Erkki Melartin - Symphony No.4 in E-major, Op.80 "Summer symphony" (1912)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
- Erkki Melartin (2 February 1875, Käkisalmi -- 14 February 1937, Pukinmäki) was a Finnish composer.
Work: Symphony No.4 in E-major, Op.80 "Summer symphony" (1912)
Mov.I: Allegro moderato 00:00
Mov.II: Scherzo (Vivace) 10:40
Mov.III: Andante 16:40
Mov.IV: Rondo finale: Allegro - tempo de marche festive 31:25
Soprano: Pia Freund (only in the third movement)
Mezzo soprano: Lilli Paasikivi (only in the third movement)
Contralto: Laura Nykänen (only in the third movement)
Orchestra: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Leonid Grin - เพลง
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An unusual piece. It's unfortunate that such works are performed too rarely in concert halls, as they provide us with a much better understanding of the development of classical music in the late 19th/early 20th centuries.
You can see the summer in all its glory within this work
Was not expecting an operatic third movement at all! Probably one of the most unique symphonies I've ever listened to.
Every Melartin symphony I listen to, I come out thinking 'what a nice piece'. No exception here. I love it!
This has become one of my favorite symphonies.
That slow movement, with the wordless singers, is like a magic spell. Gorgeous!
Amazing music. The hymn heard in the end of 3rd and 4th movements is one of the most well-known melodies in Finland and Sweden, called in Finland the "Summer Hymn" (sang when the school ends before summer). The melody was published already 1695 in a Swedish hymnal book, and in 1701 in a Finnish one. Melody probably has German-Baltic origin, the lyrics is thought to have roots in a Medieval erotic poem, dating back to the 13th century.
Congratulations to Leonid Grin for creating this amazing performance and recording!!
Do you have any links to this "Summer Hymn"? I assume that this is the melody that is sung in the third movement, and I'd really like to listen to it elsewhere. Thanks!
I checked the score whether Melartin would have written something of the origin of the melody there, but no, it just says "assai semplice" over the main melody
Sensacional Compositor, muy impresionado. Un verdadero hallazgo. Felicitaciones, Saludos desde Viña del Mar, Chile.
Right now, beside the Sibelius Fifth - this is my favorite Finnish symphony.
Lilli Paasikivi, one of the soloists, is now the artistic director of the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki
unbelievable! what a fantastic music!
This is great. I love the use of voices as instruments. Without words the sound comes from the inner depth of the soul.
I like this symphony. I've returned to it about three times now.
Nice symphony, congrats to Erkki Melartin ! and nice background painting.
Leonid Grin! Former conductor of the San Jose Symphony Orchestra.
It is a great shame this is not available on CD
This work from Ekki Melartin is written quite in a romantic trditional style, with some postromntic features, rather in orchestration than in harmmony. But why, after all? Everybody cannoy be Debussy, Ravel, Stravoinsky, Mahler or Schoenberg. This is an extremely well written symphony, which brings toether a rater pastoral tone unity and intesrsting contrasting sections wu ithout surprising disruptions. All in all, a rather traditional but excellent music. We ALSO need such kind of words.
I do note that the birth and death dates of the composer are absolutely the same than "our" Ravel. My God, leave more time to geniuses to soften our civilizations and call to YOU dictators much earlier.
Bravo. I love this lovely symphony from the little known (in US) Erkki Melartin.
Such a pleasurable listing experience. Thanks for uploading this. Otherwise, I might never have made acquaintance with this composer.
Fantastic study music. These Scandinavian romanticism pieces always hit the spot.
Denna symfoni är underbar!! Later lite som Sibelius nagonstans, man det är ju inget fel.
Melartin construit ses architectures sonores comme un mouvement de masses sonores qui se heurtent à des vitesses fulgurantes et sous tellement d’angles différents, délimités comme des zones de couleurs irisés sur une carte, tout en mouvements gracieux !
Melartin construye sus arquitecturas de sonido como un movimiento de masas sonoras que chocan a velocidades fulgurantes y desde múltiples ángulos, delimitadas como zonas de colores iridiscentes en un mapa, ¡todo en movimientos elegantes!
YUP Me three!🤪👍
A discovery for me. I have heard it 4 times today. Wow Finnish!!!
If you haven't yet, give Madetoja's symphonies a try--especially the first.
Charmé de découvrir ce compositeur dont j'ignorais totalement l'existence, par cette oeuvre profondément belle.
Le mouvement lent, où la voix (sans paroles) est utilisée de manière instrumental (Nielsen et Alfvén useront de ce même moyen pour, respectivement, leurs 3e et 4e symphonies).
I'll be playing this again!
Amazing!
Very nice work.
El andante, tercer movimiento, es espléndido en su honda delicadeza
Beautiful music!
The tempo of the Rondo-Finale is Allegro - tempo de marche festive
Thanks a lot for uploading!!
To those who are interested: "The finale is a robust rondo. The timpani and strings lead into a new version of the symphony’s main theme. The finale too is lucid and goes through several themes before launching into the “Summer Hymn” as a solemn chorale. While the melody is of Swedish origin, it is well known to all Finns and carries National Romantic overtones.".....Source: www.fmq.fi/2000/03/erkki-melartin-a-symphonic-composer-of-international-stature/
Actually, the Hymn is one of the most well-known melodies in Sweden and Finland, sang in Church, and in Finland, always when the school ends before summer and recently, at weddings too. That's why the hymn is called in Finland "the Summer Hymn". But the melody itself doesn't carry "National Romantic overtones", despite what Räihälä writes in the link above. The melody was published already 1695 in a Swedish hymnal book, and in 1701 in a Finnish one. Melody may have German roots, the lyrics is thought to have roots in a Medieval erotic poem, dating back to the 13th century.
