most significant thing i’ve created in my lifetime.
most significant thing i’ve created in my lifetime.
Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 3 in C, op. 52, I: Allegro moderato, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, cond.
“If you ever question that music is the universal language, watch this: A German-speaking teacher tutoring a French-speaking African how to sing an aria in Italian.”
The inspired story of the Kimbanguiste Symphony Orchestra, the only symphony orchestra in Central Africa, which practices in a rented warehouse in the Congo and got its start with no instruments and no professional musicians who knew how to read music – a wonderful addition to other recent innovation in orchestras.
Other than not distinguishing the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the Republic of the Congo, this is wonderful. Watch it.
G.F. Handel, Messiah, HWV 56, “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain — Amen,” The English Concert and Choir, Trevor Pinnock, dir.
Premiered on April 13, 1742.
G.F. Handel, Messiah, HWV 56, “And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,” The English Concert and Choir, Trevor Pinnock, dir.
Premiered on April 13, 1742.
G.F. Handel, Messiah, HWV 56, “O thou that tellest good tidings,” Anne Sofie von Otter, contralto, The English Concert and Choir, Trevor Pinnock, dir.
Mr. van Zweden Meets the Phil
Check out a first glimpse at the New York Philharmonic rehearsing with conductor Jaap van Zweden for the first time. Working through Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, the Orchestra is preparing for Mr. van Zweden’s Philharmonic debut Thursday night. Also on the program: Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Yuja Wang, who will be in the house tomorrow.
Jaap van Zweden automatic repost.
“There is a connection between the gesture, the physical presence, the aura that a conductor can project, and what the musicians produce.” — Alan Gilbert, who shows you how it’s done in the above motion-capture video. The Music Director was one of seven conductors who shared their insights on “what makes conducting work” in “The Maestro’s Mojo.” The report and related video, which appeared in yesterday’s issue of The New York Times, broke down the relationship between movement and sound in conducting.
Love this so much.
G.F. Handel, Messiah, HWV 56, “The trumpet shall sound,” John Tomlinson, bass, The English Concert and Choir, Trevor Pinnock, dir.
This work premiered on April 13, 1742. I might just post a few more bits from it until the anniversary.
Gioacchino Rossini, Overture to La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado, cond.
Leap Day birthday boy was born on February 29, 1792—so that makes him either 220 or 55 years old today.
