One of the saddest poems I've ever read. And also a good example of elegiac couplet, which is formed by combining an hexameter followed by a pentameter. The hexameter has the following scansion:_ _ / _ _ / _ _ / _ _ / _ uu / _ _ And then a pentameter:_ _ / _ _/ _ // _ uu /_ uu / _(_ = long, u = short, in some cases -look in Wikipedia or wherever- a long can be replaced by two shorts):So basically the poem is hexameter-pentameter-hexameter-pentameter-and-so-on.I learned latin independently, so the pronunciation, the rythm, the entonation and everything basically comes from what I understood studying with books and without receiving any kind of feedback. Therefore, I do not know if I am doing it right and will IMMENSELY appreciate your comments. Thanks!By the way, the drawings are by Gustave Doré and the music is by Edvard Grieg (Sonata for cello and piano in A minor, Op. 36, 2nd movement) [ More Detail ]
"Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in that gap between the two.)"-- Robert Rauschenberg, 1959Elegy for Robert Rauschenberg is an homage to an artist who was my personal hero, and my nemesis, in my student years. He was my hero because of the infallibility of his touch, and the constancy of his ability to invent and re-invent the potency and power of visual art — to push the boundaries of what art could be. He was my nemesis because I saw him as pure genius and his every gesture as perfection — conditions that were not, I thought, possible for others to attain. But my joy and delight in his work continued and my pleasure in talking with him from time to time over the years was enormous.Curated by Paul Schimmel, Robert Rauchenberg: Combines was shown in early 2006 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. On seeing it there, and upon learning that there were no plans to film it, I asked Bob for permission to do so at the next venue, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.This elegy is dedicated to the memory of Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) and to the memory of his friendship with my late husband, Earle Brown (1926-2002), whose music has been intertwined and juxtaposed here with images of the glorious Combines.Susan Sollins-BrownExecutive DirectorArt21Elegy for Robert Rauschenberg has been created from footage filmed by Art21 at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles during the 2006 exhibition of Robert Rauschenberg: Combines. Among the works seen in whole or in part are Minutiae (1954); Interview (1955); Monogram (1955-59); Canyon (1959); Gift for Apollo (1959); Black Market (1961); Empire II (1961); Pantomime (1961); Ace (1962); and Gold Standard (1964). The video is set to music composed by Earle Brown who, along with Rauschenberg, was a member of a small group of friends in the 1950s that included John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Morton Feldman, Jasper Johns, and Christian Wolff, among others. In the spirit of that long-ago friendship, and in the collaborative spirit of that time and group, excerpts from the following works by Brown have been selected and collaged, with permission of The Earle Brown Music Foundation, for this video: Music for Violin, Cello, &Piano (1952); Octet I (1953); Folio and 4 Systems (1954); String Quartet (1965); New Piece (1971); and Special Events (1999).VIDEO | Producer: Susan Sollins. Camera: Bob Elfstrom. Sound: Ray Day. Editor: Lizzie Donahue. Special thanks to Robert Rauschenberg's Studio and David White; Paul Schimmel and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Earle Brown Music Foundation and Thomas Fichter. [ More Detail ]
The Langroise Trio performs my Isle of Bathos 3-10-07.PROGRAM NOTES:This piece had a rather long gestation period. I started it in 2004, and, due to deadlines of other commissions or pursuit of other interests (painting, golfing, fishing, general laying around, work), I finally finished it on December 28, 2006. This followed on the heals of a fairly busy composing year which included, among other projects, the silent film score The Land Beyond the Sunset for the Boise Philharmonic's Musical Movies project, and Elegies for Two Cellos, commissioned by Idaho Dance Theater.When I started composing The Isle of Bathos I noticed that themes were coming in from everywhere, in many different styles, in an almost cartoon-like hodgepodge of juxtaposition. I went with it because it made me laugh, like a Carl Stallings score (the extraordinary composer for the Warner Bros. cartoons). The working titles were El Extrano Espanol, then The Eccentric, and finally the present title. I came across the word bathos by accident. The definition of the word fit so well with the piece that it stuck. The "Isle" part exists because there are sections that could be said to have originated somewhere in the Caribbean. But also, and much more important, the idea of a pseudo-Greek island, where nothing is quite as it seems, is highly appealing to my bizarre sense of humor.Bathos: an abrupt, often ludicrous change from the lofty to the ordinary or trivial in writing or speech; unintentional anticlimax" - Webster's New World DictionaryFor further information visit www.davidalanearnest.com [ More Detail ]
Performance in 2006 by Mountview Academy at Chelsea Theatre, Worlds End, London. Great, moving song at the close of the 1989 musical "Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens" - with me hiding away on the harp! [ More Detail ]
