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In concert 16.09.24: Schoenberg - Piano concerto
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Originally posted by edashtav View Post
Kyla moved away from performing although she introduced.one of the knottier Prokofiev PCs to thre UK. She later concentrated on composing, having an oratorio performed on her 80th birthday. She died as recently as 2017.
Hyam was a tragic figure haunted by alcohol problems. He scored the works of his contemporaries e.g. Walton's films, finished Lambert's Summer's Last Will and Testament. Whilst posted to Bangor in wartime by the BBC, like Bax, he lived in a pub. He must have been a popular guest as he fired his bed on 5 occasions. Cecil Gray wrote: "There is no more tragic figure than the great interpretive artist who has never been given a chance to reveal his powers. Such was Hyam Greenbaum.". Both he and Lambert died young of alcohol-related issues.
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
I met Kyla a few times many years ago on holiday in France. This is her Times Obit . A real trailblazer for modern music. I did notice that she was also a world champion chain smoker
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/...uary-93nhb0mnn
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View PostLooking forward to this. A very beautiful work (yes beautiful- intensely lyrical ) and perhaps easier on the ear than the violin concerto where the listener often has to cope with (understandably ) wayward violin intonation adding to the atonal mix.
I'm anticipating lyrical charm plus clarity in dense passages from the distinguished, aristocratic pianist this evening.
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Originally posted by edashtav View Post
I 'll stick up for the VC: in Hilary Hahn's hands two of your words come to my my mind: intensely lyrical but I have to admit that in lesser hands, an uncertain wiriness can dominate a Vox Box.
I'm anticipating lyrical charm plus clarity in dense passages from the distinguished, aristocratic pianist this evening.
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I find the piano concerto more congenial than the violin concerto, though the VC is the major work of the two. and I must say I didn't think Brendel was at all 'cerebral' rather lyrical, in the PC. I have his second recording, with Kubelik.
I think the 'life goes on' programme was written for Oscar Levant to give him a rough guide to playing the work, and was a little tongue in cheek, as was Schoenberg's famous remark about the 12-tone method ensuring the supremacy of 'german music'.
Many thanks for the information about Kyla Greenbaum. I treasure her interpretation of the Rio Grande, though I think Hamilton Harty got nearer the soul of the work in its wonderful first recording. My father told me he was taken by his mother to hear them perform it in the old Free Trade Hall.
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Originally posted by smittims View PostI think the 'life goes on' programme [...] was a little tongue in cheek, as was Schoenberg's famous remark about the 12-tone method ensuring the supremacy of 'german music'.
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Help!
Both the D.Telegraph and the current Radio Times claim that tonight's In Concert is a Piano Recital by Yuja Wang of DSCH, Barber (Sonata) and the 4 Chopin Ballades recorded at the Usher Hall , Edinburgh International Festival on 05.08. RT declares it will be presented by one "Kate Moleson"!
Checking the schedule on the BBC website linked to this Forum that remains constant to the RSNO / Elim Chan 3 Concerti night which I think is live at the Festival this evening but starting at 18.30. (I HAD PRESUMED R.3 HAD PLANNED TO DELAY TRANSMISSION TO FIT ITS 'STRIPED' PROGRAMME PATTERN)
I and some other Forumistas led by the venerable smittims have been building a head of steam over the happy prospect of hearing the Schoenberg Piano Concerto this evening from an admirable interpreter.
Are we doomed! ?
Last edited by edashtav; 16-09-24, 14:48.
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Originally posted by edashtav View PostHelp!
Both the D.Telegraph and the current Radio Times claim that tonight's In Concert is a Piano Recital by Yuja Wang of DSCH, Barber (Sonata) and the 4 Chopin Ballades recorded at the Usher Hall , Edinburgh International Festival on 05.08. RT declares it will be presented by one "Kate Moleson"!
Checking the schedule on the BBC website linked to this Forum that remains constant to the RSNO / Elim Chan 3 Concerti night which I think is live at the Festival this evening but starting at 18.30. (I HAD PRESUMED R.3 HAD PLANNED TO DELAY TRANSMISSION TO FIT ITS 'STRIPED' PROGRAMME PATTERN)
I and some other Forumistas led by the venerable smittimd have been building a head of steam over the happy prospect of hearing the Schoenberg Piano Concerto this evening from an admirable interpreter.
Are we doomed! ?
The Fleet St papers go off that. I would trust the website .
Incidentally unbilled schedule changes used to attract more complaints than anything else. Fewer now thanks to iPlayer and internet based listings.
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
The Radio TImes last billings press day is usually the Friday before publication . So that’s Friday the 6th for this weekl
The Fleet St papers go off that. I would trust the website .
Incidentally unbilled schedule changes used to attract more complaints than anything else. Fewer now thanks to iPlayer and internet based listings.
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BEWARE OF WHAT YOU HOPE FOR
WYNTON MARSALIS TRUMPET CONCERTO
Six movements and 40 strenuous minutes for the trumpet soloist, Alison Balsom. Stylistically, the work may include 6x40 styles, so eclectic is the musical magpie composer.
At the start the elephant isn't cornered but roaring in the orchestra to introduce a Military March or maybe a selection of calls and marches. If the work has a theme or subtitle, it may be A Trumpet Glossary. Plenty of Jazzy rhythms and hyperactivity: the casual listener must be hooked and kept in the swim. Frankly it's transient and trivial: music of our time to pass time. No doubting the virtuosity and adaptability of Alison Balsom. There are tunes and almost all of the fun of the Fair. Gosh one movement starred mutes - I was struck dumb.
At times, I was reminded of H.K. Gruber and Frankenstein!!!
Effortless and uncritical fluency. Not characteristics that come to mind in thinking about its immediate bedfellow: Schoenberg's Piano Concerto. Did Arnie suffer from bedbugs?
I understand that Alison's Tour de Force is taking the world by storm.
O.M.G.
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Originally posted by edashtav View PostBEWARE OF WHAT YOU HOPE FOR
WYNTON MARSALIS TRUMPET CONCERTO
Six movements and 40 strenuous minutes for the trumpet soloist, Alison Balsom. Stylistically, the work may include 6x40 styles, so eclectic is the musical magpie composer.
At the start the elephant isn't cornered but roaring in the orchestra to introduce a Military March or maybe a selection of calls and marches. If the work has a theme or subtitle, it may be A Trumpet Glossary. Plenty of Jazzy rhythms and hyperactivity: the casual listener must be hooked and kept in the swim. Frankly it's transient and trivial: music of our time to pass time. No doubting the virtuosity and adaptability of Alison Balsom. There are tunes and almost all of the fun of the Fair. Gosh one movement starred mutes - I was struck dumb.
At times, I was reminded of H.K. Gruber and Frankenstein!!!
Effortless and uncritical fluency. Not characteristics that come to mind in thinking about its immediate bedfellow: Schoenberg's Piano Concerto. Did Arnie suffer from bedbugs?
I understand that Alison's Tour de Force is taking the world by storm.
O.M.G.
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