Alan Hovhaness. Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

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All-Star Orchestra

4 жыл бұрын

All-Star Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, Music Director & Conductor

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@robertlundstrom8061 16 сағат бұрын

One of my all time favorite orchestral works!

@jgesselberty 4 ай бұрын

Mr. Schwarz has done so much to bring lesser known music of America to the forefront. He is a champion of the many amazing and, sometimes little heard, music of our nation.

@s2mann Жыл бұрын

I ran into this on my classical station and I was like, "how could I've not known about this guy?!" Now listening to all his great music!!

@johnmeye 8 ай бұрын

I remember hearing this for the very first time back in 1971 on Chicago's WFMT radio--- I was a freshman in high school working on a paper in the middle of the night, when MM was played, and my life has never been the same! I'm now 66 and still love this piece dearly.

@surffboard1095 2 жыл бұрын

Fixing to go catch some 💤 this was playing on my local classical station. As I plopped down. On my amfm radio 📻 on office volume. So wonderful this is'. I was lucky to catch the last 3 minutes of this. Magical sound. Thank u for creating this. This music helps me to cope with this life.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋🌋

@TheSteveBernal Ай бұрын

Retired ‘cellist here. This is so gorgeous. Had the privilege of playing it twice as section player then once as Principal. It’s more difficult than it sounds, or looks. Emotional restraint is always tricky.

@brightpathvideo 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who's climbed a big mountain get's this piece. Thanks Alan.

@122112guru 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the Tallis fantasia by Vaughn Williams.Very lovely.

@stillstanding6031 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely influenced by RVW. I also get some Korngold and Respighi. No matter, Hovhaness reaches new dimensions in this idiom. Wonderful music for this care worn world.

@petergraham8681 3 жыл бұрын

The comment below by Mr. Smithgate is exactly in synch with my own. When I first heard this Hovhannes masterwork I responded to it immediately & also realized soon after it’s spiritual even mystical resemblance to the Vaughan Williams Tallis Fantasia which after some 50 years is still my personal favorite musical treasure. There are many for whom one piece of music has a singular importance in ones life & for me it is the Tallis Fantasia. THE MYSTERIOUS MOUNTAIN affects me deeply as well in addition to other wonderful Hovhaness compositions. There is still a lot of Hovhaness for me to explore & although I lived in Seattle for several years when Hovhannes also resided there I never had a chance to meet him nor was aware of his music then. Since he passed away I was able to meet & visit with his widow by which time I had started to discover his wonderful work. He was a true American musical original & always will be remembered for the gifts he brought to our lives.

@williamrubinstein3442 Жыл бұрын

Truly a great and original composer. His Prayer of St Gregory may be his best work, but there is a lot of competition. You might enjoy the recent Soviet composer Sviridov.

@petergraham8681 2 ай бұрын

THE PRAYER OF ST. GREGORY is indeed a transcendent spiritual experience for me & the most memorable 5 minutes of music in my life up till now. Would I call it Hovhaness‘ greatest work? For me it comes close but there is so much of his music that I still have yet to hear so I will have to wait for sometime before I can answer that question. One thing I am sure of is that, IMO, Hovhaness is the greatest American composer that I have heard at expressing both the mystical qualities within nature itself as well as the still to be longed for hope for mankind‘s basic humanity to be realized.

@davidstrumsky7012 9 ай бұрын

I absolutely love Hovhaness, I love conductor Schwarz, and I love this orchestra! I keep forgetting how much I do enjoy watching a *good* orchestra of exceptional players working/playing hard to make memorable music. To watch great music being actively coaxed out of eternal silence, due to the combined, intense efforts of many individuals' highly skilled performances. The concentration and focus, the control and the passion coming together -- this passionate intention in an art form relatively few of us in the world even appreciate, let alone hear, let alone support. Such makes life precious, to me.

@marcellolasta1759 4 жыл бұрын

Sublime.

@fredpagniello3267 2 жыл бұрын

By sheer luck I first heard this opus a couple of weeks ago on the radio while driving home. Evocative, for it paints with music a picture of a mountain scene, manifesting the sublime power of nature...

