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https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/music/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-sinfonia-concertante-e-fla/
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Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for violin and viola
Aged twenty-three and travelling around Europe, Mozart was no longer the ‘boy wonder’.
For someone who had been touring, on and off, since he was in single figures, twenty-three represented almost the autumn of his touring career. And despite the pitfalls of no longer being the cute child star, the benefits of his touring years did occasionally pay off. This is one such example.
With his Sinfonia Concertante, Mozart delivers a veritable masterclass in the then modern-day techniques of the European ensemble – as witnessed, first hand, by the travelling Wolf-gang. Mozart had heard the highly respected Mannheim court orchestra play on a number of occasions and he gained a huge amount of knowledge and understanding of orchestras and their players from working with them. Most composers would know of this sort of orchestra only by reputation, but Mozart had gained intimate knowledge by sitting right next to the string section when he had performed with them.
A musical note to add to this entry: when this work was originally performed, the viola player would have needed to detune his instrument by one note to play the music that Mozart had written. Today, it doesn’t happen so often.
Rachel Podger (violin); Pavlo Beznosiuk (viola); Orchestra of the Age of enlightenment. Channel Classics: CCSSA29309.
Aged twenty-three and travelling around Europe, Mozart was no longer the ‘boy wonder’.
For someone who had been touring, on and off, since he was in single figures, twenty-three represented almost the autumn of his touring career. And despite the pitfalls of no longer being the cute child star, the benefits of his touring years did occasionally pay off. This is one such example.
With his Sinfonia Concertante, Mozart delivers a veritable masterclass in the then modern-day techniques of the European ensemble – as witnessed, first hand, by the travelling Wolf-gang. Mozart had heard the highly respected Mannheim court orchestra play on a number of occasions and he gained a huge amount of knowledge and understanding of orchestras and their players from working with them. Most composers would know of this sort of orchestra only by reputation, but Mozart had gained intimate knowledge by sitting right next to the string section when he had performed with them.
A musical note to add to this entry: when this work was originally performed, the viola player would have needed to detune his instrument by one note to play the music that Mozart had written. Today, it doesn’t happen so often.
Rachel Podger (violin); Pavlo Beznosiuk (viola); Orchestra of the Age of enlightenment. Channel Classics: CCSSA29309.
Now :
Slavonic Dance in G minor Opus 46 No.8
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance in G minor Opus 46 No.8
Antonin Dvorak
The letters he wrote to & received from his family are well worth a read.
Would need it on audio so I can do something else at the same time, found this :
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https://www.audible.co.uk/search?keywords=Mozart+letters&ref=a_hp_t1_header_search
May have a listen.
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https://www.audible.co.uk/search?keywords=Mozart+letters&ref=a_hp_t1_header_search
May have a listen.
On now : (stirring ! )
Va Pensiero
Verdi - Nabucco
Nabucco is the opera that brought Giuseppe Verdi back from the brink. He had been ready to give up composing for good.
What was it that made Verdi's Nabucco such a pivotal piece in his career? It was by no means solely the critical failure of his previous opera, Un Giorno di Regno, that was responsible, either. After all, Verdi had endured the worst of times not long before. As well as the death of both his children, he had lost his wife.
The public hammering over Un Giorno di Regno saw Verdi inside his agent’s office, telling him his musical career was over. Suddenly envisaging the death of Italian opera or his 10 per cent, or both, the agent proffered a copy of a libretto by a writer named Solera. "Read it,"he begged him. The story goes that Verdi read it on his journey home and by the time he had arrived at his house, the words ‘Va, pensiero’ (‘Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves’) had captured his imagination. He was back. And when the opera was a smash in Milan in 1842, its name clipped from Nabucodonosor (Nebuchadnezzar) to simply Nabucco, then he was back with a vengeance!
Va Pensiero
Verdi - Nabucco
Nabucco is the opera that brought Giuseppe Verdi back from the brink. He had been ready to give up composing for good.
What was it that made Verdi's Nabucco such a pivotal piece in his career? It was by no means solely the critical failure of his previous opera, Un Giorno di Regno, that was responsible, either. After all, Verdi had endured the worst of times not long before. As well as the death of both his children, he had lost his wife.
