Max Bruch - Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 (1880)
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- Max Bruch (6 January 1838 - 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, teacher, and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.
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Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 (1880)
Dedication: Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908)
Introduction: Grave (0:00)
I. Adagio cantabile (3:51)
II. Scherzo: Allegro (8:29)
III. Andante sostenuto (14:48)
IV. Finale: Allegro guerriero (21:46)
Nicola Benedetti, violin and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rory Macdonald
Description by Roger Dettmer [-]
Bruch composed this work in 1880 for violinist Pablo de Sarasate, who played the first performance at Hamburg in September of that year. The orchestra includes two each of winds, trumpets and percussion, four horns, three trombones, and timpani. The Nazis lumped Bruch among a host of "racially impure" composers (including Mendelssohn and Mahler) whose music they banned. Yet this son of a noted soprano and a civil servant was descended from German-Protestant stock. Although his canon included two string quartets and nearly 50 works for chorus and orchestra, he is chiefly remembered today for the first violin concerto, the Scottish Fantasy, and a variation setting for cello and orchestra of the Yom Kippur chant Kol Nidrei -- most likely the reason for his blacklisting by the "Thousand-Year Reich."
Following Paganini's meteoric career after he left Italy, the most famous nineteenth century violinists were German-schooled Joseph Joachim (who played the definitive version of Bruch's first concerto in 1868), and the virtuosic Spanish showman, Pablo de Sarasate. For the latter, Bruch composed not only his second concerto (in 1877) and Scottish Fantasy, but a failed third concerto and a serenade. Bruch wrote more for Sarasate than did any other composer, and while Bruch was fonder of his Second Concerto, the Fantasia Freely Using Scottish Folk Melodies (the present work's formal title) proved to be far more popular.
Bruch freely admitted the influence exerted upon the work by Walter Scott, whose writings had ensnared Bruch's attention during a conducting stint in England in 1880; Scott's Lady of the Lake inspired a subsequent cantata, Das Feuerkreuz. The Fantasia opens with a slow, solemnly bardic introduction for brass and harp, and then a recitative for the soloist on a soft cushion of strings. This leads directly to an Adagio cantabile in E flat major, based on the song "Auld Robin Morris," with the harp nearly as prominent as the violin's decorations.
The G major second movement has various titles -- "Scherzo: Allegro" and "Dance" -- and is based on "Hey, the Dusty Miller." Drone basses imitate the sound of bagpipes, while the violin adds all manner of pyrotechnics after it introduces the tune on double-stopped strings (two strings played with one stroke of the bow). The merriment ends with a bridge passage recalling "Auld Robin Morris." This leads without pause to the third movement, a set of plushly sonorous variations in slower time, Andante sostenuto, on the song "I'm Down for Lack o' Johnnie." The violin rhapsodizes eloquently throughout, and concludes with a memorable sigh.
Bruch gave his finale the same warlike marking, Allegro guerriero, that Mendelssohn used in the last movement of his Scottish Symphony. "Scots wha hae" is the dominant folk melody, legendarily sung by Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn. The violin adds excitement by playing on two, three, even four strings simultaneously until a tender reprise of the first movement. "Scots wha hae" returns, however, to conclude the four-movement work rousingly. - เพลง
Amazing!!!!! Bravo to the violinist and the harpist!!!!!!!
I don't know what the obsession with Scotland was in the 19th century, but damn did it produce some fantastic music.
Despite how hard the finale sounds, the notes feel comprehensive in a way. I always found Bruch writing amazing music for the violin that felt so natural to play. This and his amazing orchestration, so much fun to listen to.
very true
Bruch was probably one of the German composers who had a special affinity for English. He once spent time teaching and conducting the English orchestra, and wrote this extremely poetic and tuneful masterpiece on the Scottish tunes. This fantasy is, in my opinion, one of the greatest orchestral works with violin accompaniments, and no inferior to the quintessential first violin concerto. Thank you very much for posting this magnificent magna opus.
Wunderschöne und nuancierte Interpretation dieser romantischen und perfekt komponierten Fantasie mit seidigem doch gut phrasiertem Ton der genialen Solovioline sowie gut vereinigten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen der anderen Instrumente. Der dritte Satz klingt besonders schön und echt melodisch. Der intelligente und erfahrene Dirigent leitet das perfekt trainierte Orchester im gut betrachteten Tempo und mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Einfach wundervoll!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
Thank YOU, Herr Bruch, for this beautiful contribution to violin music!
@@TheodoreServin I am overjoyed that you and many others appreciate my work! I am just so flattered that my works are represented on media such as this! I thank you all very much!
GRACIAS MAESTRO ....POR SIEMPRE Y SIEMPRE !!!!!
27:19 I don't think anyone realized but the soloist actually played the wrong notes. He was supposed to play notes going down but he played notes going up. (last measure of that line)
Thank you 🌹 A Masterpiece. Timeless.
I want to personally thank you for the piece you wrote included with this Masterpiece. Historical information is very important.
Thank you so much, I don't even have words.
Having experienced,it made me stunn. What an artistry.Strings at threshold making chemistry calm of within.
fantastische Sendung, danke!
Extremely beautiful. Thank you very much.
II. Scherzo; Allegro.. Definitely ❤️🎼🎶🎼❤️🎶🎼❤️🎶🎼❤️🎶🎼👌🏻👌🏻
Очень понравилось,Спасибо большое.
Very beaytiful ,Thank you so much.
this video was never done before?! I use to play the piano reduction of this with a fellow violinist friends decade ago ! So much memories...
Yes indeed, a friend mentioned it to me. I was a bit incredulous but it was not posted on YT with score. But if my memory serves me right it used to be up.
@@bartjebartmans Thanks so much for posting the score. I think this is the only one on YT and it's great to finally have it.
Just wonderful ~ THANK you! Have been fond of this Scottish Fantasy for a long time.
(Reading Roger Dettmer's description is highly recommended)
This is such an outstanding piece of work.
This is the first time I've ever heard of the Scottish Fantasy, and - before even reading the caption - I had this vague idea that Nicky would be the soloist. And my intuition was right... This is so good!
Perfectly!
23:06 definitely one of my favourite parts
One of the nicest versions (played by Nicola Benedetti and musicians) of the Bruch Scottish Fantasy. Nicola's version nicer than Heifetz (although his version may have the coldest most haunting sound). Her playing is also surprisingly very, very powerful - maybe her violin is extra loud?
In what way do you mean
" Nicer than Heifetz."
Can you do this with the Bruckner's symphonies ? (No manuscript)
Not all of his symphonies are available. Only his manuscripts are available for free online.
Great scottish fantasy, do you have the solo violinist and the orchastra information? Thanks.
Click on the tab "show more" and you will see a lot of info. The violinist is Nicola Benedetti with the BBC Scottish SO
Fun to listen to, but not so fun to play besides the last movement.