![]() When classical music becomes another character in a movie Post-Harvey, Houston Grand Opera Regroups at New Venue Yo-Yo Ma Fans Prove Centuries-old Music Still RelevantĬonductor Charles Dutoit Accused of Sexual Assaultĭavid Cooper, DSO Principal Horn, to Leave for Berlin Philharmonic Plácido Domingo & James Corden Producer To Co-Develop Classical Music Talent Showġ5 Classical Music Festivals to See This Summer San Francisco Symphony presents 'Boris Godunov' with Mariinsky star US pianist Eric Lu, 20, wins top prize at Leeds competition Spanish Soprano Montserrat Caballé Dies at 85 Why Hollywood Can't Crack the 'Nutcracker' Story How Do You Play a Piano Concerto When You're Blind?īoy who said 'Wow!' after Mozart performance is found - and his story is so moving The Secret Jewish History of Ludwig Van Beethoven Two memorable performances, albeit for two very different reasons. Dudamel was a good sport and quickly picked up where they left off. Spanish violinist María Dueñas played like a force of nature and with a winning smile, even after she broke the strings on her Strad, ran to the concertmaster to borrow his Strad, and resumed playing. Phil brass players all were asked to play tuned crystal glasses like a glass harmonica (no melody, only sounds). ![]() The coolest feature is probably the second movement, where the L.A. Within its traditional three-movement structure, Ortiz’s new work contains, according to the program notes, an Andalusian melody, cross-border cultural appropriations and re-appropriations (whatever that means), and at least three virtuoso cadenzas. Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz’s violin concerto Altar de cuerda (Musical Altar) was heard before the Mahler. The horns and brass pulled out all the stops, so to speak, to make a grand case of, in Mahler’s words, “a flaming indictment of the Creator.” The fourth movement was a genuine allegro furioso, recalling Dudamel’s insanely fast coda of the Beethoven Ninth last June. The third movement, the ironically merry ‘hunter’s funeral procession’ (based on the Freier Jacques nursery song), where a coterie of forest animals that the dead hunter supposedly hunted escort his coffin to the grave and play weird music along the way, received an appropriate treatment now comically irreverent, now gloomily meditative. The second movement is a rustic hunting dance played with comically exaggerated rhythm and swagger the musicians were clearly having a good time with this one, as evidenced by the jaunty little oboe solo wafting over the strings in the middle trio section (kudos for the L.A. The balance between the strings and winds was ideal. The tempo, brisk and flowing, matched the cheerful mood. The first movement’s transition from slow, dark introduction to the bright morning song of the Fahrenden Gesellen lieder was magical. It’s always exciting to behold the eight horns leaping onto their feet to blare out the final, triumphant brass chorale, or the brilliant codas of the first and second movements (with the inevitable applause that followed, despite the bilingual PSA announcement to “hold your applause until the end” – apparently we need to a better job of community arts outreach to the adults not just to the school kids.) However, for me the best thing about last night’s performance were the finer details in Dudamel’s reading. Phil in 2009, but here performed with less bombast and more emotional depth (and more gray hair). It was the same work that inaugurated Dudamel’s first season with the L.A. Phil played a thrilling Mahler Symphony No. Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.On Saturday, October 8, the first week of its new season, the L.A.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.
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