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Jacques Ibert Serge Koussevitzky Pantillon 1950
“Ghirlarzana” for solo cello, by Jacques Ibert, is a three-minute-long work commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation. Ibert dedicated the composition to Natalie Koussevitzky, Serge’s deceased wife. The woebegone and lugubrious work demonstrates a solid modernist idiom that has come to evolve in Ibert’s style. The piece’s title, “Ghirlarzana”, bears no known meaning as it is, by all accounts, a word coined by the composer himself. Date: 1950 Dedicatee: Natalie Koussevitzky Performer: Christophe Pantillon on cello Note: This channel does not own the score or audio, and they are only used for non-commercial purposes.
Prokofiev Frederick Stock Serge Koussevitzky Samuil Feinberg Konstantin Saradzhev Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1828 1913 1916 1921 1922 1925
S. Prokofiev — Piano Concerto N. 3 in C major, Op. 26 Prokofiev began his work on the concerto as early as 1913 when he wrote a theme with variations which he then set aside. Although he revisited the sketches in 1916–17, he did not fully devote himself to the project until 1921 when he was spending the summer in Brittany. Prokofiev himself played the solo part at the premiere on 16 December 1921 in Chicago with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frederick Stock. The work did not gain immediate popularity and had to wait until 1922 to be confirmed in the 20th century canon, after Serge Koussevitzky conducted a lavishly praised performance in Paris. The first Soviet performance was on 22 March 1925, by Samuil Feinberg, with the Orchestra of the Theatre of the Revolution under Konstantin Saradzhev. 00:00 — Andante 08:56 — Andantino 18:28 — Allegro, ma non troppo #piano #concerto #prokofiev
Prokofiev Frederick Stock Serge Koussevitzky Samuil Feinberg Konstantin Saradzhev Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1913 1916 1921 1922 1925
Prokofiev began his work on the concerto as early as 1913 when he wrote a theme with variations which he then set aside. Although he revisited the sketches in 1916–17, he did not fully devote himself to the project until 1921 when he was spending the summer in Brittany. Prokofiev himself played the solo part at the premiere on 16 December 1921 in Chicago with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frederick Stock. The work did not gain immediate popularity and had to wait until 1922 to be confirmed in the 20th century canon, after Serge Koussevitzky conducted a lavishly praised performance in Paris. The first Soviet performance was on 22 March 1925, by Samuil Feinberg, with the Orchestra of the Theatre of the Revolution under Konstantin Saradzhev.[The concerto consists of three movements of roughly equal length which last just under 30 minutes in total. I. Andante – Allegro II. Tema con variazioni (in E minor) III. Allegro, ma non troppo Of the five piano concertos written by Prokofiev, the third piano concerto has garnered the greatest popularity and critical acclaim.] The concerto radiates a crisp vitality that testifies to Prokofiev's inventive prowess in punctuating lyrical passages with witty dissonances, while maintaining a balanced partnership between the soloist and orchestra. Unlike the examples of piano concertos set by many of Prokofiev's Romantic forebears, the orchestra rises above subsidiary accompaniment to play a very active part in this work
André Watts Seiji Ozawa Rachmaninoff Leonard Bernstein Fleischer Norton Nagano Beethoven Hideo Saito Charles Munch Koussevitzky Herbert Karajan Matsumoto New York Philharmonic Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Opera Vienna State Opera Tanglewood Ravinia Festival Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto 1602 1935 1959 1964 1965 1968 1969 1970 1973 1976 1988 1992 1998 2002 2010 2011 2015
I. Allegro ma non tanto (D minor) 0:06 II. Intermezzo: Adagio (A Major-D♭ Major-C♯ Major) 16:02 III. Finale: Alla breve (D minor-D Major) 25:50 Andre Watts, piano Seiji Ozawa, conductor New York Philharmonic Orchestra ANDRE WATTS: "André Watts is a German-born American pianist who was known for a surpassing technique and understated manner that made him a favoured concert performer. Watts was the son of an African American soldier and a Hungarian mother. At age nine he made his debut at a Philadelphia Orchestra children’s concert. He attracted wide attention when at age 16 he performed on television under conductor Leonard Bernstein. Though already a mature musician, he chose to continue study with Leon Fleischer. In 1976 he gave a concert that was the first live television broadcast of a solo recital in history. His popularity continued into the 21st century. Watts was the recipient of numerous honours, including the Avery Fisher Prize (1988) and the National Medal of Arts (2011)." SEIJI OZAWA: "American orchestra conductor Seiji Ozawa is noted for his energetic style and sweeping performances of 19th-century Western symphonic works. Among the honors he received throughout his career were two Emmy Awards for his performances on public television specials, the French Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, and honorary doctorates in music from Harvard University, the University of Massachusetts, the New England Conservatory of Music, and Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. In February 1998 he joined musicians around the world via satellite link to close the opening ceremonies at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Seiji Ozawa was born on September 1, 1935, in Hoten, Manchukuo (now in China), of Japanese parents. He grew up in Japan and showed interest in Western music as a child. He had hoped to become a pianist, but at age 16 he injured his hands. Ozawa then turned to conducting, studying with Hideo Saito at the Toho School in Tokyo. In 1959, after conducting with the NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai) Symphony Orchestra of Japan and the Japanese Philharmonic, Ozawa went to Europe, where he won the Besançon International Conductors’ Competition. The following summer he studied in the United States under Charles Munch at the Berkshire Music Festival in Tanglewood, Massachusetts, where he won the Koussevitzky Prize. At that time he began a long and fruitful association with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. After a further year of study with Herbert von Karajan in Berlin, Ozawa was engaged as an assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic by Leonard Bernstein. From 1964 to 1968 Ozawa served as music director of the Ravinia Festival in Chicago. He became music director of Canada’s Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1965 and of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in 1970. In 1973 Ozawa was appointed conductor and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a position that had for years been the exclusive preserve of European conductors. His tenure with the symphony lasted until 2002, the longest of any active music director with a major orchestra. Ozawa became increasingly interested in opera during the 1990s. In 1992 he debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in New York and, as a tribute to Hideo Saito, cofounded the Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto, Japan. He was principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera from 2002 to 2010. Early in 2010 Ozawa underwent surgery for esophageal cancer, which forced him to retreat from the public stage for the better part of the year. Ozawa made his return to public performance at the Saito Kinen Festival that September. Ongoing health issues continued to restrict his performance schedule, but he nonetheless made occasional appearances, notably at the Saito Kinen Festival. It was renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival in his honor in 2015. In 2011 Ozawa received the Japan Art Association’s Praemium Imperiale prize for music. He was named a Kennedy Center honoree in 2015." Remastered By: Wayne Yang, USA-Taiwan
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