Sibelius - Night Ride and Sunrise, Op 55 - (2/2) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

[cuervorrojo]

hi

the best performance of this sibelius work.

will be very hard do it better.

this is my opinion , no more.

thanks and i hope you enjoy as myself the most elegant compositor at the the history so good performanced as we can listen here.

[LoveSomebodyToday]

Awsome:)

[53slyder]

actually i was looking for a celtic tune called knight rider....can anyone help me with that??......i believe it was performed by a group called the sisters of the celtic moon

[raydutchman]

I wish to thank you, thank you, thank you! Such a heavenly performance of a heavenly piece...

[nadinecremers]

@raydutchman true true

[PSMcL67]

Thanks, numboss

[Greatheil]

I heard this a few weeks ago for the first time in concert. I remember being a bit distracted as I usually am when I don't know a piece and it doesn't immediately grab my attention, but the moment the rest of the orchestra dropped out and those horns began playing I was riveted. I've never heard a more beautiful use of what's already the most beautiful instrument in the orchestra.

[53slyder]

@Greatheil does it get good?

[lewars1912]

@53slyder Yes, it may "get good" if you really listen to it. Great music like this doesn't always have an immediate appeal like some pop music does but its effect can be much longer lasting. It's like Shakespeare, a great poem, a great painting, etc. (:o)

[TheJoyfulPianist]

2:05-2:25 AHHH!!! The most beautiful flute solo I've ever heard. Forgive my outbursts, I love Sibelius!

[cheesemongerinF]

Actually the horn parts are scored for horns doubled, so there are actually 8 of them if the orchestra has the budget. This piece has among it the must luxuriant, euphonius and sonically eloquent statements in all of modern music! The early entry of the winds is sheer mastery of orchestration and atmosphere. The ending, again with horns is exquisite, golden, cosmic ..............!

[billystewart4]

@cheesemongerinF

Thanks for the info. I didn't know that about the horns.

Best,

Billy

[PSMcL67]

In 1959 got the Lemminkäinen Suite by Eugene Ormandy one of the great interpreters

of Sibelius. Nightride & Sunrise was the best.

[lewars1912]

This is Sibelius at his most sublime. I think that this Sunrise part should sometimes be performed and even recorded on its own as more people would get to hear it.

[TheJoyfulPianist]

I couldn't agree with you more. Sibelius moments are among the most sublime in music. Too many people don't know about such gems!

[TheJoyfulPianist]

lewars and anyone else, have you listened to the horn sections in the first 6 minutes of the Sibelius 7th symphony? If you like this you'll adore that!

[lewars1912]

@TheJoyfulPianist >>> Yes! It's wonderful. Apart from his songs and piano pieces I'm familiar with almost everything else and just wish that he hadn't stopped composing when he did.

He virtually abandoned composition at the age of sixty-five and lived to ninety-one. He had an astonishing flair for creating atmosphere and his music is amazingly evocative.

[billystewart4]

I have posted another version of this piece, by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

I believe that my latest post is more true to Sibelius' original composition, with a quicker tempo, but I must admit that I prefer this version, personally.

[Numboss]

You've done a great job again. There are some beautiful passages in this piece, complimented perfectly by your visual editing. Well done.

[billystewart4]

Thanks Numboss.

I have found that I have another complete version of this piece and I will be posting it for variety as there are no others available. I'm still searching for my Berglund version of "Night Ride", but have yet to find it.

Best,

Billy

[lewars1912]

billystewart4 I hope that you're still searching ! Dont give up.

[keanghiero]

nice.