PIAZZOLLA Four Seasons - Primavera Porteña (Spring)

Bach: Lute Suite in G Minor. Played on a harpsichord after Philip Denis of 1674 with the buff stop on the front 8'. 

Pitch a'= 415 Hz
Tuning: Bach 1722

Bach Lute Suite G Minor: Prelude: Dominic Eckersley, Harpsichord

David Loebel and Erica Washburn lead the NEC Philharmonia and Concert Choir in a performance of Brahms' German Requiem. Recorded live in Jordan Hall December 2, 2014 by Jeremy Sarna.

Brahms: A German Requiem: Selig sind die Toten

Igor Stravinsky : The Rite of Spring, 1.The Adoration of the Earth [15:25]
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra | Allen Tinkham, Music Director
RECORDED LIVE : May 20, 2011 | Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center

Igor Stravinsky : The Rite of Spring, I.The Adoration of the Earth [15:25] (CYSO | RECORDED LIVE)

Grace Hendrickson performing her Senior Piano Recital on April 30th, 2016. Recital was done in partial fulfillment of the BA in Music Performance Degree.

Works performed during this recital were composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Isaac Albéniz, Claude Debussy, and William Bolcom.

Preludes, Book 1, No. 2 Voiles,  No. 6, Des Pas Sur La Neige, No. 12, Minstrels, By Claude Debussy

For me Johann Sebastian Bach has always been the Boss so here is my attempt at remaking one of his classic tunes in the Translunar style!!

The purists will hate it, but when has that ever stopped me and here is some more info about the tune:
Further information: Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Bach)
Bach's third Orchestral Suite in D major, composed in the first half of the 18th century, has an "Air" as second movement, following its French overture opening movement. The suite is composed for three trumpets, timpani, two oboes, strings (two violin parts and a viola part), and basso continuo. In the second movement of the suite however only the strings and the continuo play. This is the only movement of the suite where all other instruments are silent.

The music of the "Air" is written down on four staves, for first violins, second violins, violas, and continuo. The eerie, interweaving melody lines of the high strings contrast with a pronounced rhythmic drive in the bass.

In the late 19th century violinist August Wilhelmj arranged the second movement of Bach's third Orchestral Suite for violin and an accompaniment of strings, piano or organ (harmonium). On the score he had "auf der G-Saite" (on the G string) printed above the stave for the solo violin, which gave the arrangement its nickname.

In Wilhelmj's version the piece is transposed down from its original key (D major) to C major. Then the part of the first violins is transposed down a further octave and given to a solo violin that can play the entire melody on its lowest string, the G string. The dynamic markings added by Wilhelmj are more in line with a romantic interpretation than with the baroque original.

As a violin can't play very loud in its lowest register, all the other parts of Bach's music were firmly reduced in Wilhelmj's version: the keyboard part is to be played staccato and pianissimo, causing the effects of interweaving melodies and of drive in the bass part to go lost. In the strings accompaniment version the violins and violas play muted (con sordino), and the bass part for cellos and double basses is to be played pizzicato and sempre pianissimo, with the same change in effect compared to Bach's original.

Later, a spurious story was put about that the melody was always intended to be played on the G string alone.[1] The violin solo part of Wilhelmj's arrangement is sometimes played on the counter-tenor violoncello. As a result of the popularity of the piece, on the G string remained in the name of various arrangements whether or not a string instrument playing on its G string was involved. Most of these versions have in common that the original melody of the first violins is played in the low register of a solo instrument, accompanied by a reduction of the material of the other parts of Bach's piece, although occasionally versions that stay more in line with Bach's original can go by the same name.

JS Bach - Air or Air on a G String Translunar style

Tanin no kao - The Face of Another (1966) - Hiroshi Teshigahara - 1. Waltz - Tōru Takemitsu

Francisco Tárrega - Capricho Árabe

Tomaso Albinoni - Oboe Concerto Op. 9 No. 8 in G minor II. Adagio III. Allegro

Bach 2000 v05CD05 [Teldec 3984

J.S. Bach - Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht 'Coffee Cantata', BWV 211

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 (Leningrad) - I. Allegretto (June 1988)

Allen Tinkham is increasingly recognized as one of the most inspiring and exciting conductors and teachers of his generation. He is hailed by John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune as both a conductor and teacher, described as working “wonders” as one of the most important "educators, mentors and inspirational guides in the training of tomorrow's orchestral professionals” and defined by his “communicative” conducting bringing forth “an adrenalin rush of superior playing.”

Under his leadership as the longtime Music Director of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO), both the Chicago Tribune  and Chicago Sun Times  have described performances by the  CYSO Symphony Orchestra as "professional level,"   and under his baton, the Chicago Tribune  has noted his “impressive” conducting and “uncanny control” and has compared the  CYSO Symphony Orchestra's  "ferocity and theatricality"  to that of the Chicago  Symphony Orchestra.

For the 2015/2016 season, Tinkham celebrates his fifteenth season as Music Director of CYSO and begins his first season as Music Director of the Chicago Composers Orchestra (CCO), an ensemble devoted to performing contemporary works of living composers. He begins the season guest conducting the opening night of the Adrian Symphony Orchestra and ends the season  conducting CYSO Symphony Orchestra in performances  of Mahler's 6th Symphony.

As Music Director of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras and the Chicago Composers Orchestra, 2015/2016 season highlights also include Beethoven's Symphony No. 4, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 with contemporary highlights including Boulez’s Dérive 1, Zwilich's Symphony No. 1 and works by David Lang and Chicagoan Anthony Chueng. In guest engagements, Tinkham conducts Dvorák’s Symphony No. 6 and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11.

For more info, visit www.allentinkham.com.

Igor Stravinsky : The Rite of Spring, I.The Adoration of the Earth [15:25] (CYSO | RECORDED LIVE)

ALLEN TINKHAM, Conductor | www.allentinkham.com

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