Francis Schwartz: Concerto for Solo Conductor

Concerto for Solo Conductor without Orchestra. Premiere performance by conductor Roberto-Juan Gonzalez at the Napa Valley College Theater, May of 2006, part of the Spring Concert by the North Bay Philharmonic Orchestra.

Composer Francis Schwartz has made the Maestro the sole and stellar figure in his latest work. The audience will have the privilege of witnessing the fascinating stick, hand and body movements of the conductor without the distraction or competition of the orchestra. This is the extreme deconstruction of the orchestral concert experience.

Concerto for Solo Conductor makes reference to specific great conductors of the past such as Fritz Reiner, Bruno Walter, Pierre Monteux, Leopold Stokowski, Leonard Bernstein among several others. To properly execute this score, the performing conductor must possess considerable historical knowledge of his professional area and a commanding technique. This is no small task.

Concerto for Solo Conductor is dedicated to the gifted, wise and daring conductor, Dr. Roberto-Juan González.

...An imagined musical landscape...

Beethoven 5th Opening, Toscanini... Mahler 4th Scherzo, Walter... Mozart Marriage of Figaro Overture, Reiner... Stravinsky Rite of Spring, Danse des Adolescents, Bernstein... Debussy, La Mer, End of De laube au midi, Monteux... Schwartz, Papagenos Dream PAPAPAPA Section, with silent audience... Raksin, Laura... Cage, 4'33", Boulez... Brown, Available Forms, Maderna... Revueltas, Sensemayá, opening... Wagner, Tristan, Liebestod climax, Von Karajan... Mussorgsky-Ravel Great Gate of Kiev, Rostropovich...

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• Concerto
• for
• Solo
• Conductor
• Orchestra
• Gonzalez

[gonzostick]

Thank you... Glad you like it...

[pianist7137]

NICE!!

[gonzostick]

Thank you... Happy you liked it!!!

[gonzostick]

Thank you. What a lovely poetic comment!!! Even Francis was surprised how well the performance was received by our Napa Valley audience... The tape is from a camcorder at the back of the hall and features the real hall sound at the event...

[almacenero79]

y esto??? está escrito asi??? no puedo creerlo!! es muy extraño!!!!!!!!

[gonzostick]

Es una obra absurdista... Verdaderamente NO HAY orquesta en el escenario...

[zzausel]

@otharennaur Yes, and the clarinet is too green.

[yezumanuel]

@gaemp 1) it's part of the piece, the composer wanted it like that so thats how its done..... 2) its a directing techniche develope by Pierre Boulez or some of the composers from the European avant-garde movement after world war II. New techniques are develop to serve new ways of music writing.

[ChainedBeastTraining]

Sir,

Of all of your uploads to Youtube, I like this one best. It certainly allows the audience to focus on the conductor. I could almost hear the music in my mind as I watched how not just your arms and hands but entire body is caught up in the conducting experience.

CB

[minacciosa]

Where can I get a score?

[otharennaur]

The tempo is a little too fast, isn't it?

[bboymango]

whoa...

this is beast

[69albert]

thanks