Max Reger - Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 101
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- - Composer: Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 1873 -- 11 May 1916)
- Orchestra: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: Hannu Lintu
- Soloist: Benjamin Schmid
- Year of recording: 2012
Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 101, written between 1907-1908.
00:00 - I. Allegro moderato - quasi Andante - a tempo
27:12 - II. Largo con gran espressione - a tempo
40:07 - III. Allegro moderato (ma con spirito)
Reger's Violin Concerto in A major is one of his most extensive works. He wrote it during his first winter in Leipzig in 1907-1908. The concerto was written for, and dedicated to French violinist Henri Marteau, who premiered it under Arthur Nikisch in Leipzig on 15 October 1908.
Reger himself held the work in high esteem, and while working on it wrote to a friend with glowing self-confidence: “The Violin Concerto continues to grow. [...] I believe the instrumentation is really good, for I tried to keep it as translucent as possible so that the soloist will not be covered. I know this sounds arrogant, but I believe that this Violin Concerto will follow in the footsteps of those of Beethoven and Brahms. We [meaning the German cultural sphere] have so far not had any real violin concertos besides those two.” The Violin Concerto indeed “continued to grow” and eventually attained gargantuan proportions, with a performing time of almost one hour. When violinist Carl Flesch later proposed making certain cuts to the work, Reger dismissed the idea immediately: “No, that is impossible. I have thought about this great deal, but the work is and shall remain a monster.”
It is indicative that Reger referred to Beethoven and Brahms in the letter cited above. The Violin Concertos of these two idols of his are models of the ‘symphonic concerto’ genre, as opposed to the less substantial virtuoso concerto vehicle favoured by numerous 19th-century composers. Reger never wrote a symphony, but it is generally agreed that in his Violin Concerto he came very close, so much so that his early biographer Max Hehemann (1916) described it as “thoroughly symphonic, like a symphony that just happens to have a concertante violin part”. The symphonic nature of the work is due partly to its proportions and partly to the melodic violin part dovetailing smoothly with its overall musical shape. On the other hand, the symphonic aspects should not be over-emphasised, because for the soloist this is a highly demanding concerto, not just in terms of simple endurance but also because of its technical requirements. Yet these technical demands arise so organically from the musical material that accusations of writing a virtuoso concerto simply would not stick.
Enormous as it is, Reger’s Violin Concerto is divided into the traditional three movements:
- The extensive first movement opens pastorally, with the woodwind introducing the main subject. The violin joins in after a certain amount of noodling. The second subject, when it is introduced in turn, is also first presented by the orchestra and then by the violin. The music in the movement is lyrical and melodic but attains monumental proportions, and although the mood is overflowingly Romantic and the development section escalates to grandiose and contrapuntally complex culminations, this is more about intensifying and condensing the single underlying mood than about dramatic contrasts and conflicts in the tradition of Romantic concertos. Towards the end of the movement, in its conventional place, there is a solo cadenza where the virtuoso element is more overtly displayed.
- Reger stressed the importance of the melodic element in the solo violin part, and this is particularly apparent in the central movement. It opens in a tranquil mood and traces soaring arcs while growing to an incandescent intensity, only to subside again towards the end.
- The final introduces a more mobile and energetic element with a dance-like feel, balanced by the idyllic and lyrical second subject. Reger described the concluding movement in colourful and perhaps surprisingly incisive terms: “[It is] like a photograph of the Devil’s grandmother when she was still young and raised hell at courtly balls. It will be a good and bold movement that will infuriate the
degenerate intellectuals!”
The concerto is dedicated: "Henri Marteau zugeeignet". 
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I always found this concerto as the most emotional of all violin concertos I know. I remember having a night trip on the autobahn with my wife, who is not a classical music person. I put the Reger Violin Concerto in the Car - CD player. She was so impressed and moved, that I put after the Violin concerto the Regers PSALM 100 in. It became a 3 hour Reger tour de force.
Such an indescribably enormous and comprehensive harmonic vocabulary. Complexly and deeply artistic on every single structural level. This piece is a musical Bible in itself.
Wohl das verkannteste Violinkonzert aller Zeiten. Unbegreiflich.
Die Nähe zum Brahms-Konzert ist sehr deutlich, besonders im 3. Satz.
@@niklausgaschen9858 Ich habe nicht der Brahmskonzert gehort aber du bist korrekt. Und mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut, ich muss Google Translate manchmal benutzen hahah
@@niklausgaschen9858 Vielleicht weil es langweilig un dyspeptisch ist.
Pschyrembel auf den Kopf gefallen?
Great piece, it grabs you more and more, you just forget it is long: at the end you want to hear it again, wondering what happened. Well performed too! It should be played more often, quite a few listeners would like it no doubt. Reger just is a fantastic composer, if you take your time with his music.
Underrated concerto..
What a wonderful music.
Any Adagio movement that goes past thirteen minutes should know that Reger can master it with ease. The second movement is my favorite, hands down.
Those with short attention spans and those with an aversion to slowly unfolding and developing material, beware. The rest of us can sit back, relax and get to know and enjoy this most unapologetically expansive, expressive, and consummately musical concerto. It is a deeply-felt work that stirs our emotions. a true masterpiece indeed, one that brings increasingly rich rewards with familiarity.
Max Reger was and is remarkably innovative. Had he lived longer, he definitely would have been in sync with the Viennese school.
