#Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

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Zubin Mehta: Suites From Star Wars And Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1978)

Featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded December 1977 in Royce Hall, UCLA

London Records

[paul-archibald]

United Nations Day of Happiness

On 12th July 2012 the United Nations proclaimed 20th March as International Day of Happiness.This initiative aimed to recognise the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals for people around the world and to stimulate a more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to economic growth.The resolution was initiated by Bhutan, a country which has recognised the value of national…

[foulwitchknight]

Robin plans on moving to LA to audition for the Los Angeles Philharmonic when she graduates. She has been doing odd jobs for awhile so she can afford the moving and audition costs. Her plans become complicated when Nancy Wheeler enters her life. She falls for her rather quickly and is shocked when Nancy tells her she feels the same. No matter how much they care about each other though there was still a looming expiration date on their relationship. Nancy talks endlessly about going to New York to pursue investigative journalism and Robin figured she’d want to start fresh with no complications. Long distance was definitely not something Nancy would want. She was too practical for that so it was best they go their separate ways. The day after graduation shes putting her things in her car when Nancy shows up with bags of her own. She tells Robin she’s coming with her because she loves her and she’s confident she can be a successful journalist anywhere.

[dweemeister]

July 10, 2024

By Tim Grieving

Before John Williams believed in himself as a conductor, the general manager of the Los Angeles Philharmonic believed in him.

Ernest Fleischmann was a savvy and powerful impresario, born in Germany in 1924, raised in South Africa to escape the Nazis, a frustrated conductor and journalist who managed the London Symphony Orchestra for eight years and ran the European classical division of CBS Records before coming to Los Angeles in 1969 and transforming a “provincial second-rank orchestra,” as L.A. Times critic Mark Swed wrote, “into one of the world’s best.”...

... When Fleischmann saw Star Wars with his kids on opening weekend in the summer of 1977, he thought to himself: God, this score! “It’s really the score and the sound effects that have made that movie what it was,” he later said. “It was almost Wagnerian.” The LA Phil was scheduled to tour Japan that fall, but the tour was canceled at the last minute when the promoter went bankrupt. With his orchestra suddenly freed up, and Star Wars totally consuming the culture, Fleischmann saw a plum opportunity; he paid a visit to John Williams’ Brentwood home and asked the composer if the LA Phil could perform music from Star Wars in a concert of space-themed music. Williams said “Fantastic,” and created a special 28-minute suite from his already super-famous, record-breaking score.

The resulting concert on November 20th, 1977 at the Hollywood Bowl—the iconic outdoor summer home of the LA Phil—was a galactic party designed for young families, complete with a laser light show and readings by William Shatner. The sold-out audience went crazy for it, but the event also highlighted the deep tension between anointed priests of “high culture” and the hoi polloi. “We were criticized very heavily,” recalled Zubin Mehta, the LA Phil’s music director who conducted that night. “Our critics and colleagues said that we had sold our souls to Hollywood. It was really a children’s concert.” The grumpy L.A. Times critic Martin Bernheimer called it “artistic prostitution.”

Fleischmann didn’t care. He had the LA Phil repeat the “Music from Outer Space” program at the California Angels’ baseball stadium in nearby Anaheim, and he commissioned an album of the Star Wars suite and Williams’ new Close Encounters suite, recorded at UCLA’s Royce Hall in December 1977 by Mehta and the orchestra. According to veteran classical music broadcaster Jim Svejda, it was the first time a major American orchestra treated film music “in a very serious way. I think it made a very dramatic statement.”

[danbenzvi]

On The Jukebox: Henry Mancini - "The 100th Sessions: Henry Has Company (EP)"

Part of the ongoing celebration of what would have been composer Henry Mancini's 100th birthday this year. Track listing as follows:

"Peter Gunn" (featuring Quincy Jones, John Williams, Herbie Hancock and Arturo Sandoval)

"The Pink Panther" (featuring Lizzo and James Galway)

"Moon River" (featuring Michael Buble and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

"Lujon (Slow Hot Wind)" (featuring Pat Metheny)

"Days Of Wine And Roses" (featuring Take 6 and Monica Mancini)

"Moon River/Audrey's Letter" (featuring Audrey Hepburn, Stevie Wonder, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale)

"Baby Elephant Walk (Encore)" (featuring Snarky Puppy)

[nonesuchrecords]

Thomas Adès’ Dante—a ballet score in three acts based on Dante Alighieri’s La Divina Commedia—was recorded by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel in concert at Disney Hall for the premiere recording, due April 21 on Nonesuch. You can pre-order and hear a section of “Inferno” here.

Dante was first performed at the Royal Opera House as part of Wayne McGregor’s The Dante Project for the Royal Ballet, with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and with designs by visual artist Tacita Dean. The collectable limited vinyl two-LP edition of the LA Phil recording includes artwork by Dean and photography from the Royal Ballet’s performance.

