Bernard Zweers - Symphony No. 3, "To My Fatherland" (1890)

[@peterlim5730]

This is a miracle. It enchants me!

[@LucasHagemans]

PART I - In the Dutch forests 0:00 forest murmurs 0:25 theme 1 (fatherland theme, piccolo) 1:00 fatherland theme, piccolo 1:11 trill in thirds 1:34 theme 1b (horn) 2:17 2:33 piccolo 2:46 3:10 brass 3:50 climax and diminuendo 4:04 runs of fatherland motif 4:37 fatherland motif transformed (clarinet) 5:06 fatherland theme expanded (ww) 5:35 violen 6:23 7:31 7:46 8:30 minor 8:49 9:11 9:20 9:40 10:03 10:45 paukenslag 10:51 fatherland theme (clarinet) 11:25 12:10 fartherland motif (brass) 12:35 forest murmurs 13:05 fatherland motif (low brass) 13:19 forest murmurs morendo PART II - In the country Scherzo 14:03 14:52 15:23 15:47 16:02 bassoon 16:20 descending run 16:24 interleaved motives 18:47 waltz 19:28 19:44 20:07 waltz passionate 20:38 horn 20:52 country motif 21:26 staccato Trio 22:25 religious hymn: Farmers at church (Vincent van Gogh - "Het uitgaan van de Hervormde Kerk te Nuenen" comes to mind) 25:44 Passionate conviction of churchgoers (violins) 26:50 country motif (slow ww) 27:11 27:19 27:25 27:34 Scherzo 27:53 country motif (tempo 1) 28:02 28:17 28:33 28:52 28:57 country motif (low strings) 29:08 29:12 29:21 country motif (oboe) 29:31 (Tchaikovsky symfonie 4) 29:44 country motif PART III - On the beach and at sea 29:52 Waves hitting the beach and washing away again 30:37 majestic fatherland motif (in minor, extended): Panorama view over the beach (like Mesdag's painting) 31:07 fatherland motif (clarinets, bassoon) 31:23 chromatic descent violins 32:26 32:40 chromatic descent 33:10 33:43 waves motif 34:48 dirge (violin) 35:16 dirge (cello) 35:38 violins 35:51 ww 36:42 sailing theme? 37:41 38:15 horns 38:52 (horn solo) 39:49 waves theme 40:09 waves motif stringendo 40:27 majestic fatherland motif (brass) 40:47 majestic fatherland motif + descending scales depicting stormy Northsea 41:37 Calm after the storm 42:00 Dancelike 43:27 dirge (cello, violin) Part IV - To the capital 45:54 Amsterdam motif (with descending scales from calm Northsea of mvt 3) 46:25 fatherland motif (brass) 47:06 Amsterdam motif sudden resurgence 47:29 Amsterdam theme (clarinet) 48:01 Amsterdam motifs stringendo 48:12 harmonie reeks 48:26 fatherland motif (brass) 48:45 fatherland motif diminution (flute) 49:31 Amsterdam + fatherland motifs 49:51 country (farmer) motif (horn, oboe) 50:32 fatherland motif 51:07 country motif (oboe) 51:16 51:26 51:45 country motif (ww) 52:05 country motif 51:20 51:40 53:00 Amsterdam theme 53:19 Amsterdam motif (a la polonaise) 54:08 fatherland motif (brass) 54:48 fatherland motif (woodwind) 55:56 clarinet 57:08 57:35 57:46 58:00 Amsterdam theme 59:56 paukenslag 1:00:02 violin

[@chsc4134]

Thank you. I'm listening for the first time.

[@waltersteinbaum2627]

A Smetanian dutch composer? Thanks to share!

[@nathangottschall2443]

¡Gracias por postar!

[@t.vanoosterhout233]

Rondom 28:00, het Valkhof te Nijmegen? Een van de residenties van Karel de Grote.

[@hervich]

Je n'ai rien entendu ici d'intéressant. Proche de ce qu'on "Musique de genre".

[@nikanorsoter7123]

There are woods in Holland? 😁

[@bomcabedal]

Not Holland (western rim of the country), but in the Netherlands, yes, although not that much.Mostly in the east of the country.

[@nikanorsoter7123]

@@bomcabedal Nice upload. Thank you. By the way, there are also few forests in Northern Germany, especially Schleswig-Holstein

[@S.Lijmerd]

One of the theories of where the name "Holland" comes from is from the Germanic "Holt Lant" literally meaning wood land. So yes there are woods in The Netherlands. Contrary to what Bom Cabedal said, even in the province of Holland there are woods. Though they are quite small (the largest is the National Park of Zuid-Kennemerland, a forest on the dunes and in the south shared with the province of Brabant is the beautiful Bieschbosch) and some, like the "Amsterdamse bos" largely man made.

[@christophevidal5610]

@@nikanorsoter7123 there are forests also, with the mountains in the middle of the country ( Thuringen, Hessen, Eiffel/West next Belgien, Nord Bayern and so on ).

[@christophevidal5610]

We can find woods in Netherlands, next Arnhem in east or the country ; with the Hogeweluwe (or Highweluwe).

[@JAMESLEVEE]

The key is B-flat Major, not minor.

[@bomcabedal]

Typo.

[@teunvandesteeg7836]

The Dutch can be proud of this music. The Dutch know their famous painters better unfortunately. I think they recognize too little of their own folklore in this music.