As a teen, I started listening to the orchestra through film scores, such as Goldsmith, Williams, etc; discovering Shostakovich, Prokofiev and the like revealed my true taste in music.
Wonderful and interesting lecture on Shostakovich. Very thought-provoking commentary/analysis on his music. I was intrigued by the plainly thematic connections between his symphonies and his art songs. Also enjoyed the video footage of Shostakovich.
I’ve listened to these sublime lectures on the wonderful Shostakovich quartets, and also those he gave on the Beethoven Quartets more times than I could count….. Will there ever be a similar lecture series on the *other* series of must-hear 20th century String Quartets: the 6 quartets by Bartók? I feel it’s a glaring omission. 2 out of the 3 greatest sets of string quartets down, one to go…… (with Michael Parloff, of course!) Make it happen!
I just finished listening to Russian history 1, & 2, very good lecture, learn so much of the Russian Novel land, the roots of the ballet etc...... thank you so much.
Wonderful lecture and that last quote can be extrapolated to many others. The term hero had been degraded to a meaningless label. The term consequential has luckily not yet.
45:00 Y'know, as much as it was wrong for Stalin to threaten death for Shosty's work, that "Lady Macbeth" play is really gross. I don't understand the appeal.
can we just all agree that this man's voice is very calming?
Yes but for god's sake get him some water! Smacking his lips between each sentence feels like he's licking the inside of my ear :/
@@theguitardivision It's maddeningly distracting.
Excelllent presentation. Not only its scope but the material and the quality of Mr Parloff's voice, inflexion and pronunciation.
What impresses me is that Parloff is able to speak articulately…without notes
Yes! He learns his lectures by heart
@@garrysmodsketches that, if true, might be even more impressive.
As a teen, I started listening to the orchestra through film scores, such as Goldsmith, Williams, etc; discovering Shostakovich, Prokofiev and the like revealed my true taste in music.
Me too
This was fantastic.
This is worth 5 or 6 books each having 500 pages. Fantastic lecture
Wonderful and interesting lecture on Shostakovich. Very thought-provoking commentary/analysis on his music. I was intrigued by the plainly thematic connections between his symphonies and his art songs. Also enjoyed the video footage of Shostakovich.
I’ve listened to these sublime lectures on the wonderful Shostakovich quartets, and also those he gave on the Beethoven Quartets more times than I could count….. Will there ever be a similar lecture series on the *other* series of must-hear 20th century String Quartets: the 6 quartets by Bartók?
I feel it’s a glaring omission. 2 out of the 3 greatest sets of string quartets down, one to go…… (with Michael Parloff, of course!)
Make it happen!
Really great stuff. Thank you so much Michael Parloff for this lecture and to the Lincoln Center for making this available.
That last quote was truly and simply profound as regards this great man.
very informative lecture, I enjoyed it, thanks to Mr . Michael Parloff
27:38 A texture like those of Ligeti ... or like Langgaard's "Music of the Spheres"
That "invasion theme" is truly magnificent
Time stamp?
I am Here 1:25:38
Very interesting!!. Thanks very much for sharing!!!
Another wonderful lectur3. The 1st sy almost didn't happen actually due to jealousy at the conservatorie. Enters:mama bear. And Glasunov
marvelous lecture. thanks.
I just finished listening to Russian history 1, & 2, very good lecture, learn so much of the Russian Novel land, the roots of the ballet etc...... thank you so much.
Just fyi: There are better sounding recordings of this performance on RUclips. As I could perceive the conductor was the great Kirill Kondrashin.
What a beautiful man - Parloff I mean. Tov lekha, gavri.
Thank you, Michael Parloff, for taking on the mic to parley about Shosty.
Wonderful lecture and that last quote can be extrapolated to many others. The term hero had been degraded to a meaningless label. The term consequential has luckily not yet.
Thank you, Sir!
Thank you for this wonderful lecture
Very good presenter! Knew the subject extremely well
I think one of the requirements to attend this lecture was being bald. 1:38:20
1:19:03 he said "resisting Soviet aggression" instead of "resisting Nazi aggression".... Well, probably
How does one spell this name in Latinized form? Mikhail Kuv...? 51:54
Quadri
45:00 Y'know, as much as it was wrong for Stalin to threaten death for Shosty's work, that "Lady Macbeth" play is really gross. I don't understand the appeal.
1:27:37 Well.....i like Bela Bartok even less now.