@@henrijar I presume they mean using such a well-known folk hymn at all carries such overtones, rather than the tune itself doing so.
@@klop4228 Yap, but the problem is in the term "national romantic". The Hymn is German-Baltic with medieval natural erotic lyrics, and as a Finn I never experienced this hymn of having any kind of national feeling, so at least for me those overtones do not sound, unlike the overtones of love, youth, summer, optimism or peace. Melartin's music in general can only partially be categorized as "national romantic", he had a very universal ideology
@@henrijar Fair enough
I was just thinking that if someone were to use a Scottish folk song (I live in Scotland) it would have some kind of Nationalist connotations, even if the song isn't that Nationalistic. But only to some extent.
Fritzik
very good!
Belle légèreté primesautière de cette symphonie romantique. Un petit trésor musical à découvrir...
C'est vrai ! Mais je reste sidéré par l'époque de réalisation de cette symphonie. En effet, et sans faire de comparaison, quand on pense que le sacre du printemps a été créé l'année suivante, on se rend compte du décalage avec la vie musicale des pays scandinaves (et pas que...). Pourtant ce compositeur n'était l'ainé de Stravinsky que d'une dizaine d'année seulement ! Une décade finalement c'est important en musique ....??
@@teacoffee42 Certes mais au prix d'une inspiration en retrait à mes oreilles.
Heilige Musik
Can't wait!
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@@12corners Keithie-boy, you've had another 3 years to figure yerself out?Are we gettin' any closer? The suspense is killin' me!😆👍
Correction; I found a box set of six of his symphonies
Escuchando la radio me daba la impresión de que ya no se componía música sinfónica, que lo único que se hacía era esa 'música de vanguardia' infumable, llena de ruidos, estrépito, estruendo y estridencias. ¡Dios mío, qué horror!, pensaba. Ahora gracias a TH-cam estoy descubriendo un sin fin de músicos que me gustan a cual más. Y éste es uno de ellos.
Sinesio Madrona Rodenas En parte estoy de acuerdo contigo, pero al mismo tiempo - que cada compositor componga lo que le de la gana, sin dictámenes. A unos les gusta lo clásico y romántico, en cambio a otros - chirridos y estridencias. Como dicen - «el gusto se rompe en generos». En esto consiste el encanto de la música. Pero eso sí - deberían tocar mucho más las obras de estos compositores dizque «de segunda, desconocidos y eclecticistas»...
This is my fourth hearing. Okay, that's it! Graduate this symphony to a *** MUST HEAR ***.
I've been back here many many times. It's fantastic
Kommer om en stund! ;-)
i was reading the score the other day, it seems there was a second ending to the first movement that seeems to be more uplifting, only if it is being recorded as well🙈
Beautiful
Fantastiskt! Kan du ladda upp hans 5e och 6e symfonier? :D
I like this symphony quite a bit. Does anyone know who the artist is on the painting and what the name of it is? The painting is quite good and seems to go really well with this piece.
The Thames - Summer Morning near Maidenhead by Alfred de Breanski, Jr.
I quite agree with ronald b woodall. I get the similar images in this delightful symphonic work. First time I have heard Melartin's music, like Enescu, using the human voice as another instrument in the orchestra.
Gill.Henry Shaw can you give me the name of Enescu's orchestral work that he used human voice ?
@@idilarseven4287 Enescu - symphpny 3, in the 3rd movement he uses a wordless choir
Also Nielsen
@@idilarseven4287 Romanian Poem, opus1 , I think. If you like human voices in symphony, I suggest the 3rd of Vaughan Williams (Pastoral-4th mvnt) and the 3rd of Nielsen (Espansiva- 2d mvnt)
The score is available from the publisher Fennica Gehrman
Härligt!
Nice
danke!!
Absolutly supurb.
Phil Homes - Two words, both spelt wrong. Stunning.
@@warmswarm And you spelt 'stoopid' s-t-u-n-n-i-n-g!
@@darrylschultz9311 - Darryl old chum, you're not making any sense. See what happens when you stop taking your medication.
@@warmswarm And here was I thinking maybe Phil would take offence if he saw my comment.Was a joke that's all-I was cheekily suggesting you should've used the word "stupid" to describe Phil spelling all words in his comment incorrectly,rather than "stunning"(I did this by saying that the word "stunning" that you'd written,was not really meant to be the word stunning at all,but was actually a very wild & inaccurate attempt by you to spell "stupid")-and in the process,I got the spelling of the replacement word wrong myself-by spelling stupid "stoopid"!😁
6:38 18:20
Il etait contemporain de Sibelius et on sent des " idées partagees"; on pourrait penser à Madetoja; mais Sibelius est allé plus loin, plus profond...
Out of the depth of the summer
There's some nice music here but seriously, how many orchestras are going to programme a 40+ minutes symphony by an obscure Finn when there are so many worthy 30 minute efforts from their own country queuing up?
It's a shame, really.
Go for it! :D
@@henrijar I'd love to see a British orchestra programme some Melartin but even those Finnish conductors who regularly work here don't seem interested. And on the other hand would you be prepared to learn the Arthur Bliss concerto for one performance in, say, Lahti? (Believe me, it's not worth the effort.)
@@henrygingercat Yes, Melartin is underrated, even by the Finns. I heard these symphonies myself for the first time here in TH-cam...and the guy conducting here is Russian. And this piece can still be done sooooo much better and more brilliant. I am sure somebody will do it in the not too far away future.
I would certainly go to the concert if I could.
Fantastic study music. These Scandinavian romanticism pieces always hit the spot.
Finland doesn't belong to Scandinavia, but actually you could use the term of Fennoscandia and Finno-Ugric peoples. Anyway, the composer`s original name, Erik Melartin feels very Scandinavian name.
The damn nationalism.....once again
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