Brahms: Symphony No. 3 , Op. 90

bar nr.

• 1 single f
• marras.13 keep f, not too early dim.
• A a tempo
• 31/32 compare harmonic structure with 33/34
• 36 same tempo
• 46 poco rit.
• 50 cb
• 50 really break after fourth quarter, some other music
• 54 misprint in hb I, slur from third quarter over three quarter’s, like fg
• from 53 usually confused, take care of melody, more then the other . hrn’s very light in 55
• 57/58 vl I, vla legatissimo
• 65 strings only mf
• 69 only one forte, 72 piu forte, 75 ff
• E ff first beat, f second
• 93-98 long dim.
• 105 cb octava, with kfg
• 109 poco rit, two beats in H, second solo!
• 116 three beats
• 118 cresc in pk not too much, covers otherwise the last notes in 119
• 122-123 poco rit, like bridge, a tempo 124.
• I keep tempo
• 174 strings f, (see remark 12, change?)
• 192 cb down up, more power, take cfg too
• 195 the eightnote sequence in vc, vla, vl II is very nice but not heard
• M vl II not heard, col hb II
• 212 hrn III quite high, take care not too loud
• 214 hrn IV important entrance, slur to next bar
• 217-218 hrn’s and trp’s cut, also in 219, then every bar
• from 217 ww cut every bar
• 219 clear stacc last note in strings, subdivide

• Andante not too slow
• 4 echo in strings, also 8
• 11 hairpins in cl, but not in 12
• 13 connect vla to hb
• 16 pp in winds, back to p in 18
• B different articulation in vla, compared to theme in beginning with cl
• 37 cb 8va
• C sostenuto
• 44 strings tied
• 52 pralltrill on the beat in vl I
• 55 triplet in vla first time
• 56-57 strings, winds separé pp
• 62 litlle tenuto on third beat, then go on D
• 71 avanti like
• E-85 beatiful transition
• 100 fourth beat sub.pp
• F sostenuto
• 128 not too soft, 130 piu p with more instruments
• 133 don’t forget envelopes in vl I, II, not in winds

• Poco Allegretto beat whole bar
• 10 dim. in this bar, also vc.
• 38-39 envelope missing in vla, compare with vl I
• 53-57 hb is missing dim like fl
• 56-57 fg is missing dim
• 59-61 here play as written, very nice
• 61-65 hb is missing dim.signs again, like fl
• 67-69 again as written
• 70-76 vl I sul La
• 78-86 dim. marks missing in hb, compare with fl, no dim from 81 to 82
• 78-86 same in hrn’s
• 82-86 same in fg
• 97 show hrn’s, also usually too loud
• 149 last eight note in ww short
• 150 short in ww too, misprint
• 153 third eight note ever short!
• 154 ww many times too loud, they also should have pp
• 6 last note senza accent.

• 20 no gaps
• 35 too much cresc. in hrn’s and strings, ww are covered
• 95 in 4 Ungarisch
• G cantabile f
• 116 separate
• 119-120 no gap
• 130 tie missing in vc
• 131 separate in vc, cb, also next bars in all strings
• 137 listen fg, not too loud, otherwise line in cl is disturbed
• 141 vl I, II vla, some take separate, I like long
• I here is marcato
• 227 long again trb, vl I, II
• O keep tempo
• 278 here is a little bit slower, before only poco sostenuto
• 286-288 hear the upper strings
• 301 div. in vl I, skip last two sixteenth notes, play long notes for melody, also in vl II
• 303 vl I, vc
• 305 vla
• 308-309 pizz div
• 308 everybody must hear rit in pk.