Recorded on a concert in Orsmaal, Belgium, Sep 20th 2008. Liesbet Derese (recorder), Annelies Decock and Ann Cnop (violins), Marian Minnen (Cello), Ben Van Nespen (organ) [ More Detail ]
Edith Hanselman, organist and music director of Strathroy United Church, performs J.S. Bach's Prelude in A Major to conclude the August 3, 2008 Sunday service.Johann Sebastian Bach (pronounced [joˈhan/ˈjoːhan zeˈbastjan ˈbax]) (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 -- 28 July 1750) was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, an unrivalled control of harmonic and motivic organisation in composition for diverse musical forces, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France.Revered for their intellectual depth and technical and artistic beauty, Bach's works include the Brandenburg concertos; the Goldberg Variations; the English Suites, French Suites, Partitas, and Well-Tempered Clavier; the Mass in B Minor; the St. Matthew Passion; the St. John Passion; The Musical Offering; The Art of Fugue; the Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo; the Cello Suites; more than 200 surviving cantatas; and a similar number of organ works, including the celebrated Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.While Bach's fame as an organist was great during his lifetime, he was not particularly well-known as a composer. His adherence to Baroque forms and contrapuntal style was considered "old-fashioned" by his contemporaries, especially late in his career when the musical fashion tended towards Rococo and later Classical styles. A revival of interest and performances of his music began early in the 19th century, and he is now widely considered to be one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition.Bach was best known during his lifetime as an organist, organ consultant, and composer of organ works in both the traditional German free genres—such as preludes, fantasias, and toccatas—and stricter forms, such as chorale preludes and fugues. He established a reputation at a young age for his great creativity and ability to integrate foreign styles into his organ works. A decidedly North German influence was exerted by Georg Böhm, with whom Bach came into contact in Lüneburg, and Dieterich Buxtehude in Lübeck, whom the young organist visited in 1704 on an extended leave of absence from his job in Arnstadt. Around this time, Bach copied the works of numerous French and Italian composers to gain insights into their compositional languages, and later arranged violin concertos by Vivaldi and others for organ and harpsichord. His most productive period (1708--14) saw the composition of several pairs of preludes &fugues and toccatas &fugues, and of the Orgelbüchlein ("Little organ book"), an unfinished collection of 45 short chorale preludes that demonstrate compositional techniques in the setting of chorale tunes. After he left Weimar, Bach's output for organ fell off, although his best-known works (the six trio sonatas, the "German Organ Mass" in Clavier-Übung III from 1739, and the "Great eighteen" chorales, revised late in his life) were all composed after this time. Bach was extensively engaged later in his life in consulting on organ projects, testing newly built organs, and dedicating organs in afternoon recitals. One of the high points may be the third part of the Clavier-Übung, a setting of 21 chorale preludes uniting the traditional Catholic Missa with the Lutheran catechism liturgy, the whole set interpolated between the mighty "St. Anne" Prelude and Fugue on the theme of the Trinity. [ More Detail ]
================================Ernst von Dohnányi Suite for orchestra in F sharp minor ("Suite romantique"), Op.19 1. Andante con variazioni (Andante con moto) 2. Scherzo (Allegretto vivace) 3. Romanza (Andante poco moto)4. Rondo (Allegro vivace)The Royal Philharmonic Orches6tra/Malcolm Sargent================================Related information:Ernő Dohnányi (July 27, 1877 -- February 9, 1960) was a Hungarian conductor, composer, and pianist.He used the German form of his name "Ernst von Dohnányi" on most of his published compositions. The addition of "von" was a personal choice and was not an indication of ennoblement.BiographyDohnányi was born in Pressburg (Pozsony), Austria-Hungary, today's Bratislava, Slovakia. He first studied music with his father, a professor of mathematics and amateur cellist, at gymnasium, but afterwards became a pupil at the Budapest Academy of Music, studying piano and composition with Carl Forstner, organist of the Bratislava Cathedral. In 1894 he became a pupil of István Thoman for piano and of Hans Koessler for composition. Béla Bartók was one of his classmates there. Dohnányi's first published composition, his Piano Quintet in C minor, earned the approval of Johannes Brahms, who promoted the work in Vienna.After a few lessons with Eugen d'Albert, Dohnányi made his debut in Berlin, 1897, and was at once recognized as an artist of high attainments. Similar success in Vienna followed, and thereafter he made the tour of Europe with the greatest success. He made his London debut at a Richter concert in the Queen's Hall, where he gave a memorable performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.Using his position as a conductor, Dohnányi pioneered Bartók's more accessible music to boost its popularity.During