“In any new shortlist of great ballet scores by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Bartók, Ravel, Prokofiev, Britten, and Bernstein, Dante must newly be included for its musical invention alone,” exclaims the Los Angeles Times. “There is not a second in its 88 minutes that doesn’t delight. All of it is unexpected and wanted.” 

[dougielombax]

How can we be sure it wasn’t part of the performance?!

Must’ve been embarrassing for all involved.

Fucking hell.

[auroraluciferi]

Attendees of the Los Angeles Philharmonics recent concert were startled by the sounds of a woman “screaming and moaning” midway through the show.

During the orchestra’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s fifth symphony on Friday (28 April) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, several concertgoers claimed to have heard a person having a “loud and full body orgasm”.

“Everyone kind of turned to see what was happening,” Molly Grant, told the LA Times.

Grant, who was seated in the balcony near the person who allegedly made the noise, said: “I saw the girl after it had happened, and I assume that she... had an orgasm because she was heavily breathing, and her partner was smiling and looking at her – like in an effort to not shame her.

“It was quite beautiful,” she added.

[silver-screen-divas]

Happy 89th birthday to Nancy Kovack!

Kovack played the female lead, bad girl Sophie Renault, opposite Mike Henry in “Tarzan and the Valley of Gold” (1966).

Born Nancy Diane Kovach on March 11, 1935, in Flint, Michigan, she attended the University of Michigan and worked as a radio announcer while winning a series of beauty contests. Kovack then moved to New York, where she worked as one of Jackie Gleason’s “Glea Girls” and served as a presenter on “Beat the Clock”, and as an anchorwoman on “Today” and for “The Dave Garroway Show”, while earning extra money through modeling and commercials.

A role on Broadway in “The Disenchanted” (1958-59) led to a Columbia Pictures contract, and her film debut, “Strangers When We Meet” (1960). Additional big-screen credits include “Cry for Happy” (1960), “The Wild Westerners” (1962), “Diary of a Madman” (1963), “Jason and the Argonauts” (1963), “The Outlaws Is Coming” (1965), “Sylvia” (1965), “The Great Sioux Massacre” (1965), “Frankie and Johnny” (1966), “The Silencers” (1966), “Enter Laughing” (1967), and “Marooned” (1969). On television, she appeared in popular series like “12 O’Clock High,” “Burke’s Law,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” “Batman,” “Perry Mason,” “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” “I Spy,” “Star Trek,” “The F.B.I.,” “Family Affair,” “Get Smart,” “Bewitched,” “Mannix,” “Hawaii Five-O,” “Get Smart,” “Bronk,” and “Cannon.”

Following her marriage to Los Angeles and New York Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Zubin Mehta, Kovack retired from acting.

[importantwomensbirthdays]

Anne Akiko Meyers

Anne Akiko Meyers was born in 1970 in San Diego, California. Meyers is one of the world's most esteemed and sought-after violinists. She made her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the age of 11, and has premiered new music with symphony orchestras from around the world. Meyers has released more than 40 albums and been nominated for a Grammy Award. She has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, as well as Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional. Meyers performed the national anthem in front of 42,000 fans at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, and performed for an audience of 750,000 at the Austrlian Bicentennial Concert in Sydney Harbour.

[veronika-tserber]

Zodiac Signs, Cities & Curious Facts! 🌆

Each city was selected by me from "The Rulership Book" by Rex E. Bills, alongside one fact that matches that particular sign's energy! There are more cities and places that align with the vibration of each sign, but these are the ones I picked for this post. All pictures are from Google Images.

Enjoy this random and (hopefully) fun thread!😁

♈Aries: FLORENCE, Italy

Florence has a unique street festival: The "Calcio Storico" is a traditional street football game played annually there. The game involves four teams representing the four historic quarters of the city, and it's known for its rough and intense style of play!

♉Taurus: LEIPZIG, Germany

Leipzig is known as the "City of Music": Leipzig has a rich musical heritage and is considered one of the world's most important cities for classical music. Famous composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Wagner, and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy have strong connections to Leipzig, and their music is celebrated in the city's numerous concert halls, museums, and festivals.

♊Gemini: LONDON, England

London has a "whispering gallery": The Whispering Gallery in St. Paul's Cathedral is a circular gallery that runs around the interior of the dome. Due to its unique acoustics, if you whisper against the wall on one side of the gallery, the sound can be heard on the other side, over 100 feet away.

♋Cancer: ISTANBUL, Turkey

Istanbul has a famous street for cats: The "Cat Street" or "Kedi Sokak" in Turkish is a narrow street in the historic district of Sultanahmet that is home to dozens of stray cats. The cats are well-fed and cared for by locals, and the street has become a popular tourist attraction.

