Overture, Scherzo and Finale

The Overture, Scherzo and Finale (German: Ouvertüre, Scherzo und Finale) in E major is a work for symphony orchestra by Robert Schumann. It is his opus 52, and was written in 1841. Schumann originally considered it his second symphony.^[1] The Overture, Scherzo and Finale was received tepidly by critics,^[1] was revised in 1845^[2] and published the next year,^[2] with a dedication to Johannes Verhulst.

Structure

The work is in three movements:

Overture. (Andante con moto in E minor^[2] – Allegro in E major and time^[3]) (sketched and completed in April 1841)^[1]
Scherzo. Vivo, in ⁶
₈ time and in C♯ minor,^[4] whose theme is based on that of the overture.^[1] It has a trio section in D♭ major, in contrasting ²
₄ time^[5] whose material reappears as the coda of the movement.^[6]
Finale. Allegro molto vivace^[2] (orchestrated around May 1841)^[1]

Recordings

Paul Kletzki conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Georg Solti conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker
Franz Konwitschny conducting the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Carl Schuricht conducting the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Lawrance Collingwood conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, 1953^[7]
Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Daverio, John (1997). Robert Schumann: Herald of a "new Poetic Age" at Google Books. Oxford University Press U.S. Pages 235-6. ISBN 0-19-509180-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ferguson, Donald N. (1968). Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire: A Guide for Listeners at Google Books. U. of Minnesota Press. Page 518. ISBN 0-8166-0467-3.
^ See score, bar 18 - pages 2-3 of the piano 4-hands arrangement.
^ Pages 16-7 of the piano 4-hands arrangement, for example.
^ starting middle of bar 55, to bar 71 - pages 18-9 of the piano 4-hands arrangement.
^ starting at bar 137 - pages 24-5 of the piano 4-hands arrangement.
^ Discographical data from 'Collingwood' search in The CHARM Discography, Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music, <http://www.charm.kcl.ac.uk/about/about_structure Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine>, accessed 12 January 2015.

External links

Overture, Scherzo and Finale: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Robert Schumann

List of compositions

Orchestral

Symphony in G minor (Zwickau) (incomplete)
No. 1 in B♭ major (Spring)
No. 2 in C major
No. 3 in E♭ major (Rhenish)
No. 4 in D minor
Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Julius Caesar Overture
Hermann und Dorothea Overture

Concertante works

Piano Concerto
Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra
Introduction and Allegro appassionato
Cello Concerto
Introduction and Concert Allegro
Violin Concerto

Chamber music

Duos	Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano Fantasiestücke for clarinet and piano Three Romances for oboe and piano Five Pieces in Folk Style for cello and piano Violin Sonata No. 1 Violin Sonata No. 2 Violin Sonata No. 3 Märchenbilder for viola and piano F-A-E Sonata (collaboration)
Trios	Piano Trio No. 1 Piano Trio No. 2 Fantasiestücke Piano Trio No. 3 Märchenerzählungen for viola, clarinet and piano
Other	Three String Quartets Piano Quintet Piano Quartet in C minor Piano Quartet Andante and variations for two pianos, two cellos and horn

Solo piano

Multi-movement	Fantasie in C Sonata No. 1 Sonata No. 2 Sonata No. 3
Single-movement	Variations on the name "Abegg" Toccata Arabeske Blumenstück Humoreske Geistervariationen
Suites and collections	Papillons Davidsbündlertänze Carnaval Fantasiestücke Symphonic Studies Kinderszenen Kreisleriana Novelletten Nachtstücke Faschingsschwank aus Wien Album for the Young Waldszenen Bunte Blätter Drei Fantasiestücke Albumblätter Gesänge der Frühe