Pierre Boulez: Mahler & The Mellowing of Boulez | A Short Portrait - Episode 5

The narrator concludes the tribute to Pierre Boulez in the epilogue by adding that, "even if his facial expressions continued to give little away," Boulez indeed became more expressive as he aged. With the final movement of his Mahler Symphony No. 6 playing in the background, the epilogue also includes rare tape-recovered conducting footage of a younger black-haired Boulez, juxtaposed against the older, more recognisable conducting figure.
Watch all episodes from "Pierre Boulez: A Short Portrait" here: dg.lnk.to/boul...
Find out more about the albums and recordings featured in this episode:
Pierre Boulez: Mahler - Symphonie No. 6 dgt.link/boule...
Pierre Boulez: The Conductor - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon & Philips dgt.link/boule...
About "Pierre Boulez: A Short Portrait":
On this day (5 January), 7 years ago, we lost a Renaissance figure in the history of classical music. To commemorate Pierre Boulez and his panoramically wide influence, DG presents "Pierre Boulez: A Short Portrait" - a video-podcast series with five stunningly visualised episodes that revive the legacy of Pierre Boulez, introducing not only his musical ideology and inspiration as spoken by Boulez himself, but also feature rare TV footage from the 90s, as well as exclusive interviews with Boulez. The voice-over is produced and narrated by Jon Tolansky and accompanied by commentaries by fellow musician Andrew Marriner (LSO’s former principal clarinetist).
About Jon Tolansky:
Formerly a musician at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jon Tolansky specialises in making documentary features on composers and performers for international radio organisations and recording companies. Prominent among these institutions are the BBC, WQXR New York, the Chicago-based WFMT Radio Network, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio International, EMI Classics, the Decca Music Group, and VAI Records. As an independent producer he has pioneered the first sets of CD series featuring documentary profiles, in which he has personally recorded artists such as Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mirella Freni, Angela Gheorghiu, Carlo Maria Giulini, Marilyn Horne, Yevgeni Kissin, Luciano Pavarotti, Ruggero Raimondi, Mstislav Rostropovich, Giuseppe di Stefano, Dame Joan Sutherland and Jon Vickers discussing their lives, careers and musical repertoire.
Find out more video-podcasts presented by Jon Tolansky and Deutsche Grammophon:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau discusses opera roles dg.lnk.to/fisc...
Mesmerised by Carlos Kleiber dg.lnk.to/carl...
Claudio Abbado: A Memoir dg.lnk.to/abba...
Production Team
Audio Production & Narration: Jon Tolansky
Video Production: Jue Xi Hong
Supervisor: Johannes Gleim
Transcription: Jue Xi Hong, Jon Tolansky
Subtitles: Jue Xi Hong (English), Olivia Artner (Deutsch)
Special thanks to:
Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien
Andrew Marriner
Alan Newcombe
Nicole Albring
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[@Massigangster]

Nice nice nice short docu

[@catherinebeduer3838]

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[@stephenjablonsky1941]

I remember Pierre conducting Mahler 9 in Carnegie Hall with the NY Phil that was mind blowing. That night the conductor and the orchestra were at the top of their game.

[@psijicassassin7166]

Boulez sold out to the Establishment to conduct tonal works for money. Hypocrite.

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

@@psijicassassin7166 You are being too harsh. In planning for a season you have to balance the old with the new, especially if you don't want to lose all your subscribers.

[@psijicassassin7166]

@@stephenjablonsky1941 I guess he lives off the fat of the tonal past he hates.

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

@@psijicassassin7166 He's dead and gone

[@psijicassassin7166]

@@stephenjablonsky1941 Schoenberg survives him.