Beethoven's contemporaries - mp3s

[Hofrat]

Sorrano;

I have e-mailed the Eggert MP3's to Peter who will host them. I hope his server can accept big attachments. If problems develope and the files can not be hosted, I would be happy to burn a CD and snail-mail it to you.

[Sorrano]

Thanks! I could give you my gmail address, which will handle large files, if that would be easier than snail mailing.

[Hofrat]

Sorrano;

Please send me you g-mail address as the server would not accept the attachments.

[Sorrano]

Sorrano;

Please send me you g-mail address as the server would not accept the attachments.

Sent you a pm; sorry I haven't responded as it was night time here!

[Peter]

For your enjoyment an mp3 of Eggert's C major symphony - only the finale for now - maybe more later on demand! The 4th movement is a fantasy on a Swedish folksong and Eggert used that movement as a stand-alone piece in his conducting debut on 14 May 1807.
I'm listening to the first movement as I write this and it is delightful - this whole work should be better known. Please be patient with the download as it is a large file.

www.kbam.co.uk/eggert4.mp3

[Sorrano]

Indeed, this is a very good 1st symphony! I've enjoyed very much listening to this. Very nice fugue towards the end, too!

[Hofrat]

As I have written elsewhere (or perhaps on this forum), there is no concensus on the order Eggert in which wrote his symphonies. But one thing is for sure, the C-major symphony was not his first. Regardless, it is great music.

A word of warning about the recording. About 30 seconds from the end of movement, Eggert writes in a Grand Pause of 4 full bars. So do not stop the recording when it first goes silent!

Enjoy! You are all in for a treat!

[Peter]

Anyone else have some comments on the Eggert symphony? If you haven't listened yet you're missing a treat!

www.kbam.co.uk/eggert4.mp3

[ruudp]

Grand work indeed. I love the energetic pulse and drive of the work. Very joyous and ingenious.
It indeed deserves to be more wellknown.

[Preston]

It was nice to hear something cheerful. I wish I could comment more about the musical form of the piece, but I am not studied in theory. It made me feel good. Hofrat, thanks for encouraging Peter and Chris to post this. Hofrat, I am sure that you are glad that the forum members got to hear a symphony by one of your favorite composers!

I imagine that all the forum members have downloaded and listened to the piece but that not just not everyone has replied. So keep it up Peter and Chris, posting great music.

[Preston]

Is there a largo type movement to this symphony that y'all could post?

[Hofrat]

Preston asked if there is a largo type movement in Eggert's C-major symphony. Well, largo no; andante yes! And a very delightful one at that.

If Preston insists on a largo, Eggert wrote a largo in his first version of his C-minor symphony in 1805. However, when Eggert revised this symphony in 1807, the largo was scrapped and in its stead an adagio with a moderato middle section was used. Hopefully, we will publish this largo together with the revised C-minor symphony this fall.

[Hofrat]

Preston also asked about the form of the hosted symphony movement by Eggert. Eggert, when he used this symphonic finale as a stand-alone piece, called it "a fantasy on a Swedish folksong." Eggert starts this allegro vivace movement according to the principles of the sonata allegro form. The first theme is Hayd-like in C, but the second theme Eggert takes from a song by Carl Michael Bellman, "Gustafs skol!" (Gustaf's toast) using Bellman's original key of G. Eggert adheres to the rules of sonata form until he reaches the recapitulation of the second theme where he launches into a huge fugue, twisting and bending the Bellman melody, then playfully combining it with the first theme. Eggert passes through a number of keys and orchestral groups with the themes as the percussion section pounds out the first three repeated notes of the Bellman song. After a thorough contrapunctal workout, Eggert triumphantly restates the Bellman song and brings the piece to an elegant and energetic ending.

[Preston]

I just meant a slower movement, it doesn't have to be largo. It was just a suggestion.

Thank you Hofrat for the analysis, very helpful.

[Peter]

I just meant a slower movement, it doesn't have to be largo. It was just a suggestion.

The slow movement of Eggert's C major symphony (Andante, not Largo!) is now available here - www.kbam.co.uk/eggert2.mp3