Cliburn's sabbatical was not a response to an emergency situation: he carefully stopped in the middle 70's accepting future engagements and fulfilled all the ones he had made. After twenty years of hard work, he wanted a break to just enjoy life. He had a good repertoire of a dozen or so concertos, but the demand for the Tchaikovsky 1 and Rachmaninov 3 was insatiable.
For what it's worth, Cliburn's performance of the 1st is the only one you'll hear where the conductor adds tympani on the final chord to give the concerto's close added drama. Also happens on his recording of this with Ormandy.
Interesting... (you meant... an added tympani roll as opposed to a single note)... Leinsdorf was quite the stickler for being faithful to the composer's text... I wonder how he was persuaded to change the ending...
@@yurimeyrowitz6788 I would think it's too much of a coincidence that in both occurrences it just happened to be Cliburn while everyone else settles for just the single note. For personally I think the tympani roll just adds an air of added drama to an already pretty dramatic piece and the single sustained chord has always sounded flat and uninteresting, but to each his own. Actually, Yundi Lee does it in his video live with Dudamel but not with Chen which makes me think this was Dudamel's decision, again just for added dramatic effect.
I also studied piano at age six, same with eldest sister, Emma, and youngest sister, Caridad. Eldest sister of Mama studied music, then Holy Ghost College, now College of the Holy Spirit.
I didn't get it from the BSO site. I got it from this site : pastdaily.com/2013/02/27/van-cliburn-plays-music-of-brahms-and-liszt-in-concert-1964-past-daily-mid-week-concert-special-tribute-edition/
unbelievable performance and memorable!
Cliburn's sabbatical was not a response to an emergency situation: he carefully stopped in the middle 70's accepting future engagements and fulfilled all the ones he had made. After twenty years of hard work, he wanted a break to just enjoy life. He had a good repertoire of a dozen or so concertos, but the demand for the Tchaikovsky 1 and Rachmaninov 3 was insatiable.
Great performance of both works ... that early applause near the end though, auch.
Liszt's work resists everything, even the interpretations of this genius and the circus applause of the audience before the work ends.
For what it's worth, Cliburn's performance of the 1st is the only one you'll hear where the conductor adds tympani on the final chord to give the concerto's close added drama. Also happens on his recording of this with Ormandy.
Why?
@@littlebrookreader949 I think Cliburn felt the last chord sounded naked without the piano and tympani. Makes for a more dramatic ending.
Interesting... (you meant... an added tympani roll as opposed to a single note)... Leinsdorf was quite the stickler for being faithful to the composer's text... I wonder how he was persuaded to change the ending...
@@yurimeyrowitz6788 I would think it's too much of a coincidence that in both occurrences it just happened to be Cliburn while everyone else settles for just the single note. For personally I think the tympani roll just adds an air of added drama to an already pretty dramatic piece and the single sustained chord has always sounded flat and uninteresting, but to each his own. Actually, Yundi Lee does it in his video live with Dudamel but not with Chen which makes me think this was Dudamel's decision, again just for added dramatic effect.
He was the piano teacher of my husband, very good friend of Imelda R. Marcos.
Hello. May I ask who was your husband? Can you give me more details about these courses?
I also studied piano at age six, same with eldest sister, Emma, and youngest sister, Caridad. Eldest sister of Mama studied music, then Holy Ghost College, now College of the Holy Spirit.
My husband can bionic the piece without looking at a note.
How did you get this from the
BSO site?
I didn't get it from the BSO site.
I got it from this site :
pastdaily.com/2013/02/27/van-cliburn-plays-music-of-brahms-and-liszt-in-concert-1964-past-daily-mid-week-concert-special-tribute-edition/