Stravinsky Ebony Concerto // London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto, featuring clarinetist Chris Richards, live from the Barbican Hall on Thursday 13 December 2018.
This performance was originally streamed live on TH-cam. Watch the whole concert on this playlist: • Playlist
Programme notes: lso.co.uk/images/pdf/13-12-We...
Produced, directed and filmed by London Symphony Orchestra. Edited by Wash Media.

[@henriletroubadour]

I like this composer who has created contemporary accessible, pleasant and expressive music. And your interpretation is beautiful!

[@synthetic_paul]

Incredible piece... I need more of this

[@charlesbrown1934]

A fine performance of a great piece. The rhythmic energy, the swing of the piece is jazzy, but essentially always Stravinsky.

[@davidkapral]

With respect, what about this piece “swings”?

[@trespassenger_w]

О Стравинском написано много, об Ebony Concerto не нашёл ничего.

[@movimentodoscacos]

@@davidkapral I think it implies (or maybe attempts) swing more than swinging itself. It's the elusive "jazziness" of it.

[@movimentodoscacos]

@@trespassenger_w Foi comissionada por Woody Herman, líder da banda de jazz "The Herd", na qual ele tocava clarinete. Stravinsky disse que o título "Ebony" significa ébano, referindo não à madeira do clarinete mas em referência a Àfrica através do blues e do jazz. Aparentemente a banda do Woody quase chorou quando viu a partitura e precisou de bastante esforço para tocar. Tem duas gravações deles, eu escutei a de 1958 e gostei. As versões mais recentes soam bem mais precisas, mas tem um charme na primeira versão da banda, arranhando um pouco mais e com um som mais cru. (Translate from portuguese)

[@nathanhol42001]

You guys always have superb recordings. Excellent sound quality and fantastic camera angles. I'm still so bummed that you had to take down the performances of The Firebird and Petrushka.

[@charlesbarry6730]

Classical composers have always appreciated jazz music. This is an example of a classical composer who appreciates. The only missing element is improvisation.

[@miklosdavid7627]

There are some other elements in jazz which are significant: the composer(s) are part of the performing, they often adapt and rearrange pieces of music written by fellow musicians.
Jazz players build mutual appreciation with other musicians in their formation and normally seek out new musicians to play with so as to enrich their musical experience.
As for the listener, it is their duty and pleasure to search for the most relevant and worthwhile music for themselves both in classical music and jazz.

[@lunarodriguez-montes6179]

amazing, wonderful, super cool, yezzzzz

[@nathanhol42001]

Yeah London Symphony Jazz Ensemble

[@anatolyveitsenfeld9801]

London Big Band :)

[@dmytrofonariuk2649]

Bravo!

[@me_is_hobo]

1:23 sounds like the e flat and bass clarinet solo in the rite of spring

[@HxhXnin9e]

c'est bien !

[@vsevolodzavidov3802]

3:39 - 2 часть
6:11 - 3 часть

[@charlesbarry971]

Stravinsky employed jazz elements in some his compositions
He liked the sonority of jazz instruments.

[@tomvignieri134]

Inimitably, inevitably Stravinsky. Almost as though he took L'Histoire du Soldat and fleshed it out for Woody Herman's jazz band

[@user-iz2pd9zb7h]

Bassclarinet player is very pretty.

[@docbailey3265]

I didn’t know Mark Steyn played clarinet that well.

[@HxhXnin9e]

6:37 - 7:40
Pas un seul plan sur le clarinettiste ? La toccata est redoutable, j'aurais aimé la voir

[@davidmoralessantiago]

3:00 Silvestre Revueltas vibe

[@Horse.with.a.broken.leg1846]

Was any form of amplification used for the performance?

[@LondonSymphonyOrchestra]

No amplification was used in the concert.

[@8kanku]

@@LondonSymphonyOrchestra Not even for the guitar?

[@iamnotme8999]

Moondog!

[@Applejack242]

3:33

[@jazzrecordingsandarchives9198]

Why use a classical guitar? Originally, an electric guitar was used. It doesn’t sound quite right, and probably isn’t what Stravinsky had in mind.

[@charlesbarry971]

Although he wasn't a jazz musician, Stravinsky liked jazz this piece contained some jazz elements but it is not a jazz piece.
Stravinsky , just like Bernstein employed some jazz elements in his compositions.

[@knd1940]

It's a great piece but if the clarinetist wasn't standing in front of the orchestra I would never have guessed it was a clarinet concerto. Maybe there was a lot going on with the soloist that the camera didn't show but it didn't seem like the clarinet part was any bigger than several of the other instruments. If Woody Herman hoped this would give him a platform to show off his clarinet chops he must have been disappointed.

[@osushi1366]

クラリネットの協奏曲でありながら出番が少ない奇妙な作品！

[@docbailey3265]

I love sushi.

[@danielpincus221]

Well, Stravinsky tried to write jazz. I'm not sure he succeeded. In any case, nice piece.

[@Ornthoron]

The video is unfortunately out of sync with the music.

[@pv5361]

Your eyes are unfortunately out of tune - this video is just fine!

[@bencris2bal511]

@@JamesGiddings-kh6mv It is most definitely not in my eyes.

[@calebwilliamsmusician]

@@JamesGiddings-kh6mv You’re right

[@calebwilliamsmusician]

@@JamesGiddings-kh6mv it’s insanely out of sync

[@knd1940]

Maybe it's been fixed but when I watched it just now the music and video were synced.

[@igor58]

Russian blues