Publication year 2022
Catalogue no. B.0884
Duration 34 minutes
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 16
(1882)
(1882)
Publication year 2022
Catalogue no. B.0884
Duration 34 minutes
The symphony is based on an allegorical poem by Holger Drachmann. Under the image of laborious wandering towards the temple on the mountain top, it deals with mankind’s liberating development from frivolous planlessness to a life led by a higher idea.
In the first part of the symphony – Kampen forud for beslutningen (The struggle before the decision) – there is a clash between the three motifs which depict the ideal, discouragement, and hope.
The second part, a Nocturne, is the nocturnal wandering through the mountain forest, which alluring memories of the past seek to stop.
In the third part, Marcia solenne, the consecration temple is depicted, and finally in the last part the joy of life through the work in the service of the idea.