#dvorak cello concerto

[gasparodasalo]

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A-Major (1865), II. Andante cantabile. Orchestrated by Jarmil Burghauser. Performed by Alexander Rudin, cello & direction, and Musica Viva on period instruments.

[jakovdushakov]

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Sapienti sat.

Antonín Dvořák.

Cadenza.

(Cello Concert part 2)

[yessoupy]

just thinking about how pissed off beethoven was when he learned that napoleon had declared himself emperor

[culturevulturette]

Her performance of the entire concerto is sublime, but the second movement is a dream.

[cello-dude28]

I’ll be going to this concerto in the beginning of January. I am very excited and I hope other people enjoy it too!

[prose2passion]

new cello project ...

[mrbacf]

Veja "Jacqueline du Pré, Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor op.104" no YouTube

[icaruspendragon]

i was very much one of those “you’ve probably never heard of them” teens. someone would ask about the music i listened to and at my big age of 14 i’d say, “there’s this icelandic band called sigur ros, idk if you’ve heard of them” or like “have you ever listened to yo-yo ma playing dvorak’s cello concerto? no? oh. well…” and my frankly ridiculous attempts at being different seemed like a great idea at the time but now i constantly have to deal with horrified faces incredulously asking, “how have you not heard this song????” in regards to me being unfamiliar with anything that played on the radio from 2011-2018.

[desceros]

hi sam!! kind of a different request, but would you list as many of your favorite orchestral pieces as you can? association with turtles v welcome but also optional! i have trouble doing my coursework because i can't listen to anything in the background while doing it (shows, music with lyrics), but i listened to scheherazade because of you and really loved it, plus got some work done to boot!! i'm not sure where to start in looking for more music like that so i thought i'd ask you. :)

oohhhh what a FUN ask, thank you so much!! i promise i am going to TRY to be REASONABLE with how much i talk about this. if i really did mention "as many as i could" i think i'd find out if tumblr has a character limit in text posts, hahaha!

so my favorite symphony of ALL TIME is symphony 9 by dvorak. absolute must-listen. my favorite moment of the entire piece (which you HAVE to listen to the entire thing to get REALLY feral about) is the last huge chord progression in the fourth movement that takes the db major brass chords from the second movement and puts it to the BOMBASTIC TYMPANI EB MINOR EXTRAVAGANZA from the first movement and makes me want to CHEW THROUGH BEDROCK, RAHHH

aside from that, here are a few that i love a lot and totes recommend:

all of scheherezade is, of course, absolutely stunning. it's one of my favorite pieces of all time. if you haven't listened to the other movements, i highly recommend! in this same vein is you liked that are pieces like the stepps by borodin, the polovstian dances (also borodin), marche slav by tchaikovsky, and to some extent saint-saens piano concerto no. 5 has some similar themes, particularly in the absolutely DELICIOUS second movement. it's called "orientalism" and while the, uh, intent has a history of. to say generously. problematic undertones. the pieces themselves are lovely.

russian easter overture by rimsky korsakov. i played this one in high school and man. it's just so FUN and PRETTY.

symphonie fantastique by hector berlioz. it's the story of this dude having a really bad acid trip. no i'm not kidding. also the fifth movement has the dies irie in my favorite iteration ever. eat your heart out, mozart.

...actually just literally anything by tchaikovsky. gun to my head, i'd say he's my favorite classical composer. i'm partial to his ballet work because that's what i played a lot of personally, but his overtures and concertos are quite fun. his romeo and juliet overture is extremely famous (though i personally vastly prefer the opening part over the latter, more famous part). every violinist you ever meet will be traumatized by him, though. so do be careful.

speaking of concertos: my favorite (ugh. i'm a traitor) is probably the barber violin concerto. it just has this. cinematic vibe to it that makes me think of something magical.

(....though the elgar cello concerto and the grieg piano concerto may have something to say about this.)

the planets suite by holst is very fun. you've probably heard mars, and you may recall the romance theme from jupiter if you've seen the movie braveheart. it's one of those mainstream pieces most people have heard. my particular favorite movement is uranus. it's so bouncy and fun!!! classical headbanger music here

beethoven is quite fun to listen to. for his orchestral work, i'm partial to symphony no. 5 since that was the first one i played and the drama of it is enthralling. (yes. i think it's better than nine. sue me.). that said, between you and me, i like the egmont overture better than his symphonies. that low open c on the viola is just so god damned juicy—[door bangs open] OH NO. IT'S THE PRETENTIOUS POLICE. THEY FOUND ME

i'll stop there. these are a few symphonic pieces, since you asked for those specifically. i also really love chamber music (which is just the strings section, sans the woodwinds/brass/percussion/etc), but i find those amazing to listen to as well! anywho i hope you enjoy some slash all of these and good luck with your studies!!