@@megabugginoutimagine how much more music he would’ve composed if he had lived longer…
Max Reger:A-dúr Hegedűverseny Op.101
1.Allegro moderato - quasi Andante - a tempo 00:05
2.Largo con gran espressione - a tempo 27:12
3.Allegro moderato (ma con spirito) 40:07
Benjamin Schimd-hegedű
Tampere-i Filharmonikus Zenekar
Vezényel:Hannu Lintu
Gould brought me here, and I did not regret it.
"Bach was seen as a backwards composer. He got the same reaction one would get today if one decided to compose symphonies in the style of Max Reger."
This is especially true considering today's penchant for ultraminimalism.
Overall, though, I really enjoy the labyrinthic development and nonstagnancy. Very Brucknerian.
Yes I thought that too. The Brucknerian thing was also my first reaction to listening to this concerto. It almost feels like a symphonie.
Wow! One could/should listen to this after Brahms Violin Concerto, written only 30 years earlier.
Thanks for having put this interesting score with an excellent performance of Reger's violin concert. Each measure is so finely composed. But it's hard to keep the tunes in mind. Maybe the reason why this great violin is unknown.
Such a wag! While the 1st movement is 3/4, the great opening phrase is in 2. It wasn't until I saw the score that I realized what was going on. A magnificent work by a sadly neglected composer. If the uncut performances are perhaps a little too expansive for you, I highly recommend the slightly abridged performance with Susan Lauterbach (if you can find the CD). Another interesting one is the chamber version arranged by Rudy Kolisch.
Muito bom!!!
21:22 epico cadenza
47:24
Longest violin concerto ever?
+OrganisedSound Yes, I think so.
OrganisedSound David Garret's interpretation of Beethoven's concerto here on RUclips takes 55 minutes!
Everyone says it's the Elgar, but I think it is this.
Until I complete mine (*evil laughter*)
@@ullrichherz7053 No no no... that includes applause and encore...
Wait till I finish mine
0:07
Emperor Joseph II - "Too many notes"
Enrique Sanchez -- I think that's what Richter complained about Rakhmaninov's 3rd.......
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The harmony helps!
Or rather doesn't. Quite the opposite!
32:36 fff eh?
I wonder what f is lol
Says Reger "“No, that is impossible. I have thought about this great deal, but the work is and shall remain a monster.”
No , it's not a monster, it's a monstrosity
Neither nor.
Please watch this at the lowest quality only (144p) since it's just for the music, which is much more ecologically responsible than at a higher rate.
Watching this at 240p (which is unnecessary for listening purposes), will increase the bandwith by double to almost tenfold! At 1080 the bandwith is augmented by a factor of 100!
The use of digital technology accounts for 4% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, as much as the emissions from the world's truck fleet.
Of that, a BIG part comes from livestreaming videos, mainly 3 sources : RUclips, Netflix and porn.
Let's enjoy this beautiful music by being aware and responsible, doing our little part in decreasing our carbon footprint and protecting this wonderful planet for the generations to come.
Are you for real? 😂
@@thepianosarea795 Pretty damn serious yes.
dude,are you a fed or are you that guy,are you even real or just a very good troll,i am baffled
@@camilohiche4475 Climate change alarmism is the modern-day equivalent of doomsday prophets around the time of the Viking invasions. Climate change is real, it's caused by humans, but it's not the Apocalypse. The climate will balance itself out again and ecosystems will change but since CO2 and water are literally the building blocks for all life on Earth, the Earth will continue to be a living, breathing planet. With the tree line moving further north and places like Greenland and Siberia becoming forested again and with central Europe developing a climate similar to that of southern France. 99,8% of the European land mass is more than 10m above sea level, as is the vast majority of the land mass of other continents.
Climate change alarmism is the ecological equivalent of suggesting chemotherapy against a bout of hay fever.
Life on Earth survived quasi nuclear winter due to dust fallout from asteroid impacts and supervolcanoes which blackened the skies for 2 years. Had humans with even 19th century technology been alive back then, they would have survived as well. We can survive a climate where all climate zones move further towards the poles and there's some extra desertification around the Equator with great ease.
yeah a handful of people watching a youtube video in 144p is going to save the planet
A melodic nullity, grotesquely long, rhythmically shapeless, and chromatic to the point of incoherence. A masterpiece indeed!
Postez nous une de vos oeuvres, j'ai hâte !
For this young generation of Neo-Romantics, a model towards which to aspire.
Go back to sleep, then. Good job some of have working ears.
If you think this piece lacks melody, brevity, shape, or tonality, then it's you who has the issue. hahah... some people...
...you've forgotten one aspect: it's incredibly difficult to play! And every violinist knows ab. how uncomfortable it feels to play Reger. There's only one single work for violin I deeply admire & which is worth all the difficulties in my opinion: It's his sonata op.42/1.
There is some Reger sycophantry in this stream. While there are some positive aspects to this piece--the orchestration and harmonic richness--it is far from a masterpiece. There is nearly any memorable melodic material and the violin writing is heavily (maybe slavishly) dependent on the Brahms Concerto. It does a disservice to a fine piece to overstate its greatness.
Max Reger? Oy veh!
In fairness, some of his orchestral music sounds almost human.
That’s interesting. The violin concerto is the only orchestral Reger I kind of like.
His chamber works are fascinating. But when it comes to his orchestral works, I just can’t imagine anyone actually wanting to listen to them more than once (this work a half-exception). And I’ve tried, I’ve really tried.
But his chamber music is where I go for Reger. Some of those are really bracing.
@@MichaelGilman489variations on a theme by Mozart? I liked that one. Other than that I like some of his organ pieces, but nothing else is so fascinating. I am not familiar with his chamber works, would you let me know some of your favorites?
this is completely incoherent, sorry.
I'm sorry for you, too.