Paul Beard A lot of people think that, but the truth is that Hovhaness was very traditional. While by no means a minimalist, he was in some ways a reaction to the futurists who he felt needlessly complicated things. Hovhaness was a student of Komitas, and continued that tradition of bridging Eastern and Western musical technique; while he was a very tonal composer he used alternate modes which, while traditional in Western Europe as well, had been shunted away by the Well-Tempered Klavier and seemed new to the audiences of his time.
What was the name of the classical music show that ran on WBUR for so long? The one hosted/programmed by Robert J. Lertsema (sp?). That man’s programming choices every morning from thelate 70s through the 80s Really widened my view of music. Anwd the most notable composer I learned about through him was Alan Hovhaness, although there certainly were others.
It's amazing. I feel at peace! ... Listening to this, I think of all the pleasant memories when I was a teenager, I lived on the farm with my aunt adored. This music takes me to a fantastic distance, tunes that brings you to another world but so essential to apprehend again, and to hear for the welfare of the soul !
The SPIRIT in my beloved living room plant hears & absorbs in its mysterious way Hovhaness‘ music at least once a week which many may not understand but how close are we comprehending all of what nature itself feels & responds to? The wonderful music here I am experiencing for the first time as well & am sharing it now with the green marvel by my window.
Hypnotic, Lovely. Deep, Mysterious. Some of my favorite pieces by the marvelous, deep Armenian American composer Alan Hovhanness: -Celestial Gate - a tour de force; a trip. This piece is magnificent; beautiful, so precious -Mysterious Mountain - first and last 5 minutes are some of the most magnificent chords I have ever heard. Mysticism personified. -Hymn to Glacier Peak - Soaringly beautiful -Concerto #8 - my current favorite of his. So well done. So unique. -Loon Lake - a magnificent nature journey -St. Gregory - holy -Alleluia and Fugue -Arevakal -Khrimian Hairig -Cello Concerto -(this piece) The Spirit of the Trees -Christmas Symphony -City of Light -Psalm and Fugue
I'm gonna work through this list (: I became familiar with Hovhaness my sophomore year at university, we played his October Mountain percussion sextet. Very satisfying piece. I'm from the upper-left corner of the US (as far north and west you can get in Washington State before you're Canada), and it humbled me that one of his later opuses was named after a quaint lake in my small city of about 100,000 people. Opus 415, _Lake Samish_ (: Oh, and Glacier Peak is relatively nearby, too. How cool that he spent some time living in my neck of the woods.
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this is just amazing, I keep listening to this piece every week for almost 3 months
I've had a past life regression. There are spirits in the top bushy part of the trees. Energy flows from the earths crust and the spirit is energized by it. Full of love! This is the first I've thought about looking up spirit of trees. This is a beautiful compilation. I'm sure the spirit will love this. Let me see...
The movement before the 9th minute was wonderful . Again , too calming the following maestoso may change me . I hope I one day can embrace the serenity and quiet of Hovhaness . For now I stick to Druckman , Wuorinen,Carter et. al . I need violence , unquiet mind , paranoia , pathologies of all kind . Imust find out why he chose this way of expressing himself . He is one of the few really well known composers to do this . rautavarra is another . Both of them interest me little but I know I will grow . Perhaps it is a healthy minded dialectic . There is a light tension sometimes in this music . I must discover his piano and symphonic music . I cant believe he wrote this muh music for harp and there is a guitar concerto . Wow he was prolific and quite versatile . Now I go to hear the piano concerto an find its score ! Thanks for sharing some glorious music . I can give this to my mom for mother's day my music wouldnot do her a service . Messiaen had some of this spirit but he is as exciting as fire . The more I listen though the sooner comes the moment I become a Hovhaness devotee !
Have you listened to Maurice Durufle's Requiem? There is both peace in the "Lux Eterna" and fire and brimstone in another section - I think it's the Dies Irae, but it's 2:30 am and I need to tear myself away or I will stay up forever listening to music I've never heard and writing emails to friends to recommend pieces....
It's been five years, but I find it interesting you say Rautavaara writes a lot of peaceful music. I discovered him through his first piano concerto, and let me tell you, that's far from peaceful.
An amazing composition: so sweet, serene and peaceful. And for those who think Hovhaness wrote the same thing over and over again, this is very different from many of his symphonies.
