(HD 720p) "Autumn Rose" by Ernesto Cortazar

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Ernesto Cortazar's beautiful rendition of Autumn Rose.

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Autumn Rose

Ernesto Cortazar

Just the Two of Us

Glinka: "Ruslan and Lyudmila" Overture (with Score)

Mikhail Glinka: "Ruslan and Lyudmila" Overture (with Score) Composed: 1837–42 Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra Glinka, considered the father of Russian Nationalism in music, is largely known for two works: the operas A Life for the Tsar (1834 - 1836) and Ruslan and Lyudmila (1837 - 1842). Though the latter work met with a tepid reception at its premiere, while the former was an immediate success, Ruslan would eventually come to be ranked as his most influential effort, its rhythmically and harmonically inventive music rising above its mediocre libretto. Popular in the concert halls for a century and a half has been the work's perky overture, probably the composer's most widely performed orchestral piece. The Overture opens with a driving rhythmic figure that augurs the rhythmic styles of Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, and so many other Russian composers from succeeding generations. There follows a vigorous, joyous theme that hustles and leaps about with seemingly unbounded energy. After this melody is presented in a slightly subdued guise, a second theme is heard, a lively but mellow creation especially in its first appearance, played in the middle ranges of the cellos. Later, the opening rhythm is recalled and the themes are developed somewhat as the mood turns playful. Another go-round of themes is given before a variant of the main theme leads to the brilliant and colorful coda. A typical performance of this work lasts about five to six minutes.

Ennio Morricone - C'era Una Volta Il West

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Ennio Morricone - C'era Una Volta Il West Once upon a time in the West - Sergio Leone C'era una volta il West è un film del 1968 diretto da Sergio Leone. Western epico, prodotto dalla Paramount Pictures, venne girato dal regista romano con mezzi di gran lunga superiori a tutte le sue opere precedenti: Leone ebbe modo di scritturare attori quali Henry Fonda, Jason Robards e Charles Bronson, insieme a grandi interpreti italiani come Claudia Cardinale, Gabriele Ferzetti e Paolo Stoppa. C'era una volta il west è il primo film della cosiddetta trilogia del tempo che verrà completata con i successivi Giù la testa (1971) e C'era una volta in America (1984). Nel 2009 è stato scelto per essere preservato nel National Film Registry della Biblioteca del Congresso degli Stati Uniti.

Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

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The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra led by Antony Hermus perform Pjotr Iljitsj Tchaikovsky's 'Capriccio Italien, Op. 45' during The Sunday Morning Concert of Sunday the 1st of September 2019. 2019/2020 is a very special year for The Sunday Morning Concert: the new season marks the 25th anniversary of the AVROTROS concert series! To celebrate, the orchestra played a throwback programme during the first concert of the season on the 1st of September: the music played (Copland, Verdi, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky) was the same music that got played during the first edition in 1994.

The Sounds of Summer

by Maureeen Buja

Summer is here! School’s out, weekends never seem long enough if you’ve been at work all week, and the outdoors becomes the place to be. We’ll look at summer through sound, and a few pieces of music, and see how many different sounds evoke this wonderful season.

The sun has come up, and the birds start to make their statements. The European Robin, the Hooded Crow, and doves all greet the new day.

Dawn at the Acropolis (photo by Maureen Buja)

Your friends are up and about on their bikes because you can hear their bicycle bells in the distance.

The local church sounds the hour with the Westminster Chime. It’s time to get out and go!

Now, where to go? If off to the countryside, then it’s the sounds of animals in the fields that you might hear.

Cows with bells

If you go to the seaside, then it’s the roar of the waves and the equally loud roar of all the beach people.

The Jersey shore

If you go down to the pond, then there will be different water sounds.

Pond

Out in the countryside, the little insects are active: grasshoppers and, as it gets hotter, the katydids come out.

Perhaps it’s time to just lie down and rest your eyes for a bit. Nope, nope, nope, that couldn’t possibly be you making that noise!

William Sydney Mount: Boys Caught Napping in a Field, 1848 (Brooklyn Museum)

In the evening, let’s go to a concert. Down at the park, there’s something fun going on, and the crowd is waiting for it to start!

New York Philharmonic, Concert in the Park

The orchestra tunes.

In our concert, Samuel Barber brings us back to his childhood in Knoxville, in the summer of 1915.

Afterwards, as you step out into the plaza, children are celebrating with some small firecrackers.

But, down in the park, the big fireworks show is on.

After the show, the local band starts with Sousa Marches.

Dekalb, IL Municipal Band, Kirk Lundbeck, dir. – Concert Shell with fireworks

And closes with one of Sousa’s most familiar works. Listen out for those piccolos at the end!

It’s late, and everyone is home, tired after a long day outdoors, and it’s only the owls who patrol to watch through the night.

Tawny Owl at Night

How does your summer day go?

24 Amazing Facts About JS Bach

Published by Revelle Team on June 10, 2016

Baroque and Bach are two words that are very often linked together. Widely regarded as one of the definitive composers of the Baroque period, Johann Sebastian Bach’s works are still loved today as each new generation discovers his incredible gift.

