Today, I listened to your dad playing the Brahms' Double Concerto with Menuhin under the conduction of Casals. What a great interpreter he was! It is a 1969 recording. Just amazing! It seems to me that Mr. Parnas perfectly understood what Casals wanted to do with this work. There is an incredible communication between them. Best regards from Chile!
A beautiful documentary of a great musician and a great music festival. The "Haffner" rehearsal sequences are especially interesting for what they reveal of Casal's musicianship. At one point, for instance, he says, you cannot do forte and piano subito, you must first have a diminuendo after the forte, even though it's not marked in the score --- for if you play it as written, what Mozart wrote will not be heard. This is "authentic" music-making in the true sense.
Thanks for those precious moments featuring my dad, Leslie Parnas!
Today, I listened to your dad playing the Brahms' Double Concerto with Menuhin under the conduction of Casals. What a great interpreter he was! It is a 1969 recording. Just amazing! It seems to me that Mr. Parnas perfectly understood what Casals wanted to do with this work. There is an incredible communication between them. Best regards from Chile!
@@gonzalocandia7331 Couldn't agree more, thanks!
A beautiful documentary of a great musician and a great music festival. The "Haffner" rehearsal sequences are especially interesting for what they reveal of Casal's musicianship. At one point, for instance, he says, you cannot do forte and piano subito, you must first have a diminuendo after the forte, even though it's not marked in the score --- for if you play it as written, what Mozart wrote will not be heard. This is "authentic" music-making in the true sense.
Pau Casals comprenia la música com ningú...tot una excelencia de fer música....Pelegrí de Mollet
Aahhh. ❤️
Is the whole film available anywhere?
We do not have the whole film available unfortunately, but please let us know if you find it elsewhere!
You can watch it at the Paley Center in Manhattan
3:11 “is not-absolutely not correct.”