I had forgotten the variety and beauty of this composer. To me, he was unknown until a few years ago. I remember that he was not popular, because he was an American composer that did not sound 'American' enough. Most people were expecting Copeland or Bernstein.
A high class and original creation as a whole with a very soothing and exotic music , excellent performance. Thank you gioiellidellamusica for presenting this magic genie of A.Hovhaness.
As if Alan speaks with the water... He is enjoying the conversation ... Water is his friend ... And the best friend ... Can Water sound harm anyone???? Sylva~MD~Poetry
kybernes a couple of years before this he wrote music for Javanese gamelan orchestra and about 5 years before this he wrote a symphony for 2 orchestras, 1 with western instrumentation and the other with traditional Korean instrumentation. i think he had an incredible ability to absorb music of different cultures and create original works that bear his unique musical personality. muchas gracias y saludos desde Tokio.
+kybernes It depends on what you consider "American". Hovhaness was born in America, near Boston, of Armenian heritage. So he does incorporate many dances and exotic sounds (symbols, gongs, drums etc.) into his music. And later in life, as Tom D points out, he studied the music of different cultures in the far East, especially South Korea, Japan and Indonesia. He does incorporate lots of those sounds (and various unusual instruments) into his pieces, so it sounds more Hovhaness perhaps than "American".
...a walk in the woods is best undertaken in morning when the trees expel their oxygen for you and receive your carbon dioxide from you. This way all shall live together.
Great song. It reminds me of the episode of the big bang theory where they fly to disneyland, but find out the parks closed so stay in a hotel the whole time watching star trek reruns.
+Audrey Victoria Downey (Ethera) Yes, you must send an email to Hovhaness-Fujihara Music Co., Inc at hovhanessfuji@comcast.net They own the rights to the piece. I actually just emailed them yesterday and they got back to me today. A copy of the score is $45.00.
damn right, Ronnie; and to those who think Hovhaness sounds similar to all A. H. I say , you try writing great , sweet music for decades. see how it works out . I can't write good music for a month.
Hovhaness is unique... The mystic, oriental, mediterranean, medieval, epic, dramatic feeling.. Many shapes, many forms. Love Hovhaness music.
New age ?
Paul Beard A lot of people think that, but the truth is that Hovhaness was very traditional. While by no means a minimalist, he was in some ways a reaction to the futurists who he felt needlessly complicated things. Hovhaness was a student of Komitas, and continued that tradition of bridging Eastern and Western musical technique; while he was a very tonal composer he used alternate modes which, while traditional in Western Europe as well, had been shunted away by the Well-Tempered Klavier and seemed new to the audiences of his time.
I'm also hearing an Arabian sound.
@@paulbeard4218 New age content providers do include such on their platforms.
well said
He has been a resident in my very compartmentalized memory for perhaps 15 yrs. and I often knock on his door.
I heard this for the first time through New England Public Radio and I was mesmerized. It's one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.
Me, too. If you're close to Cape Cod, I like to meet...
This is my first time listening & I'm inclined to agree with you. I like many kinds of music, but this is peace put into notes.
It sounds like the sountrack to the circa 1955 technicolor cinemascope "Alladin & The Harem" Italian 'classic' 🤣
What was the name of the classical music show that ran on WBUR for so long? The one hosted/programmed by Robert J. Lertsema (sp?). That man’s programming choices every morning from thelate 70s through the 80s Really widened my view of music. Anwd the most notable composer I learned about through him was Alan Hovhaness, although there certainly were others.
@@alanwerner8563 Morning Pro Musica.
It's amazing. I feel at peace! ... Listening to this, I think of all the pleasant memories when I was a teenager, I lived on the farm with my aunt adored. This music takes me to a fantastic distance, tunes that brings you to another world but so essential to apprehend again, and to hear for the welfare of the soul !
The earlier beginnings of our own eternal spirit. Seek the light, and live forever.
The SPIRIT in my beloved living room plant hears & absorbs in its mysterious way Hovhaness‘ music at least once a week which many may not understand but how close are we comprehending all of what nature itself feels & responds to? The wonderful music here I am experiencing for the first time as well & am sharing it now with the green marvel by my window.
I am listening to this with my sleeping daughter in the bed nearby. Surely, Heaven must sound like this.
Hypnotic, Lovely. Deep, Mysterious.
