Brahms: Symphony No. 4 | Music Documentary with Alondra de la Parra & the Münchner Symphoniker
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- A master symphony with a rough and raw character. Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra performs Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 with the Münchner Symphoniker at the Tutzing Brahmstage festival in 2022. During rehearsals, she talks about the famous work with musicians and experts.
DW Classical Music presents the eight-part series: Alondra de la Parra at the Brahmstage in Tutzing. The music documentaries will feature the 4 symphonies by Johannes Brahms and 4 symphonies by Antonín Dvořák.
Episode 1 / Brahms, Symphony No. 1: • Brahms: Symphony No. 1...
Episode 2 / Dvořák, Symphony No. 8: • Dvořák: Symphony No. 8...
Episode 3 / Brahms, Symphony No. 2: • Brahms: Symphony No. 2...
Episode 4 / Dvořák, Symphony No. 9: • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9...
Episode 5 / Brahms, Symphony No. 3: • Brahms: Symphony No. 3...
Episode 6 / Dvořák, Symphony No. 7: • Dvořák: Symphony No. 7...
Episode 8 / Dvořák, Symphony No. 6: • Dvořák: Symphony No. 6...
Episode 7 at a glance:
00:00 Reflections on the meaning of the 4th Symphony by Brahms
01:34 Introduction by the conductor Alondra de la Parra
02:01 The progressiveness in the 4th symphony
02:32 Excerpt from the 1st movement
03:13 The beauty of the 2nd movement
03:33 Excerpt from the 2nd movement
03:51 The shift in tone in the 2nd movement
04:58 The concertmaster on the pizzicato in the 2nd movement
05:47 The concertmaster demonstrates the pizzicato
06:14 Alondra de la Parra on the architecture in the 2nd movement
06:57 The happy cheerful mood in the 3rd movement
07:40 Scherzo manner with lots of humour and joyful moments in the 3rd movement
08:17 Excerpt from 3rd movement of the 4th symphony
08:50 The use of triangle in the 3rd movement
09:11 The one theme of the 4th movement of the 4th symphony
09:56 Intensive rehearsal work
10:54 The 30 variations in the 4th movement
11:34 Model of the Bach cantata BWV 150 for the 4th movement
12:08 Demonstration of the flute solo at the beginning of the 4th movement
12:41 The flautist on the flute solo in the 4th movement
14:15 The flute solo as an insight into the soul of Johannes Brahms
14:57 The fatalistic ending 4th symphony by Brahms
15:36 The conductor on the finale of the 4th symphony by Brahms
15:56 The finale of the 4th symphony by Brahms
“For I fear it tastes of the local climate - the cherries here do not grow sweet.” This is how Brahms characterized his 4th Symphony in a letter to conductor Hans von Bülow in September 1885. A similar formulation is found in a letter to Elisabeth von Herzogenberg shortly earlier, which shows how important this reference to the connection between the place where his symphony was written and its character was to Brahms. The 4th Symphony was written during Brahms’s two summer stays in Mürzzuschlag, Styria in 1884 and 1885, where he enjoyed the mountainous landscape and the cool mountain air.
The 4th Symphony has been said to have a rough and austere character because of Brahms’s own reference to the “local climate”. The key of E Minor, which characterizes the first and last movements until the end, and the strict structure of the finale as a passacaglia or chaconne, certainly contribute to this assessment. The first movement begins in a decidedly soft and lyrical manner with a theme of thirds and sixths whose notes, placed one after the other, form a falling chain of thirds: b-g-e-c-a-f#-d#-b. This strict interval structure is just as typical of Brahms’s compositional technique as the contrapuntal-imitatorial treatment of the accompanying voices with numerous canon formations, creating a dense web of voices.
Brahms concluded his symphonic work with the Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98. At the same time, the 4th also marked the end of the classical-romantic symphony and its idea of enlightenment “through night to light”. The question of how Beethoven’s symphonic legacy could be continued was posed throughout 19th century. Brahms answered it in the finale of the 4th Symphony with a recourse to the Baroque chaconne or passacaglia with 30 variations plus coda. Relying on the majestic austerity and sublime grandeur of this time-tested variation model, Brahms achieved orchestral force and symphonic grandeur in this original way.
Alondra de la Parra's interview partners are Ulrike Kraew, concertmaster, Désirée Wolff, co-principal flute, and musicologist Stephan Beck.
Report & Direction:
Holm Weber
Co-direction:
Dorothee Binding
Camera:
Matthias Boch
Amadeus Hiller
Simon Hermann
Christian Berges
Daniel Stupat
Jan Klein
Holm Weber
Sound:
Sara Misztela
Make-up:
Nilgün Konya
Editing:
Klaus Hellmig
Color Correction:
Jan von Stebut
Production:
Benedict Mirow - Nightfrog GmbH
Commissioning Editor:
Reiner Schild
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The 4th symphony is the really the first Brahms work I knew as a Brahm's work. I heard it on the radio around age 24 or so, and immediately bought a cassette recording of it. It has remained one of my alltime favorite pieces of music ever since.