Gabriel Fauré's Elégie - played by the school orchestra Gymnasium Liestal with help of the school orchestra Georg Herwegh-Schule Berlin. Soloist: Eliane Fitzé [ More Detail ]
Elegy for cello and orchestra by Dirk Brosse performed by Julian Lloyd Webber and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dirk Brosse. [ More Detail ]
This is just one track form the critically acclaimed Beulah disc (2PD15) of Eduard van Beinum conducting: Cockaigne Overture Cello Concerto (Anthony Pini - cello) Wand of Youth Suites Order it today at any good record store or buy direct from Beulah at http://www.eavb.co.uk/lp/2pd15.htmlTracks from this disc can be downlaoded at iTunes. Use the link above and select iTunes.Andrew Achenbach writing in The Gramophone Magazine, September 2006: Cockaigne fairly swaggers with exuberance, the LPO responding with tremendous zest and fresh-faced application for its then chief, yet there's tenderness, poetry and humour aplenty when required. even finer are the Wand of Youth Suites. Van Beinum extracts heaps of vigor, innocence, nostalgia and wit from these captivating miniatures, and I'd place his poetic and strongly characterised accounts at the top of the pile... So if you failed to snap up this valuable compilation first time round, you've no excuse now. Beulah compact discs are available in all good record stores, at Amazon, on e-Bay or direct from BEULAH at www.eavb.co.uk [ More Detail ]
Caprice &Elegy by Frederick Delius performed by Julian Lloyd Webber and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner from the CD English Idyll [ More Detail ]
'Senta's Elegy' was played at the 50th birthday of Marc van Delft for the 48th birthday of Ria Alsemgeest by Marc van Delft-piano and Elisabeth Wiklander-cello.This piece was written for Ria, for her birthday, which was celebrated on the same evening as Marc's 50th birthday at 4-4-08 at 'Aardewerk' in The Hague (The Netherlands).Marc has written for Ria's birthday 2 pieces: 'Prelude for Senta' &'Senta's Elegy', because Ria is fond of cello.This piece has a very melancholic character because Ria is fond of the Slavonic melancholy of Pärt and Gorecky.-It is a pity that the beginning of the piece [the entrance for piano] has not been filmed. [ More Detail ]
'Prelude for Senta' was played at the 50th birthday of Marc van Delft for the 48th birthday of Ria Alsemgeest by Marc van Delft-piano and Elisabeth Wiklander-cello.This piece was written for Ria, for her birthday, which was celebrated on the same evening as Marc's 50th birthday at 4-4-08 at 'Aardewerk' in The Hague (The Netherlands).Marc has written for Ria's birthday 2 pieces: 'Prelude for Senta' &'Senta's Elegy', because Ria is fond of cello.The piece is very intimate lyrical music.-It is a pity that the beginning of the piece has not been filmed. [ More Detail ]
Cello passage from the 2nd Symphony 'Celebration' opus 140 (2007) in the version for cello and piano, the passage which was dedicated to Ria AlsemgeestIt was was played at the 50th birthday of Marc van Delft for the 48th birthday of Ria Alsemgeest by Marc van Delft-piano and Elisabeth Wiklander-cello.This passage was rewritten for cello and piano for Ria, for her birthday, which was celebrated on the same evening as Marc's 50th birthday at 4-4-08 at 'Aardewerk' in The Hague (The Netherlands).Marc has written for Ria's birthday 2 pieces: 'Prelude for Senta' &'Senta's Elegy', because Ria is fond of cello.This piece has a very melancholic character because Ria is fond of the Slavonic melancholy of Pärt and Gorecky.-It is a pity that the first note of the piece has not been filmed. [ More Detail ]
Maude Pollard, 2008.I thought we were going to stop half way through, which explains the awkward behavior about half way through.Some questionable camera work by Paul Grobey.Performed by the Batmen:Caitlin Cribbs, viola.Tess Isaac, piano.Jeffrey Harvick, 'cello. [ More Detail ]
This is a video of Leila Shirvani, fifteen year old cellist, playing an Elegy (2001) for cello and Piano by the British composer Jonatha Cole, in a concert in Rome (auditorium delle Fornaci), in September 2007.Questo è un video di Leila Shirvani, violoncellista quidicenne, che suona un Elegy (2001) di Jonathan Cole, compositore britannico, per violoncello e pianoforte, in un concerto a Roma (Auditorium delle Fornaci), a settembre 2007. [ More Detail ]
Part 6: Impressions from the Normandy Campaign using the "Theatre of War" (Battlefront.com/ 1C) and "Pacific Fighters" (Ubisoft/ 1C) game engines.Composition of destroyed Caen made with elements of:"Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts" (Relic Entertainment/ THQ)"Medal of Honor Airborne" (Electronic Arts)Software used:Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production PremiumFXhome Effects Lab ProAdditional effects by:www.detonationfilms.comwww.videocopilot.netwww.fxhome.comMusic used from the films:"Gettysburg - Battle of Little Round Top" (Randy Edelman)"Atonement - Elegy for Dunkirk/ Denouement" (Dario Marianelli, Cello solo by Caroline Dale) including the Hymn "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind".Text of the Hymn regarding Wikipedia:Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways! Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives Thy service find, In deeper reverence, praise. In simple trust like theirs who heard Beside the Syrian sea The gracious calling of the Lord, Let us, like them, without a word "Rise up and follow Thee." O Sabbath rest by Galilee! O calm of hills above, Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee The silence of eternity Interpreted by love! With that deep hush subduing all Our words and works that drown The tender whisper of Thy call, As noiseless let Thy blessing fall As fell Thy manna down. Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace. Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm; Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm! [ More Detail ]
