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Then, surprisingly, strings seize on the last note of the slow movement and make it the springboard for an energetic, apparently positive finale, the mood brightened by the chiming of a glockenspiel. Heroic aspiration fails, and at the end all we are left with is a kind of frozen stillness.

But the scenery remains bleak, and there are moments of desperate unfulfilled longing. To borrow a phrase from Vaughan Williams it could be described as вЂVariations in search of a themeвЂ™. From a few scraps of motif on flutes, Sibelius gradually assembles a heroically striving tune вЂ“ the process is rather like watching a speeded up film of a plant growing. Third MovementДЇormally the slow third movement is the most original of the four. With a sudden doubling of the tempo the music becomes stormier, yet the end is disconcertingly sudden: violins hint at the opening oboe theme, then, with three quiet drum taps, the music abruptly halts вЂ“ itвЂ™s as though a precariously flickering flame has been suddenly extinguished. But gradually the shadows return, the dancing figures turn more and more uneasy while tempo and harmony grow increasingly unstable. A more or less straightforward recapitulation leads to a tiny coda for timpani and strings вЂ“ SibeliusвЂ™s economy of means in this symphony is masterly.ДЄt first, the second movement вЂ“ initiated by a much brighter oboe вЂ“ feels like release from gloom. The second theme brings temporary warmth and repose, but the solo cello returns, leading us into haunted territory. A solo cello sings sadly, then the music rises to a climax, with baleful brass and anguished violins. Cellos, basses and bassoons, fortissimo-diminuendo, spell out the uneasy, ambiguous interval of the tritone вЂ“ a step of three whole tones вЂ“ which is to dominate the symphony almost until the very end. Several great symphonies begin with an effect like a door opening on a new world, but the world on which the Fourth Symphony opens is forbiddingly sombre. Image: Near Ventnor вЂ“ Coastal Landscape with Dark Sky by EugГЁne Isabey And there is one line which is particularly striking: Sibelius hopes that if he canвЂ™t rid himself of his вЂdark shadowsвЂ™, he might be able to вЂput them into some new perspectiveвЂ™.

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You mustn't go under, there's too much on the plus side.вЂ™Дoes this seem melodramatic? Not, perhaps, when read after a performance of the Fourth Symphony. If you can't do that, put the past behind you. Or at least put them into some new perspective. If only I could rid myself of these dark shadows. All my youth and childhood, the former with its terrible storms and after-effects. I dare say I shall have the whole movement sketched out today.Дў2 September. I managed when I had cigars and wine, but now I have to find new ways. be able to concentrate my mind and have the stamina to carry it all through. When will I get this development finished? i.e. Entries in his diary at the time he was working on the symphony give some idea of the range of his mood swings:

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For a while he gave up cigars and alcohol вЂ“ a severe trial of strength which led to terrible withdrawal symptoms. The operation was apparently successful, but Sibelius was understandably terrified of the cancer recurring. Two years earlier, surgeons had removed a tumour from his throat. Sibelius began work on his Fourth Symphony in 1910, during a period of particularly intense personal crisis.

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