CSO Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

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CSO Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Post by Bandmaster » Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:44 pm

We all need a little break from band camps about now....

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, 4th movement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLHj-eekdNU

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Re: CSO Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Post by Hostrauser » Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:56 pm

If you aren't amazed by that video, check your pulse. Not an easy part in the entire score, and the CSO swallows it whole.

Awesome job by all the sections, not just the famous brass. :bow:

Take 9 minutes out of your day to enjoy this.

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Re: CSO Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Post by Psalm 56 » Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:15 pm

My favorite movement of my favorite SYMPHONY!!!! Thank you... :yeah:

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Re: CSO Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Post by Brich » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:48 am

Unbelievably, the CSO's principal trumpet in that video, Bud Herseth, was likely 70+ years old then, and was still a total monster! Their current trumpet 'god' is Chris Martin...who came through the DCI ranks.

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Re: CSO Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Post by ZJH » Sat Aug 28, 2010 4:51 pm

Good ol' Daniel Barenboim on the stand. Amazing humanitarian.
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Re: CSO Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Post by supermutant » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:28 pm

One of the best codas in the literature, performed brilliantly, unfortunately there was an adjudicator there who accused the brass of overblowing.

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Re: CSO Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Post by Hostrauser » Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:47 am

I keep coming back to this. Aside from the technical excellence, I am in love with the approach to the music. Barenboim made them bring their cojones to the performance. As Frank Zappa would have said, they really put "eyebrows" on the music.

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Re: CSO Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Post by Brich » Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:19 am

Speaking of hairy chested CSO playing, here is a clip from a CSO performance under Solti...some incredible Wagner. If you dig awesome brass, this was the standard back in the 1970s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrDo8KIi ... 1&index=31

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Re: CSO Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Post by Bandmaster » Thu May 19, 2011 2:36 am

OK.... I just found this one on YouTube. The North Central High School Symphony Orchestra from Indianapolis, IN played the Tchaikovsky Sym #4 Finale in 2009, and boy can they play! Wow!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKDh2qy1gAc

From their website: "At North Central, 99% of Symphony Orchestra students are enrolled in private lesson." And they have THREE orchestras at their high school!!!!!
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Re: CSO Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Post by Hostrauser » Thu May 19, 2011 8:39 am

:drop:

Man, Indiana takes care of the fine arts in their schools.

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