Henri Dutilleux - Metaboles (Orch National de France, Gatti)

Orchestra: the National Orchestra of France
Conductor: Daniele Gatti
Location: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
Date of broadcast: 24th April, 2014
(Thanks to H. Petal for this video)

[@TheSunship777]

Excellent!

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

What a terrific piece! Certainly a fine successor to Jeux. It is very French; full of wonderful colors, moods, and ideas.

[@musiqueetdanse-s2tmd-lycee838]

00:22 Incantatoire : Répétition d'un court motif qui évoque l'incantation 04:22 Linéaire : Polyphonie de cordes qui se divisent au fur et à mesure 08:15 Obsessionnel : Passacaille rapide où les cuivres dominent 11:45 Torpide : Pièce sans thème qui met en valeur la percussion 14:41 Flamboyant : Pièce rapide à la manière d'un scherzo qui sollicite tout l'orchestre

[@didierschein8515]

Je ne dirai pas que la quatrième partie soit sans thème. On y trouve une succession de 3 différents matériaux musicaux : deux accords lents, une formule rythmique principalement aux percussions, des flèches légères confiées à des vents solistes.

[@l.c.turner-thedailycanon]

Who: Henri Dutilleux, age 49. Notorious perfectionist who wrote primarily for orchestra. At this time the Head of Music Production for Radio France, and a professor of composition at École Normale de Musique de Paris. What: Métaboles, a 5 movement concerto for orchestra structured around the idea of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic metamorphosis. An 18’ showpiece in the vein of Ravel’s Rhapsodie Espagnol or Debussy’s Images pour orchestre. Where: Dutilleux lived in Paris, Métaboles premiered in Cleveland. When: Written 1963-4, premiered 14 January 1965. Why: On commission by George Szell for the Cleveland Orchestra’s 40th anniversary. Métaboles resides on some remote island, bathed in mist and unseasonably cool. Here lies are a relic of Debussy, isolated from the rest of the world and moving to the beat of its own drum. And it's not that this finely preserved specimen hasn’t done well for itself, but there is an unspoken sadness beneath its carefully refined sensibility. It may carry out its rituals with conviction, but there is no leaving the island.

[@Trumpyfilip]

Underrated ! This is awesome.

[@hulochi]

El 19 de julio de 1969 dirigí a la OSSODRE de Montevideo, Uruguay, en el estreno latinoamericano de esta magnífica obra, creada por encargo de la orquesta de Cleveland y estrenada por su director George Sze4ll, en enero de de 1965. Repetimos el programa el domingo 20 de julio con gran éxito de público. Lo completaban Roussel, 2ª Suite de Baco y Ariadna, y el 5º Concierto para piano de Prokofief.

[@dominiquesalomez2980]

Superbe pièce pas assez jouée par les orchestres qui révèle le génie de Dutilleux, d'ailleurs S Rostropovich lui avait commandé un concerto pour violoncelle mais je crois qu'il n'a pas pu honorer cette demande, quel dommage! Merci aux musiciens exceptionnels de l'ONF et à leur chef. Dominique S

[@gerardbegni2806]

metaboles means in short deep varitions. The National orchestra of France rebdders exceelntly the French mastrwork of Dutilleux. All is crystal clear in these metaboles.

[@jung-hyunoh333]

I was wondering what the metaboles means. thank you!! :)

[@Renee2004lr]

Many years ago (1970's?) I noticed an LP with this work on one side and the Honegger 4th Symphony on the flip side. Not knowing anything about Dutilleux but wanting to know about his work, I went for this LP. And sure enough I listened to this work more than the Honegger!! I will admit the combination of this and the pastoral nature of the Honegger was a very common practice by putting two very different works on LP's.

[@windi2293]

Hé bé 20 minutes de ça.... faut etre determinée hein pour pas s'endormir avant

[@blarewolf]

4:55 (cough) That jazz

[@川口健太郎-l1b]

4:26～

[@АнтонСемёновичШпак-п6ц]

👍

[@川口健太郎-l1b]

2:22～ ベルクや武満みたいな響き

[@takuyaimahori1174]

むしろ三善晃の大元では？

[@T.NISHIBE_Composer]

@@takuyaimahori1174 三善さんはデュティユーに私淑してましたものね。まぁでも多くの日本の作曲家たちは欧米やソ連の作曲家の影響下に創作してきたんだから。武満だって初期はベルクだし。みんな何らかの影響がありますね。そんなことより、今掘さんの音楽は素晴らしい！平さんの門下では法倉君は知ってます。私もかつては法倉と一緒の作曲家グループに所属していました。もうやめたけど。私も横浜在住ですが、今堀さんは横浜の、そして、日本の誇りです！🎶西部哲哉

[@bertrandrussel3680]

Why I AM CRYING ?

[@Scrayfish0]

I realize this is a rhetorical question but it's not only the beauty and emotional depth but truth of the work. You could also cry for 99.999999% of composers who couldn't give the world in their whole output what Dutilleux provides in any minute of his.

[@川口健太郎-l1b]

演奏速度を２倍以上遅くすると武満トーンになる

[@carloschess2010]

Muy interesante este compositor francés. Mu Buena Música!!!!!!!

[@gepmrk]

I hope that right hand injury was not serious.

[@aulos52]

Du Grand Dutilleux ! Subtilement interprété par l' ONF...avec un Gatti dans un grand jour!

[@takuyaimahori1174]

Camera work is not good... The image mixer should learn the score before!!!

[@Scrayfish0]

Tsk tsk.