Remarks made on Brahms symphony nr.3 by Jorma Panula on 12-1-09.

pagenr. Dover bar nr.
1. 161 1 single f
2. 162 11/13 keep f, not too early dim.
3. 162 A a tempo
4. 164 31/32 compare harmonic structure with 33/34
5. 164 36 same tempo
6. 165 46 poco rit.
7 . 166 50 cb
8. 166 50 really break after fourth quarter, some other music
9. 166 54 misprint in hb I, slur from third quarter over three quarter’s, like fg
10. 166 from 53 usually confused, take care of melody, more then the other . hrn’s very light in 55
11. 166 57/58 vl I, vla legatissimo
12. 167 65 strings only mf
13. 168 69 only one forte, 72 piu forte, 75 ff
14. 169 E ff first beat, f second
15. 170 93-98 long dim.
16. 171 105 cb octava, with kfg
17. 172 109 poco rit, two beats in H, second solo!
18. 172 116 three beats
19. 172 118 cresc in pk not too much, covers otherwise the last notes in 119
20. 173 122-123 poco rit, like bridge, a tempo 124.
21. 175 I keep tempo
22. 179 174 strings f, (see remark 12, change?)
23. 182 192 cb down up, more power, take cfg too
24. 183 195 the eightnote sequence in vc, vla, vl II is very nice but not heard
25. 184 M vl II not heard, col hb II
26. 185 212 hrn III quite high, take care not too loud
27. 185 214 hrn IV important entrance, slur to next bar
28. 186 217-218 hrn’s and trp’s cut, also in 219, then every bar
29. 186 from 217 ww cut every bar
30. 186 219 clear stacc last note in strings, subdivide
31. 187 Andante not too slow
32. 187 4 echo in strings, also 8
33. 187 11 hairpins in cl, but not in 12
34. 187 13 connect vla to hb
35. 187 16 pp in winds, back to p in 18
36. 188 B different articulation in vla, compared to theme in beginning with cl
37. 189 37 cb 8va
38. 189 C sostenuto
39. 189 44 strings tied
40. 190 52 pralltrill on the beat in vl I
41. 190 55 triplet in vla first time
42. 190 56-57 strings, winds separé pp
43. 191 62 litlle tenuto on third beat, then go on D
44. 191 71 avanti like
45. 192 E-85 beatiful transition
46. 195 100 fourth beat sub.pp
47. 196 F sostenuto
48. 197 128 not too soft, 130 piu p with more instruments
49. 197 133 don’t forget envelopes in vl I, II, not in winds
50. 198 Poco Allegretto beat whole bar
48. 198 10 dim. in this bar, also vc.
49. 200 38-39 envelope missing in vla, compare with vl I
50. 201 53-57 hb is missing dim like fl
51. 201 56-57 fg is missing dim
52. 202 59-61 here play as written, very nice
53. 202 61-65 hb is missing dim.signs again, like fl
54. 202 67-69 again as written
55. 202 70-76 vl I sul La
56. 203 78-86 dim. marks missing in hb, compare with fl, no dim from 81 to 82
57. 203 78-86 same in hrn’s
58. 203 82-86 same in fg
59. 203 97 show hrn’s, also usually too loud
60. 207 149 last eight note in ww short
61. 207 150 short in ww too, misprint
62. 207 153 third eight note ever short!
63. 207 154 ww many times too loud, they also should have pp
64. 208 6 last note senza accent.
65. 210 20 no gaps
66. 211 35 too much cresc. in hrn’s and strings, ww are covered
67. 219 95 in 4 Ungarisch
68. 220 G cantabile f
69. 221 116 separate
70. 221 119-120 no gap
71. 221 130 tie missing in vc
72. 221 131 separate in vc, cb, also next bars in all strings
73. 222 137 listen fg, not too loud, otherwise line in cl is disturbed
74. 222 141 vl I, II vla, some take separate, I like long
75. 223 I here is marcato
76. 235 227 long again trb, vl I, II
77. 240 O keep tempo
78. 241 278 here is a little bit slower, before only poco sostenuto
79. 243 286-288 hear the upper strings
80. 245 301 div. in vl I, skip last two sixteenth notes, play long notes for melody, also in vl II
81. 246 303 vl I, vc
82. 246 305 vla
83. 246 308-309 pizz div
84. 246 308 everybody must hear rit in pk.

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