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Gounod's Divine Remix: A Heavenly Twist on Bach

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 1:00

DescriptionGounod's Divine Remix: A Heavenly Twist on Bach in 60 Seconds. Take a minute to get the scoop!Fun FactGounod's Ave Maria wasn't originally intended as a standalone work. It began as an improvisation over Bach's 1722 prelude, and the Latin prayer was added later. Today, it's often mistakenly credited to Bach alone, despite Gounod's soaring melody being the emotional centerpiece that transformed it into a sacred favorite.__________________________________________________________________About Steven, HostSteven is a Canadian composer & actor living in Toronto. Through his music, he creates a range of works, with an emphasis on the short-form genre—his muse being to offer the listener both the darker and more satiric shades of human existence. If you're interested, please check out his music website for more. Member of the Canadian League Of Composers.__________________________________________________________________You can FOLLOW ME on Instagram.

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Dreamy French Composers

Strings Retuned

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 47:28

Since we cannot travel anywhere right now, naturally, all we can think about is … travel. When our music director decided to send everyone on a journey to France, he compiled the most beautiful French pieces ever recorded at Strings Pavilion. So, pour yourself a glass of Provence rosé for this episode, and imagine lavender fields. Music Director Michael Sachs hosts the program, and is joined by commentator Jamey Lamar, concertmaster of the LA Phil Martin Chalifour, and principal keyboardist of the LA Phil Joanne Pearce Martin.@01:15Meet your host, Music Director Michael Sachs. Michael Sachs talks about the connections between the four French composers. “When you think of French music with its intimate colors and lush fragrant elegance, all of these men were at the forefront of that golden age of French romanticism.”@ 03:18 Jump to the Debussy performed by Joyce Yang@ 06:13Joanne Pearce Martin explains just why Fauré wrote such beautiful music. “I’m issuing a spoiler alert here: but really, it’s one of the most dream-like and gorgeous 24 bars…”@ 08:29 Jump to the Fauré@ 24:30Jamey Lamar tells us about César Franck’s compositions that rekindled the public’s passion for “that rocketship of an instrument,” the organ. Lamar guides the listener through Franck’s early years, and Broberg’s “a real poet’s sensitivity and balance.”@ 28:22 Jump to the Franck, performed by Kenny Broberg @ 38:38Saint-Saëns was an accomplished pianist, but also loved the trumpet, Martin Chalifour says. Focusing on the “luscious” piece of music, Chalifour also shares how each player is highlighted in a special way in Saint-Saëns’ music. “A good composer will make use of players sporadically and just engage them in the flow of the conversation but … like a zoom call, you know? Not everyone can speak at once!”@ 40:57Jump to the Saint-SaënsPieces PerformedDEBUSSY Préludes - Book 1, No. 12, MinstrelsJoyce Yang, PianoPerformed at Strings Music Festival in 2016FAURÉ Piano Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op. 15 III. Adagio IV. Allegro molto Martin Chalifour, ViolinRobert Vernon, ViolaMark Kosower, CelloJoanne Pearce Martin, PianoPerformed at Strings Music Festival in 2015FRANCK Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18 Kenny Broberg, PianoPerformed at Strings Music Festival in 2018SAINT-SAËNS Septet in E-flat Major for Trumpet, Piano, and Strings, Op. 65 IV. Gavotte et Final Martin Chalifour, ViolinJun-Ching Lin, ViolinRobert Vernon, ViolaMark Kosower, CelloTimothy Pitts, BassJoanne Pearce Martin, PianoMichael Sachs, TrumpetPerformed at Strings Music Festival in 2015About Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado: Strings Music Festival presents music of the highest quality in an intimate mountain setting. Our summer festival includes a genre-spanning lineup featuring classical musicians from the nation’s top orchestras and chart-topping popular contemporary artists, all of whom perform in an intimate, 569-seat Pavilion nestled at the base of Steamboat’s mountains. Outside of our venue, we serve the community with a variety of free programming and an in-school education program called Strings School Days. This offering cultivates music appreciation and ability in Northwest Colorado’s K-12 students.StringsMusicFestival.com/donateFacebook.com/stringsmusicfestivalInstagram @stringsmusicfestival

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Maurice Ravel's La Valse - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus

Teacher's PET (Audio)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2019 14:38

Though suspicious of German music in general Maurice Ravel was an unabashed fan of the waltz, and wrote several pieces that incorporated that distinctive rhythm. Of "La Valse," the composer wrote that “I had intended this work to be a kind of apotheosis of the Viennese waltz, with which was associated in my imagination an impression of a fantastic and fatal sort of dervish’s dance.” Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 35007]

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Maurice Ravel's La Valse - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus

UC San Diego (Audio)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2019 14:38

Though suspicious of German music in general Maurice Ravel was an unabashed fan of the waltz, and wrote several pieces that incorporated that distinctive rhythm. Of "La Valse," the composer wrote that “I had intended this work to be a kind of apotheosis of the Viennese waltz, with which was associated in my imagination an impression of a fantastic and fatal sort of dervish’s dance.” Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 35007]

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Maurice Ravel's La Valse - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus

Arts and Music (Video)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2019 14:38

Though suspicious of German music in general Maurice Ravel was an unabashed fan of the waltz, and wrote several pieces that incorporated that distinctive rhythm. Of "La Valse," the composer wrote that “I had intended this work to be a kind of apotheosis of the Viennese waltz, with which was associated in my imagination an impression of a fantastic and fatal sort of dervish’s dance.” Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 35007]

german chorus waltz maurice ravel viennese la valse music show id concerts and performances 20th century music classical/symphonic music la jolla symphony visual and performing arts: music french composers series la jolla symphony

Maurice Ravel's La Valse - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus

Teacher's PET (Video)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2019 14:38

Though suspicious of German music in general Maurice Ravel was an unabashed fan of the waltz, and wrote several pieces that incorporated that distinctive rhythm. Of "La Valse," the composer wrote that “I had intended this work to be a kind of apotheosis of the Viennese waltz, with which was associated in my imagination an impression of a fantastic and fatal sort of dervish’s dance.” Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 35007]

german chorus waltz maurice ravel viennese la valse music show id concerts and performances 20th century music classical/symphonic music la jolla symphony visual and performing arts: music french composers series la jolla symphony

Maurice Ravel's La Valse - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus

Arts and Music (Audio)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2019 14:38

Though suspicious of German music in general Maurice Ravel was an unabashed fan of the waltz, and wrote several pieces that incorporated that distinctive rhythm. Of "La Valse," the composer wrote that “I had intended this work to be a kind of apotheosis of the Viennese waltz, with which was associated in my imagination an impression of a fantastic and fatal sort of dervish’s dance.” Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 35007]

german chorus waltz maurice ravel viennese la valse music show id concerts and performances 20th century music classical/symphonic music la jolla symphony visual and performing arts: music french composers series la jolla symphony

Maurice Ravel's La Valse - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus

UC San Diego (Video)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2019 14:38

Though suspicious of German music in general Maurice Ravel was an unabashed fan of the waltz, and wrote several pieces that incorporated that distinctive rhythm. Of "La Valse," the composer wrote that “I had intended this work to be a kind of apotheosis of the Viennese waltz, with which was associated in my imagination an impression of a fantastic and fatal sort of dervish’s dance.” Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 35007]

german chorus waltz maurice ravel viennese la valse music show id concerts and performances 20th century music classical/symphonic music la jolla symphony visual and performing arts: music french composers series la jolla symphony