Very slowly, mysteriously. A minor. \u201cMidnight song\u201d.
At this point, in the sparsely instrumentated fourth movement, we hear an alto solo singing a setting of Friedrich Nietzsche\u2019s \u201cMidnight Song\u201d from Also sprach Zarathustra \u201cO Mensch! Gib acht!\u201d (\u201cO man! Take heed!\u201d), with thematic material from the first movement woven into it.
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A listening guide of Symphony No. 3 - 4th Movement with Lew Smoley.