[supercantaloupe]

CONCERTI PLEASEEEEE the one (1) piece(s) of classical music i can name is vivaldi's four seasons violin concertis (concertos?) and they are my favorites i listen to them so often they are wired into my brain. and i STILL can't tell the seasons apart because i am immune to telling apart instruments :) but anyway really would love to see your list ALSO please please ramble on about topics of your choice that's one of my favorite things you do!!

okayokay. hmm

for violin concerti i have to give it up to brahms. i wasn't much of a brahms vln cto guy until i had to do it twice in orchestra in two years and then it grew on me. but also i'm an oboist and i'm biased because the middle movement is practically an oboe concerto as much as it is a violin concerto. anyway i also like tchaikovsky's violin concerto, mendelssohn's, and mozart no. 3. it will probably be more fruitful to ask a violinist for more suggestions because i don't listen to these very much but i know i have violin player mutuals so i'm calling on them to drop in the comments lol

PIANO CONCERTI. this is the other instrument that has like one million concerti out there. some of my favorites are beethoven 5 "emperor", tchaikovsky 1, and gershwin concerto in f :) (loooove the gershwin concerto). rhapsody in blue is sort of concerto like but it's not strictly a concerto i think. also shoutout to the ravel left hand piano concerto -- a very unique piece! he wrote it for a piano player who lost his right hand in world war i.

Lower strings - stamitz viola concerto! enough viola jokes, society has moved past the need for mean spirited viola jokes, it's a good instrument and this concerto is great. dvorak and saint-saens's cello concertos are about as standard and great as the come, but i think elgar is also great (even though it's not a style i usually prefer!). and as for bass, there's basically nothing as iconic as the bottesini concerto.

winds - i love me a good clarinet concerto. mozart's clarinet concerto (which was actually originally written for basset clarinet, an old type of clarinet with a slightly lower range and mellow tone) is classic and wonderful, but so are weber's clarinet concerti (i like no. 2!). the mercadante flute concerto is a lovely piece, i don't think it gets played that often but it's great. and the ferdinand david concertino for trombone!! really great. there are admittedly a lot of great concertos out there for horn, trumpet, bassoon, flute, etc. that i just don't know (sometimes i hear them on the radio but i don't catch the composer or work title)...but there's a lot out there, you can really just poke around until you find stuff you like

oboe - yes of course this gets its own section. you have asked an oboist for her choice of concertos. i am so biased here it's not funny. Anyway let's go chronological shall we. Starting with the marcello concerto. i think it usually gets played in d minor but i play it in c minor. do NOT @ me. next up is the mozart concerto which is pretty much just flat out required for every oboist to know if they want to do ANYTHING remotely professional in the world of oboe performance, it is THE standard rep for us. also do not @ me about not including the mozart flute concerto earlier because THAT'S THE SAME PIECE!! the flute concerto is just oboe concerto transposed up a step. LAME! anyway moving on. josef fiala is a kind of little known classical composer who has a few oboe concertos, i'm a fan of basically all of them. then there's my FAVE the kalliwoda concertino in f, it's so good, i played it for my senior recital. then getting into the 20th century there's the vaughan williams concerto which...i go back and forth on how i feel about it. it's lovely to listen to but it kicked my ass when i tried to learn it and i gave up on movement ii. also this isn't oboe but it's english horn which is like oboe's big brother, donizetti has an english horn concertino which i really like too, although finding out that it's disputed whether it should be in F or in G rocked my world (especially after i had gotten used to playing it in G and then tried it once in F and it broke my brain. i can't accept that it might be better in F...i can't...)

and then some WILD CARDS that i want to shout out because they're fun. the first two are double concertos: the mozart flute and harp concerto! and the fiala english horn and clarinet concerto! i think this combo is so weird and unique and great, i would LOVE to play this some day though i doubt that will ever happen.

you've heard of double concertos well now get ready for QUADRUPLE concerto. vivaldi wrote a concerto for four violins in b minor and it kind of rules. bach also arranged this for four harpsichords in a minor so you might also find that version. it took me forever to figure out who actually wrote the damn piece because i'd heard it both ways in multiple places

penultimate mention goes to the grunge oboe concerto, which attempts to answer the age old question, what if oboe music was emo/metal music. and then the final mention goes to this guy's specific performance of a vivaldi recorder concerto

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Tchaikovsky:

- the first movement orchestral tutti is SO BEAUTIFUL every time I listen to it I cannot help but smile. it waters my crops and cleans my pores. I don't know how one moment in a piece is able to hold such emotional power over a person but that's Tchaikovsky for you ig. - also the trill where it resolves at the end of the cadenza. and then the flute comes in with the main melody. it's so comforting - almost hopeful?? - the melodic lines and countermelodies are so nice there's really nice bassoon and cello lines in the first movement I'm thinking of and there's also a moment in the third movement where the melody gets passed between the clarinet and oboe - the entire concerto is like a warm hug :)

I've left the submission form tab open for three days and I still can't find words to describe how beautiful Tchaik VC is. THE TUTTI IN MVT 1 MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME

Dvorak: None

[sevarix-blogs]

i know when talking about dvorak i usually talk about his chamber music bc i love it so much BUT his orchestral stuff is also very good

for example his cello concerto is incredible. probably also one of his most famous works too. anyway give it a listen!

