#George Enescu

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Cantacuzino Palace, George Enescu's home, on Calea Victoriei no. 141 in București, Romania

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George Enescu (1881-1955) - Sonata for Violoncello and Piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 26 (1898)

I. Allegro molto moderato II. Allegretto scherzando III. Molto andante IV. Presto

Alexandru Moroșanu, violoncelle & Tatiana Moroșanu, piano

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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, Wes Anderson)

06/12/2024

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OTD in Music History: Multi-talented Romanian musical giant George Enescu (1881 – 1955) dies in Paris. Enescu -- a composer, conductor, violinist, and teacher of the first rank -- remains a strangely obscure figure even today in many “classical” music circles, given that his profound musical genius was hailed by many of his greatest and most famous peers. A small sampling of the accolades that he drew forth from fellow legends in the field of “classical” music includes the following: Cellist and Conductor Pablo Casals (1876 – 1973): “Enescu is the greatest musical phenomenon since Mozart, and he is one of the greatest geniuses of modern music.” Violinist and Conductor Yehudi Menuhin (1916 – 1999, who was also Enescu's most famous pupil): "Enescu will remain for me the absoluteness through which I judge others … he gave me the light that has guided my entire existence … he was the most extraordinary human being, the greatest musician, and the most formative influence that I have ever encountered.” Composer Vincent d’Indy (1851 – 1931): “If Beethoven’s collective works were ever destroyed, they could all be reconstructed from memory by Enescu.” Pianist Alfred Cortot (1877 – 1962): “Enescu [who, for all of his many musical gifts, was not primarily known for being a pianist] actually has better piano technique than my own.” PICTURED: A beautiful large publicity photo showing the middle-aged Enescu, which he signed and inscribed to Alice Chalifoux, the principal harpist of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1931 – 1974. Enescu was a regular guest conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra for many years.

George Enescu and Constantin Brâncuși in Paris, 1947, at the Romanian Embassy (Enescu and Brâncuși chatting at min. 0:52)

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George Enescu (1881-1955): Andante religioso (1900)

"Andante religioso" in E-flat major for two celli and organ (1900) (arrangement for organ by Franz Metz)

Played by Eva-Maria Houben at the Rieger-Kloss organ (1959) of Bucharest's Studioul de concerte "Mihail Jora" (May 24, 2010 - Săptămâna Internaţională a Muzicii Noi XX)

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Știri: Conversații atemporale între George Enescu și compozitorii contemporani lui: 8 concerte la Muzeului Național de Artă din București

Opt concerte menite să celebreze relația lui George Enescu cu alți compozitori contemporani cu el au loc în perioada desfășurării Festivalului Internațional „George Enescu” la Sala Auditorium a Muzeului Național de Artă al României din București. Repertoriile alese pentru concertele din această serie sunt menite să reflecte tema din acest an a festivalului desfășurat sub Înaltul Patronaj al…

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another tbd throwaway post BUT! but hear me out fellas ok so you know how i had a season pass for all afternoon concerts at the athenaeum for the george enescu festival? and how that didn’t cover the midnight concert including vivaldi’s four seasons which i *need* to see live i need to i need to have my own portrait of a lady on fire moment? anyway that’s sorted.

you know what the season pass DOES cover? on the same day, before that performance? an opera gala showcase with aida garifullina UM??? checking the program her penultimate song is ave maria so i went to check out her rendition of it and tears welled up near immediately this one particular day of back to back concerts on my trip will leave me inconsolable 😭😭😭

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Europe's most famous composers.

by u/One_Perspective_8761

Armenia - Aram Khachaturian

Austria - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Azerbaijan - Üzeyir Hajibeyov

Belgium - Orlando di Lasso

Bulgaria - Pancho Vladigerov

Croatia - Ivan Zajc

Czech Republic - Antonín Dvořák

Denmark - Carl Nielsen

Estonia - Arvo Pärt

Finland - Jean Sibelius

France - Claude Debussy

Greece - Iannis Xenakis

Georgia - Gia Kancheli

Spain - Pablo Sarasate

Netherlands - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Ireland - John Field

Iceland - Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson

Lithuania - Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Latvia - Pēteris Vasks

Germany - Johann Sebastian Bach

Norway - Edvard Grieg

Poland - Fryderyk Chopin

Portugal - José Vianna da Motta

Russia - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Romania - George Enescu

Serbia - Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac

Slovakia - Ján Cikker

Slovenia - Davorin Jenko

Switzerland - Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

Sweden - Hugo Alfvén

Ukraine - Mykola Lysenko

Hungary - Franz Liszt

United Kingdom - Gustav Holst

Italy - Antonio Vivaldi

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– Mamă, pot sa le spun acolo (Viena) că sunt român?, întreabă deodată Jujac (George Enescu) – Sigur, de ce să nu le spui? -Mă gândeam …să nu creadă …că mă laud.

