tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464483192473464743.post6784014651655519795..comments2024-03-01T03:50:30.073-05:00Comments on Unsung Symphonies: You're so 'romántica' - Chavez's Symphony No. 4Mugshothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118832685122190192noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464483192473464743.post-66663602013505686612023-08-14T09:54:21.185-04:002023-08-14T09:54:21.185-04:00Thanks for sharinngThanks for sharinngDeputy 101https://deputy101.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464483192473464743.post-3453946519875993002010-11-20T22:27:41.064-05:002010-11-20T22:27:41.064-05:00Thanks, Louis. Yeah, LB probably didn't just ...Thanks, Louis. Yeah, LB probably didn't just do this particular because of friendships (although I would bet that Copland's interest in Chavez didn't hurt). As for Mahler, LB might have been trying to draw a link between 20th-century music and Mahler (kind of a double promotion), a connection that was also important to Copland. As for specific connections between the Mahler songs on the program and the Chavez, I can't think of anything especially close, but I haven't listened closely yet. If anyone wants to try, Jennie Tourel "Ich atmet' einen linden Duft," "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen," "Das irdische Leben," and "Um Mitternacht." I will say that generally, Chavez's orchestration in this symphony is pretty similar to Mahler's across the board in the emphasis on long lines for individual parts, polyphony, and unconventional timbral combinations.<br /><br />LB might also have enjoyed the chance to do the NYPO premiere of this symphony — it was the first time the orchestra had done the 4th. Chavez himself had done the NYPO premieres of the prior 3. LB was already apparently a big fan of the 2nd, and he would later go on to do the NYPO premiere of the 6th.<br /><br />Also interesting: the NYPO has only done the 4th one other time -- it was later in 1960 (not LB), in the summer, and in a concert with works by Falla, Caturia, and Orrego-Salas works. In LB's concert, he and Entremont gave Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2.Mugshothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118832685122190192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464483192473464743.post-63011195992151725082010-11-20T21:30:02.202-05:002010-11-20T21:30:02.202-05:00Great post! I'd like to hear more about the co...Great post! I'd like to hear more about the connections between Chavez's symphony and the other Mahler works played at that Bernstein concert. Surely in programming the two together, he wasn't just thinking about his friendship with Copland, and Copland's with Chavez.Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437025140224943078noreply@blogger.com