@surffboard1095 2 жыл бұрын

U must know music. Someone else just replied Sublime. Others said Mountain ⛰

@kmrerk 3 жыл бұрын

Breathtaking. As an old, retired symphony violinist, I wish I could join you in this outstanding adventure.

@surffboard1095 2 жыл бұрын

You must have been a beautiful site

@rogerantonybennett5272 3 жыл бұрын

This is ridiculously good.... Thank you GS & all concerned....

@johnedreslin Жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorite pieces. I especially like the 2nd movement fugues.

@gabrielacuna7483 3 жыл бұрын

Jaco Pastorius had solo with the first minit of this song ... today was the first time I listen ... amazing

@rogerantonybennett5272 3 жыл бұрын

Good old Jaco, friend of Joni... Avishai Cohen is a fabulous bassist Avishai Cohen is somebody else... a jazz saxophonist Unfortunately Pastorius died...

@iananderson2496 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic! This is such a great performance of some great music.

@annakimborahpa 2 жыл бұрын

That final sequence of major and minor chords starting at 18:05 makes for an obscure ending with only a remote connection to traditional harmonic movement: G Major - E Major - Ab Major, D Minor - F Major, Bb Minor - Db Major, G Major. That tritone final cadence of Db Major to G Major has me wondering whether the symphony is actually over, but I guess that's part of the mystery of Alan's mountain as it inspires me to cry out, "Hovhaness in the highest!"

@surffboard1095 2 жыл бұрын

Fk yeah

@dennisdrud2078 3 жыл бұрын

Gerard Schwarz is one of the great conductors in our present time. Nice performance here of this Classic american symphony. I recomend him especially as conductor of american works from composers like David Diamond, Walter Piston, Paul Creston & Howard Hanson.

@rodsotm 2 жыл бұрын

Majestuosa Montaña Misteriosa, que irradia la Bendita Energía del Gran Divino Director!!!

@zenbooter Жыл бұрын

Oh my God, this is for ever true. In fact , only because of Him.

@patrickhows1482 3 жыл бұрын

One of Hovhaness' best works, it is a shame that some of his music is not performed more often. He was one of those composers whose need to compose didn't always wait for inspiration, another example being Milhaud. The sheer number of pieces to choose from, having to sift through hundreds of scores to find the best ones demands time that is rarely available nowadays. I am surprised that his very moving 'Prayer of St Gregory' has not become a popular favourite, anyone who likes the Barber Adagio should love this piece.

@rogerantonybennett5272 3 жыл бұрын

There are well over 50 versions of "Prayer of St Gregory" on KZfaq.... Sym.52 may still be on Vimeo....

@rogerantonybennett5272 3 жыл бұрын

There are over 50 versions of 'Prayer of St Gregory' on YT.... popular or what ?!

@galenbrubaker5603 Жыл бұрын

I was introduced to Hovhaness through hearing “Prayer of St Gregory” played during a recital at my college

@joelbader8707 3 ай бұрын

I heard the work as recorded by the Chicago Symphony under the direction of Fritz Reiner. It introduced me to the music of Hovhaness-and my interest in music has never been the same. I find it annoying that Hovhaness' music is still little-known. (I recall sharing a recording of his religious music, including a performance of his Magnificat, with my church's music director. He had never heard of Hovhaness--and even thought that Hovhaness and I were buddies!) I hope that this video along with others will introduce millions to the music of Hovhaness and explore it and other great composers of the twentieth century. There is so much music to discover and so much to appreciate.

@daphneanson9587 2 жыл бұрын

An amazingly underrated composer.

@jamesfinch6766 Жыл бұрын

I've always listened to some classical music. Even though my roots are in rock and roll and county. But if you don't enjoy listening to hovhaness. I'm sorry for your loss.

