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Post by julesd68 on Apr 2, 2020 19:20:09 GMT
I only caught the end of it but a startlingly intense performance by JJ.
Brahms 1 now.
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 2, 2020 20:24:05 GMT
Fab Brahms, especially moving in the 2nd.
Interesting to see LSO members chiming in with the live chat. And great to see people all over the world on the chat enjoying it!
My favourite comment 'Why is there audience?'
Available to see for the next 24 hours!
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 3, 2020 8:07:41 GMT
Looking pretty unlikely we will get to see Maxim Vengerov in June.
Here's his 'living room concert' live from Russia a few days ago.
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio, Op.50
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Boris Andrianov, cello
Peter Laul, piano
Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 32 in B-Flat Major
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Peter Laul, piano
Schubert: Fantasy in C major
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Peter Laul, piano
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 3, 2020 8:25:29 GMT
Fab Brahms, especially moving in the 2nd. Interesting to see LSO members chiming in with the live chat. And great to see people all over the world on the chat enjoying it! My favourite comment 'Why is there audience?' Available to see for the next 24 hours! It's annoying, I just cannot get into Szymanowski's music - it just seems a random stream of [admittedly pleasant] musical sounds. I can't pick out any themes or structure or any hooks to engage my interest. I guess the east european mysticism just passes over the head of my hard boiled western tendency to analyse things. Maybe I should just relax and enjoy the moment to moment pleasantness and seemingly arbitrary bursts of passion - is that what it's really about? The Brahms is good, though! |
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 3, 2020 10:31:11 GMT
Yes I know exactly what you mean Jerry - I find there are glimpses in it I can latch onto and enjoy; it's a different kind of listening experience.
JJ doesn't seem to have recorded it so I'm going to check out Nicola B and Tasmin Little.
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Post by Slinger on Apr 3, 2020 13:25:32 GMT
...I just cannot get into Szymanowski's music ... I can't pick out any themes or structure or any hooks to engage my interest. Not making a joke (for once) but that's precisely the way I feel about so much " modern" classical music. To me it often sounds like a series of random and unrelated noises, and not even music as I appreciate it. I do applaud composers, or people in any profession really, " pushing the boundaries," but it's just not for me. They are, I can only assume, hearing something far different in their heads than I am with my ears. As we often say though, it's a good job we don't all like the same thing. |
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 3, 2020 15:22:24 GMT
Tee hee -- as I was typing my previous post I was kind of expecting that sort of response.  My own tastes change with time, I know - some of what I used to dislike I now enjoy, and some of what I used to like I am now bored by. |
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Post by Slinger on Apr 3, 2020 16:25:30 GMT
Tee hee -- as I was typing my previous post I was kind of expecting that sort of response. My own tastes change with time, I know - some of what I used to dislike I now enjoy, and some of what I used to like I am now bored by. Oddly enough, I didn't think you'd be awfully surprised, Jerry. |
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 3, 2020 17:58:28 GMT
LOL. I try to be open minded but generally early 20th century is as contemporary as I get ...
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 17, 2020 13:40:56 GMT
Well the big Beet 250 bash at the RAH is cancelled of course, but fear ye not Ludwig fans, as there will be live streaming on April 18 featuring the most excellent Isata Kanneh-Mason ... www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2020/royal-albert-home-beethoven-250/< Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing will deliver exclusive sessions from their homes, along with a word from conductor Moritz Gnann, all of whom were due to take to the Royal Albert Hall stage on this evening. The only name missing from the original concert line-up is organist Peter Holder, who is unable to fit the Royal Albert Hall’s 9,999 pipe Grand Organ in his home! >
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Post by MartinT on Apr 17, 2020 14:19:10 GMT
The only name missing from the original concert line-up is organist Peter Holder, who is unable to fit the Royal Albert Hall’s 9,999 pipe Grand Organ in his home! He could have used a portable Moog synth. Where's his imagination?  |
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Post by julesd68 on May 7, 2020 10:33:07 GMT
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Post by John on May 7, 2020 11:12:33 GMT
Opps
I am phone and having issues deleting
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Post by MartinT on May 7, 2020 11:14:38 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on May 8, 2020 15:27:10 GMT
I'm going out on a limb and going to watch some opera this evening - La Traviata, 7pm tonight on YouTube.
Renee Fleming is the lead so should at least be of high quality.
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Post by MartinT on May 8, 2020 15:48:35 GMT
Traviata is one of the least worst ones, I saw it with a previous girlfriend at Covent Garden and it was quite a spectacle with not too many tedious bits.
Carmen would always be my choice if I had to see another one.
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Post by julesd68 on May 9, 2020 0:09:17 GMT
I'm actually very pleased I watched it all. The quality of the production was stupendous - Antonio Pappano's orchestra was fabulous, the sets very carefully designed but the star of the show was the overall standard of the singing. Renee Fleming just sublime - not only for her technique which at times is breathtaking, but also the quality of her acting and the way she inhabited the character. Such intensity. Joseph Calleja was also outstanding as her lover and performed with the same unwavering commitment. Really quite moving.
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Post by julesd68 on May 10, 2020 21:43:10 GMT
The Gramophone Gala concert is a feast of delights. Here are just some of my highlights … James Ehnes played Bach that was awash with technique and musicality from his gorgeous Florida home. Don’t know what mic he was using but the sound quality was impeccable. I was mesmerized by Vilda Frang’s incredible violin technique so must explore her recordings. I thoroughly enjoyed Delphine Galou’s wonderfully charismatic vocal performance and will be looking into her catalogue of work. Lise Davidson was also superb and need to revisit her Four Last Songs that I wasn’t so keen on previously. The husband-and-wife duo Sabine Devieilhe and Raphaël Pichon gave us a complete change of scene with some Kurt Weil which was utterly beguiling. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet was stylish and elegant as usual and great to hear the beautiful Beatrice Rana play live for the first time - what power in her Chopin! Needs to get her creaking piano stool sorted out though …  Boris Giltburg also gave us some very heady Chopin with the Ballade No1 and sublime Ravel from Bertrand Chamayou, most unsentimental and understated; what tone! Talking of tone, Sol Gabetta playing Dall’Abaco was just perfection, such depth and richness … why on earth hasn’t she recorded it?? Surely my favourite cellist du jour, she then played very movingly with Bertrand Chamayou. James Galway had an interesting pair of speakers in his living room … see below for my screenshot LOL! Hilary Hahn didn’t play but spoke most eloquently indeed, whilst wearing masks didn’t stop Pavel Haas Quartet from delivering a masterclass in chamber music-making with their Dvorak. Jakub Józef Orliński performed in his fine orange socks and speaks like a cool young surf dude but his countertenor voice is exceptional, not surprising since he won Gramophone Classical Music Award 2019 for Young Artist. You need to hear his ’Stay Home’ Covid-19 song he finished with - #boygottalent The gala will remain online until 11.59pm on Sunday May 17 - I thoroughly recommend you watch, and donate to support the future of classical music performance in our country.  |
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Post by Slinger on May 10, 2020 22:13:15 GMT
Thanks, Jules. I must try to check that out, if only for the Sol Gabetta. I too love her playing.
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Post by MartinT on May 10, 2020 22:33:01 GMT
I'm trying to identify those speakers.
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