The public hammering over Un Giorno di Regno saw Verdi inside his agent’s office, telling him his musical career was over. Suddenly envisaging the death of Italian opera or his 10 per cent, or both, the agent proffered a copy of a libretto by a writer named Solera. "Read it,"he begged him. The story goes that Verdi read it on his journey home and by the time he had arrived at his house, the words ‘Va, pensiero’ (‘Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves’) had captured his imagination. He was back. And when the opera was a smash in Milan in 1842, its name clipped from Nabucodonosor (Nebuchadnezzar) to simply Nabucco, then he was back with a vengeance!
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Composed between 1804 and 1808, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is one of the most famous pieces by the composer - and in classical music as a whole.
The opening of Ludwig Van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony has become classical music's greatest calling-card. Simply, it is what people think of when they think of classical music. But why? Could that famous opening 'duh-duh-duh-duuuh' be Fate knocking at the door? Many critics seem to think it could be the case. But, aside from an assertion to that effect by Beethoven’s friend Schiller, there’s very little evidence to suggest that it was the composer’s intention. Instead, could it simply be the case that Beethoven’s musical genius led him to write an outstanding, gripping melody? His creative juices were certainly flowing in the early 1800s: work on Symphony No. 5 began shortly after the premiere of his mighty 'Eroica' – a symphony similarly imbued with thrilling melodic lines from start to finish.
Vienna must have been an incredibly exciting city to live in at this time. Just imagine being at the premiere of Beethoven’s Fifth in 1808: a concert where the warm-up material was the premiere of the Pastoral. By the time Beethoven stepped up to the podium to conduct Symphony No.5, the audience must have wondered how any composer could come up with another tune to match what they had just heard. And yet, as this four-movement symphony amply proves, this composer was only too ready to share more extraordinary music with the world.
Ultimately, it comes down to those four notes of the opening. Nothing says 'classical music' quite like that one phrase - it's tied up with drama and darkness, shot through with Beethoven's peculiar brand of depression, but he makes something miraculous out of it. Few symphonies cover so much ground and remain completely accessible. So if you think you know the fifth just because you've heard those four notes a thousand times, think again.
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Composed between 1804 and 1808, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is one of the most famous pieces by the composer - and in classical music as a whole.
The opening of Ludwig Van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony has become classical music's greatest calling-card. Simply, it is what people think of when they think of classical music. But why? Could that famous opening 'duh-duh-duh-duuuh' be Fate knocking at the door? Many critics seem to think it could be the case. But, aside from an assertion to that effect by Beethoven’s friend Schiller, there’s very little evidence to suggest that it was the composer’s intention. Instead, could it simply be the case that Beethoven’s musical genius led him to write an outstanding, gripping melody? His creative juices were certainly flowing in the early 1800s: work on Symphony No. 5 began shortly after the premiere of his mighty 'Eroica' – a symphony similarly imbued with thrilling melodic lines from start to finish.
Vienna must have been an incredibly exciting city to live in at this time. Just imagine being at the premiere of Beethoven’s Fifth in 1808: a concert where the warm-up material was the premiere of the Pastoral. By the time Beethoven stepped up to the podium to conduct Symphony No.5, the audience must have wondered how any composer could come up with another tune to match what they had just heard. And yet, as this four-movement symphony amply proves, this composer was only too ready to share more extraordinary music with the world.
Ultimately, it comes down to those four notes of the opening. Nothing says 'classical music' quite like that one phrase - it's tied up with drama and darkness, shot through with Beethoven's peculiar brand of depression, but he makes something miraculous out of it. Few symphonies cover so much ground and remain completely accessible. So if you think you know the fifth just because you've heard those four notes a thousand times, think again.
Hi Barrowboy, I heard about his particular sense of humour when watching "History Buffs: Amadeus" on YouTube. Who would have thought!
And the lyrics to the composition that starts at 6:07 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X_iAGFaE80
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And the lyrics to the composition that starts at 6:07 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X_iAGFaE80
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Hi Hfink,there are some paperbacks available by Robert spaethling & Stewart spencer that are hilarious in insults & irreverence.the whole family seemed to get in the act from memory his sister told him to stick his tongue up his crack.the earliest translations are more reserved but these latest ones are worth a read.
Many thanks for the tips on those paperbacks, Barrowboy. I may well get those, should have plenty of time for reading during this lockdown! That does sound hilarious, I can't imagine many families that would communicate with each other in that way, a very odd sense of humour indeed!
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