♌Leo: BERLIN, Germany

Berlin is a graffiti artist's paradise: The city has a long history of street art and is home to some of the most famous graffiti murals in the world. The East Side Gallery, a section of the Berlin Wall that has been turned into an open-air gallery, features over 100 paintings by artists from around the world.

♍Virgo: MOSCOW, Russia

Moscow has a rich literary history: Many famous Russian writers, including Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Anton Chekhov, lived and worked in Moscow. It also has the largest number of public libraries in the world: "The Russian State Library" , which is the largest library in Europe and the second largest library in the world, after the Library of Congress in the United States.

♎Libra: VIENNA, Austria

Vienna has a rich musical history: Vienna has been a center of musical innovation and creativity for centuries and has been home to many famous composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, and Strauss. Today, the city is renowned for its classical music scene and is home to the world-famous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

♏Scorpio: TOKYO, Japan

Tokyo has a unique fashion scene: Tokyo's fashion scene is known for its avant-garde and eclectic styles, with Harajuku being the center of youth fashion culture. "Gothic Lolita" is part of Harajuku, and it incorporates darker and more macabre elements into the Lolita fashion aesthetic.

♐Sagittarius: TUSCANY, Italy

Tuscany is home to the oldest university in Europe: The University of Bologna, which is located in Tuscany, is the oldest university in Europe, having been founded in 1088. It is still one of the most prestigious universities in Italy.

♑Capricorn: BRUSSELS, Belgium

Brussels is home to the "Atomium": The Atomium is a unique architectural structure in Brussels that was built for the 1958 World Exposition. It is designed to represent an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times, and it has become an iconic symbol of the city.

♒Aquarius: LOS ANGELES, California

LA is the birthplace of the Internet: The first successful transmission of a message over the Internet occurred on October 29, 1969, between two computers located at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Stanford Research Institute. This event is considered the birth of the Internet.

♓Pisces: GALICIA, Spain

Galicia is home to an ancient spiritual destination: The Way of St. James, also known as the Camino de Santiago, is a famous pilgrimage route that leads to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. Every year, thousands of people from all over the world make the 780 km journey on foot, bicycle, or horseback. Many of them walk the route for spiritual reasons, while others enjoy the physical challenge and the opportunity to meet people from all over the world.

Now, that was a pleasure to put together! How do you feel about the fact/city for your sign? As a Virgo, I'd love to visit the Moscow library, but as a weird/edgy fashion sucker, Tokyo seems like a whole lot of fun! Also, the Aries one made me LOL! Y'all just can't stop fighting, can you? 😂

Which fact/city is your favorite one(s)? Let me know down below! 🖤

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Five Songs on Repeat

Thanks again for tagging me @klarinette49!

rules: post 5 songs that you've had on repeat lately!

I Remember Everything - Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves

Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: Marche au supplice (Allegro non troppo) - Hector Berlioz, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Someone To You - BANNERS

Look at us now (Honeycomb) - Daisy Jones and the Six

Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163: III. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace - Antonín Dvořák, Los Angeles Philharmonic

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[jpbjazz]

LÉGENDES DU JAZZ

GEORGE DUVIVIER, L��INCONTOURNABLE DE LA CONTREBASSE

Né le 17 août 1920 à New York, George Duvivier était le fils de Leon V. Duvivier et Ismay Blakely.  À l’âge de huit ans, Duvivier avait commencé par étudié le violon, mais il était passé à la contrebasse durant ses études au high school. Comme il l’avait expliqué plus tard, ''It seemed to be the foundation of everything.''

Duvivier avait travaillé comme maître de concert pour le Central Manhattan Symphony Orchestra.

Duvivier avait commencé à se concentrer sur la composition durant ses études à l’Université de New York. Duvivier avait été particulièrement influencé par le contrebassiste de Duke Ellington, Jimmy Blanton, qui était devenu un de ses amis proches et qui l’avait encouragé à développer la tonalité qui avait été sa marque de commerce durant sa carrière.

DÉBUTS DE CARRIÈRE

Après avoir fait ses premières armes en se produisant dans les clubs locaux, Duvivier avait amorcé sa carrière professionnelle à l’âge de dix-neuf ans avec le groupe de Coleman Hawkins. Il avait joué par la suite avec Lucky Millinder et Eddie Barefield. 

Après avoir continué à jouer de la contrebasse durant son service militaire, Duvivier avait travaillé comme arrangeur avec l’orchestre de Jimmie Lunceford, puis comme contrebassiste et arrangeur avec le trompettiste  Sy Oliver.

