Stürmisch bewegt

A symphony in brilliantly executed form. Originally a symphonic poem in five movements. The later title of the work, 'Titan', refers to a novel by the early romantic writer Jean Paul, in which two 'titans' struggle for their aims of intellectual freedom or pleasure. A listener unfamiliar with the work might well be warned by the example of the first performance in Budapest 1897, when a woman jumped out of her seat in alarm as the movement began, an incident that caused the composer some amusement.