I initially planned on reporting Ohio’s primary election results through Tweets, Facebook posts, etc. Then, I did a little soul-searching tonight and realized that politics was the last thing I wanted to talk about, let alone report on. Instead, in a last-ditch effort, I decided to dig through Instagram and Facebook to report on the New York Philharmonic’s performance of Messian’s Turangalîla-Symphonie. I also wanted to try my hand at audio, which seemed like a particularly well-suited medium for a piece about classical music.
Lessons learned: finding actualities is hard for events like classical music concerts. There isn’t a lot to go on, maybe because of the nature of classical music concerts (recording is prohibited) and the demographic of classical music concert-goers. In this particular case, it was also difficult to find dissenting opinions (everyone really loved the concert). In any case, here’s my audio recording:
To accompany, here are a few Instagram images, a few tweets, and a video of the performance mentioned at the end of the piece:
Standing ovation at @nyphil for Olivier Messiaen's Turangalila conducted by Esa Pekka Salonen! Bravissimi! pic.twitter.com/6Dognr8L29
— lucien zayan (@theinvisibledog) March 11, 2016
Turangalîla Symphony by @nyphil last night was incredible! MESSIAEN!!!
— Wing Walker Music (@wingwalkermusic) March 12, 2016
Here’s the ondes Martenot, the electronic instrument in the piece:
These next two URLs are from the New York Philharmonic: the first is an instagram from one of the librarians who compiles sheet music for the musicians (and in this case got to sit in on a rehearsal) and the next is the video from Quartet for the End of Time — I incorporated the audio into my soundcloud piece.
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Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” at the Temple of DendurWe’re live at The Temple of Dendur at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. You’re watching Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time with Music Director Alan Gilbert on violin, Principal Cello Carter Brey, Principal Clarinet Anthony McGill, and Artist-in-Association Inon Barnatan on piano. NOTE: If you don’t hear sound, try going to around 1 min. 40 secs. in. #messiaenweek
Posted by New York Philharmonic on Sunday, March 13, 2016