thank you for posting this. my first recording of this work back when I was in teenager in the 1970s was hers. sorry I have yet to hear it live. don't get the tombstones and the Star Trek like outfits of the orchestra
With all those headstones, sunset and medieval castle at the opening I feel like Dracula is going to rise from his grave at any moment. The music certainly adds to that feel. Was that what Dohnanyi was after? Cristina was so cute and so well deserving first prize at the 1969 Cliburn which she won at the tender age of 19. What a talent!
Yes, the piece is a musical joke - the baleful opening is almost a pastiche of the volcanic tutti of the Brahms First Concerto - then after a sforzato chord the pianist enters with a rinky-plinky solo...
The introduction is classic bit of musical parody. The moment when the piano enters after that deliberately ominous intro is just hilarious. The video is brilliant.
"Variations sur une chanson enfantine pour piano et orchestre" Opus 25- " Variations on a nursery song" Opus25- "Variaciones sobre una canción infantil" para piano y orquesta compuesta por Ernö Von Dohnányi (1877-1960). En esta obra el compositor se inspiró a partir de una tonada Francesa : "Ah, vous dirais-je maman" y en los pueblos de habla Inglesa la llamaron "Twinkle, twinkle little star". La pianista Brasileña Cristina Ortiz hizo esta grabación con André Previn (Director) y la Filarmónica de Londres en el año 1975. Quiero hacerles notar que la solista fue una niña prodigio e hizo este video con 26 años de edad. La síntesis sería; que Dohnányi (compositor) exploró en 1914 una canción infantil con mucha docencia y humor para las generaciones que le sucedieron con variaciones muy ingeniosas. Vale la pena escuchar esta hermosa obra.
@@virtuosiproducoes2591 No, tenía 26 porque en ese año ya los había cumplido, nació el 17 de abril de 1950, la conozco personalmente, gracias igual por tú aporte a la publicación. Saludos.
Matthew B Tepper And you are most probably right. On the other hand this is clearly from one of the BBC'S popular "André Previn's Music Night" programmes so possibly this is the BBC SO. It would be nice to know. If I were a betting man I'd put my money on it being the LSO, as you said.
On the other hand Juan Bernardo Irigoyen states above that it's a recording from 1975 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Whereas it's an all-male orchestra, which does seem to suggest the LSO.
It's a pity this, inevitably, shows its age. But wonderful to have such a great performance of the composer's wit. This work should be heard more often ─ concerts can be s-o-o serious.
The tragic opening makes me think of the bedraggled remnants of a defeated army trudging back to their native land where they know they will face ridicule and probably be torn from limb to limb. Tragic and awful. As for the rest I seem to recall that each variation is of a certain style or composer. Viennese waltz, Tchaikovsky, etc The opening images are excellent. Of the "uniform" worn by the members of the orchestra the less said the better!
That was done in the mid seventies? Counter Culture. Have you heard? The whole thing is about nursery school, kind of pueril. "Twinkle, Twinkle little star". This is the London Philarmonic. Don't tell me that, besides music, you criticise fashion too, you, smart klever boy ...
@@gatofelixriodejaneir Sorry, but it is the London Symphony Orchestra. Previn was chief conductor of it at the time and the performance was part of a BBC series called Andre Previn's Music Night.
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Delightful video from 1975 with the adorable young Cristina Ortiz and an amazingly young Andre Previn. I could only wish for a higher sound level.
Please use your headphone or connect your PC/ Mac to an external amplifier... and enjoy! ; )
I remember this first time round on Andre Previn's Music NIght. The glory days when the BBC had a weekly orchestral concert. Seems like a dream now!
Que lindo..que orgulho...
thank you for posting this. my first recording of this work back when I was in teenager in the 1970s was hers. sorry I have yet to hear it live. don't get the tombstones and the Star Trek like outfits of the orchestra
Cristina Ortiz at the poetic age of 25 years old! What times!