the following season, he visited the United States. There, he established his reputation playing, again, the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 for his American debut with the St. Louis Symphony.Unlike most other famous pianists of the time, Dohnányi did not limit himself to solo recitals and concerto solos, but also played chamber music.In 1902, one of his two sons, Hans von Dohnányi, was born to Ernő and his wife Elisabeth, who was also a pianist. Hans later distinguished himself as a leader of the anti-Nazi resistance in Germany, and was a friend and collaborator of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Hans in turn became the father of the well-known orchestral conductor, Christoph von Dohnányi.Joseph Joachim invited Dohnányi to teach at the Hochschule in Berlin, which he did from 1905 to 1915. Going back to Budapest, Dohnányi organized over a hundred concerts there each year. In 1919 he was appointed director of the Budapest Academy, but was replaced the same year for purely political reasons. He became music director of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra and promoted the music of Bartók and Zoltán Kodály and other Hungarians, but did not play his own music too often. Dohnányi's pupils include Ervin Nyíregyházi, Géza Anda, Annie Fischer, Edward Kilenyi, Balint Vazsonyi, Sir Georg Solti, Montana Cantsin, Joseph Running, Frank Cooper and Ludovit (Lajos) Rajter.In the 1920 season, he played the complete Beethoven piano works. During the 1920s, he also recorded several of his works on the AMPICO reproducing piano.In 1934 he was again appointed director of the Budapest Academy, a post he held until 1941, when he resigned from the post "as a protest against the anti-Jewish legislations [of that year]" according to the Hungarian musicologist Peter Laki (in program notes for the American Symphony Orchestra's Dohnanyi CD, Bridge 9160). That year he also had to disband the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra.After World War II, which had claimed the lives of both of his sons, one in combat and the other executed by the Nazis for his role in a plot to assassinate Hitler, Dohnányi moved to the United States. He had remained in fascist Hungary during the war, though using his influence and expending his own fortune to protect Jewish musicians.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern%C5%91_Dohn%C3%A1nyi================================ *Note:Support the artist, their families and their legacy by purchasing their music. [ More Detail ]
Brahms Concerto for Violin and CelloCello: Antonio MenesesViolin: Anne-Sophie MutterBerlin PhilharmonicHerbert Von Karajan*Note: If you liked this video, please support the artist by purchasing his products. Thank you.* [ More Detail ]
Brahms Concerto for Violin and CelloCello: Antonio MenesesViolin: Anne-Sophie MutterBerlin PhilharmonicHerbert Von Karajan*Note: If you liked this video, please support the artist by purchasing his products. Thank you.* [ More Detail ]
Brahms Concerto for Violin and CelloCello: Antonio MenesesViolin: Anne-Sophie MutterBerlin PhilharmonicHerbert Von Karajan*Note: If you liked this video, please support the artist by purchasing his products. Thank you.* [ More Detail ]
Brahms Concerto for Violin and CelloCello: Antonio MenesesViolin: Anne-Sophie MutterBerlin PhilharmonicHerbert Von Karajan*Note: If you liked this video, please support the artist by purchasing his products. Thank you.* [ More Detail ]
Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)"Concerto Fatto per la Notte di Natale" Weihnachtskonzert (Concerto Grosso in G Minor Op. 6 No. 8)Part IIJugendKammerOrchester BerlinLtg: Till SchwabenbauerDie Bläser: Johanna Bartz, Esther Anne Adrian, Maxie Kaun, Cornelia Schlögl, Luise Packmohr, Klara Louise Rundel, Maria Palme, Anton Koch, Markus Fichtner, Robert Schmalz, Mario GrünkornDie Streicher: Lydia Griese, Marilena Günther, Alexander Kückes, Vivian Louise Rätzke, Ina Wege, Antonia Garbe, Emanuel Bender, Marc Kopitzki, Franzisca Kussmaul, Friederike Morath, Nora Shidowezki, Soraya Tabaache, Dorothee Liebich, Jan Kopitzki, Tobias Opialla, Lioba Shin, Anton Stuckardt, Antonia Adamik, Lisa Rößeler, Teresa Büchsel, Sarika Dewan, Asja Krauser, Karoliina Pietraho, Louise Tharandt, Maxie von Neumann-CoselAufnahme aus der Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche Berlin ( 16.12.2007 )Kamera: Friedemann Wilckeweitere Tags: Jugend Kammer OrchesterJugend Kammerorchester [ More Detail ]
Corelli Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F Major Op.6Water Tower QuartetViolin 1: Anne BenayounViolin 2: Tiffany SevillaViola: Kathrine DixonCello: Matthew HannaRecorded on 9/29/2007 [ More Detail ]
"Reverberations for Two Tubas and Strings," by Howard Frazin. Mike Roylance and Eli Newberger with the Laurel String Quartet (violinists Annie Rabbat and Ying Xue, violist Sarah Darling, and cellist Song-Ie Do) and Karl Doty, contrabass. Premiere of the version for two Tubas, string quartet, and contrabass, performed at St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA, on May 9, 2007. (The world premiere of the concerto for two tubas and chamber orchestra took place in Faneuil Hall, Boston, on March 18, 2007, with the Boston Classical Orchestra, Stephen Lipsitt, conductor, who commissioned the work.) [ More Detail ]