The Mozart reference is even more striking - This movement hearkens back to Mozart K. 466 (d minor concerto) - key is the same as the Poulenc - nothing like a little nostalgia in the hands of FP
Saw this at New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Popejoy Hall, around 1992, with Fine and Fine. Poulenc must have been quite old when this was shot. Looks sort of like Louis Armstrong?? We did his Gloria in Excelsis Deo on the same bill with the Vivaldi Gloria with Nelson Sweglar at Johns Hopkins around 1967. Sounds perhaps a little repetitious but it worked great, like anything Nelson put together. Anyone know the conductor, orchestra, venue, date and name of 2'd pianoforte soloist?
I very like this concert , today reading texts bellow and after that listening Mozarts concerts I must agree that Poulenc was probably realy inspired by his music. Mozarts Requiem is also strongly inspired by Michael Haydn. I feel that new music need not be definitely original, it could be part of existing music but both , Poulenc and Mozart were able to move their pieces forwards in very new way.
Poulenc's music is so beautiful. It reaches down into my soul. I don't think my friends would understand him, in fact they would think i flippt out if they knew i listen too this stuff. they listen to country. i feel soo alone sometimes. (not that there is anything wrong with country, it's just completly lost on me.)
Yes, Poulenc was / is retro-conservative, but there is some genial adventure in much of his work. I think Mozart-like, without being derivative, a very high form of compliment. Check his "Promenades," for piano, or some of the more surreal of the Nocturnes. Acerbic and perfect bitonality - and a real pleasure. A very fine, imho, under-rated musician.
Während ich als ausländische Studentin in Deutschland war, habe ich jeden Tag im Winter dieses Stuck und das "First Movement" zugehört. Meine Erinnerungsmusik.
It is like you are going for a walk in the park on a warm autumn day, listening to a Mozart Concerto on your Ipod and suddenly (1.07) you realize how vain everything is...
there are some magical moments from Poulenc, particularly at 1:564:02 Février is disappointing with no merit for contrived spontaneity, but opposite Poulenc's playing in this perform. for example 2:20 they provide very good fanfare. i found the strings are too heavy in this perf. Prêtre had a feast after associating with Maria Callas. thank you.
What's up with the orchestra? Check out the look on the faces of the a..h..es! They seem to hate the music. Watch the 2:35 mark, female violinist followed by the whole bunch of them. Such beautiful Music!
hilarious, but you never know: to you and me, this stuff is beautiful, but to those people, at the ages they were then, maybe this stuff seemed like c.s.i. seems to me now - they just didn't want to know, being rooted in a whole other thing somewhere back in the past - could they have thought it vulgar, superficial? crazy thought.
Is it not possible that a professional musician playing in an orchestra could have at least as good idea as you as to the worth of what she was playing?
Or could be that cameras are relatively new so the people just aren't as photogenic as we are now, so they just don't know how to act in front of one.
É uma grande emoção assistir o próprio Poulenc interpretando seu concerto para dois pianos. Poulenc foi um grande musico e um grande ser humano cheio de sentimentos maravilhosos
I find it fantastic that the YouTube members put in historic documents of this value in the internet. I'm a Poulenc fan myself, and it really does something to me to see and hear him perform himself one of his best works...I love though the face expression of the violinist who turns her head at 2:33, as if to say: "Ah non, mais franchement, qu'est-ce qu'on pène ici..."
Jackkleijn--do you know when this was recorded? I remember playing Poulenc's clarinet Sonata shortly after he wrote it! (1964) This is indeed a priceless video with 3 great artists.
I have just bought this on DVD. Included is also the WONDERFUL Concerto for organ, string orchestra and timpany(recorded 1968). I recommend it from my heart("must be" with Georges Prêtre as conductor).
I have also posted a newer version of this second movement. But this one is better...
This has to be one of the most amazing videos I have ever watched, plus the gorgeous music. Poulenc is one of my favorite composers, and it's such a memorable experience to see him at the piano. Thanks for posting such a treasure!
This part of the concerto reminds me very much of the slow movement of the d-minor concerto by Mozart. And, the harmonie of the first movement in Poulenc's concerto reminds me of the fast passage in that same slow movement bij Mozart. Would Poulenc have done this on purpose?
Yes, I'm sure it's a deliberate allusion. The key is the same. It's similar to the place in Poulenc's ballet 'Les Biches' where he quotes from Mozart's Symphony No. 38. I was really pleased to see this video as for many years I have loved both of the audio recordings which Poulenc and Fevrier made of this wonderful concerto for EMI. The performance here is not so polished but the character and spirit is there!
Yes, definitly so. The middle part of this movement can surely be seen as a reference to Schumann, in addition to this. He "quoted" styles and other composer's themes many times--in the first movement of the violin sonata you'll find a direct reference to one of Tchaikovski's arias, for example. This was also part of his "neo-classicist" style. There is nothing to blame in this at all, though.