@jakobbarger1260 7 ай бұрын

The middle movement reminds me so much of the first movement of Pachelbel's version of Christ Lag In Todesbanden

@jimsanders3905 2 жыл бұрын

Armenian melodies baroque techniques and modern percussion are the ingredients in this composition

@allenspencer6434 8 ай бұрын

Thank You This is wonderful

@janesmith5422 2 жыл бұрын

This is So Beautiful !!! My Heart Grew, My Soul Expanded & My Spirit Soared !!! 💗🏞️🎶💕🕊️💞💫 🔔📯 Thank You !!! I Wish Mr. Hovhaness Were Still Alive ! 💘💕💌

@zenbooter Жыл бұрын

Parked at midday beside a creek I often fished observing the water for rise forms prompted my thoughts to the radio. Putting my sandwich down I touched the on button and this is what filled my ears. The music and the station went off air and it was a whole year before I found out the title. My client and I were talking music and I remembered this search . Doing my best to describe it he picked up disc and placed it on. Lo, it was magic. We both got a huge kick out of the event.

@guidepost42 2 жыл бұрын

There is, or was, an ancient recording of the CSO playing this. It may have been conducted by Reiner. The CSO performance would make you believe this is the greatest music ever written. Who knows...it may be.

@johnedreslin Жыл бұрын

I always recognize the CSO recording (yes, conducted by Reiner) because of a bad trumpet entrance in the 2nd movement. But otherwise another great performance.

@Steve-mp7by 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my

@edwardbolkovac9952 2 жыл бұрын

This is a lovely performance of a great piece--so deeply spiritual. Thank you!!

@rogerantonybennett5272 3 жыл бұрын

Nicely done..... Nos 27 & 28 are very good too !

@carlswanholm2651 3 жыл бұрын

Absolute Late GENIUS: Composers (Notations [Inner Ears]) Dinners 0 instr

@DanielAggers 3 жыл бұрын

Where do we find such men?

@garyleeparks9039 Жыл бұрын

You just quoted Admiral Tarant, a character in the great James Michener book, "Bridges at Toko-Ri", who, while standing on the observation bridge of a Korean-era U.S. aircraft carrier, asked that same question and the rhetorical answer was, they are Naval Aviators! The full quote was..."Where do we get such men? They leave this ship and they do their job. Then they must find this speck lost somewhere on the sea. When they find it, they have to land on its pitching deck. Where do we get such men?" Not meaning to take away from the main subject of these replies, but...No apology for the digression, as I am both a Navy Fighter Pilot (retired from combat) and a avocational conductor of a community orchestra, long admirer of Gerard Schwarz' conducting (26 year at Seattle Symphony), and definitely loving this Hovhaness piece (wondering if he was inspired by nearby Mt. Ranier). I do love the sensitivity of this performance -- these were definitely "All-Stars" in their playing and Schwarz' interpretation. Beautiful music restores the soul.

@DanielAggers Жыл бұрын

@@garyleeparks9039 A man after my own heart! Thanks for your service. My father flew with the 8th over Germany.

@fflambeauutube 3 жыл бұрын

I find Hovhaness's music to be magical, very special. I think he was unpopular with lots of conductors and public radio stations because he shunned atonal music and has beautiful and thoughtful melodies. There is also a multi-cultural religious feel to his music which likely offends many die hard. Some see him as a vielspieler (someone who wrote too much) but so too did the far inferior Haydn played endlessly on radio.

@rogerantonybennett5272 3 жыл бұрын

I heard all of F J Haydn's 104+4 symphonies in 11 days - I don't recommend that to anybody. The 43 or so Syms of HOVHANESS that I've heard are far more varied & rewarding to listen to, & I still have 24 more to hear if I'm lucky. Hovhaness did NOT study with Martinu, though they met. 1st recordings of music by John Cage & by Alan Hovhaness shared the same set of 78rpm discs. Not everbody knows that !! HOVHANESS did NOT write enough music for my taste.... He didn't keep repeating himself.... like Haydn did.

@jochanaan58 3 жыл бұрын

A fine performance, but not quite on the level of the classic Fritz Reiner recording.

@rogerantonybennett5272 3 жыл бұрын

We need both versions....

@bobthompson551 2 жыл бұрын

Howard Mitchell and the Washington National Symphony used to prompt his works, particularly this one, back in the 1950's. I don't remember his performances being as good as this.