WORKS

COMPOSED AT MAIERNIGG

Symphonies

Completion of the Fourth Symphony in G major with soprano solo set to words from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (1900, first performance 1901 in Munich)
1. Slow and measured. Do not rush
2. At a leisurely pace. Without hurrying.
3. Peaceful and calm
4. Joyful and free ("Wir genießen die himmlischen Freuden", soprano solo)

Fifth Symphony in C minor (1902, first performance 1904 in Cologne)
1. Funeral march. At a measured pace. Strict tempo. Like a funeral procession.
2. Tempestuous. With great vehemence
3. Scherzo. Powerfully, not too fast
4. Adagietto. Very slow
5. Rondo finale. Allegro

Sixth Symphony in A minor (1904, first performance 1906 in Essen)
1. Allegro energico, ma non troppo
2. Scherzo. Energetically
3. Andante moderato
4. Finale. Allegro moderato

Seventh Symphony in E minor (1905, first performance 1908 in Prague)
1. Slow - Allegro risoluto, ma non troppo
2. Night - Allegro moderato
3. Scherzo - Shadowy. Flowing, but not fast
4. Night - Andante amoroso
5. Rondo finale. Allegro ordinario

Eighth Symphony in E flat major for 3 soprano and 2 alto solos, tenor, baritone and bass solos, boys´ choir, 2 mixed choirs and large orchestra (1906, first performance 1910 in Munich)
Part 1: Hymn,"Veni creator spiritus"
Part 2: Final scene from Goethe´s "Faust"
 

SONG AND ORCHESTRA

Kindertotenlieder (1901 - 04) set to poems by Friedrich Rückert
1. Nun will die Sonn´ so hell aufgeh´n
2. Nun seh´ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
3. Wenn dein Mütterlein
4. Oft denk´ ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
5. In diesem Wetter
 

Other songs written at Maiernigg

Der Tamboursg´sell ("Des Knaben Wunderhorn")
Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! (Rückert)
Ich atmet´ einen linden Duft (Rückert)
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Rückert)
Um Mitternacht (Rückert)
Liebst du um Schönheit (Rückert)

(All these orchestral songs can also be found in Mahler´s arrangements for piano)

("Mahler", Wolfgang Schreiber, Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg, 1971, p. 171ff.)