Edward Elgar Symphonie n° 1 en la bémol, Op. 55 Vidéos
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Edward Elgar André Previn Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1986
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A Flat Major, Op. 55 - 4. Lento - Allegro · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · André Previn Elgar: Symphony No. 1 ℗ 1986 Universal International Music B.V. Released on: 1986-01-01 Composer: Edward Elgar Auto-generated by YouTube.
Edward Elgar Jeffrey Tate Hans Richter Beethoven London Symphony Orchestra 1907 1908
Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 55 (with Score) Composed: 1907-08 Conductor: Jeffrey Tate Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra 00:00 1. Andante. Nobilmente e semplice (A-flat major) 20:40 2. Allegro molto (F-sharp minor) 27:51 3. Adagio (D major) 42:05 4. Lento — Allegro (D minor - A-flat major) In 1908, its first year of existence, this symphony received more than 100 public performances and was widely hailed as the first great British symphony. Expansive in style and large in scale, it is nevertheless a deeply personal and in some ways enigmatic work. Elgar insisted that it had "no program beyond a wide experience of human life...and a massive hope in the future," and should be played "elastically and mystically." The music does, however, provide a glimpse of Elgar's private world of memories, feelings and places, for every note is characteristic of its creator. The opening Andante, marked with Elgar's favorite direction of "nobilmente" (with the cautionary addition e semplice), is a solemn marching tune in the unusual key of A flat, with something of the ceremonial nature of Elgar's imperial style. This leads to a series of thematic motifs, including a brief "motto" theme that returns at various times and in various ways throughout all four movements. Some of the ideas are little more than fragments which, as the symphony develops, will go through a series of transformations, variations, and passing allusions. A peaceful episode introduced by violins is repeated by woodwinds, after which the movement becomes increasingly agitated. The march tune of the first section returns in what appears a conventional recapitulation, but here is extended into a magical meditation on earlier themes, with brilliant writing for violins, violas, and harps gradually spreading over the whole orchestra until the motto theme returns in triumph on horns and trumpets. The second movement starts with typical Elgarian swagger, followed by a quieter section scored with wonderful airiness and freedom. When conducting the work the composer asked the orchestra to play it "like something you hear down by the river." Wisps of melody create an atmosphere of enchantment; but mysterious changes start to occur. These herald the tranquil third movement, Lento, which the conductor Hans Richter (to whom the symphony is dedicated) called "an Adagio such as Beethoven might have written." Marked Espressivo e dolce, this is perhaps, the finest of all Elgar's slow movements / a sustained pastoral reverie evoking the Herefordshire countryside that the composer knew and loved. The fourth movement sees a return of the restless spirits, this time with haunting undertones. The ghostly atmosphere is dispelled by the marching theme of the first movement, propelled with gathering momentum towards the final bars in which violins and brass leap exultantly about in giddy cross rhythms before the orchestra unites to assert the "massive hope" that lies at the heart of the work. ((http•••)
Sir John Barbirolli Sir Edward Elgar Philharmonia Orchestra 1963 2020
Provided to YouTube by Warner Classics Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55: I. Andante nobilmente e semplice - Allegro · Sir John Barbirolli Elgar: Symphony No. 1, Op. 55 ℗ A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1963 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered 2020 Parlophone Records Limited Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli Composer: Sir Edward Elgar Auto-generated by YouTube.
John Wilson - conductor PROGRAMME: Elgar - Sospiri, Op 70; In the South, Op 50; Symphony No 1 in A flat, Op 55 Our Henry Wood Chair of Conducting, John Wilson, conducts an all-Elgar programme, including 'In the South', the original manuscript for which is in the Academy’s collections. Throughout our Bicentenary year, we plan to programme numerous pieces of music that are stored and maintained at the Academy.
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