Then it might hearten you to learn that I only found out about him through Radio 3: his "Marionettes" were played recently on "Through the Night". I'd never heard of Melartin before, and indeed, one of the reasons I still listen to the radio is to discover works I otherwise wouldn't.
Thank you very much RUclips, Julian Arculus for giving me the opportunity to hear Erkki Melatin which becomes one of my favourite composers with this fantastic symphony. I am a Cambodian.
Thank you, Mongkol Um! I'm certain Erkki Melartin would have been delighted by your love of his music. Beyond being a highly sophisticated composer, he was a person of wide knowledge and learning, a fluent speaker of many languages, and despite fragile health, a great traveller to exotic places. His travels were driven by a deep interest in philosophy and the different cultures & religions of the world ~ especially the East. This led him In 1928 to publish his Op.150, surprisingly not a work of music, but a book of aphorisms, titled "Credo".
The final movement is the loveliest symphonic movement I have ever heard, always almost bring me to tears, and only a few I can think of has such impact.
Thank you for uploading this. Kiitos! I have recently discovered Melartin's music, and I am especially fond of his 4th Symphony "summer symphony". I wish his music were better known!
+Neil Hazell Stenhammar described his #1 as "idyllic Bruckner" but to my ears there's also a generous measure of "Idyllic Franck". Probably for this reason he came to regard it as a "Study Symphony", but wow it's an impressive work. In the somewhat unlikely event of Franck & Bruckner collaborating on a joint Symphony (a-la Chinese), I doubt they could have done much better...
I think the formal approach was that of Bruckner's, but there are other musical influences too....the outer movements of Stenhammar fall apart somewhat in their symphonic construction, that is why he withdrew it.......
This is a fantastic symphony in either edition, but I'm so grateful to hear the complete work, as it does gain even more in stature as well as length. For further comparison, I'd like to hear Maestro Grin also conduct this version. I hope I may one day hear Melartin's other symphonies in their restored original forms.
We can only keep scanning the web for signs of Melartin activity, most of which is in Finland of course. It's now nearly seven years since Sakari Oramo conducted this performance, more recently the force seems to have been with Hannu Lintu. Eventually the Melartin Society project should be in a position to deliver definitive editions of all the symphonies, at which point a new recording cycle becomes attractive. Maybe, following this concert back in 2012, Oramo also put a recording in the can (it's not unusual for recordings to take a great many years to appear commercially) in which case he only has five more to go...
Another fantastic work by another fantastic composer who never gets played on BBC Radio 3.
That's because his name isn't Mozart, Beethoven or Bach. It's also a matter of commercial appeal for the unwashed, unaware listeners.
Then it might hearten you to learn that I only found out about him through Radio 3: his "Marionettes" were played recently on "Through the Night". I'd never heard of Melartin before, and indeed, one of the reasons I still listen to the radio is to discover works I otherwise wouldn't.
Many thanks for passing this on. I still listen to Radio 3, but I find more interesting music here these days.
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Thank you very much RUclips, Julian Arculus for giving me the opportunity to hear Erkki Melatin which becomes one of my favourite composers with this fantastic symphony. I am a Cambodian.
Thank you, Mongkol Um! I'm certain Erkki Melartin would have been delighted by your love of his music. Beyond being a highly sophisticated composer, he was a person of wide knowledge and learning, a fluent speaker of many languages, and despite fragile health, a great traveller to exotic places. His travels were driven by a deep interest in philosophy and the different cultures & religions of the world ~ especially the East. This led him In 1928 to publish his Op.150, surprisingly not a work of music, but a book of aphorisms, titled "Credo".
The final movement is the loveliest symphonic movement I have ever heard, always almost bring me to tears, and only a few I can think of has such impact.
4 years after hearing the first time, I still like it. That is a mark of a great work, it still is appealing with a re-listen.
Thanks a lot for this upload! The performance is very impressive and with very good audio quality
Thank you for uploading this. Kiitos! I have recently discovered Melartin's music, and I am especially fond of his 4th Symphony "summer symphony". I wish his music were better known!
What a delightful symphony. Thanks so much for posting.
Just what I like to listen to. It is intense and dramatic.
Reminds me of early Stenhammar, whose Symphony No 1 is a favourite of mine. Thanks for plucking Melartin out of (my) obscurity!
+Neil Hazell Stenhammar described his #1 as "idyllic Bruckner" but to my ears there's also a generous measure of "Idyllic Franck". Probably for this reason he
came to regard it as a "Study Symphony", but wow it's an impressive work. In the somewhat unlikely event of Franck & Bruckner collaborating on a joint Symphony (a-la Chinese), I doubt they could have done much better...
I think the formal approach was that of Bruckner's, but there are other musical influences too....the outer movements of Stenhammar fall apart somewhat in their symphonic construction, that is why he withdrew it.......
Excellent.
Fantastic!!!!!!! thank you so much for uploading!
Hopefully we will get a commercial recording to complement the edited Grin version
This is a fantastic symphony in either edition, but I'm so grateful to hear the complete work, as it does gain even more in stature as well as length. For further comparison, I'd like to hear Maestro Grin also conduct this version. I hope I may one day hear Melartin's other symphonies in their restored original forms.
Increíble música, maravillosa sinfonía!!!
Thanks a lot!
thank you....:)
Mvt 1: 0:00
Mvt 2: 14:35
Mvt 3: 25:50
Mvt 4: 36:20
Mvt 1: 0:32
Desconhecido aqui no Brasil, o compositor é contemporâneo de Mahler e tb exala criatividade e beleza !!
nice
Erkki Melartin SymphoniesTranscription Project... www2.siba.fi/Melartinseura/?page=dokumentit
For comparison purposes, here's the Leonid Grin / Tampere Philharmonic recording... ruclips.net/video/b4cO3gfrieg/видео.html
Brilliant music..............has to be up there with the Great Sibelius
Explore Melartin on facebook... facebook.com/pages/Erkki-Melartin-1875-1937/226983557371954
Will Oramo conduct this again?
We can only keep scanning the web for signs of Melartin activity, most of which is in Finland of course. It's now nearly seven years since Sakari Oramo conducted this performance, more recently the force seems to have been with Hannu Lintu. Eventually the Melartin Society project should be in a position to deliver definitive editions of all the symphonies, at which point a new recording cycle becomes attractive. Maybe, following this concert back in 2012, Oramo also put a recording in the can (it's not unusual for recordings to take a great many years to appear commercially) in which case he only has five more to go...