Chiara String Quartet - Haydn’s “Seven Last Words of Christ”
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- The Chiara String Quartet performed Haydn’s masterpiece of spiritual music by candlelight on February 17, 2018 on Parlance Chamber Concerts at West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, NJ.
Introduction: 0:30
Largo: Father, forgive them for they know not what they do 06:23
Grave e cantabile: Today you will be with me in Paradise 13:22
Grave: Woman, behold your son 22:30
Largo: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 32:48
Adagio: I thirst 42:02
Lento: It is finished 52:08
Largo: Into your hands I commit my spirit 59:51
Il Terremoto: The earth shook and the rocks split 1:07:13
Michael Parloff, Artistic Director of Parlance Chamber Concerts, provides a short introduction to the history of Joseph Haydn’s “Seven Last Words of Christ”: • Michael Parloff: Intro...
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What an overwhelming performance; it really digs deep into anybody’s soul, with the serenity of a music that calls for deep thought.
Many thanks for sharing !
There is no quartet composition that conveys such pathos and suffering as The Seven Last 7 Last Words of Christ.Thank Chira for such an amazing performance.
@@judyevnin6210
The orchestral original does as you say, but this over-rated and over-played quartet arrangement/transcription does not; it loses so much compared to the orchestral version, and the earthquake in particular simply does not work.
The choral version Haydn made is fantastic as well, and the piano version authorised by him is ok for personal use.
In short - two masterpieces, and two functional arrangements.
@@elaineblackhurst1509 I would agree mate, very over played as far as classical goes. For whatever reason Classical hasn't ever really touched me the way romantic and even some modern has. I guess thats kinda the point, the enlightenment era always did favor the harsher more realistic elements in music whist romantic played on the heart strings...
@@evangrim1683
For a slightly different take on Classical (c.1750-1800) you might find something of interest in the following:
Anything from his ‘sturm und drang’ period by Haydn.
Piano sonatas in A flat (Hob. XVI:46), or c minor (Hob. XVI:20).
String quartets Opus 20
Symphonies 26, 39, 44, 45, 49 (there are about 19 in total from this period).
Anything ‘sturm und drang’ by anyone else.
Mozart Symphony 25 (K183)
JC Bach Symphony Opus 6 No 6
Minor key symphonies by Vanhal, Ditterdorf, et al.
Kraus Symphony in c# minor (VB140), or it’s re-working as Symphony in c minor (VB142)
Kraus Symphonie funebre in c minor (VB148).
Almost anything in his ‘empfindsamer Stil’ by CPE Bach including:
The six string symphonies (Wq 182)
The four orchestra symphonies (Wq 183)
The three quartets for flute, viola, cello, and keyboard (Wq 93)
The six harpsichord concertos (Wq 43)
Any of his fantasies, rondos, sonatas and so forth for keyboard.
Gluck’s ballet Don Juan, and/or the opera Orfeo ed Euridice.
All these works come from a very different sound world and a different emotional world from the few standard Haydn/Mozart works which make up the Classical mainstream repertoire across most of the world.
Hope this starters’ list is useful for anyone else who struggles a bit with Classical.
@@elaineblackhurst1509 Well well! What a toffee-nosed, supercilious snob you are. 31,000 viewers came here to enjoy and appreciate, you came here to grizzle and to show off. You are just so far up yourself you’d need a packed lunch and a flashlight to find your way home.
Soli Deo Gloria!
Only one comment? Really?? 😅
Bravisimo!!
What a brilliant performance this is and that's coming from someone with multiple recordings of this great work. Beautiful pacing, divine serenity, heavenly pizzicati and a truly vigorous earthquake to conclude. I'd love this on disc/in high-res digital.
Extraordinary performance.
Excellent performance!
Bravíssimo!! Bravíssimo!
Beautifully done, although I could've lived without all of the spoken bits breaking everything up!
You need to check out Haydn’s own words about the original commission from Spain which can be found in his Preface to the later choral version; short of the proper context, the work is almost meaningless, especially in the string quartet arrangement which as I have explained in detail elsewhere is probably Haydn’s single most over-played and over-rated work.
The orchestral original, and the choral version are unqualified masterpieces (whilst the fourth version, a piano arrangement authorised by the composer is ok for personal use).
Lovely!
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Magnifique!!!!!!