The Symphony No. 2: Kleetüden; Variationen für Orchester nach Paul Klee (Variations for Orchestra after Paul Klee) by Jason Wright Wingate

Jason Wright Wingate

Jason Wright Wingate is an American composer, cellist and poet based in New York City. Notable works include the chamber work Landscapes of Consciousness, and the Symphony No...

 was completed in 2009 and consists of 27 movement

Movement (music)

A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...

s, each depicting a painting or drawing by Paul Klee

Paul Klee

Paul Klee was born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland, and is considered both a German and a Swiss painter. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. He was, as well, a student of orientalism...

. In form, the movements are also variation

Variation (music)

In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve harmony, melody, counterpoint, rhythm, timbre, orchestration or any combination of these.-Variation form:...

s on a musical theme based on the letters of the artist's name, each taking its title from the Klee work referenced.

The Symphony's movements, with English translation of titles followed by tempo

Tempo

In musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. Tempo is a crucial element of any musical composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.-Measuring tempo:...

 markings, are as follows:

1. Bewegung der Gewölbe ("Movement of the Vaulted Chambers") - Andante gotico
2. Furcht vor Verdoppelung ("Fear of Becoming Double") - Vivace misurato
3. Eros ("Eros") - Grave libidinoso
4. Die Zwitschermaschine ("The Twittering Machine") - Allegro meccanico
5. Gelehrter ("Scholar") - Lento con moto
6. Flucht vor sich [erstes Stadium] ("Flight from Oneself [First State]") - Prestissimo
7. Einsiedelei ("Hermitage") - Larghetto introspettivo
8. Der Tod für die Idee ("Death for an Idea") - Vivace portentoso
9. Zwillinge ("Twins") - Allegro compiaciuto
10. Seltsamer Garten ("Strange Garden") - Largo germogliare
11. Rechnender Greis ("Old Man Counting") - Andante calcolazione
12. Fatales Fagott Solo ("Fatal Bassoon
    Bassoon
    The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
    
     Solo") - Allegretto sinistro
13. Uhrpflanzen ("Clock-plants") - Adagietto cronologico
14. Fuge in Rot ("Fugue
    Fugue
    In music, a fugue is a compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and recurs frequently in the course of the composition....
    
     in Red") - Moderato rossastro
15. Regen ("Rain") - Allegretto spruzzatina
16. Paukenspieler ("Kettledrummer") - Grave morboso
17. Ein Stückchen Eden ("A Fragment of Eden
    Garden of Eden
    The Garden of Eden is in the Bible's Book of Genesis as being the place where the first man, Adam, and his wife, Eve, lived after they were created by God. Literally, the Bible speaks about a garden in Eden...
    
    ") - Andantino innocente
18. Mit den beiden Verirrten ("With the Two Lost Ones") - Lento ansioso
19. Leidende Frucht ("Suffering Fruit") - Lento antropomorfismo
20. Ausgang der Menagerie ("Outing of the Menagerie") - Vivace zoologico
21. Mädchen in Trauer ("Girl in Mourning") - Andante addolorato
22. Schwarzer Fürst ("Black Prince") - Allegro bellicoso
23. Gestirne über dem Tempel ("The Firmament Above the Temple") - Larghissimo contemplativo
24. Katze und Vogel ("Cat and Bird") - Andantino desideroso
25. Anatomie der Aphrodite ("Anatomy of Aphrodite
    Aphrodite
    Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.Her Roman equivalent is the goddess .Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia....
    
    ") - Allegretto cubista
26. Die Schlangengöttin und ihr Feind ("The Snake Goddess and Her Foe") - Con moto mitologico
27. Ad Parnassum ("To Parnassus") - Allegro trascendente