Brahms: Symphony No.2, Op.73

Bar nr.

• 13 CB plays D sharp too
• 20 imitation in woodwinds of bar 18
• 1 before A don’t forget corni
• A poco avanti
• from 9 after A remark sequence vlI, vl2, fl+hb, vc+cb
• 73 remark relation cl with vla+vc in 75
• 78 strings, cl, fg staccato
• 78 legato missing in vl I and vc.
• 84 I hear many times legato in vla+vc!
• 91 hr and pk short
• 94 vl2 !
• 98 hb very important
• 108 long notes in vl1+vl2 back for ww
• 109 long notes in ww back for vl1+vl2
• 112 same
• E rythm very clear between upper and lower strings
• 136 poco f seldom
• 144 show changes in harmony
• 148 imitation vl I, fl.149 vl I 150
• 152 really big break between first and second quarter
• 170 fg
• 180 remark no hairpins in vla+vc
• 190 vc tie missing
• 194 stacc. starts in vla
• 195 articulation missing in vl.II
• 196 articulation missing in vl.II+vla
• from 197 vl I, vl II, vla short
• from 197 vc+cb usually too early too loud, f in 204
• 212 theme in vc+cb should not be disturbed by too loud vl1, specially bar 214, take mf for vl I
• G trb III less on 3rd quarter, space for trb II, same next bar trb II
• 215 vl I dot missing
• 238 no accent on 1
• 239 new downbow on second quarter
• 244 vl II vla div.
• 254 vc stacc continue in other strings
• 263 vl I vc upbow second quarter
• 269 vl II start upbow for sub p
• 277 vla upbow
• 349 hrn’s sounds longer therefore written quarternote
• 359 hrn III, IV !
• 477 not too slow
• 509 arpeggio vl I,II, vla usually not! also remark dissonance vl I,II cl second quarternote
• 510 continue arpeggio’s
• 513 no more arpeggio’s, div.

• 3 vc non legato
• 18 fluente
• 27 pk
• 36 cl also sub.pp, like hb, adjust fg too.
• 44 hrn’s stacc
• 55 fp missing in vl I II
• 61 continue dim in cl.
• 62 vc cb p on fourth beat
• 67 pizz. in vla vc piu forte
• 73 vl I II sub. p
• 80 long break
• 86 cut between first and second beat
• 86 trp’s only two accents
• F p missing in strings
• 96 dim. not too early
• 103 last chords separé

• 1 third quarter longer in hb, tie is missing
• 23 articulation missing in winds
• from B sempre p, no cresc.
• 107 different articulation
• 130-131 no accents.
• 198 very seldom right dynamic
• 206 cresc al p
• 225 poco sostenuto
• 228 hb, then fl, next bar cl.
• 235 show hrn III, IV
• 236 dim in winds, make sure they stop
• 237 sub.p

• 1 take care of trp.
• 9 dot missing in vl I, II, vla
• 11 same
• 76-77 poccissimo rall. al largamente
• F separé
• from 158 hrn’s too loud
• 160 even more pp in hrn’s
• 175 vc have page turn
• 188 seldom you hear vl II, vla
• I quarter equals triplet, not too slow
• 3 after K vla high voice
• 234 cb 8va
• 240 trp again
• 252 cb too loud, no cresc.
• 326 stacc. in fl, cl. seldom heard
• 362 cresc. from pp to ff in one bar!
• 375 tempo
• from 5 before P legatissimo
• 385 last quarternote non. leg.
• 5 after P start mf
• 397 trb, 399 even more, 401 even more, very high, seldom you can hear this, alto tombone better, if not take 2nd trumpet too.
• 405 make space in long notes for the eight’s notes
• 416 vl I play second half of the bar with vl II
• 419 missing dots in fl
• 421 hrn II and trp.II difficult if too fast
• 423 faster from here