Albéniz: Iberia (Book I) | Lang Lang (piano) - Live from Vienna

<p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" width="640" height="390" src="https://www.inoreader.com/yt-embed/?v=Utklz1A_IU8" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" style="width:100%;aspect-ratio:16/9;height:auto;display:block;border:0;" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p>Sonorous Spanish music performed by one of the world’s most popular pianists: Lang Lang. In this video from his now-famous concert "Live from Vienna," in 2010, the charismatic Chinese pianist performs Iberia (Book I) by Isaac Albéniz in Vienna’s Musikverein, one of the world's most historic and prestigious concert halls.<br> <br> (00:00) I. Evocatión ("Evocation")<br> (06:35) II. El Puerto ("The Port")<br> (11:34) III. Fête-Dieu à Séville ("Corpus Christi in Seville")<br> <br> Pianist and composer Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909) was, without a doubt, a child prodigy. It is said that he received his first piano lessons from his sister at the age of one, and at four he gave his first public concert. A busy concert career followed, during which the young boy, dressed as a musketeer to attract attention, performed virtuoso showpieces at the piano. He traveled to Latin America — according to one myth, as a stowaway on a ship — performing concerts there. By his early twenties, after composing a number of salon works for piano, Albéniz had developed a distinctly Spanish national style, characterized by folkloric elements transformed into highly virtuosic piano music.<br> <br> The piano suite "Iberia" is among the works that established Albéniz’s international fame. Composed between 1905 and 1908, the suite consists of four books, each containing three pieces under the title "Iberia. 12 nouvelles 'impressions' en quatre cahiers." Typical of these twelve impressionistic musical tableaux are highly syncopated rhythms derived from Spanish folk music and dance. The work is especially rich in tonal colors and when performed with sufficient nuance, the piano can sound as if it's an entire orchestra. At times, one might even imagine hearing plucked guitars, thanks to musical devices intended to capture the vibrant atmosphere of Spain in musical form.<br> <br> In a letter to his friend, Catalan pianist and composer Joaquim Malats i Miarons (1872–1912), Albéniz wrote that he had composed "Iberia" thanks to him — and in honor of him. However, the first book of Iberia carries the dedication "À Madame Ernest Chausson" — Jeanne Escudier Chausson, the widow of the French composer Ernest Chausson, who died prematurely in 1899. The premiere of the first book took place in Paris on 9 May 1906, performed by Blanche Selva (1884–1942).<br> <br> The first piece, "Evocatión," with seven flats in the key signature, could be described as an impressionistic homage to Albéniz’s homeland, Spain. It incorporates the rhythms of the fandango and the jota. The second piece, "El Puerto de Santa María," is inspired by the southern Spanish town of the same name. Once again, it is a strongly impressionistic piano work, whose characteristic rhythm is that of a zapateado. The most demanding of the three pieces is "Fête-Dieu à Séville" ("Corpus Christi in Seville"), a highly original musical depiction of a Corpus Christi procession. Accordingly, the piece begins with a march whose melody draws on the Castilian children’s song "La Tarara." Contrasting with the march are passages in the style of the saeta, a traditional religious song, accompanied in the manner of flamenco played on the guitar. The alternation of these two thematic worlds culminates in the return of the march theme, transformed into the rhythm of a tarantella. Flamenco rhythms, interspersed with chords reminiscent of church bells, bring the piece to its conclusion.<br> <br> The immense variety of Spanish dance forms, combined with the wealth of instrumental colors suggested in the music, inspired orchestral arrangements of "Iberia" from the very beginning. Isaac Albéniz himself prepared an orchestral version of the first book of the piano suite. Dissatisfied with the result, however, he entrusted the work to his friend Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863–1939), the Spanish violinist and conductor, for a new orchestration. Numerous further arrangements of the Iberia Suite followed, created by various composers for both orchestra and solo instruments.<br> <br> © 2010 Sony Classical International <br> <br> Text: Rita Kass<br> <br> Find more concerts here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SdnzPd3eBV5A14dyRWy1KSkwcG8LEey">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SdnzPd3eBV5A14dyRWy1KSkwcG8LEey</a> <br> <br> in our playlist featuring pieces for solo piano: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SdnzPd3eBV8VQOtGGTUYSryvB_k8Wl">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SdnzPd3eBV8VQOtGGTUYSryvB_k8Wl</a>-<br> <br> and in our playlist with great works from the Romantic era: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SdnzPd3eBUCHNKKxIIM88sntDk1TVih">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SdnzPd3eBUCHNKKxIIM88sntDk1TVih</a><br> <br> Subscribe to DW Classical Music: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dwclassicalmusic">https://www.youtube.com/dwclassicalmusic</a> <br> <br> #albeniz #solopiano #langlang</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utklz1A_IU8" target="_blank">- Enlace a artículo -</a></p> <p>Más info en https://ift.tt/mb1ORta / Tfno. & WA 607725547 Centro MENADEL (Frasco Martín) Psicología Clínica y Tradicional en Mijas. #Menadel #Psicología #Clínica #Tradicional #MijasPueblo</p> <p>*No suscribimos necesariamente las opiniones o artículos aquí compartidos. 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