Toscanini made a miracle out of music with the "Hymn" The best of Peerce I ever heard.........What a thrill to have anything to do with this at all........you get the feeling this whole piece was an inspiration, from the chorus to the symbol player. Toscanini conducts like he is obsessed and maybe he was, but now I have memories.........thank you, Arturo
I have listened to this over 1000 times (everyday for 3 years) and I still tear up.......maybe I am badly in need of a strong support group......lol........I find this piece so special and I fully appreciate the work Toscanini did to Verdi's work to make it relevant in '44. Does anyone know how much they had to practice before airing?
feel like I am in a dream ... the effortless dreamy nature of his voice, despite its mahogany like vibrance ... and the conductor, only Maestro T himself ... sat 8 rows back with my dear ma' at age 14, Palacio de las Bellas Artes ... huge stage, huge piano, short smiling gnome ... all was incongruity ... then Peerce began to sing ...
Actually, it was changed to the present tune and old Soviet lyrics in 1944. Before that, it had been the Internationale, so, AT got it right, when he wrote it.
Вставай проклятьем заклейменный /Arrive, ye marked with a curse/ Весь мир голодных и рабов /The starving and the slaves of the world/ Кипит наш разум возмущенный И в смертный бой вести готов Весь мир насилья мы разрушим До основанья а затем Мы наш мы новый мир построим Кто был ничем, тот станет всем Это есть наш последний И решительный бой С Интернационалом Воспрянет род людской
Point of interest!....does anyone know how much practice there was for this performance? How many times was it performed?......I see only the orchestra had the music in front of them, while the chorus and Peerce and Toscanini did not.....He conducted like he was in one of his famous rehersalsl (Where the real work lies)....hard to find the genius that animated in any of his other works....maybe because he had actually composed part of it .I feel fortunate to have heard and felt this. ARTURO!!
I think it's part of Verdi's "Hymn of the Nations", but that's just a guess. I'm by no means an expert on Italian music, so if anyone out there wants to volunteer any info, please do!!! Also would like to know the English translation to the lyrics.
Can someone PLEASE tell me what the piece is that begins at 1:37? It recurs again before the Internationale. It's lovely, and I've looked everywhere for it and can't seem to find it.
In those days, you did pretty often. Except dear old AT got it wrong. What he wanted to perform was the Soviet national anthem, and he did not know that since 1937 it had been changed to the tune that is still Russia's anthem today.
How often do you get to hear the Internationale and the Star-Spangled Banner PERFORMED ONE AFTER THE OTHER?!?
Toscanini made a miracle out of music with the "Hymn" The best of Peerce I ever heard.........What a thrill to have anything to do with this at all........you get the feeling this whole piece was an inspiration, from the chorus to the symbol player. Toscanini conducts like he is obsessed and maybe he was, but now I have memories.........thank you, Arturo
It's a testament to the free Internet that such censorship would hardly be possible today.
watched this a hundred times and I still get teary eyed.....
I have listened to this over 1000 times (everyday for 3 years) and I still tear up.......maybe I am badly in need of a strong support group......lol........I find this piece so special and I fully appreciate the work Toscanini did to Verdi's work to make it relevant in '44. Does anyone know how much they had to practice before airing?
Censorship at its most disturbing use.
THANK YOU.
feel like I am in a dream ... the effortless dreamy nature of his voice, despite its mahogany like vibrance ... and the conductor, only Maestro T himself ... sat 8 rows back with my dear ma' at age 14, Palacio de las Bellas Artes ... huge stage, huge piano, short smiling gnome ... all was incongruity ... then Peerce began to sing ...
Priceless! Thanks for sharing.
Woah, Toscanini in HD!
simply great
You should hear the first part of this clip. There begins the 'Hymn of the Nations' by Verdi. You will find there also the story behind this piece.
Thank you!
Actually, it was changed to the present tune and old Soviet lyrics in 1944. Before that, it had been the Internationale, so, AT got it right, when he wrote it.
He always did. You can even hear him on some of his records.
Вставай проклятьем заклейменный
/Arrive, ye marked with a curse/
Весь мир голодных и рабов
/The starving and the slaves of the world/
Кипит наш разум возмущенный
И в смертный бой вести готов
Весь мир насилья мы разрушим
До основанья а затем
Мы наш мы новый мир построим
Кто был ничем, тот станет всем
Это есть наш последний
И решительный бой
С Интернационалом
Воспрянет род людской
Clean video and sound.
@flimflam742 It's part of the extras on a dvd documentary on the Internationale, from First Run Features films co.
Must see! Must hear! Must read!
Point of interest!....does anyone know how much practice there was for this performance? How many times was it performed?......I see only the orchestra had the music in front of them, while the chorus and Peerce and Toscanini did not.....He conducted like he was in one of his famous rehersalsl (Where the real work lies)....hard to find the genius that animated in any of his other works....maybe because he had actually composed part of it .I feel fortunate to have heard and felt this. ARTURO!!
I think it's part of Verdi's "Hymn of the Nations", but that's just a guess.
I'm by no means an expert on Italian music, so if anyone out there wants to volunteer any info, please do!!!
Also would like to know the English translation to the lyrics.
If we only had the sense...
Can someone PLEASE tell me what the piece is that begins at 1:37? It recurs again before the Internationale. It's lovely, and I've looked everywhere for it and can't seem to find it.
IDEAS are bulletproof
TX 4 upload
@Apollogranforte Bravo
L'internationale sera le genre humain!
Vive Communisme!
Vive l'Anarqie!
Hear hear.The Nabucco obsessives are always surprised when I tell them that Verdi voted for Novaro/
In those days, you did pretty often. Except dear old AT got it wrong. What he wanted to perform was the Soviet national anthem, and he did not know that since 1937 it had been changed to the tune that is still Russia's anthem today.