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Friday, 12-13-24, 7pm Pacific

'Evenin', folks...Mr. Baggins back with you with some music to soothe your achin' nerves and help ease us all into a good night. We start the evening off with another work by Frederick Delius, we hear his North Country Sketches, played by the Royal Philharmonic, with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting, recorded in 1949.

Next we hear The Amadeus Quartet in another of their excellent interpretations of the Haydn String Quartets, this one being the String Quartet Op. 64, No. 3, a recording from 1957.

Now we turn to Lenny, this time conducting The Boston (!) in Liszt's "A Faust Symphony", S.108., recorded in 1976.

Next we turn to the music of Roumanian George Enescu, we hear his Symphonie Concertante in B minor for Cello and Orchestra. It is played for us here by Franco Maggio-Ormezowski (cello) and Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conducted by Lawrence Foster.

Paderewski was a many-faceted man, statesman, virtuoso pianist, and composer. We hear his Fantasie Polonaise on an Original Theme for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19. We hear pianistic titan Earl Wild, with the London Symphony with Arthur Fiedler (of all people) conducting!

Next we hear the music of Joaquin Rodrigo, his Adagio for Wind Orchestra, written in 1966. It is performed for us here by the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Enrique Bátiz.

Now here is a band called "La Magnifica Comunità" performing what might possibly be Boccherini's most famous work, his String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11, No. 5 G.275. The third movement is a little Minuet that has been used in many different contexts. The classical music station in Austin used it as their "sign-on music" when they came on the air at 6am, back in The Before Time, before all-night-canned-streaming. Anyway, it's a very pretty work overall, the first movement is especially beautiful.

Next we hear the music of Dvorak, his Suite in A Major for Piano, Op. 98, played for us by pianist Raduslav Kvapil.

We have room for one more work this evening, and I thought it would be nice to hear Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun in the sumptuous reading given it by Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia, recorded in 1959. None finer!

And that wraps up with Friday evening's music, I do hope you have enjoyed the selections! This is Mr. Baggins, signing off for now, I'll return at 8am Pacific with our Morning Coffee Music.

Until then, dream sweet dreams, babies, dream sweet dreams.

Baggins out.

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George Enescu's home in Sinaia, Romania

[lesser-known-composers]

George Enescu (1881-1955) - Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Moderato, un poco maestoso ·

Tampere Philharmonic Choir

Conductor: Hannu Lintu

Orchestra: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

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Cea de a III-a ediție a GALEI PREMIILOR MUSICRIT va avea loc în luna ianuarie la Ateneul Român

GALA PREMIILOR MUSICRIT – singura gală ce recompensează Excelenţa din toate ariile muzicii clasice din România, va avea loc marţi, 14 ianuarie 2025, de la ora 19:00, la Ateneul Român.  Organizată de Uniunea Criticilor, Redactorilor și Realizatorilor Muzicali din România (UCRRM), în parteneriat cu Filarmonica „George Enescu”, Centrul Cultural „Tinerimea Română” şi ARTEXIM, GALA MUSICRIT…

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Cadouri Muzicale – Recital special al elevilor Colegiului Național George Enescu la Muzeul Hărților pe 13 decembrie 2024

Vineri, 13 decembrie, de la orele 18:00, Uniunea de Creație Interpretativă a Muzicienilor din România (UCIMR) și Muzeul Național al Hărților și Cărții Vechi invităm la recitalul de canto „Cadouri Muzicale”, inclus în stagiunea a X-a a „Cartografiilor sonore”. „Cartografii sonore. Concertele MNHCV” este un proiect desfăşurat de Muzeul Hărţilor în parteneriat cu Uniunea de Creaţie Interpretativă a…

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Știri: Doi invitați special pentru primele concerte din Stagiunea Simfonică a Filarmonicii „George Enescu” din acest an (9 și 10 ianuarie 2025)

Orchestra Filarmonicii „George Enescu” din București va susține două concerte simfonice excepționale, pe 9 și 10 ianuarie 2025, ora 19.00, la Ateneul Român, sub bagheta renumitului dirijor Lionel Bringuier și având-o ca solistă pe celebra violonistă Sayaka Shoji. Programul concertelor este de o frumusețe aparte, potrivită pentru un început de an cu o stare de bine: Concertul în Re major pentru…