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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-08-25 22:42
During last night's performance of Bach's St. John's Passion (BBC Proms) there was a brief pause for everyone to check their tuning. I found this brief interlude to be as great and as moving as the performance of the work itself!
You'll find it between 38:30 and 40:00 of the performance.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00d62qv/
Any other instances of retuning in such a musical manner?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2008-08-25 22:46)
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Author: Copland
Date: 2008-08-25 22:54
Aahh... I wanna see it but it says that the BBC iPlayer is only viewable by people in the UK... any way I'll be able to see this?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-08-25 22:57
D'OH!
And I thought Auntie Beeb considered itself to be a worldwide company!
Here's the Radio3 iPlayer (hope this works worldwide), though there's narrative over the retuning (39:20).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00d3kt8
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2008-08-25 23:03)
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Author: Ryder
Date: 2008-08-26 01:42
that's unfortunate that we can't watch it here in the US. That's something I think we should learn from.
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Ryder Naymik
San Antonio, Texas
"We pracice the way we want to perform, that way when we perform it's just like we practiced"
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Author: NorbertTheParrot
Date: 2008-08-26 07:07
It's not really that exciting.
Better listen ten minutes later, at the fifty-minute mark.
Betrachte, meine Seel'.....
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-08-26 11:17
"Better listen ten minutes later, at the fifty-minute mark."
Anyone who can't see the video, they change to viols there.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-08-26 13:21
Oh yeah - I was counting the tuning pegs when I watched this the other night and they had at least twelve.
I used to resent JS Bach when I was at college (probably due to all the 4-part harmony and fugues we had to work on), though now I find his music to be among the most sublime ever written (or rearranged by him). Now I need to listen to more Telemann and Buxtehude.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
Post Edited (2008-08-26 13:42)
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2008-08-28 02:25
I remember hearing the Concertgebouw Orchestra retune in a concert under Kyril Kondrashin..it was during Brahms 2cd symphony before movement 2. It was in the early 80s in Amsterdam. I know I saw it happen!!!
The orchestra was out a bit too..I think they had alot of rain that day as well.
David Dow
Post Edited (2008-08-28 02:26)
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