Some of my favorite pieces by the marvelous, deep Armenian American composer Alan Hovhanness:
-Celestial Gate - a tour de force; a trip. This piece is magnificent; beautiful, so precious
-Mysterious Mountain - first and last 5 minutes are some of the most magnificent chords I have ever heard. Mysticism personified.
-Hymn to Glacier Peak - Soaringly beautiful
-Concerto #8 - my current favorite of his. So well done. So unique.
-Loon Lake - a magnificent nature journey
-St. Gregory - holy
-Alleluia and Fugue
-Arevakal
-Khrimian Hairig
-Cello Concerto
-(this piece) The Spirit of the Trees
-Christmas Symphony
-City of Light
-Psalm and Fugue
Thank you
Will take a listen. I'm new to his music and love it.
I'm gonna work through this list (: I became familiar with Hovhaness my sophomore year at university, we played his October Mountain percussion sextet. Very satisfying piece.
I'm from the upper-left corner of the US (as far north and west you can get in Washington State before you're Canada), and it humbled me that one of his later opuses was named after a quaint lake in my small city of about 100,000 people. Opus 415, _Lake Samish_ (:
Oh, and Glacier Peak is relatively nearby, too. How cool that he spent some time living in my neck of the woods.
this is just amazing, I keep listening to this piece every week for almost 3 months
I. 00:00 IV. 13:25
II. 07:10 V. 15:50
III. 08:40 VI. 18:45
There are only 5 movements.
@@michaelbrennan6648 Which one of the six is wrong then?
The otherworldly, ethereal stuff this guy wrote. I can't believe I only ran across him a couple years ago.
I've had a past life regression. There are spirits in the top bushy part of the trees. Energy flows from the earths crust and the spirit is energized by it. Full of love! This is the first I've thought about looking up spirit of trees. This is a beautiful compilation. I'm sure the spirit will love this. Let me see...
John Cage admired Alan greatly and once said that it was like Hovhaness was drop kicked from the Medieval era directly into the modern era
Whereas Leonard Bernstein hated him...
Yeah and Copland too.But he did have a big ally in Leopold Stokowski,who championed his music and conducted many of his works.
The movement before the 9th minute was wonderful . Again , too calming the following maestoso may change me . I hope I one day can embrace the serenity and quiet of Hovhaness . For now I stick to Druckman , Wuorinen,Carter et. al . I need violence , unquiet mind , paranoia , pathologies of all kind . Imust find out why he chose this way of expressing himself . He is one of the few really well known composers to do this . rautavarra is another . Both of them interest me little but I know I will grow . Perhaps it is a healthy minded dialectic . There is a light tension sometimes in this music . I must discover his piano and symphonic music . I cant believe he wrote this muh music for harp and there is a guitar concerto . Wow he was prolific and quite versatile . Now I go to hear the piano concerto an find its score ! Thanks for sharing some glorious music . I can give this to my mom for mother's day my music wouldnot do her a service . Messiaen had some of this spirit but he is as exciting as fire . The more I listen though the sooner comes the moment I become a Hovhaness devotee !
Have you listened to Maurice Durufle's Requiem? There is both peace in the "Lux Eterna" and fire and brimstone in another section - I think it's the Dies Irae, but it's 2:30 am and I need to tear myself away or I will stay up forever listening to music I've never heard and writing emails to friends to recommend pieces....
It's been five years, but I find it interesting you say Rautavaara writes a lot of peaceful music. I discovered him through his first piano concerto, and let me tell you, that's far from peaceful.
An amazing composition: so sweet, serene and peaceful. And for those who think Hovhaness wrote the same thing over and over again, this is very different from many of his symphonies.
I've been looking for The Spirit of the Trees for 'ages' . Thank You for posting.
This sounds ancient and epic
I had forgotten the variety and beauty of this composer. To me, he was unknown until a few years ago. I remember that he was not popular, because he was an American composer that did not sound 'American' enough. Most people were expecting Copeland or Bernstein.
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I’ve never heard this music before 😮 astounding. Thank you
I always come back to this...
Wow first time listening to something like this. Will look more into this composer!!
What elegance and subtlety in both composition and interpretation. Very nice discovery, in pictures too. Thank you +gioiellidellamusica
A high class and original creation as a whole with a very soothing
and exotic music , excellent performance.
Thank you gioiellidellamusica for presenting this magic genie of A.Hovhaness.
Perfect music for contemplation.