However, many people are unaware that without some specific enthusiasm and recognition for this master’s classical works, Bach might have been relegated to obscurity. Only having been known as a skilled organist, musical mathematician, and that guy with the perfectly curled, white wig.

Fortunately however, his musical compositions were admired and appreciated by geniuses like of Mozart and Beethoven; and in 1829, nearly 60 years after his death, Felix Mendelssohn, carried Bach’s Passion According to St. Matthew out of oblivion and into the German concert hall for a significant historical event. Although it had been nearly a hundred years after this beautiful masterpiece had been composed, the concert ignited a flame of curiosity and re-evaluation of Bach’s work, resulting in a world-wide acknowledgement of his brilliance and importance to Baroque classical music.

Here are 24 additional facts and trivia about this famous composer:

Johann Sebastian Bach was born March 31, 1685 in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany.

His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach was a 7th generation musician, and carried on the tradition by teaching him how to play the violin.

Bach lost both his parents when he was 10 years old. While living in Ohrdruf, Germany, his older brother Johann Christoph Bach taught him organ.

In 1700, he was granted a scholarship at St. Michael’s School in Luneburg for his fine voice.

During an inaugural recital on the new organ his talents earned him the job of organist in Arnstadt, in 1703, at New Church, where he provided music for the services at the church, as well as instruction in music to the local children.

Bach moved to Muhlhausen in 1707 to become the organist in the Church of St. Blaise.

Bach married his cousin, Maria Barbara Bach, and they had seven children. His sons Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel became composers and musicians like their father.

Bach’s next position was as court organist in Weimer, in 1708 for Duke Wilhelm Ernst. It was here he composed his very famous Toccata in D Minor.

Bach was given a diamond ring in 1714 from the Crown Prince Fredrick of Sweden who was amazed at his playing.

Having angered Duke Wilhelm for requesting release from his position on short notice and desiring to go work for Prince Leopold of Koethen, Bach was arrested and put in jail for several weeks in 1716.

Upon his release from jail, Bach became the conductor of the court orchestra, in which Prince Leopold played.

In 1719, Bach tried to arrange a meeting with another prolific composer of that era, George Frideric Handel. Despite being only 130 kilometers apart, the two never did meet.

Bach’s wife, Maria, died suddenly in 1720 while he was away with Prince Leopold. She was 35 years old. The fifth and final movement of the Partita in D Minor for solo violin, “Chaconne,” was written to commemorate her.

In 1721, Bach married Anna Magdalena Wülcken. They had thirteen children.

Bach wrote the majority of his instrumental works during the Koethen period.

In 1723, he became the choir leader for two churches in Leipzig, Germany, in addition to teaching music classes and giving private lessons.

Most of Bach’s choral music was composed in Leipzig.

Bach’s deep religious faith could be found even in his secular music. He would put the initials “I.N.J.,” a Latin abbreviation that means, In Nomine Jesu, or “in the name of Jesus,”on his manuscripts.

The Brandenburg Concertos were written in 1721 as a tribute to the Duke of Brandenburg.

The Well-Tempered Clavier was composed as a collection of keyboard pieces to help students learn various keyboard techniques and methods.

Fredrick the Great, King of Prussia inspired Bach’s composition of a set of fugues called Musical Offering in 1740.

The Art of Fugue was begun in 1749 but was not completed.

After struggling with blindness and a failed surgery on his eyesight, Bach suffered a stroke and died in Leipzig, July 28, 1750. He was 65 years old.

His entire career was spent in a contracted area of Germany that is smaller than most of the States in America.

Johann Sebastian Bach is considered the quintessential composer of the Baroque era, and one of the most important figures in classical music in general. His complex musical style was nearly lost in history but gratefully it survives to be studied and enjoyed today. You can learn more about this icon by visiting his dedicated website. In the words of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), “Study Bach: there you will find everything.”

Eugen d'Albert - His Music and Life

Eugen d'Albert was born on April 10, 1864 in Glasgow/Scotland. His father was the very known dance composer Charles d'Albert (1809-1886), an Italian grand duke's descendant.

D'Albert studied in London, then in Vienna with Hans Richter (1843-1916) and in Weimar with the unforgettable Franz Liszt. As a blessed pianist, he went on several concert tours. D'Albert admired very much Ludwig van Beethoven (by the way: me too!), whom he gave the real monstrous pathos, which Beethoven really deserves.

Johannes Brahms became an intimate friend.

From his compositions are still known and part of stage performances such as "The Concerto for Cello in c-major" from 1899 and
"The Concerto for Piano in e-major" from 1893. Out of 21 operas the following pieces are more then remarkable: "Die Abreise" (The departure, 1898), "Die toten Augen" (The dead eyes, 1916), and most especially "Tiefland" (The Plain, 1903).

Eugen d'Albert passed away on March 3, 1932 in Riga, the capital of Lativa.