Well, I love Brahms. My most favorite piece of music is Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto. The German Requiem and his other choral works are sublime, as well. I discovered the Brahms 2nd with Rudolf Serkin as the pianist the same time I was reading The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. His music, to me, speaks of the individual as hero and master of his own life, who lives it in the service of others and his art and vocation and his lover and family. This was my freshman year in high school, so it made an impression. Check out Brahms 4th Symphony conducted by Carlos Kleiber with the Vienna Phil on DG and Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with Rudolf Serkin and The Philadelphia Orchestra. on Columbia.
That is the first time I've heard the third movement described as 'sarcastic.' What a novel and interesting insight. Thank you, Maestra.
The delicacy of the flute passage surrounded on both sides by darkness and volatility, even anger, suggests a certain sort of personality to me.
Alondra dirigiert ja nicht nur, sie spielt auch mehrere Instrumente. Habe ihre Projekte mit Kindern und Jugendlichen in ihrer Heimat gesehen, einfach toll.❤❤❤
Excellent video, thanks. For me, no symphony would better deserve the nickname “Tragic” than Brahms 4. Its impact mirrors that of the tragedies of Aeschylus and Shakespeare. It’s not my favourite symphony (that’s Bruckner 8) but I believe it’s the greatest symphony ever written. And Carlos Kleiber’s performance with the VPO is the greatest recording ever made.
Absolument somptueuse chef d'orchestre !!!
The end of the fourth movement is like a trap closing.
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Quite an experience :)
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СПАСИБО 👏👏👏👋❤
Our pleasure 😊
... y cuando descubres a Bhrams no lo dejas nunca y está en todas tus playlist
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Funny , I've been heavily into classical music and opera since I was a child. I cut my teeth on Beethoven and Bruckner . And is there anything more sublime than the adagio from Bruckner's seventh ? Or the heliger dankesgesang from the opus 132 Beethoven late string quartet?
I've struggled with Brahms for many years. Don't know what it is. But I just cannot listen to his music for more than a few minutes. Does nothing for me. I once read a certain musicologist refer to him in the unflattering terms of "boozy Brahms."
So , it's not just me.
Thank you very much for the upload. Great film.
Great channel.
May we have a bit more Monteverdi and Bruckner , please ?
Noel
Edit : "cut one's teeth" on something is to gain knowledge of something in a particular sphere
I felt the same way as you. His orchestral and "important" works feel as if they are straining to be Impressive Musical Achievements.
His chamber works are a different matter. They seem more sincere, less desperate to prove themselves, and less self-conscious. Give Brahms five instruments or less and you'll hear a charming, profound, wonderful composer.
Best wishes from Vermont 🍁
Dear Hermes Noel,
Thank you very much for your comment and we are happy that you like our channel. Even the video about the Brahms Symphony, although Brahms is not exactly your favorite composer. To give it away already: At the end of May, we will publish a video with works by Monteverdi and Bruckner. We hope you will watch it. 😉
Many greetings from the team of DW Classical Music
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wow wee !! Vermont !! I love it . I was there a few years ago. I went to Manchester . Where I saw Hildene , Abe Lincoln's summer house. Lovely house.And then onto the green mountain national forest to see Glastenbury mountain (the original Glastonbury mountain is here in the county of Somerset in england. Well , in fact , it's called Glastonbury Tor. An old English name for a small mountain) I had the time of my life in Vermont. I went with a girl from Wyoming. What were we saying about boozy Brahms? 😂
The maple syrup that comes from Vermont is delicious beyond description 🍁 someone even showed me how they extract it from the tree.
A strange coincidence. Your name is The Stockwell. And the district of Stockwell is only down the road from where I live in London.
Although , I'm now transported back to being in Vermont. Awesome place. After Vermont we flew to Cody , Wyoming. The wild west. A breathtaking place.
You nailed it with the Brahms. "Straining to be impressive musical achievements. That is the exact sound world that is created. And when one is straining for effect , sensitive souls (and ears ) pick up on it immediately
Best wishes from a sunny and rainy London town.
Noel
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Guten tag ,
Of course I will watch it. And in May , also. Which prompts me to the following (not to be taken personally 😂 )
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ?
Thou are more lovely and more temperate ,
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of MAY , and summer's lease hath all too short a date."
The opening quatrain of sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare.
Astonishing lines. How a human being composed 154 sonnets of such miraculous quality beggars belief.
Incidentally , with regards my request , do throw in a bit of Alban Berg.
Danke ,
Noel 🥳🎻🎺
Interesting, with me it's been the opposite. I've had more of a struggle with Bruckner, only gradually gaining more of an appreciation of his symphonies. Brahms' symphonic and chamber works have always been one of the pinnacles of late Romantic music for me, although my appreciation of his 4 symphonies has grown tremendously during my life. It seems people's journey into classical music can be very different, and the mentioned composers all have their own greatness, appreciated by some more than others.
her tempo is a bit introspective, meaning......a bit slow
Brahms loved chromaticism so much? He's the epitome of conservative diatonicism!
The beginning of the 1st movement is one of the most beautiful themes in all symphonic litterature. But Brahms is not Beethoven. Brahms has not enough genius to take full advantage of this exceptional theme in the develoment.
Interesting what you write. Nowadays i can't listen to Beethoven anymore. Except his Eroica and the 2 first movements of his 9th(which are so epic). I just can't stop listening to all of the Brahms symphonies. For me he is the symphonic master!