The whole orchestra in yellow turtlenecks... that's the Seventies! :-)
With all those headstones, sunset and medieval castle at the opening I feel like Dracula is going to rise from his grave at any moment. The music certainly adds to that feel. Was that what Dohnanyi was after? Cristina was so cute and so well deserving first prize at the 1969 Cliburn which she won at the tender age of 19. What a talent!
That's a great comment. I've never understood the introduction to this piece. But in some strange way it works!!!!
Yes, the piece is a musical joke - the baleful opening is almost a pastiche of the volcanic tutti of the Brahms First Concerto - then after a sforzato chord the pianist enters with a rinky-plinky solo...
@@alexleach6307 Oh, no "almost" about it. 🙂
Madame Ortiz flerta com a perfeição!
The introduction is classic bit of musical parody. The moment when the piano enters after that deliberately ominous intro is just hilarious. The video is brilliant.
"Variations sur une chanson enfantine pour piano et orchestre" Opus 25- " Variations on a nursery song" Opus25- "Variaciones sobre una canción infantil" para piano y orquesta compuesta por Ernö Von Dohnányi (1877-1960).
En esta obra el compositor se inspiró a partir de una tonada Francesa : "Ah, vous dirais-je maman" y en los pueblos de habla Inglesa la llamaron "Twinkle, twinkle little star". La pianista Brasileña Cristina Ortiz hizo esta grabación con André Previn (Director) y la Filarmónica de Londres en el año 1975.
Quiero hacerles notar que la solista fue una niña prodigio e hizo este video con 26 años de edad.
La síntesis sería; que Dohnányi (compositor) exploró en 1914 una canción infantil con mucha docencia y humor para las generaciones que le sucedieron con variaciones muy ingeniosas. Vale la pena escuchar esta hermosa obra.
SENCILLAMENTE MAGNIFICA
GERMAN QUINTERO Gracias Germán, saludos.
Ella tenia 25 años de edad en 1975!
@@virtuosiproducoes2591 No, tenía 26 porque en ese año ya los había cumplido, nació el 17 de abril de 1950, la conozco personalmente, gracias igual por tú aporte a la publicación. Saludos.
This variation @ 6:13 sounded like finale from Brahms' Second Piano Concerto.
I think that is exactly what it is aiming for.
Previn was mostly conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in those days, so that would be my guess.
Matthew B Tepper And you are most probably right. On the other hand this is clearly from one of the BBC'S popular "André Previn's Music Night" programmes so possibly this is the BBC SO. It would be nice to know. If I were a betting man I'd put my money on it being the LSO, as you said.
On the other hand Juan Bernardo Irigoyen states above that it's a recording from 1975 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Whereas it's an all-male orchestra, which does seem to suggest the LSO.
Its the LSO, I remember this performance vividly from my childhood. John Fletcher is there on tuba, who I later studied with.
It's a pity this, inevitably, shows its age. But wonderful to have such a great performance of the composer's wit. This work should be heard more often ─ concerts can be s-o-o serious.
Hehehe before there as "trolling" there was this video's introduction. ;)
Wonderful! What orchestra is it?
The tragic opening makes me think of the bedraggled remnants of a defeated army trudging back to their native land where they know they will face ridicule and probably be torn from limb to limb. Tragic and awful. As for the rest I seem to recall that each variation is of a certain style or composer. Viennese waltz, Tchaikovsky, etc
The opening images are excellent. Of the "uniform" worn by the members of the orchestra the less said the better!
That was done in the mid seventies? Counter Culture. Have you heard? The whole thing is about nursery school, kind of pueril. "Twinkle, Twinkle little star". This is the London Philarmonic. Don't tell me that, besides music, you criticise fashion too, you, smart klever boy ...
Uh?
@@gatofelixriodejaneir Sorry, but it is the London Symphony Orchestra. Previn was chief conductor of it at the time and the performance was part of a BBC series called Andre Previn's Music Night.
@@gatofelixriodejaneir Can you translate that into something coherent for us? Thanks ever so.
A Star Trek Orchestra? Goofy? Ok, whatever. Those were the days. Great playing though.