Presentation is awesome as well
wow, brought tears in 15 seconds! Exquisite!!.. lat'r Buzz
Unusual and very peaceful...a gem!
that was lovely. I love Hovhaness but hadn't heard this piece.
very nice music and pictures .relaxing thanks for posting and good to see 400 likes .
Absolutely magnifique
The image around 18:52 is stunning. Thank you for sharing!
Wonderful music. Thank you.
listening to this lovely music as I pray that the doe I hit with my car this evening is not seriously hurt...
It is a very interesting piece, like everything I have listened to by Hovhaness so far, and the image around 7:21 is fine. Thank you for sharing!
Hovhaness has the very spirit of music, unique in many ways. Thanks, Gioielli
Beautiful sounds, thanks for sharing
As if Alan speaks with the water...
He is enjoying the conversation ...
Water is his friend ...
And the best friend ...
Can Water sound harm anyone????
Sylva~MD~Poetry
Lovely stuff, thanks for posting.
So beautiful!
Wonderful music accompanied by great images! Can anyone credit the artist(s) for the visual presentations?
More spaces & moods rather than melodic themes...simply beautiful…sounds very oriental rather than american to me.
kybernes a couple of years before this he wrote music for Javanese gamelan orchestra and about 5 years before this he wrote a symphony for 2 orchestras, 1 with western instrumentation and the other with traditional Korean instrumentation. i think he had an incredible ability to absorb music of different cultures and create original works that bear his unique musical personality. muchas gracias y saludos desde Tokio.
+kybernes It depends on what you consider "American". Hovhaness was born in America, near Boston, of Armenian heritage. So he does incorporate many dances and exotic sounds (symbols, gongs, drums etc.) into his music. And later in life, as Tom D points out, he studied the music of different cultures in the far East, especially South Korea, Japan and Indonesia. He does incorporate lots of those sounds (and various unusual instruments) into his pieces, so it sounds more Hovhaness perhaps than "American".
Simply awsome..... enchanting
Serene. Electrifying!
Just before 15:32, it is really beautiful. Well, like the whole work.
The picture around 11:10 is gorgeous.
Fantástica!
...a walk in the woods is best undertaken in morning when the trees expel their oxygen for you and receive your carbon dioxide from you. This way all shall live together.
Thanks for the tip Herr Doktor Klorohplast!
7:10 excellent.
Thank you!!!!
I see them too. through my eyes, I see faces
It's simply amazing that his widow has made this music unavailable to purchse.
I believe Hovhaness added a lot of music to this after its premiere, or the artists simply skipped a lot of it.
Great song. It reminds me of the episode of the big bang theory where they fly to disneyland, but find out the parks closed so stay in a hotel the whole time watching star trek reruns.
Nice pictures :)
Wonderful
Bravo!
Precioso
Música pisciana, netuniana. Aliás, Hovhaness era de Peixes, o signo mais místico do zodíaco!
Does anyone know where to find the sheet music for this sonata?
+Audrey Victoria Downey (Ethera) Yes, you must send an email to Hovhaness-Fujihara Music Co., Inc at hovhanessfuji@comcast.net
They own the rights to the piece. I actually just emailed them yesterday and they got back to me today. A copy of the score is $45.00.
+Mario J. Hesles Ohw cool! Thanks a whole lot! :D
It turns out that the piece is actually called 'Spirit of Trees'. Why add "THE" to the title, not once but twice?
Quite correct - I checked this out, too.
Yaps Yeah, I admit you're right - we only nitpick because we care, perhaps, though?
Usually I enjoy Hovhaness. Not today.
I. 2:11
III. 11:52
IV. 13:25
VI. 18:45
This is lovely music as is much of A.H.'s output. This one is a bit New Agey for my taste, but beautifully evocative and relaxing nonetheless.
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Put your Roc signs up for Hooooooov ❤️
I'm curious if he pitched down to A-432, being all Spiritual 'n all. The ClassicalNerd carried me here.
who is the artist of the background?
Thanks for posting this. Does anyone know where i can find the sheet music of this piece?
Idk
nice
damn right, Ronnie; and to those who think Hovhaness sounds similar to all A. H. I say , you try writing great , sweet music for decades. see how it works out . I can't write good music for a month.
I wonder who the fourteen people who gave it a thumbs down are? lol
.add me to the list of addicts
Hovhaness is great. Would be better while high on thc.
Very interesting music, but awful illustrations.
I do not agree, these illustrations are very poetic and the creator made sure that they stick with the music!
Diablo 2.