{"id":1772,"date":"2009-01-25T12:45:34","date_gmt":"2009-01-25T20:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:14:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:14:31","slug":"iwasaki-korngold-strauss-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/25\/iwasaki-korngold-strauss-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"iwasaki, korngold & strauss this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re halfway through the current pops run (plus one runout to Salem on Monday night) of Broadway classics\/favorites, and now thoughts turn to the upcoming Classical series for next weekend.<\/p>\n

A highlight will be the solo debut of concertmaster Jun Iwasaki, playing the gorgeous Korngold Violin Concerto, Op. 35.<\/p>\n

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The Violin Concerto is a lush, Romantic score, with ample opportunities for the soloist to showcase a full, rich tone and also their virtuosity.\u00c2\u00a0 The concerto was premiered by Jascha Heifetz<\/a> in 1947, but was actually written for Bronislaw Huberman in 1945, and for reasons unknown to me was dedicated to Mahler’s widow, Alma Mahler-Werfel<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Composers who make their livelihood film scoring are by necessity borrowers from both their own previous material and from those of other composers (witness John Williams<\/a>‘ frequent borrowings from Prokofiev, Strauss, and, yes Korngold himself) and the need for expediency and economy makes such a composer’s concert works no exception. Thus the Violin Concerto takes themes from Korngold’s own Hollywood scoring projects (for Warner Brothers) of the previous decade, most notably from the films Another Dawn<\/em> (1937), Ju\u00c3\u00a1rez<\/em> (1939), Anthony Adverse<\/em> (1936), and The Prince and the Pauper<\/em> (1937).<\/p>\n

Here’s a video of Hilary Hahn playing the first movement of the Korngold:<\/p>\n

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Recommended recordings:<\/p>\n

Gil Shaham\/LSO\/Previn Barber: Concerto for violin Op14; Korngold: Much Ado about Nothing Op11<\/a>\"\"
\nJames Ehnes\/VSO\/Tovey James Ehnes – Korngold, Barber, Walton<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

The other major work on the program is Richard Strauss’ equally cinematic work Dance of the Seven Veils<\/em> from his opera Salom\u00c3\u00a9 (1905).\u00c2\u00a0 It’s an orchestral showpiece that depicts the famous dance from the climax of the opera where Salom\u00c3\u00a9 dances before King Herod in order to gain the head of John the Baptist.\u00c2\u00a0 Solo turns by the flute and oboe are highlights to watch for in this evocative score.<\/p>\n

Recommended recording:\n<\/p>\n

New York Philharmonic\/Maazel Strauss: Don Juan; Death and Transfiguration; Dance of the Seven Veils; Rosenkavalier Suite<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 is also on the program, and you don’t really need to hear anything more about this masterpiece from anyone, but it will doubtless be a robust and lively account with Maestro Kalmar at the helm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re halfway through the current pops run (plus one runout to Salem on Monday night) of Broadway classics\/favorites, and now thoughts turn to the upcoming Classical series for next weekend. A highlight will be the solo debut of concertmaster Jun Iwasaki, playing the gorgeous Korngold Violin Concerto, Op. 35. 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