The Mozart reference is even more striking - This movement hearkens back to Mozart K. 466 (d minor concerto) - key is the same as the Poulenc - nothing like a little nostalgia in the hands of FP
RWinkley02124 6 months ago
@RWinkley02124 Yes you are right, but you can also find that it sounds like Mozart K.537!
Poulenc loved Mozart, his mother used to teach him Mozart when he was small.
Tinaelle24 3 months ago
Saw this at New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Popejoy Hall, around 1992, with Fine and Fine. Poulenc must have been quite old when this was shot. Looks sort of like Louis Armstrong?? We did his Gloria in Excelsis Deo on the same bill with the Vivaldi Gloria with Nelson Sweglar at Johns Hopkins around 1967. Sounds perhaps a little repetitious but it worked great, like anything Nelson put together. Anyone know the conductor, orchestra, venue, date and name of 2'd pianoforte soloist?
Merci, Giuseppe
gmagliozzi08 6 months ago 2
I very like this concert , today reading texts bellow and after that listening Mozarts concerts I must agree that Poulenc was probably realy inspired by his music. Mozarts Requiem is also strongly inspired by Michael Haydn. I feel that new music need not be definitely original, it could be part of existing music but both , Poulenc and Mozart were able to move their pieces forwards in very new way.
p8ja 7 months ago
Poulenc's music is so beautiful. It reaches down into my soul. I don't think my friends would understand him, in fact they would think i flippt out if they knew i listen too this stuff. they listen to country. i feel soo alone sometimes. (not that there is anything wrong with country, it's just completly lost on me.)
conetkacat 7 months ago
@conetkacat me too !... :)
mapianong 7 months ago
Yes, Poulenc was / is retro-conservative, but there is some genial adventure in much of his work. I think Mozart-like, without being derivative, a very high form of compliment. Check his "Promenades," for piano, or some of the more surreal of the Nocturnes. Acerbic and perfect bitonality - and a real pleasure. A very fine, imho, under-rated musician.
MuseDuCafe 9 months ago
@MuseDuCafe your assessment is expressed much better than I ever could manage. yet it does capture the 1920s and 30s in a wonderful way.
netherledy 9 months ago
I've listened to this piece waay too many times. It's so good though
MrLindenson 9 months ago
This piece sounds a bit like Mozart. There are some very interesting melodic ideas expressed in this piece.
francie760 9 months ago
uh m hoi ik vind dit wel grappig
zuidmid 9 months ago
Amazing movement...simply beautiful
Cleamena 1 year ago
This reminds me of Mozart's 20th piano concerto, 2nd movement. Nice homage.
jeffbrak 1 year ago
Je ne m'en lasse pas. Mille fois merci.
hervedavid77 1 year ago
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timpage54 1 year ago
Mozart would have loved the tune that opens and closes this movement.
belianis 1 year ago
Who is the goof who clicked the thumbs down?
zoranrosendahl 1 year ago
i can't help but point out 2:34
peacelovebassoon0107 1 year ago
Während ich als ausländische Studentin in Deutschland war, habe ich jeden Tag im Winter dieses Stuck und das "First Movement" zugehört. Meine Erinnerungsmusik.
Pistaccio100 1 year ago
French orchestra, French pianists, French composer, American Pianos. it's official, the Steinway is EVERY country's piano.
mahler151 2 years ago 2
@mahler151
No, not at all in Austria ! Bösendorfer is the one and only !! :-)
oyoynine 1 year ago
@oyoynine If you can find one, maybe....Seems like those things are rarer than any other piano.
mahler151 1 year ago
Il y a dans ce mouvement un superbe clin d'oeil à l'andante du concerto 21 du Maître Mozart par le Maître Poulenc.
TourneledosRossini 2 years ago
thank you so much for posting this- seeing poulenc play his own work is really, really amazing. thank you!!
fwu425 2 years ago 2
Superbe reflet d'une époque où la télévision française donnait dans la qualité...
TourneledosRossini 2 years ago 2
one of my most FAVORITE piano concertos
DShadow911 2 years ago 2
violinist looks really bored at 2:34
quarknugget 2 years ago 11
I love love love love love love love love LOVE Mr Poulenc!!!!
tueslabelledujour 2 years ago 2
It is like you are going for a walk in the park on a warm autumn day, listening to a Mozart Concerto on your Ipod and suddenly (1.07) you realize how vain everything is...
doktordrakator 2 years ago
Outstanding audio quality considering this performance dates from before January 30, 1963!
bobareebop 2 years ago
an amazingly beautiful piece, i can sense Mozart in this...~~~~~~~~
ouinonyes 3 years ago
amazing. amazing.
boyspuros 3 years ago
there are some magical moments from Poulenc, particularly at 1:56 4:02 Février is disappointing with no merit for contrived spontaneity, but opposite Poulenc's playing in this perform. for example 2:20 they provide very good fanfare. i found the strings are too heavy in this perf. Prêtre had a feast after associating with Maria Callas. thank you.
