Esa-Pekka Salonen discusses Messiaen

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Uploaded by on Feb 19, 2008

Esa-Pekka Salonen discusses the music of Messiaen, and the influence certain pieces had on him as a performer and a composer.

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  • It's real: Messiaen is a great genius, original like only the great masters do!

    And Salonen is a great musician!

  • I love listening to Salonen's discussions on music. He has always been a champion of new music.

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  • If a film was made on Salonen Gary Oldman would be the perfect actor to portray him, but it would need to be made by someone like Peter Watkins instead of whoever directed that piece of tripe on Beethoven.

  • Salone is so right. But how come he take so long to come out before his concerts starts?

  • This is a most helpful introduction for the person who will be hearing Messiaen for the first time.

  • tempo is one massively important thing the conductor dictates. i don't really see too many compositions that notate the EXACT beats per minute for each bar of music, PRECISELY where the changes in beats per minute occur, precisely HOW LONG the change will take. and that's extremely important, because even two beats per minute difference is HUGE.

  • You mean the one(s) solely provided by yourself?

  • here's hoping that someday you come to understand enough about the performance of orchestral music to appreciate how staggeringly stupid you sound talking about it.

  • the fact that you apparently are unable to detect differences in phrasing, color, tempo and the million other subtle things that can't be notated suggests to me that you arent a terribly sensitive listener in the first place. ever think that your dismissal of the art of conducting has more to do with your tin ear?

  • This thread has become infected with empty minds and tin ears.

  • True - they are not large - but their repertoire proves you dead wrong. You are grasping at straws with your 'argument.' You will endorse whatever the mainstream dictates, and I will CONDEMN it entirely. Your choice. My choice.

  • yo, dufus. orpheus is a CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, not a 'large orchestra' . you are out of your depth, little man

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