SCHOENBERG Verklarte Nacht Lecture 1

[Mattieval]

One of my favorite pieces by Schoenberg. Interesting lecture.

[trisonancia]

callen a ese wn!!!

[oboistru]

Awful guy.

[joebassplayer]

what an annoying guy....

[sweatinggrundle]

what a dick! how humiliating for such great musicians..

[thehackler25]

Is this lecturer man or machine?

[nonconformist12]

He's more machine now than man...twisted and evil.

[myrakal]

Fantastic piece of chamber music, by a master composer. This Rob Kapilow guy needs to calm down though. His commentary, though right on, is delivered so awkwardly; he's so twitchy. maybe he's nervous.

[kjsdh629]

Well, I think, it's just his way of speaking... A bit strange, I agree, but if one detaches seeds from weeds, IMHO, the info he gives is very useful.

[cablechannel]

totally, but he is extremely distracting. probably works better as a radio broadcast. viola sounds fantastic.

[mattgarty]

i've got a massive dissitation to do on modernism and after finding this video,verklarte nacht was my piece to analyse 4 schoenberg so THANK YOU

[crazy6425]

Anything that gets people to listen to music with an open ear rather than hear it as background music is alright in my book. Since music is almost always abstract something tangible for the public to grab onto is nice (even if it's made up drama.) Thumbs up.

[flatheadcatfish9]

how is it made up drama? music creates an individual experience for each listener, but this work was decidedly programmatic. chamber music was the last place absolute music existed until this piece. schoenberg used dehmel's text not only to transfigure musical motives (developing variation-continued from Brahms and Wagner), but also transfigures the realm of chamber music. read some of the critic's reactions to this music, you'll find the drama. especially considering S was so sensitive to it

[crazy6425]

You have good pionts. I was knee deep in Harry Partch when I made that comment, which made me a little militant about corporeal vs abstract music, but in the end, yes, this piece is very programmatic. I think Kapilow is a little over the top with it, as a lot of conductors/ commentators for these types of shows tend to be. Thank you for keeping my feet on the ground.

[contrajdubbl]

Wonderful, I was hoping someone would post this when I saw it air. thanks.

[bourbakis]

Who's the lecturer?

He deconstructed the piece masterfully.

[jdsowa]

it says in the video--Rob Kapilow

Dude's got some emphatic head movements.

[robertofiore]

Ma che merda è?

chi è sto deficente che spiega la musica?

un matto totale..solamente americano poteva essere...

que mierda..

[JorPove]

En todas partes del mundo civilizado ( incluye Italia tambien)) se hacen este tipo de presentaciones:un musico explica las piezas dificiles,postmodernas que lo requieren para ser mas aceptadas. Esto no tiene nada de extraño,ni misterioso y por supuesto no es una "mierda"...salvo que Usted no entienda nada de musica ni de ingles...y requiera que la explicacion se haga en italiano. Creo que aun asi Usted debiera revisar su lenguaje publico,que nada tiene que ver con la esquisitez de la musica.

[myrakal]

Yo solo entiendo un poco espanol, y tal menos italiano, pero talvez robertofiore quiso decir que el compositor que habla en el empiezando 'merda e'. Tengo miedo de estoy de acuerdo; ingles es mi lingua primeira, y su manera de hablar es tan terrible! muy torpe, aunque intelligente.

o talvez roberto solo quiere oir musica de italia (Schoenberg fue de alemania, sabes). en ingles, llamo eso 'corto-vistado'. no se, porque no entiendo sus palabras.

[JorPove]

Myrakal:Even English is not my maternal language ,I prefer to repeat (with some variations) in your language the same I wrote to your friend from Italy: " In all the first world there are the same kind of representations as a docent tool to teach the postmodern music, some people do not understand easily. Not the tool, the introduction, the music are "shit" . We must be aware the use of inadequate and vulgarly language are not the best to post and convince.

[myrakal]

Jeje, yo nunca le conoce, pero tratara de estar simpatico con el. Mas atencion para un de mis compositores favoritos es una cosa buena! Que significas con representados, exactamente? Si te entiendo, yo dijera que esta obra este muy romantico! Y las obras mas tarde de el fuera muy modernisto... postmodernistos preguntan las formas de musica, donde los modernistos como Schoenberg buscan para linquas musicas nuevas. en algo caso, Debo que tratar de entender esto chico antes de le juzgando a el.

[JorPove]

Myrakal: I prefer to refer to the music (exquisite and revolutionary) ,because is a historical link of innovations which starting point at Beethoven , then Mahler, Schoenberg, Henze and now a numerous composers dealing with the "language" of music for the next generations....

I prefer let the point of the commentary of a person at side. At my age (71 and counting...) I prefer to engage in more positive things and hope my mind will be "open" for it. I welcome your commentaries.

[Beeffyviolin]

This is absolutely fantastic!!!!! THANK YOU for posting this!!!!!