Myra Hess plays Schumann Waldszenen "Vogel als Prophet" скачать в хорошем качестве

Myra Hess plays Schumann Waldszenen "Vogel als Prophet"

Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), op.82, composed in 1848-49, consists of nine short pieces similar in style and spirit to the composer's Kinderszenen (1838). The best-known and most striking piece of the set is No.7, "Vogel als Prophet" (Bird as Prophet or The Prophet Bird); its cross-relations, incomplete melodies and extreme delicacy of texture creates a weirdly beautiful atmosphere. Waldszenen may rightly be regarded as Schumann's last really fine keyboard work. The decline in the composer's mental and emotional capacities in ensuing years led him to focus on the compilation and revision of earlier works rather than the production of new music. The set is dedicated to a young lady named Annette Preußer. ~ Julia Myra Hess (1890 1965) British pianist. At the age of five she began to study the piano and two years later entered the Guildhall School of Music, pupil of Julian Pascal and Orlando Morgan, where she graduated as winner of the gold medal. At 12 she earned a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music and became a pupil of Tobias Matthay, whom she viewed as her primary teacher. Myra Hess made her debut in November 1907, at the age of 17, in Beethoven's Fourth Concerto, with Thomas Beecham conducting in London. Then she performed throughout England. In 1922 she made her USA debut in New York. Thereafter she toured widely in Europe and the USA. Myra Hess was one of the best-known and most beloved of British pianists. Her reputation was particularly enhanced by her innovative and deeply appreciated venture during World War II, the National Gallery Concerts. Wartime blackouts closed the concert halls of London. In the meantime, the National Gallery in London had been emptied of its art treasures, which were sent to parts of the country less vulnerable to German bombing. It was Hess's idea to open in 1939 the Gallery to the public for concerts every day during the lunch hours. Londoners flocked to these informal concerts. She arranged concerts from solo recitals to full-scale orchestral and choral music. She, never asking for a fee, personally appeared more than any other artist, and got some of the finest musicians of the country to appear there. The effort was seen as a major boost to morale. In 1941 King George VI made her "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire". After the War, Myra Hess commenced touring again and continued her notable career until her farewell concert in 1962. ~~~