Dans les années 1950, Duvivier avait accompagné la chanteuse Lena Horne dans une tournée en Europe. Il avait aussi enregistré des commerciaux et de la musique de film, et participé à des émissions de télévision. Même s’il avait passé presque toute sa carrière comme accompagnateur, Duvivier avait enregistré un premier album comme leader avec le pianiste français Martial Solal en 1956. Durant quatre ans à partir de 1953, il avait travaillé avec le pianiste Bud Powell. Au cours de sa carrière, Duvivier avait collaboré avec des grands noms du jazz comme Count Basie, Benny Carter, Benny Goodman (notamment dans le film de 1956 ‘’The Benny Goodman Story’’), Chico Hamilton, Hank Jones, Lionel Hampton, Kenny Dorham, Shelly Manne, Oliver Nelson, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmie Lunceford, Clark Terry, Lucky Millinder, Ben Webster, Stan Getz, Terry Gibbs, Gerry Mulligan, Bud Powell et Bob Wilber. Il avait aussi accompagné de nombreux vocalistes, dont Kate Smith, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra (avec qui il avait enregistré des albums comme “September of My Years” et and “A Man and His Music”), Billy Eckstine, Pearl Bailey et Lena Horne. Il s’était également produit avec des orchestres symphoniques comme le New York Philharmonic, le Philadelphia Orchestra et le Boston Pop. Duvivier avait aussi fait partie des orchestres de nombreuses émissions de télévision, dont le  ''Today Show’’, le ''Tonight Show’’le the Dick Cavett show et le Ed Sullivan Show. Très prolifique, Duvivier avait collaboré à plus de 2500 albums au cours de sa carrière, ce qui en avait fait un des musiciens les plus enregistrés de l’histoire.

George Duvivier est mort d’un cancer à sa résidence de Manhattan, à New York, le 11 juillet 1985. Il était âgé de soixante-quatre ans. La mère de Duvivier, Ismay Duvivier, avait légué les archives de son fils à l’Institute of Jazz Studies de l’Université Rutgers au New Jersey.

Duvivier était particulièrement reconnu pour son sens du rythme, ce qui lui avait permis d’obtenir de nombreux contrats comme musicien de studio. Duvivier avait également été un pionnier de la basse électrique, qu’il avait contribué à introduire dans le monde du jazz. Doté d’une technique irréprochable, Duvivier était également caractérisé par un style unique qui lui avait permis un développer une grande complexité avec les autres musiciens.

©-2024, tous droits réservés, Les Productions de l’Imaginaire historique

SOURCES:

‘’George Duvivier.’’ Wikipedia, 2024.

‘’George Duvivier Dies; Bassist for Top Bands.’’ New York Times, 13 juillet 1985.

‘’George Duvivier, Jazz Bassist, Dies.’’ Los Angeles Times, 18 juillet 1985.

‘’The Jazz Legend: George Duvivier’’. Crippd, 2024.

[lesser-known-composers]

Flor Alpaerts (1876-1954) : James Ensor Suite (1931)

1. [00 :11] L'Entrée du Christ à Bruxelles Bruxelles) (1888) – Getty Museum, Los Angeles (USA)

2. [04 :54] Squelettes se disputant un pendu (1891) – Musée Royal des Beaux Arts, Anvers (Belgique)

3. [08 :25] Le Jardin d'amour (1926) – Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (Espagne)

4. [18 :07] Cortège infernal (Cortège infernal, Sabbat) (1887)

BRT Philharmonic Orchestra – Alexander Rahbari, direction

[lboogie1906]

Natalie Leota Henderson Hinderas (June 15, 1927 – July 22, 1987) was a pianist, composer, and professor at Temple University.

She began playing at the age of three, with formal lessons (piano and violin) beginning at six years of age. A child prodigy, she gave her first full-length recital at eight years old.

She received her BS in Music from Oberlin Conservatory. Assuming the name Natalie Hinderas, she did her post-graduate work at the Juilliard School of Music and the Philadelphia Conservatory. She made her Town Hall debut, receiving critical acclaim. She toured America, Europe, and the West Indies; with two tours of Africa and Asia sponsored by the State Department.

She signed a contract with NBC to perform in their owned and operated stations around the US playing recitals, concertos, and variety shows. She was the first African American to perform a subscription concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra after which, many other concerts followed. Some of the other venues where she played are the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cleveland, Atlanta, New York, San Francisco, and Chicago Symphony Orchestras. Her performances included the Schumann Piano Concerto, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and Rachmaninoff’s Concerto #2.

She promoted and recorded works by African American performers and composers, among them R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, John W. Work, and George Walker. She received several awards and degrees including the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fellowship and an honorary doctorate from Swarthmore College. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[nonesuchrecords]

The first recordings of Thomas Adès' Dante, performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Gustavo Dudamel—which debuted at No. 1 on the UK Specialist Classical chart this week—and John Adams' Nixon in China, performed by Orchestra of St. Luke’s led by Edo de Waart, are among the 100 Best Pieces of Classical Music, per the Times, and its favorite recordings thereof. Times subscribers can read the complete list here.