Showing posts with label #Koussevitzkyaday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Koussevitzkyaday. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2011

#KoussevitzkyADay August, 2011

 August 26, 2011

@Tom_Godell  
@rebcamuse PS: I tell singers that if they want to learn about phrasing they should listen to K's Beethoven minuet. #KoussevitzkyADay


@Tom_Godell 
@rebcamuse There's a lot of portamento in K's Boston Symphony recordings, too. He loved that sound. #KoussevitzkyADay
  
@Tom_Godell 
@rebcamuse I've always said that K played the bass the way Kreisler played the vioiln. What a duo they'd have been! #KoussevitzkyADay
@rebcamuse 
@Tom_Godell I know! The portamento is sort of overwhelming, but what a musical soul. #KoussevitzkyADay
  
@Tom_Godell 
@rebcamuse I love his phrasing and beauty of tone. Technique is sloppy, but he hadn't played bass in years. #KoussevitzkyADay
  
@rebcamuse 
Listening to Koussevitzky play his own Concerto for Double Bass w/ pno reduction (1929 recording) #KoussevitzkyADay
  
 @RalphGraves
@nightafternight That's very cool. I was listening from a different source, so I didn't have have Hanson 3rd. Thanks!
@nightafternight 
@RalphGraves Nice. Your note inspired me to find pairing of Koussevitzky's BSO Harris & Hanson Thirds on @Spotify: bit.ly/o09osD
@rebcamuse 
RT @RalphGraves: #KoussevitzkyADay Listening to Roy Harris' 3rd Symphony, from a 1939 BSO performance. Must have been shortly after it was written!
  
@RalphGraves 2:27pm via HootSuite
#KoussevitzkyADay Listening to Roy Harris' 3rd Symphony, from a 1939 BSO performance. Must have been shortly after it was written!
@Tom_Godell 11:02am via TweetDeck
@villa_lobos Very nice choice. #KoussevitzkyADay
@villa_lobos 
#KoussevitzkyADay Prokofiev Violin Concerto no2, with Heifetz - 1937? @NaxosMusicLib
  
@Tom_Godell 
A joyously perfect way to jump start your morning: Koussevitzky/LPO/Haydn: http://t.co/7rREXLr #KoussevitzkyADay
  
@RalphGraves 
#KoussevitzkyADay @wtjuclassical 's radio show this AM put me in the mood for Brahms. So it's his Violin Concerto w/Heifetz & BSO, 1939

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Thanks for the RT!
 Aug 25

 @patchjams 
RT @Tom_Godell: Two Debussy dances gloriously performed by the Boston Symphony in 1930: http://t.co/VF16WsQ http://t.co/QwkH5eT #KoussevitzkyADay

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Two Debussy dances gloriously performed by the Boston Symphony in 1930:
Aug 25

August 23, 2011

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Berlioz Harold in Italy, BSO w/William Primrose - recorded November 1944 -
23 Aug

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Wow. That's amazing. Wonder if the same thing will happen when we get to ?
23 Aug

@ Tom Godell
That's exactly what I listened to this morning!
23 Aug
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Sticking w/the Russians today. Symphony No. 6 from a 1930 BSO recording.
23 Aug
August 19, 2011 

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As a follow up to selection, Serge Koussevitzky & the BSO rehearse Debussy's La Mer.
19 Aug
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Bartok Concerto for Orchestra - recording of the Dec 30, 1944 concert - lots of energy here!
19 Aug

August 18, 2011

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I'm sure that, like the Bach, it's good and good for you. 8-)
18 Aug

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Bach: Brandenburg Concertos w/BSO. Historic recordings, but not historically informed performances!
18 Aug

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Villa-Lobos's Symphony no11, dedicated to Natalie and Serge K, written for the 75th anniversary of the BSO in 1955.
18 Aug

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So beautiful! RT An all too brief lesson in the art of achieving beautiful string tone: bit.ly/oZYRz4
18 Aug

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Here's some additional info about and this month's theme,
18 Aug

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An all too brief lesson in the art of achieving beautiful string tone from Koussevitzky & the BSO:
18 Aug

@60 

RT : is now under way. For the remainder of August, it's either as a conductor or composer!
18 Aug

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is now under way. For the remainder of August, it's either as a conductor or composer!
18 Aug

August 17, 2011

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Villa-Lobos also dedicated his great Fantasia & Cello & Orchestra to K.
17 Aug

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It's a shame K never recorded Villa-Lobos. He commissioned & premiered Symphony11 & the symphonic poem Madona,
17 Aug

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the Good Friday music from Parsifal, with the BSO, recorded April 1947,
17 Aug
 August 16, 2011
 

Unfortunately the Naxos Historical discs of K's music are unavailable in the US on for copyright reasons
16 Aug

@37

Sibelius Symphony no7, BBC SO, recorded in London in May 1933 - this is an exciting performance!
16 Aug

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. Incidentally, that recording was made in 1928. The sound is quite remarkable & vivid for its time. Stunning performance.
 
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Serge Koussevitzky conducts the Boston Symphony in Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe Suite 2.
16 Aug

@51 

  Tell ya what I'm gonna do. I'll set up a drop box folder for everyone interested. DM me for access.
16 Aug

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  Yes, but I misspelled it.
16 Aug
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

#KoussevitzkyADay August 2011

After a long hiatus, #ClassicsADay returns! For the rest of August, the goal is to listen to one recording by Serge Koussevitzky every day. There's quite a lot to choose from. He was the music director of the Boston Symphony for 25 years, so there are a lot of recordings to choose from.

He was also a double-bassist, and composed some works for the instrument. So recordings of Koussevitzky's compositions count as well. And to extend it even further, Koussevitzky was a champion of contemporary music, and commissioned and/or premiered many important works, such as Ravel's Second Piano Concerto. So if you want to listen to a work that's connected to Koussevitzky in some significant fashion, that's fine. Just make sure to explain it in your tweet.

Remember to use the hashtag #KoussevitzkyyADay in your conversations, or at least #ClassicsADay. Let the listening begin!
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