Schönberg Verklärte Nacht part 1

Verklärte Nacht by Schönberg .National Chamber Orchestra of Moldavia, Cristian Florea Conducting

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Music

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• Chamber
• Orchestra
• Cristian
• Florea
• Schönberg
• Verklärte
• Nacht

[Steinway12345]

Please tell me that was cellos, not timpani at 8:16. I'll be pissed if they messed with the instrumentation.

[cristianflorea]

no timpani, what you say?

[gerkov77]

All theese constantly coughing bastards should be banned from concerts, and be sended to Hostpital!Grrrr!

Great music!

[JoesCheapThrills]

I remember picking this cd up on a whim at the local library. Never heard of Schoenberg just decided to pick it up. I am glad I did Verklarte Nacht has to be the most amazing piece of work I've had the pleasure of listening too.

[Faroukh46]

@Steinway12345 Do you see any timpani on the video??? Do you hear any timpani??? O.o

[synsei1]

Isn't there a big orchestra version score of this piece? I think I heard it, a long time ago by Pierre Boulez with NY Philharmonic.

[kenalebla]

@LJBSasha I thnk 123jsbach was joking about the bongos! Although, if I'm not mistaken, Schönberg uses bongos on some of his larger orchestral works, but I don't own any of those scores and am too lazy to check IMSLP...

Schönberg actually taught composition to bongoist (?), composer, and producer Don Ralke at UCLA. Ralke, among many other things, was a producer on William Shatner's epic musical release "The Transformed Man;" or, if you like, Verklärte Mann.

[kenalebla]

@witness124 That's a great statement, especially for this piece. Schönberg, as you probably know, started with very Romantic tonal music before creating and dedicating himself to his atonal system. Stravinsky, also began with tonal music then moved to tonally based atonal music before finally, in his last period, moving to his own twelve-tone system.

If you're not familiar, check out Schönberg's tonal music and Stravinsky's 12-tone. It's a real treat the first time!

[kenalebla]

@LJBSasha Most chamber music today; even that of the Baroque period, which this is not; is performed seated. It's fairly common to see Baroque music performed standing (for those that can) today, but less common to see a modern piece like this played standing.

In any event, it's usually at the preference of the musicians, not for the sake of tradition. So, if you see an ensemble standing, they would have collectively agreed on that and prefer to play that way when possible.

[123jsbach]

I have not. You need to learn to read between the lines. My source also tellls me that Schoenberg was secretly a communist. He played the bongos at all the communist gatherings at the Whitehouse.

[LJBSasha]

@123jsbach: You've only spoken re. Wikipedia. What of YOUR sources? What about my other questions? [Also, repeating a lie however many times doesn't make it any truer...]

[123jsbach]

@LJBSasha Its honestly true-you only have to be a registered member to write articles for Wikipedia-LIKE ON YOUTUBE! It is not necessarily authentic information you read.

[LJBSasha]

@123jsbach: Attacking one source of information that however is meant to be respectable is insufficient - let's see what proof YOU have in your favour, please!