Festival Casals of 2005San Juan, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Symphony OrchestraGiancarlo Guerrero, conductorLocation: Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferre (Fine Arts Center) in San Juan [ More Detail ]
NCE musicians, Russian born violinist Leonid Sushansky (the Artistic Director of the National Chamber Ensemble), American pianist Dionne Laufman and Polish cellist Lukasz Szyrner Play the "Largo" movement from the Piano Trio in E minor by Shostakovich. By Aug of 1944 the Russian Troops liberated the Nazi Death Camps and news about the Holocaust started to spread. Shostakovich was very grieved. He wrote the Largo as an elegy for the Jews killed in the Holocaust. [ More Detail ]
NCE musicians, Russian born violinist Leonid Sushansky (the Artistic Director of the National Chamber Ensemble), American pianist Dionne Laufman and Polish cellist Lukasz Szyrner play the final movement from the Piano Trio in E minor by Shostakovich. By Aug of 1944 the Russian Troops liberated the Nazi Death Camps and news about the Holocaust started to spread. Shostakovich was very grieved. He wrote the final two movements of the trio as an elegy to the Jews killed in the Holocaust. Shostakovich uses Jewish Folk Music as thematic material for this very moving ending of the trio. [ More Detail ]
ARNO H. BABADJANIAN Né le 22 janvier 1921 à Erevan (Republique d´Arménie), ARNO H. BABADJANIAN a été lauréat du Conservatoire Gomidas de cette ville en 1947 et a étudié la classe de piano du Conservatoire Tchaikovsky de Moscou en 1948.De 1950 à 1957, il prit la classe de piano du Conservatoire d'etat de Erevan en tant que professeur. Dès 1957, il se dévoua complètement à la composition.La réputation de Babadjanian en tant que compositeur fut révélée très tôt et ce depuis les années 1940.En 1957 il fut honoré comme lauréat au Festival Des Jeunes Étudiants à Prague (Tchécoslovaquie) pour sa composition "Suite de pièces pour piano". Il atteint sa vraie maturité en 1950 avec sa "BALLADE HEROIQUE" (Concerto pour piano et orchestre) et ensuite il gagna un Prix de l' Etat avec son « Trio de piano, violon et violoncelle », sa « Sonate pour violon et piano », le « Concerto pour alto », six « Images pour piano solo » et surtout son troisieme « Quatuor pour cordes » dédié à Chostakovitch (1976).En tant que pianiste Babadjanian avait un talent exceptionnel, ne jouant pas uniquement ses propres œuvres, mais il fut également un brillant interprète de Rachmaninov, Chopin et Van Beethoven.Le talent d'Arno Babadjanian s'exprime le plus pleinement dans la musique instrumentale et la musique de chambre. Au piano, Babadjanian a une envergure proprement rachmaninovienne, et sa palette étincelle de couleurs peu communes. Babadjanian pianiste est le fidèle conseiller de Babadjanian compositeur.Ses œuvres pour piano - la "Sonate polyphonique" (1947), un "Capriccio" (1951), les Six Tableaux op. 40 (1965), un "Poème" (1966), la "Ballade Héroïque" pour piano et orchestre (1950), un "Trio pour piano, violin et cello" (1953) et la "Elegie in Memoriam Aram Khatchatourian" (1978)- appartiennent aux meilleures pages de la littérature nationale pour piano. Elles font partie du répertoire des interprètes aussi bien russes qu'étrangers. Une certaine largeur de vues, l'intensité de l'émotion, une force élémentaire assagie par l'intelligence, ces traits, caractéristiques de l'œuvre de Babadjanian, enchantent de nombreux amateurs de son art. Arno Babadjanian est aussi largement connu en tant que chansonnier. Pourtant, c'est ce qu'il a écrit de meilleur dans le genre sérieux qui lui a valu la renommée d'un des plus brillants représentants de la musique soviétique. Son œuvre fut hautement récompensé par l'Etat d'Arménie, avec le prix «Lénine», le titre «d'Artiste Du Peuple», et lauréat de nombreux prix de l'Etat d'Arménie.Pour finir, il a été élu plusieurs fois en tant que membre du Comite De L'Union Des Compositeurs Arméniens.Le monde de la musique academique a éprouvé une grande perte avec la mort de A. Babadjanian le 15 novembre 1983.Traduit par Sahag Doroumian [ More Detail ]
Tan Dun's powerful score for cellist and four percussionists commemorates the 1989 massacre in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The title refers to the 13th-century Chinese drama by Kuan Han-Ching, in which a young woman, Dou Eh, is executed for crimes she did not commit. Even nature cries out for Dou Eh's innocence: her blood does not fall to earth, but flies upward, and a heavy snow falls in June. Likewise Tan Dun's music sings of pity and purity, beauty and darkness. As choreographed by Allyson Green, this striking dance/theatre work is a lament for victims everywhere. Series: "La Jolla Music Society: SummerFest" [12/2006] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 12084] [ More Detail ]