tHEnOOSEsWING 3 years ago
I LOVE THIS!!!
eiridike 3 years ago
yeah about the musicians' expressions...if you notice poulenc is missing some notes here and there, but its understandable considering his age.
licoricestic 3 years ago
He was I believe 64 when he died, so no older than that when this was filmed.
bobareebop 2 years ago
haha the conductor is so cute, he has dimples
xiuje87 3 years ago
conductor is fun to watch, a great performer. they should put this on tv tonight instead of that fuckin csi shit. fuck that.
freakheavy 3 years ago
What's up with the orchestra? Check out the look on the faces of the a..h..es! They seem to hate the music. Watch the 2:35 mark, female violinist followed by the whole bunch of them. Such beautiful Music!
bartje11 3 years ago
hilarious, but you never know: to you and me, this stuff is beautiful, but to those people, at the ages they were then, maybe this stuff seemed like c.s.i. seems to me now - they just didn't want to know, being rooted in a whole other thing somewhere back in the past - could they have thought it vulgar, superficial? crazy thought.
freakheavy 3 years ago 3
@freakheavy They thought Poulenc's music was conservatif.
zoranrosendahl 1 year ago
Yeah, it's really sad that she looks the way she does. She probably had no idea that she was playing a masterpiece.
bobareebop 2 years ago
Is it not possible that a professional musician playing in an orchestra could have at least as good idea as you as to the worth of what she was playing?
lsbrother 2 years ago
Or could be that cameras are relatively new so the people just aren't as photogenic as we are now, so they just don't know how to act in front of one.
yumyumwhatzohai 2 years ago
I heard this works at Nice Internationale Academie in 2007 ! Someday I wanna play !
leon0901lisa0203 3 years ago
I love poulenc
arthurcrescendo 3 years ago
i didn't realize how handsome georges pretre was when he was younger. he has such a charming smile in this video. beautiful performance.
asianamazon 3 years ago
good idea
IDiedSoLongAgo 3 years ago
Wonderful, I've learned a lot from Poulenc's music. The way he understands other composers and integrate their style in hes own is outstanding.
I also admire the reference to the Javanese music at the end.
ezmat 4 years ago
great historic document! immense Poulenc...
lucamadeus 4 years ago
lol did you see the conductor at the end?
kungfulicious2 4 years ago
best part
IDiedSoLongAgo 3 years ago
É uma grande emoção assistir o próprio Poulenc interpretando seu concerto para dois pianos. Poulenc foi um grande musico e um grande ser humano cheio de sentimentos maravilhosos
paisjose 4 years ago 2
I find it fantastic that the YouTube members put in historic documents of this value in the internet. I'm a Poulenc fan myself, and it really does something to me to see and hear him perform himself one of his best works...I love though the face expression of the violinist who turns her head at 2:33, as if to say: "Ah non, mais franchement, qu'est-ce qu'on pène ici..."
keeskogel3291 4 years ago
Jackkleijn--do you know when this was recorded? I remember playing Poulenc's clarinet Sonata shortly after he wrote it! (1964) This is indeed a priceless video with 3 great artists.
ipmoic 4 years ago
I have just bought this on DVD. Included is also the WONDERFUL Concerto for organ, string orchestra and timpany(recorded 1968). I recommend it from my heart("must be" with Georges Prêtre as conductor).
I have also posted a newer version of this second movement. But this one is better...
Tompa4321 4 years ago
This has to be one of the most amazing videos I have ever watched, plus the gorgeous music. Poulenc is one of my favorite composers, and it's such a memorable experience to see him at the piano. Thanks for posting such a treasure!
Sanrus 4 years ago
The reference to Mozart and the eighteenth century is obvious. Poulenc's neo-classical impressionism is gorgeous. The best of the old and the new.
thethikboy 4 years ago
I love this concerto so much.
chad410 4 years ago
This part of the concerto reminds me very much of the slow movement of the d-minor concerto by Mozart. And, the harmonie of the first movement in Poulenc's concerto reminds me of the fast passage in that same slow movement bij Mozart. Would Poulenc have done this on purpose?
Lervanjanberghe 4 years ago
Yes, I'm sure it's a deliberate allusion. The key is the same. It's similar to the place in Poulenc's ballet 'Les Biches' where he quotes from Mozart's Symphony No. 38. I was really pleased to see this video as for many years I have loved both of the audio recordings which Poulenc and Fevrier made of this wonderful concerto for EMI. The performance here is not so polished but the character and spirit is there!
BrucknerEnthusiast 4 years ago
Yes, definitly so. The middle part of this movement can surely be seen as a reference to Schumann, in addition to this. He "quoted" styles and other composer's themes many times--in the first movement of the violin sonata you'll find a direct reference to one of Tchaikovski's arias, for example. This was also part of his "neo-classicist" style. There is nothing to blame in this at all, though.
keeskogel3291 4 years ago