Alexander Prior conducts John Adams The Chairman Dances
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Mono audio, are you serious???
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Recording is incomplete. Shame, just when it gets busy : )
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Looks a bit frantic. Sounds good though, but perhaps should be a tad faster?
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@UnDead483 I actually disagree that this music is mostly about the pulse. It's also about finding interesting things in the scoring. Alexander doesn't seem to be indicating any of that, he's just showing the obvious stuff that is already on the paper. Cutting back on that would allow room for more individuality. I've played this piece under conductors who get better results with less. Incidentally, you may find this silly trick pulled off by Bernstein interesting: watch?v=XclKeS0vaiM
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@nathan87 Well he has to do something doesn't he? If you're conducting Mahler or Berlioz or other popular orchestral composers (Most coming from the Romantic period), possibly the conductor's most important job is defining the fluctuations in tempo that allow for dramatic effect. But with John Adams' music, the pulse is king. Once it is set, it must be held. So what else is there for the poor guy to do? He has to stave off boredom somehow.
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does he really have to cue every entry and dynamic like it wouldn't happen if he didn't.
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switch the sound off, and you might think he's conducting Mahler 5 or something. ridiculous. more a joke than a prodigy if you want my opinion.
11 months ago 6
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it doesn't swing
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Absolutely wonderful to see the talented Alex conducting this piece!
Long live John Adams! :)
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Great video, but I wish the sound wasn't screwed up (at least for people who use headphones, it only comes out one side).
ThaSchwab 1 year ago 9
I was there!!! it was incredible!
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