S2.E74. Milhaud 'Scaramouche', Wagner Siegfried Idyll, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.

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The six or to give them their proper title, the other thing was a group of mostly French composers working in operators in the early 20th century. Their combined objective, even if articulated in very individual ways, was to rebel against romanticism, which I think that people were too mighty which I think. But they didn't have much time for fellow French composers like Ravel and Debusy either. There was no one style fits all. This was a case of ethics composers wanting to branch out in different directions to the established norm in a broad variety of outputs. We've listened to some of the music of my favourite French composer, the melodically quite working for Francis Bulang. But although they made a substantial impact on the future director of music, none of the others is a household name. One particular composition though, or at least one part of it, could well be familiar, even if the name of it creator died as a Milova is unlikely to be a Milova, who died in 1974, was especially in King unincorporated the newfound popularity of jazz. With a pre-sort movement. Nowadays it's more frequently played in an arrangement of saxophone or clarinet and orchestra. But I think it's always nice to hear these things in the original format when we can. So it was good to stumble on this live performance given by Martha Organizer and if a game came. We know that a lot of jazz is particularly noticeable in the third movement. But another characteristic of these music features throughout the piece right from the very beginning. You don't have to be any kind of expert to notice it, and it is, of course, easier to achieve with two separate instruments. But the clash makes for an exciting list. So if you thought you heard ten green bottles in the first movement, your ears were not deceiving you. An idiot is probably not one of them. I prefer to label him as one of the most unattractive unites who ever lived. It was written as a birthday presentation of the second wife. After the birth of the second son, it tends to become one of Wagner's most recognizable and treasure work. Imagine waking up one Christmas morning to hear a group of fifteen musicians assembled on the landing in your house playing this lovely music. That number has now been increased to a small orchestra. In this case, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Claudio Abardo. And speaking of most loved works, Chaco's violin concerto is now firmly established in the repertoire and the concert hall. Despite getting off to a sticky start. The final moment is marked Aleclo Vivacissimo, very fast and very lively, which is basically an open invitation to go as fast as you like. Although some have seen it as an opportunity to beat the living daylight side of the piece as well. This live performance with Janine Janssen and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paolo Ievi gets the balance perfectly. I'm no violinist, and by the way, nor was Tchaikovsky. But this sounds horribly difficult to me.