An Interview with Vladimir Lande

6. February 2008 Contemporary Music, Interviews, Music History, All PodcastsProfessor Carol0 comments

Conductor and oboist Vladimir Lande talks with Professor Carol about the legacy of Evgeny Mravinsky and Soviet composers Shostakovich and Khachaturian, as well as the influence of folklore and the bells of the Orthodox Church on Russian composers. He discusses performances of music by John Corigliano, Gaetano Panariello, and Lorenzo Ferrero and his enthusiasm for performing contemporary music of Russia, America, and Italy at the St. Petersburg Musical Spring and Ravello Festivals.Vladimir Lande

 

In addition to his conducting career, Lande is a virtuoso oboist with the Poulenc Trio and the D’Amore duo. He began his career as principal oboist of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (1984-1989), playing under such legendary conductors as Mravinsky, Mariss Jansons, Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Abbado, Valery Gergiev, and Yuri Temirkanov.

 

Lande has been awarded many prestigious prizes, including the First Prize of the Russian Republic Wind Competition. He was named principal guest conductor of the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in Russia, as well as music director and conductor of the Washington Soloist Chamber Orchestra in Washington, D.C.

 

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Young at Heart

15. January 2008 Dallas Wind Symphony, All PodcastsProfessor Carol0 comments

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Music – the revitalizing force that keeps life energized, toes tapping, and the soul young at heart.  Young players take the stage as the Dallas Wind Symphony combines forces with the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony to perform works by Paul Hindemith, Frank Ticheli, Charles Rochester Young, John Williams, and Percy Grainger.Dallas Wind Symphony

Works discussed:  Young, Tempered Steel; Ticheli, Blue Shades; Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis

 

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The Keys to Russian Music

12. December 2007 Romantic Music, Tulsa Symphony, All PodcastsProfessor Carol0 comments

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Russian music has tremendous audience appeal.  Tulsa SymphonyIts sources are the very cornerstones of Old Russian Culture: the Orthodox Church, Russian history, Russian fairy tales and folklore, and Russia’s position between West and East.  Liturgical chants and bells reverberate in the music of Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, and Rachmaninov.  Russian history and literature inspire the operas Prince Igor and Khovanshchina.

 

Works discussed:  Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture; Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Prelude to Khovanshchina; Borodin, Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances.

 

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Wagner, the Original Band Geek

8. November 2007 Romantic Music, Dallas Wind Symphony, All PodcastsProfessor Carol0 comments

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Dallas Wind SymphonyRichard Wagner was, and remains, one of the most intense and controversial figures of all time.  For those who love Wagner’s music, Wagner becomes an obsession.  Wagner understood and glorified the sound of wind instruments, especially brass, and transcriptions of Wagner’s operatic music have made highly effective and enjoyable arrangements for wind band.  That’s how Wagner became a band geek.

 

Works discussed:  Wagner’s Rienzi, Lohengrin, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung

 

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Commissions, Dedications, and Premieres

17. October 2007 Contemporary Music, Interviews, Dallas Wind Symphony, All PodcastsProfessor Carol0 comments

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Dallas Wind SymphonyIn today’s classical music world, there are not many composers who can stir up the excitement that might have accompanied the premiere of a new work by Brahms.  But John Mackey is a composer who can.  He has a popular following from all over the world.  The Dallas Wind Symphony collaborated with a group of wind bands to commission Mackey’s new Concerto for Soprano Sax and Wind Ensemble.  Mackey dedicated the work to Don Fabian, principal saxophonist of the Dallas Wind Symphony, and Professor Carol talks to Fabian about the upcoming premiere.

 

Works discussed: John Mackey’s Concerto for Soprano Sax and Wind Ensemble

 

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What Does “Classical” Mean?

9. October 2007 Classical Music, Tulsa Symphony, All PodcastsProfessor Carol0 comments

 

In popular usage, “classical” means anything that lasts and is passed down from generation to generation.  Tulsa SymphonyIt also refers to the particular style of music, rich in contrast, that flourished in late 18th-century Vienna.  Professor Carol talks about classicism from Mozart to Brahms to Prokofiev.

