Subtitle: in 5 movements
Version: revised version Stark/Kaplan
Scored for: for soli, mixed choir and orchestra
Composer: Gustav Mahler
Edited by: Renate Stark-Voit; Gilbert Kaplan
Text Source: "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" und Dichtungen von Friedrich Klopstock
Original Language: Deutsch
Choir: SATB
Soloinstruments/Soloists: soprano; alto
Instrumentation: 4 4 5 4 - 10 6 4 1 - timp(3), perc(5), hp(4), org, str; in the distance: hn, tpt(4), timp, perc(1)
Instrumentation details: 1st flute (+3rd picc); 2nd flute (+4th picc); 3rd flute (+1st picc); 4th flute (+2nd picc); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 3rd oboe (+1st c.a); 4th oboe (+2nd c.a); 1st clarinet in Eb; 2nd clarinet in Eb (+4th cl(Bb); cl(A)); 1st clarinet in Bb (+cl(C); cl(A)); 2nd clarinet in Bb (+cl(C); cl(A)); 3rd clarinet in Bb (+cl(C); cl(A); bass cl(Bb)); 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 3rd bassoon (+cbsn); 4th bassoon (+cbsn); 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 5th horn in F; 6th horn in F; 7th horn in F (in the distance); 8th horn in F; 9th horn in F; 10th horn in F; 1st trumpet in F; 2nd trumpet in F; 3rd trumpet in F; 4th trumpet in F; 5th trumpet in F; 6th trumpet in F; 1st trumpet in F (in the distance); 2nd trumpet in F (+tpt(C); in the distance); 3rd trumpet in F (in the distance); 4th trumpet in F (+tpt(C); in the distance); 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; 4th trombone; contrabass tuba; 1st timpani; 2nd and 3rd timpani; timpani (in the distance); percussion(5); percussion (in the distance); 1st harp(2); 2nd harp(2); organ; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
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World Première
Location: Royal Albert Hall London / Great Britain
Date: 18.10.2005
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Choir: Philharmonia Chorus
Conductor: Gilbert Kaplan
Main Soloists: Sally Matthews, Soprano, Karen Cargill, MS; Crouch End Festival Chorus, Brighton Festival Chorus, Southend Festival Chorus

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