Leading by Example
Adella Premium Content
•
54m
๐ฅ. ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ (A Heroโs Life)
Franz Welser-Mรถst believes in approaching music with โopen ears,โ especially in a piece as rich with extra-musical context as Straussโs very personal ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ. Welser-Mรถst shares the workโs connection to the composerโs life and his own classical approach to this Romantic staple, encouraging performers and listeners alike to โlet the music speak.โ Concertmaster David Radzynski reflects on how the human voice inspires his reading of the virtuosic solo violin part and discusses his musical roots.
Up Next in Adella Premium Content
-
Franz in Vienna
๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ง Divertimento No. 2
๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ Variations for OrchestraAt home in Austria, Franz Welser-Mรถst takes a walk through Vienna, a city steeped in centuries of music history as the home of many famous composers โ including Mozart and Schoenberg โ and the storied Musikverein. Best remembered for ...
-
The Linz Connection
๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ง Symphony No. 36 (โLinzโ)
Written on a trip from Vienna to Salzburg, Mozartโs โLinzโ Symphony was named for Franz Welser-Mรถstโs Austrian hometown. The Music Director recalls the cultural flowering he witnessed there as a student and reminisces about his earliest days as an aspiring conduct...
-
Alan Gilbertโs Colorful Soundscape
๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ (The Sea)
๐จ๐ก๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ขฬ for Orchestra
๐. ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐โ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด (On a Spring Morning)Light, shade, and color play an integral role in this luminously French program of Boulanger, Debussy, and Korean composer Unsuk Chin. Conductor Alan Gilbert reminisces about his ...
