Jules Massenet: "Méditation" from "Thaïs" | Conunova | Søndergård

Jules Massenet: "Méditation" from "Thaïs" | Conunova | Søndergård | NDR Radiophilharmonie

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The NDR Radiophilharmonie performs Jules Massenet's "Méditation" from the opera "Thaïs" under the baton of Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård. Violinist Alexandra Conunova is the starring soloist.
Excerpt from the concert recording from July, 9th, 2021.
JULES MASSENET
"Méditation" from the opera "Thaïs"
for violin and orchestra
Alexandra Conunova, violin
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Recorded at the season's closing concert on July, 9th, 2021, NDR Broadcasting Centre Lower Saxony, Hanover
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@GhtPTR 2 жыл бұрын

French music at its finest. When Massenet wrote this piece I guess he was exhilarated beyond belief, you don't get that kind of inspiration so often in a lifetime.

@kasimjabari 9 ай бұрын

Alexandra Conunova plays this heart breaking Meditation with perfection. An incredibly melodious piece of music by a great composer. Bravo for this wonderful rendering, an epic performance indeed. Thanks for posting this video . . . .

@charlotte77343 Ай бұрын

Nossa Música 😢Lembra aquele momento?😢EU nunca esqueci😢

@LucienMarine Жыл бұрын

The Meditation of Thaïs is a symphonic intermezzo from the opera Thaïs by French composer Jules Massenet on the libretto eponym of Louis Gallet who tells a story that takes place in Alexandria in the 4th century. Athanaël, a monk, tries to convert to Christianity Thaïs, courtesan and pagan priestess dedicated to Venus. The work is characterized by a mixture of sensuality and Sulpician religiosity which underlines a dramatic structure based on oppositions such as eroticism and holiness, seduction and renunciation. The piece is written for solo violin and orchestra in D major. It is quite possible that Massenet wrote this piece with religious intentions, the tempo indication is « Andante religioso », which means that he intended the piece to be performed religiously or to be literally with an emotion based on religion because beyond the dramatic work, the underlying treatment evokes well reconversion to monotheistic religion. The work opens with a short harp introduction, the solo violin entering quickly with the motif. After the violin plays the melody twice, the piece enters a section marked « animato », which gradually becomes more and more impassioned (the composer wrote poco a poco appassionato). The climax is reached passionately at a place indicated « poco piu appassionato » and is then followed by a short cadenza-like passage from the soloist and returns to the main theme. After the subject has been replayed twice, the soloist joins the orchestra playing harmonics in the upper register while the harp and strings play quietly below the solo line. The Meditation is, in the words of critic Ernest Newman : « a perfect musical portrait of the emotional process that leads to comfort and to the remittance in question. » Massenet's music is is of astonishing power evocative and of rare penetration psychological in this lyrical world. *Lucien*