I was fortunate enough to have attended this performance back in 1970 and was delighted to find that it was available on UA-cam. It is an absolutely atmospheric and haunting work that beautifully captures the Antarctic environment.
Amazing! I'll be going to Antarctica this year and I'll be spending one night in Buenos Aires on the way home . That is the night that the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing this piece at the wonderful Teatro Colon along with Tchaikovsky's 2nd Piano Concerto. I was hoping to get lucky and that there would be an opera, ballet or good orchestral concert that night, but this was more than I expected.
That's amazing. I deliberately didn't take this with me when I was there, but it was in my mind all the way -- in the Lemaire channel especially. Enjoy!
That is unbelievable! And perfect timing!! I just looked up the concert program, and yup, they in fact did his Antarctic Symphony! How was Antarctica if you don't mind me asking? I'm sure his seventh symphony made the visit all that more epic! I'm a huge fan of Ralph Vaughan Williams, he is my favorite composer of all time. www.teatrocolon.org.ar/en/2017/conciertos/orquesta-filarmonica-abono-15
That is fascinating news. Was the work being given its Argentinian premiere, I wonder? More important, was it televised or broadcast on the radio and if so, does a recording exist? I'd love to upload it here if it does!
I told my nephew the story behind this amazing art work when he was about 8 years old and took him to watch the performance of it by the UNAM Symphony Orchestra, that included images of an old ship and icebergs like the ones that are shown here. He was fascinated. Thanks
I am really venturing into UNCHARTED WATERS when I go beyond Vaughn Williams's say 5th symphony. Wha t I have so far just absolutely "blows my Mind"! A piano concerto of his I am gonna hear next.
No wonder Stanley Kubrick played this on the set of 2001 during filming, to set a mood. It certainly is ice, remote, and chill-inducing. Incredible. I do miss the pipe organ though.
I think the 3rd movement sounds just as grand without the organ. Especially when on many recordings, the organ is simply not up to the job... Only Bernard Haitink, Andrew Davis and Leonard Slatkin's organs do justice. I was also lucky enough to hear this work at the Royal Albert Hall, London where the organ is most definitely to the job!
Just to confirm that the printed score does say that the woodwind parts at that point "are to be played only in the absence of an organ." I believe that at the time of this performance, Carnegie Hall didn't have a suitable organ but someone may like to confirm.
@@adam28xx Not just the woodwinds though. Brass, piano and strings too. At least according to the score I have. And it sounds like it in this performance.
Actually, the score provides for the wind and brass to take over at certain places. They are cued in as alternatives and the score states that these passages "are to be played only in the absence of organ."
They didn't use a wind-machine in this performance but instead used a 'sound effects' tape of wind itself. However, this performance was recorded 'in the hall' on a portable stereo tape machine and the operator may have been a bit too distantly placed to pick up the wind effects clearly!
I was fortunate enough to have attended this performance back in 1970 and was delighted to find that it was available on UA-cam. It is an absolutely atmospheric and haunting work that beautifully captures the Antarctic environment.
I'm forever jealous!
This incredibly atmospheric music certainly conjures up chilly remote landscapes that are quite haunting.
Amazing! I'll be going to Antarctica this year and I'll be spending one night in Buenos Aires on the way home . That is the night that the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing this piece at the wonderful Teatro Colon along with Tchaikovsky's 2nd Piano Concerto. I was hoping to get lucky and that there would be an opera, ballet or good orchestral concert that night, but this was more than I expected.
Hi John. Are you familiar with the Royal Liverpool Phil/ Handley recording on EMI? Highly recommended. Best wishes for your trip.
That's amazing. I deliberately didn't take this with me when I was there, but it was in my mind all the way -- in the Lemaire channel especially. Enjoy!
That is unbelievable! And perfect timing!! I just looked up the concert program, and yup, they in fact did his Antarctic Symphony! How was Antarctica if you don't mind me asking? I'm sure his seventh symphony made the visit all that more epic! I'm a huge fan of Ralph Vaughan Williams, he is my favorite composer of all time. www.teatrocolon.org.ar/en/2017/conciertos/orquesta-filarmonica-abono-15
That is fascinating news. Was the work being given its Argentinian premiere, I wonder? More important, was it televised or broadcast on the radio and if so, does a recording exist? I'd love to upload it here if it does!
Fabulously stunning music , stunning visual , fantastic all 10 out 10,4me
une vision grandiose et une grande force dramatique
Amazing beautiful composition. ...
I told my nephew the story behind this amazing art work when he was about 8 years old and took him to watch the performance of it by the UNAM Symphony Orchestra, that included images of an old ship and icebergs like the ones that are shown here. He was fascinated.
Thanks
I am really venturing into UNCHARTED WATERS when I go beyond Vaughn Williams's say 5th symphony. Wha t I have so far just absolutely "blows my Mind"! A piano concerto of his I am gonna hear next.
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No wonder Stanley Kubrick played this on the set of 2001 during filming, to set a mood. It certainly is ice, remote, and chill-inducing. Incredible. I do miss the pipe organ though.
I think the 3rd movement sounds just as grand without the organ. Especially when on many recordings, the organ is simply not up to the job... Only Bernard Haitink, Andrew Davis and Leonard Slatkin's organs do justice. I was also lucky enough to hear this work at the Royal Albert Hall, London where the organ is most definitely to the job!
Absolutamente impresionante..¡¡¡¡
Haunting. Transcendental. The soul is stirred.
Very haunting, mesmerizing.
This is the first time I’ve heard this piece with its alternate orchestration instead of the organ in the 3rd movement.
Just to confirm that the printed score does say that the woodwind parts at that point "are to be played only in the absence of an organ." I believe that at the time of this performance, Carnegie Hall didn't have a suitable organ but someone may like to confirm.
@@adam28xx Not just the woodwinds though. Brass, piano and strings too. At least according to the score I have. And it sounds like it in this performance.
I really wanted to hear the stokowski version. Shame... This is pretty good all the same... I am not complaining.
Interesting version. No pipe organ. Nice alternative.
Actually, the score provides for the wind and brass to take over at certain places. They are cued in as alternatives and the score states that these passages "are to be played only in the absence of organ."
They didn't use a wind-machine in this performance but instead used a 'sound effects' tape of wind itself. However, this performance was recorded 'in the hall' on a portable stereo tape machine and the operator may have been a bit too distantly placed to pick up the wind effects clearly!
More Antartica, the music for Shackleton's Epic Journey: ua-cam.com/video/XpKTcviQKKs/v-deo.html
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