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[Sergeant Rock]

Stenhammar Serenade op.31 Järvi conducting the Gothenburg SO




Sarge

[Sadko]

Lokshin

Three Scenes from Goethe's Faust

Elena Prokina (soprano)
Ensemble "Resonanz"
Rudolf Barshai

[North Star]

Elgar
Violin Concerto
Znaider, Colin Davis & Staatskapelle Dresden
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[Sadko]

Jascha Heifetz

"It ain't necessarily so"
Legendary classic and jazz studio takes

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Stenhammar Serenade op.31 Järvi conducting the Gothenburg SO




Sarge

Great music and performance, Sarge.

Now listening:

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Listening to Jeu de cartes. Love, love, love this ballet. Neoclassical Stravinsky at his best.

[PaulR]

Good morning!

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[Todd]

[PaulR]

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Concerto for Clarinet

[bhodges]

On BBC Radio 3, a live concert from May 25:

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francois Xavier-Roth, conductor
Daniel Hope, violin

Philippe Manoury: Sound and Fury
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Debussy: Images

--Bruce

[Opus106]

On BBC Radio 3, a live concert from May 25:

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francois Xavier-Roth, conductor
Daniel Hope, violin

Philippe Manoury: Sound and Fury
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Debussy: Images

--Bruce

I read a blog post by one of the attendees (i.e. not  a pro critic) a couple of days ago. Too bad there wasn't a good crowd to take in the music.

[Lisztianwagner]

Now:

Karl Henning
Timbrel & Dance, Op.73

Then, it's to time to listen to some Mahler: excerpts from the 6th symphony for the Blind Comparison.

[PaulR]

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Red Poppy

[bhodges]

I read a blog post by one of the attendees (i.e. not  a pro critic) a couple of days ago. Too bad there wasn't a good crowd to take in the music.

Thanks for this--nice report. It seems to be the writer's first hearing of the Shostakovich, and he doesn't quite care for the cadenza near the end of the third movement (which I think is one of the work's high points). Or perhaps Daniel Hope's performance didn't sell it for him. Anyway, a very fine concert, and yes, too bad there apparently weren't many people there.

Update: Slightly weird broadcast: after the Manoury, they inserted a commercial recording of Roth leading BBC Wales in three dances from Berlioz's Les Troyens, followed by the Allegro of Shostakovich's Second Piano Trio when Daniel Hope was in the Beaux Arts Trio. It all sounds fine--lovely performances, actually--just odd having a concert interrupted by recorded music.

--Bruce

[PaulR]

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Symphony #3

[Todd]

Bruckner's 8th conducted by Carl Schuricht.  Extraordinarily good stuff.

[Opus106]

Thanks for this--nice report. It seems to be the writer's first hearing of the Shostakovich, and he doesn't quite care for the cadenza near the end of the third movement (which I think is one of the work's high points). Or perhaps Daniel Hope's performance didn't sell it for him. Anyway, a very fine concert, and yes, too bad there apparently weren't many people there.

I took it to mean Hope's playing. In any case, I'm now reacquainting myself with the work now. (Oistrakh, Leningrad Phil. and Mravinksy)

Update: Slightly weird broadcast: after the Manoury, they inserted a commercial recording of Roth leading BBC Wales in three dances from Berlioz's Les Troyens, followed by the Allegro of Shostakovich's Second Piano Trio when Daniel Hope was in the Beaux Arts Trio. It all sounds fine--lovely performances, actually--just odd having a concert interrupted by recorded music.

--Bruce

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[pi2000]

Heinrich Schütz
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[bhodges]

I took it to mean Hope's playing. In any case, I'm now reacquainting myself with the work now. (Oistrakh, Leningrad Phil. and Mravinksy)

It's probably my favorite violin concerto. In the first two movements Daniel Hope was struggling a bit to stay in tune--thankfully he seems in better shape during the eloquent "Passacaglia."

--Bruce

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Now:

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I used to listen to this recording at least once a month, but now it's been awhile since I've heard. Always a favorite of mine.

[Antoine Marchand]

Thank you, Antoine.

It's my pleasure, sir.