Howard Hanson - Symphony No.1 in E-minor, Op.22 "Nordic" (1922)
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- Howard Hanson (1896 - 1981)
Work: Symphony No.1 in E-minor, Op.22 "Nordic" (1922)
Mov.I: Andante solenne - Allegro con forza 00:00
Mov.II: Andante teneramente, con semplicita 12:45
Mov.III: Allegro con fuoco 18:55
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony
Conductor: Gerard Schwarz - เพลง
This beautiful Nordic introduced me to Hanson's music almost 6 decades ago. Wrote him a letter of compliment and he kindly wrote back. I consider his #1, #2, and #4 his best symphonies. A great, if not the greatest, American Neo-Romantlc Master. Miss him !
His favorite, of his 7 syms., was the 6th, dedicated to Leonard Bernstein.
No.3 has really grown on me as well.
@@samuelstephens6163 it takes time to mature into his music. I told friends that you really don't get the wisdom of his symphonies until about the fifth or sixth listening.
Just discovered him. Really good stuff, very enticing
I don't know if he is more overlooked or misunderstood. He makes the orchestra sing with passion.
Very underrated composer…. His works are written beautifully.
The sheer majesty of the horns. Astounding.
Thanks too to the wonderful Gerard Schwarz who has done so much for music. Great job; beautiful music.
Wonderful symphony! Hanson at his romantic best, along with his second symphony. Truly magnificent.
And my favorite, his Organ Concerto! Gorgeous. His music is so lush and evocative.
Just found that Naxos has done a reissue of the original set of the Hanson symphonies by Schwarz and the Seattle on Delos. That goes on my Christmas list.
Cela faisait de nombreuses années que je n'avais pas entendu cette symphonie, et je suis content de la redécouvrir. Dramatique, vibrantE, riche, pleinE de vie, structurellement saine et pas du tout étouffante ou académique (comme une première symphonie pourrait l'être),
c'est un travail impressionnant en effet. Gerard Schwarz était un excellent choix pour réaliser un ensemble complet de symphonies de Howard Hanson; Il en fait ressortir toute la flamboyance et la passion .....
Ya two of THE GREATEST offerimngs t o the whole world came out of Rochester NY, Kodak film and cameras and the GREAT Howard Hanson. He was wonderful in wanting to share his knowledge of music thru teaching.
Howard came out of Nebraska. He made Rochester great.
@@andrewpetersen5272 Yes. The Howard Hanson house is in Wahoo, Nebraska. When we toured, the docent let me play on his piano. I tried Oh What a Beautiful Morning
Schwarz played trumpet with the New York Philharmonic; Hanson wrote beautifully for brass. Its a natural attraction.
Delightful!
Just discovered this track last night while bumping into Classical King FM and I love it!
From Spain, thanks, friend Kuhlau. Wonderful symphony!
magnificent!
Hanson has a purity and accessability in it's neo-romantic style that I suspect is looked down upon by many in the academy. If thought and emotion can be accessed through imagery and sound, then Hanson is among best at doing so for we deplorables out there.
I really hate musical snobbery which isn’t even right in its judgements.
This is a beautiful and lyrical symphony. I have heard it for the first time and I am going to hear other Hanson symphonies now.
One of Hanson's favorite orchestral signatures is a subdued French horn passage of affirmation. Hear it once, and you will recognize it anywhere else.
Hanson is both memorable and often strikingly original, in the sense even his earlier orchestrations sound "modern" and engagingly complex.
I agree too
Thank you you tube for introduceing me to this music
I like the painting
lyric and dynamic masterpiece
This brought me to Ralph Vaughan Williams, no regret
beautiful
Rarely do I ever listen to much from after 1900, but Hanson is definitely an exception. He wrote music that carried a mood, was melodic but not saccharine, moved but with a purpose, and never lost sight of the need to be musical and not just noise.
I read a lot of comments comparing Hanson to Sibelius, but except for a few fleeting moments, I don't see it. Too often, Sibelius forgot the purpose of music is to be musical. Some of his works were lyrical, but the rest were him trying to tell everyone how good he was by being harsh and discordant. Hanson did not fall into that trap. Hanson would have been right at home in the midst of the Romantic era.
Kuhlau, thank you once again for enriching my life with this lovely piece.
honestly so much incredible music post 1900..
@@pgroove163 Some, yes, but many, if not most, became discordant and atonal. They were too concerned with being known for being different they forgot what it is that people listen to the music for in the first place.
I like a few of Hanson's symphonies. Pretty orchestration - I think Debussy was the inspiration yet Hanson's own American sound. Romantic as they come. Recommend Estonian Eduard Tubin's 4th and 2nd symphony if you like this sound.
Not to mention Sibelius, Bax, and Nielson.
This is a masterpiece; perhaps even better than No. 2 the "Romantic". It deserves much more playing time than it gets. Sparse and sometimes bleak but always lovely.
You have to listen to his opera..fantastic! Wonderful!
The recording conducted by Kenneth Schermerhorn with the Nashville SO has the dynamic edge over Schwarz's version, especially in the Finale which is spine tingling in its rhythmic drive and melodramatic intensity. This is a brilliant symphony.
Wow!
wow this is fantastic!
I was introduced by past issue billboard magazine 1990. Was indeed a good magazine then
Love Hanson, modern (then, at least), yes, but still retaining a sense of melody.
That is one fantastic bass drum around minute 22!
I believe Kettle drums :-)
good!
What a nice surprise this is. I'm, of course, familiar with the much more famous #2 "Romantic", but this really has its moments and is put together beautifully. Nice recording. "Nordic" here might refer to Hanson's Swedish heritage and also his Nebraska roots, I'm not sure about that. It does have a Sibelius quality about it.
I'll tell you, this with the second, certainly has a Nebraska feel. If you have ever been on the Platte, Elkhorn, Niobrara, or up in the Sandhills in the Summer and fall, this the music you see. around you.
I think you're right.
12:45 is my fav
Where would Hanson be without the chord of the raised fourth?
You mean Lydian?
is this in 5 at certain points? or just syncopated to sound like it?
What's the name of the painting?
10:36
agreed.
Yes Im inclined to agree.
Sibelius early symphonies were great but for me VW Bax and Hanson r more lyrical able to sustain their line of musical thought Hansons 6th is still my favourite
Well,I think this is not enough..If Sibelius’s music is truly nordic, then this music is the nordic in Hollywood movies
Composed in 1922 well before movies had music. Possibly Hollywood composers learned from Hansen, nordic or otherwise.
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This is a fantastic symphony but that ending!? Not convinced...
There are tragic undertones in the symphony that emerge full-blown in the last movement's coda. Maybe a nordic sense of fate, or more likely the shattering effect of World War 1.
Sounds like what it is an American composer trying to sound like Sibelius #1 The Eastman School of music wanted Sibelius to run it be he wouldnt leave Finland so they hired Hanson who wrote a Nordic symphony {they called Alan Hovahness the American Sibelius so he ripped up 2000 compositions and wrote 2000 more ] Zubin Meta saisd he has no respect for Sibelius I dont know what he meant by that except I guess he is more into atonal composers like Varese and William Kraft but he also recorded the Planets by Holst
Lots of people criticized Hanson for not being modern enough. His music has outlived all his critics, and will outlive Zubin Meta. Atonal music makes people weep for all the wrong reasons.
Third mvt. Great until it went all Sturm und Drang on me.
Good thing that the tympani was invented; Hanson would have had to seek a career in carpentry, to do all of that pointless pounding.