[opera-ghosts]

OTD in Music History: Composer Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904) leads the London Philharmonic in the world premiere of his immortal Cello Concerto, with English cellist Leo Stern (1862 - 1904) playing the soloist’s part. It is immediately hailed as a masterpiece, and to this day, it is widely hailed as the finest cello concerto ever written. Upon hearing it for the first time, Dvorak's good friend Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) allegedly remarked: “Why on Earth didn’t I know that one could write a cello concerto like this? If I had only known, I would have written one myself long ago…” The first Bohemian composer to truly achieve worldwide recognition, Dvorak is notable for the strong "nationalist" bent of his music. Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884) -- Dvorak’s senior by 17 years -- had already laid the foundations of the Czech nationalist movement in music, and is recognized as “The Father of Czech Music” within the Czech Republic, but after Smetana’s tragic early death from syphilis, it fell to Dvorak to develop and extend this legacy in an impressive series of works that have achieved lasting popularity comparable with any music to come out of Germany, France, Italy, or Russia. The secret to Dvorak's success lies first and foremost in his incredible gift for melody, and secondarily in the instantly recognizable and delightfully fresh Czech folk character displayed in much of his best music. Dvorak composed in all major musical genres, and his oeuvre contains works that can justifiably be hailed as true masterpieces in every single major form – a very unusual accomplishment, even among the rarified ranks of “the great composers.” PICTURED: A beautiful “Imperial”-sized cabinet photograph of Dvorak, which Dvorak signed and inscribed to Hungarian music critic Andor Merkler in Budapest in 1899. This photo was signed on the occasion of the first performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto to take place with Dvorak conducting *and* Hanus Wihan serving as the soloist. (Wihan was the cellist who had requested that Dvorak write the concerto, as well as the dedicatee of the work – but for logistical reasons, Stern had ended up giving the world premiere several years earlier.)

[incomingalbatross]

Last Week (week three) on Commute Radio:

Bach's violin concertos Not quite as beautiful to me as the Brandenburg concertos, but good stuff

Close Reads A podcast that comes across like a very intelligent, well-educated book club or relaxed literary seminar - three people (also Catholic I'm almost entirely sure) discussing books in depth. I listened to their first installment of discussion on Little Britches, and it was great. They compared Ralph to Telemachus multiple times.

Being Human Very promising! I only listened to the introductory episode, but it's about Catholic psychotherapy which is a VERY interesting topic.

Bargainville by Moxy Früvous My non-classical music cheat day. :P A good time! Not something I would have found on my own. I like their sound.

Art of Manliness A short episode - not much to say about it. Still deciding if this one holds a strong enough appeal for me to keep it in a long-term rotation.

Stuff You Should Know VERY short episode. I'm good sprinkling these into my rotation, I think, just as random general knowledge content.

Snap Judgment Listen. These are interesting, varied, well-made, and generally engrossing storytelling. However, if the third episode I listen to is also the third one that brings up child sex abuse, however appropriate the context and handling, I am out.

Cello Concertos by Dvorak and by Elgar Good stuff, dramatic, and one of them reminded me of OTGW somehow? I think just the vibes. Considering making a Fall Playlist and putting it on there.

My Writing Sucks Continues to be a fun time! Her writing WAS bad and it's bad in ways I recognize so clearly from my own child-attempts at writing. Both funny and endearing.

Pints With Aquinas This was my longest day, and I was also on the train and may have dozed a bit, so I can't say I gave it the attention it required. But it was still good.

Born of Wonder I liked my second episode better than the first! Talked about nature and how we ought to relate to/experience it, with the focus on wonder. Good.

Swan Lake Act One Really good stuff. Much longer than I assumed (hence only having gotten to Act One this week), but I would listen again.

Now, I'm behind on my round-ups here, because technically I just finished week four of this project/experiment/adventure. But I don't want the list to get wildly long, so I'll end this one here and give Week Four its own post before long.

[scrunkalicious]

🥒 AND THE EMOJI FOR THE STARGAZING ONE I FORGOR

PETAH??? gonan act like this WASNT rotting in my askbox sorry kaaattt

🥒 [SPA DATE] ~ How do you and your F/O relax after a stressful day?

DOING THIS FOR MORDY,,, after a stressful day of work, the two will either occupy themselev'es by doing house chorez & cleaning up,,, sometimez if itz a particularly bad day expect miss divata to whip out the cello and start playing, more specifically the Dvorak Cello Concerto,, the first piece shex ever played for him & his sisterz yeah mhm

🌌 [STAR-GAZING] ~ Think of folklore or legends of constellations being images/reincarnations of important figures immortalized in the stars. If your F/O was given/turned into a constellation, what action of theirs would’ve made them get/become one?

OH LORD THIS FOR VIK,,, HMMM THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE THINGZ,,, uhhh errmm hmmm eitthererrr the Glorious Evolution, for his work on HexTech,,,, OORRRRRR marly went over to whoever decidez and gave a speech demanding that they give him a constellation,,,,

[purlturtle]

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Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor, as played by Rostropovic. I had the privilege to hear him play it in the Cologne Philharmonic while I worked there; he really made it his. I love it so much!

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