word: bravado

bravado

Definition:	(noun) Defiant or swaggering behavior.
Synonyms:	bluster
Usage:	In a moment it was hand-to-hand fighting, and Trent was cursing already the bravado which had brought him out to the open. Discuss.

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Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 – (IX. In the Hall of the Mountain King): great compositions/performances

Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 – In the Hall of the Mountain King (3/10)

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Incidental Music to Peer Gynt, Op. 23 (1875)

IX. In the Hall of the Mountain King

While the two suites (Op. 46 and Op. 55) from the incidental music to “Peer Gynt” by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) are ubiquitous, the original score is almost never heard in its entirety. Even the very famous movements like “In the Hall of the Mountain King” are rarely performed with the appropriate choral forces. This recording contains all the music Grieg ever included in performances of the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen‘s play “Peer Gynt” – that is, Grieg’s original score (Op. 23), along with a few additional numbers he included in later performances, such as the Norwegian Dances (Op. 35).

The play by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is in five acts and it concerns the life of the hunter and folk hero Peer Gynt. The work itself was intended as a melodramatic satire on the “Norwegian character,” and in it Ibsen attempted to break many conventional practices in theatre at the time.

A synopsis of the play is available at the following website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_Gyn…

Soprano: Toril Carlsen
Mezzo-soprano: Vessa Hanssen
Tenor: Kåre Bjørkøy
Baritone: Asbjørn Hansli

Hardanger violin: Knut Buen

Conductor: Per Dreier
Chorus master: Oskar Raaum

London Symphony Orchestra
Oslo Philharmonic Chorus

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Valentina Lisitsa. Chopin Nocturne Op 27 # 2 D Flat Major: great compositions/performances

Valentina Lisitsa. Chopin Nocturne Op 27 # 2 D Flat Major

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English: Pianist Valentina Lisitsa during an interview in Leiden, Netherlands Deutsch: Pianistin Valentina Lisitsa während eines Interviews in Leiden, Holland (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I went through love-hate “relationship” with this Nocturne. When I was asked by Lanaudiere Fesitval to select 7 Nocturnes for the concert ( I never played any before – to my utter shame ) I had to quickly flip through the sheet music and pick ones I thought I might stand 🙂 This one was number “last” on my list of things to do. I didn’t start learning it until it was almost too late ( those who watched my webcast of practice can confirm :-)). I dreaded the moment when I will get sick and tired of this sweetest thing ever written with its gorgeous but repetitious melody….
Then I had my “eureka” moment . it happened when I started looking at Chopin’s metronome markings – in all other Nocturnes they were perfectly in sync with today’s consensus – maybe little faster here , slower there… But this one – oh my God ! Lento Sostenuto marked as 50 beats per minute in half-measure ( 150BPM in eights ). You know how fast is it ???? Check-it out and see if you can keep up with Mr. Chopin LOL ….. i can’t , I still play it waaaaaay under tempo .Let’s see how many “critics” will leave comments saying it is too fast …..But , no matter what it makes a perfect sense- and suddenly my dread turned into astonishment at Chopin’s genius.The whole piece is suddenly transformed from overly long sugary-syrupy chant to an exalted and impassioned speech- you make whatever you want of this speech , maybe it is a declaration of love ? after all – the piece ends with the most beautiful duet of two voices….

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