Music as Alchemy: Journeys with Great Conductors and their Orchestras
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (644 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571240488 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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interesting and insightful look at conductors and their orchestras This is a fun and informative book. I initially read about it through a review in the "Economist" magazine. The book starts with an obsession of the author to answer questions "how do conductors do what they do? How do they create magic on the podium by conveying their interpre. DramaUrge said A Sisyphean Climb. A Eurocentric look at a half-dozen orchestral icons and their road to concertizing from rehearsal to performance, along with insightful interviews from musicians for whom they performed. For those with the Berlin Philharmonic Digital streaming service (of which I am a happy rec. Insight into the mysteries of orchestral conducting What do conductors really do? If you've never played in an orchestra, you have probably wondered. Tom Service introduces us to a handful of interesting to great conductors (including Gergiev, Rattle, Jansons, Abbado) to shed some light on the question. He has sat in on rehearsa
. Tom Service writes about music for the Guardian, where he was Chief Classical Music Critic, and broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. He was the inaugural recipient of the ICMP/CIEM Classical Music Critic of the Year Award, and was Guest Artistic Director of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. After years practicing in the mirror, he once conducted Bruckner's Ninth Symphony. He has presented Radio 3's f
The result is fascinating This book shows us how, through the efforts of this shamanic figure, live music can be simply good enough or, sometimes, utterly electrifying." -- New Statesman. "Service's passion is evident from the opening page he blends in-depth musical understanding and analysis with an armchair conductor's enthusiasm and VIP access to rehearsals
From London to Budapest, Bamberg to Vienna, great orchestral concerts are recreated as a collection of countless human and musical stories.. How are conductors' silent gestures magicked into sound by a group of more than a hundred brilliant, but belligerent musicians? The mute choreography of great conductors has fascinated and frustrated musicians and music-lovers for centuries. Orchestras can be inspired to the heights of musical and expressive possibility by their maestros, or flabbergasted that someone who doesn't even make a sound should be elevated to demigod-like status by the public.This is the first book to go inside the rehearsal rooms of some of the most inspirational orchestral partnerships in the world - how Simon Rattle works at the Berlin Philharmonic, how Mariss Jansons deals with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, and how Claudio Abbado creates the world's most luxurious pick-up band every year with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra