Mahler Symphony No. 4 - 3rd Movement - Listening Guide
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Peacefully, somewhat slowly. Theme and variations. The third movement is a solemn processional march cast as a set of variations. Mahler uses the theme and variation structure in a more unconventional way.
This movement can be divided into five main sections: A1 \\u2013 B1 \\u2013 A2 \\u2013 B2 \\u2013 A3 \\u2013 CODA. The theme is presented in the first 16 bars of A1, but the true variations don\\u2019t appear until section A3, although the theme is developed slightly within the preceding sections; sections A1, A2, B1, and B2 are in bar form. This movement remains mostly in G major, but does modulate to D minor, E minor, and E major; the B2 section has a rather unstable tonality, being more chromatic and moving through many keys.
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A listening guide of Symphony No. 4 - 3rd Movement with Lew Smoley.
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