 

Works discussed: Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68; Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, “Classical Symphony,” Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 10.

 

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The Making of a Steinway

5. October 2007 Interviews, All PodcastsProfessor Carol0 comments

Professor Carol interviews New York Times veteran reporter James Barron, author of Piano: The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand (New York: Times Books, 2006), which tells the story of a single piano (K0862) and its eleven-month journey from its beginnings as raw lumber to the concert stage at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 

The 9-part series in The New York Times is available online with images and interactive features.

 

Visit the Steinway & Sons site to learn more.

 

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The Music of Magic

27. September 2007 Tulsa Symphony, All PodcastsProfessor Carol0 comments

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Can musical works actually paint magic into sound?  Or are the sounds magical only because we know the stories behind them?  Professor Carol looks at magic in music, from E.T.A. Hoffmann to John Williams’ Harry Potter score.Tulsa Symphony

 

Works discussed: Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique; Manuel de Falla’s El Amor Brujo; Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Saints Seans’ Danse Macabre; Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite; Wagner’s Magic Fire Music; John Williams’ Harry’s Wondrous World

 

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Respighi’s Roman Festivals

14. September 2007 Romantic Music, Dallas Wind Symphony, All PodcastsProfessor Carol0 comments

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Ottorino Respighi was not at war with tonality or tradition, and his works have consequently been denigrated at times as “crowd pleasers.”  Although he wrote successful concertos, operas, and ballets that were widely performed in his day, Dallas Wind Symphonyhe is known primarily for his Roman trilogy: Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome, and Roman Festivals.  Professor Carol takes a close look at Roman Festivals and the current revival of interest in Respighi’s works.

Works discussed: Respighi’s Roman Festivals, Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Laud of the Nativity

The Respighi Foundation
The Resphigi Society

Further reading: Elsa Respighi. Ottorino Rspighi. His Life-Story Arranged By Elsa Respighi. Translated by Gwyn Morris. London: Ricordi, 1962.

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The Musicians’ Perspective on Mahler

16. August 2007 Fort Worth Symphony, Romantic Music, Interviews, All PodcastsProfessor Carol0 comments

Mahler expanded the orchestra to huge proportions, going beyond the already inflated forces of Wagner.  But Mahler simultaneously achieved an striking delicacy and transparency by using solo instruments to create “chamber music” in the midst of a his massive musical canvases.  He drew his inspiration from the simple tunes of his childhood, military marches, folk songs, and village dances.  But he also used the Viennese traditions of Beethoven, Schubert, and the Imperial Viennese waltz.  He treated all of these elements as pieces of a mosaic, and placed them in a sophisticated symphonic frame.  His great range of artistic expression and his choice to empower the instrumentalists with wonderful solo passages revolutionized music.

 

It’s true that musicians get excited about playing Mahler in a way that can’t be compared to other composers.  Their Mahler experiences stand out – their first awed encounters with his music and their experiences performing it.  Mahler demands constant attention from the musicians and pushes them to their limits of physical endurance.  So it makes sense to let the musicians themselves talk about Mahler and explain not only why it’s electrifying to play his music, but why so many listeners identify Mahler as one of their favorite composers.

 

This podcast features Michael Shih, Concertmaster, Ana Victoria Luperi, Principal Clarinet, Mark Houghton, Principal Horn, Steve Wegel, Principal Trumpet, Ron Wilson, Principal Trombone, Kathryn Perry, Violin, and Brian Perry, Bass.

 

The Fort Worth Symphony’s Mahler Cycle at Bass Hall opens August 23, 2007, with “The Man Behind the Music,” a spectacular multimedia experience led by Professor Carol Reynolds and featuring selections from Mahler’s vocal works with mezzo-soprano Jill Grove and pianist John Churchwell.

 

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