New online: How to sing like a conductor
NewsNot many humans can sing like this.
Anyone recognise the last chap?
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Of course – Ivan Fischer seriously giving it some…and a bit more!!!
A bit more of him rehearsing:
BRSO: Probenstreiflicht Iván Fischer (Beethoven Symphonie Nr. 5)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWgmHpO57Q8
Ivan Fischer
Fun to see – thank you. The last one looks to me like a mixture of Paavo Jarvi and Ivan Fischer: with similar balding heads of hair arrangements, both of them successfully representing distinguished musical families from Eastern Europe.
Iván Fischer!
Ivan Fischer
Maniacal, hysterical, precise, scary etc. Very entertaining and perhaps useful. Much better in rhythm than tone. Wish there was one of Santi who was masterful in solfege
So is Muti – always enjoy his rehearsal videos when he breaks out a solfège run or two.
Iván Fischer in the Herkulessaal of the Residenz with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks?
Herbert von Karajan was showing his age,
Like it or not Fischer spittin fire!
I like it when conductors sing, because when they’re singing, they are not talking. However bad their singing, their talking is worse.
Here’s the entire video of Dudamel, the talking included. Look at the musicians’ faces, they are keeping a tight polite smile, having to bear his sophomoric drivel. Unless the LA Phil really does suck to the extent Dudamel thinks they do by the way he talks to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEeLl9-l63w
quite the passive aggression in your comment. or is it active?
This video recording was made nearly a dozen years ago which is almost an eternity in terms of Gustavo Dudamel’s growth and maturation as a conductor, as well as in the development of his relationship with the LA Phil, not to mention a significant improvement of his English language skills. Many things changed for him since then during just the last few years: new European wife, new European citizenship, new major European operatic post in Paris. What ultimately counts for those of us who value classical music is the musical results, so here are a few reviews of his very recent concerts with the LA Phil in Boston and New York last month written by people who actually heard them:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/24/arts/la-phil-shows-off-hollywood-style-mahler-stunning-concerto-symphony-hall/ ;
https://bostonclassicalreview.com/2022/10/young-violinist-shines-brightest-amid-the-glitz-and-fury-of-dudamel-la-phil/ ;
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/arts/music/review-los-angeles-philharmonic-gustavo-dudamel.html .
-) Boulez: Bartóks “The Miraculous Mandarin”; 1992. Salzburg Festival. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
-) Kleiber: J.Strauß “Unter Donner und Blitz”; 1989. Musikverein. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
-) Bernsein: G.Mahler “Symphony Nr.5”; 1987; Musikverein. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
-) Karajan: R.Wagner “Tannhäuser”; 1987; Salzburg; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
What else?
Stehplatz: Solti Queen Mab, Böhm Don Juan
Of those who were/are not professional singers turned conductors, Professor Sawallisch was the best singer. Only he would not indulge. And he would finish conducting Die Walkuere with a tiny strand of hair falling over his forehead, and the press would write that Sawallisch was all dishevelled yet again. We had irony in those days. . .
The Berlin Phil did a wonderful compilation of H. Blomstedt singing to them. Trying to find it on YT
Blomstedt discussing Bruckner’s 3rd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXOlAdeZLlI
Probably not what you have in mind, but still entertaining.
Talking about Bruckner, one should never miss Barbirolli explaining a “subtle” detail in phrasing.
Uninhibited to say the least!
The Solti, the Rattle percussion,
Ivan, sounding like a growling Turkey, they leave free reign to their imagination, and…to the life force. “Can’t help
lovin’….”
free rein, if you don’t mind
Celi singing tarara boom di ay – and was Kubelik really Rattle’s biological dad?
And Kleiber. ASTONISHING.
Fischer, at the and: “…und so.”
They’re all priceless.
Fricsay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bky5FHEKZjk
11:35 ff. Actually the entire rehearsal is pure gold, as is the performance.
Now the fun part: which pieces were they conducting?
Solti: Don Juan
Dudamel: Romeo and Juliet
Bernstein wins of course. Sir George Solti is also good.
Who was after Celibidache?
Looks to me like the late Georges Prêtre.
Kurt Schwitters would have been proud 🙂
The real pros solfege all this stuff. None of the syllabic nonsense that spews forth on this video at least in the first few moments. I didn;t get to the end.
Vey interesting and very funny. As I could not identify three or four conductors, can you please give a list of all of them? I am sure other readers are also interested to know. Thank you
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