Premiere of Helix by Esa-Pekka Salonen
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World Premiere of Helix - Composed by Esa-Pekka SalonenValery Gergiev, conductorWorld Orchestra for Peace 28 August 2005BBC PromsRoyal Albert Hall, LondonIn this highly inventive piece, Esa-Pekka Salonen creates one long musical spiral by speeding up the tempo but yet lengthening his phrases, building up such pressure until finally the music is pushed to the breaking point - and then stops. Mixed with his usual colorful, virtuosic orchestral writing, it's a crowdpleaser.
Channel: Music
Uploaded: April 20, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Author: gab1279
Length: 09:04
Rating: 4.86
Views: 4949
Tags: classical contemporary Esa-Pekka Gergiev Helix Proms Salonen Valery
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frosty956 (April 29, 2008 at 11:34 am)
This is the first piece of Salonen's Ive heard and i love it! it is amazingly atmospheric; bugger-off anyone who say "its boring, its been done before, its too dissonent, its not dissonent enough". this is a lovely piece of music!!
echoxander (March 23, 2008 at 5:16 am)
Heads up - I don't think the word "bore" works as a standalone noun, therefore, "work of bore" doesn't actually make sense.
pianist12 (December 27, 2007 at 4:47 am)
Do they really make batons that small?
johnnyherb (December 13, 2007 at 2:26 pm)
Here here. Salonen obviously knows what he is doing with an orchestra but the material is pretty banal.
indymaestro (November 11, 2007 at 6:07 pm)
Nice piece, I remember seeing on TV when it came on a couple years back and liking it upon first impression - and I still do.It does remind me much of parts of Jerry Goldmith's score to "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", and that's a good thing. I do look forward to hearing more of Salonen's works.
doctorgsja (October 19, 2007 at 8:05 am)
Absolutely love this piece. The bassoon/piccolo combination at the beginning is very haunting. The final accelerando is fabulous, with the heavy brass rhythm seeming to drag behind, and then be pulled along by the rest of the Orchestra. Love the abrupt, manic ending!
musictattoo (August 25, 2007 at 9:51 pm)
This is just a stunning piece. Esa Pekaa Salonen writes amazing music and really knows how to write for the orchestra and make it exciting.
Varakarajan (August 19, 2007 at 5:45 am)
Oh....... How Sad!!!
gab1279 (August 19, 2007 at 12:12 am)
Well, Gergiev conducts Shostakovich 10th with a toothpick too... ;D
Varakarajan (August 18, 2007 at 4:42 pm)
I really like Gergiev's toothpick! He is the only conductor I know who chooses his baton to correspond the quality of the piece he conducts! |