Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
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by Gianmaria Griglio
2y ago
During the course of his life, Grieg had several unproductive periods due to a chronic illness. The year 1880 marked the end of one of such periods, and the inspiration came from poet Aasmund Olafsson Vinje, a proud romantic Norwegian nationalist. Grieg, whose sentiments perfectly aligned with Vinje's, chose 12 poems to set to music as a song cycle. From those 12, Grieg transcribed two of them for string orchestra: Hjertesår (The Wounded Heart), and Våren (The Last Spring ..read more
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Mozart – Mass K257 – Credo
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by Gianmaria Griglio
2y ago
The Mass K257 falls in the stream of the so-called Credo-Masses. The name is derived from the long setting of the Credo, a practice adopted on many occasions, including, among others, Mozart's own Kleine Credo Messe K192 and, later on, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis ..read more
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Bruckner – Symphony n.8, Mov. 4
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by Gianmaria Griglio
2y ago
The triumphant Finale of Bruckner 8th - the last symphony that the composer completed - is a marvel of compositional structure and clarity of process ..read more
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10 Black Conductors Who Changed Music History
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by Aleah J. Fitzwater
2y ago
Orchestras as a whole are still, largely, whitewashed. As a classical musician myself, this has always baffled me. Here are 10 black conductors who I believe have changed music history in a large way ..read more
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Haydn – Symphony n.44
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by Gianmaria Griglio
2y ago
Haydn's symphony 44 is known as Trauer (Mourning). An apocryphal story relates that Haydn asked for the slow movement of this symphony to be played at his funeral ..read more
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Accompanying singers
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by Gianmaria Griglio
2y ago
Being able to recognize the voice type you are working with is crucial to a successful performance ..read more
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Accompanying instrumentalists
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by Gianmaria Griglio
2y ago
One of the things that conductors have to face all the time is accompanying a soloist. It's still a listen and react process but the technical aspects can be different, in some ways, from conducting, let's say, a symphony. Things to consider are balance, rests, and, of course, the musical partnership between the conductor and the soloist ..read more
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition
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by Gianmaria Griglio
2y ago
The painter Victor Hartmann was a close friend of Modest Mussorgsky and when he died, Mussorgsky was devastated. A couple of weeks after his passing, Hartmann's friends and supporters organized an exhibition of his paintings at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. And about a year later, Mussorgsky channeled his pain into a new piano work, making his memories of his close friend immortal ..read more
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How to conduct syncopations
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by Gianmaria Griglio
2y ago
It is rather normal for conductors early in their studies to find themselves tricked by the change of accents within the bar, sometimes following the syncopation instead of remaining anchored to the basic pulse. In this post, we'll see a few examples of syncopated rhythms and some exercises you can practice at home ..read more
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Dvořák – Violin concerto
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by Gianmaria Griglio
2y ago
The only violin concerto by the great bohemian composer Antonín Dvořák was written in 1879 and cut its place out in the repertoire, especially because of its melodic lines, its folk references, and its sparkly finale ..read more
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