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Gustavo Dudamel - Conga del fuego

commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Gustavo Dudamel, Music & Artistic Director
premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic with soloist Jay Campbell, conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni
recorded at Walt Disney Concert Hall, courtesy of the LA Phil

excerpt of first five minutes, of ~twelve 

note | Amaru refers to the world serpent in Andean cosmology - rainbow-colored, two-headed, and dwelling beneath the earth. Associated with the emergence of underground water sources and transitions between worlds, Amaru is also related to the dark constellation serpent Mach’acuay whose seasonal appearance coincides with the warm rain season in the Andes and the appearance of terrestrial snakes.

'Amaru' joins a group of recent works that engage Andean & Irish cosmologies, my ancestry. With the distinct opportunity to write for the end of a program and next to a previous work, 'Talamh (land)', I wanted to explore a somewhat risky process: that of detuning an orchestra of strings. As 'Talamh' explores the topographies of Ireland through focused soundscapes, I wanted 'Amaru' to explore the loosening and tightening of ensemble, strings, conductor, and soloist through rich harmonies, wild harmonic gestures, and emergent, cyclic forms.

Amaru [2022] | LA Phil

CHOPIN - Ballad No. 1 in G minor - H. Alexander Engel

Conductor - Emmanuel Siffert
Leader - Barry Haskey

Schubert Unfinished Symphony

Tchaikovsky – The Swan Lake, Op.20 - Act II, No.14 Scene: Moderato

Brahms - Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Op. 90 - III. Poco Allegretto

Beethoven Symphony No. 7, II Allegretto

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041

Thomas Gould, violin
Senesino Players

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor: 1.

Antonin Dvorak~ Symphony No. 9 in E minor op. 95 "From the New World" 

Antonin Dvorak ~ Symphony No. 9, 4th movement - Allegro Con Fuoco

Mozart's Requeim - Lacrimosa done with FluffyAudio Dominus Choir demo.

Mozart's Requiem - Lacrimosa (Dominus Choir Demo)

David Loebel conducts the New England Conservatory Symphony in a performance of Schubert's  Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished". Recorded live February 1, 2012 in NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston.
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Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"-  Allegro moderato

Hugh Wolff conducts the New England Conservatory Philharmonia in a performance of Brahms' Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98. Recorded live October 3, 2012 in Jordan Hall, Boston, MA. 

Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98 -8  Allegro energico e passionato

Gustavo Dudamel con la filarmónica de Múnich

Gustavo Dudamel - Mahler Symphony No. 2 Mvt 5 (excerpt) With The Munich Philharmonic

Toscanini Conducts Prokofiev, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, R. Strauss

Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre in G Minor, Op.40

Claude Debussy - Clair De Lune [ violin ]

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol - Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor - Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E Major

Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op. 56 - "Scottish": IV. Allegro vivacissimo - allegro maestoso assai

Antonio Vivaldi - Winter (Full) - The Four Seasons

Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14 and subtitled To October, for the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was first performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and the Academy Capella Choir under Nikolai Malko, on 5 November 1927. After the premiere, Shostakovich made some revisions to the score, and this final version was first played in Moscow later in 1927 under the baton of Konstantin Saradzhev. It was also the first time any version of the work had been played in Moscow.

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