Musician/Producer Reacts to "Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy" by Salonen · The Philharmonia Orchestra

Musician/Producer Reacts to "Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy" by Salonen · The Philharmonia Orchestra
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[@Scriabinfan593]

I enjoy Scriabin's piano music so much that sometimes I forget how amazing he was at orchestration. This piece is a great reminder of his orchestral prowess. One of my goals as a pianist is to be able to play all of his sonatas one day.

[@amniote69]

My uncle, who was an accomplished pianist, loved playing Scriabin. At the moment he is passing his final days in palliative care, and I think of him often. This was a very moving coincidence.

[@StrateleStudios]

Sorry to hear about your uncle. This is a beautiful way to remind you of him. 🫶

[@riittasihvonen2011]

Esa -Pekka Salonen is Finnish world-renowned conductor and composer and currently as the music director of the San Francisco Symphony and and also the principal conductor and artistic advisor of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra.

[@StrateleStudios]

Oh wow thank you for the info Riitta!

[@johanna7502]

This was lovely, Alexander Scriabin is a new acquaintance to me. Apparently "No one was more famous during their lifetime, and few were more quickly ignored after death." (according to his biographer, Faubion Bowers). Very interesting! In my hometown, a prestigious conducting competition is held every three years. The chairman of the jury is Jorma Panula, who has mentored several successful Finnish conductors, one of whom is Esa-Pekka Salonen. At one point, the public had free access to all events of the competition. I know nothing about music, but it was very interesting to watch how different conductors conducted the same works of music, especially during the preliminary rounds. Absolutely fascinating! I particullary remember one young participant, Santtu-Matias Rouvali. He didn't win the competition but now he's the principal conductor of this very orchestra, The Philharmonia. And btw, Jeff, I discovered your channel in preparation for my first ever NW concert next Saturday here in Kai Hahto's hometown! Cheers!☺🤘

[@wilksy2008]

Sees “philharmonia”, clicks instantly! 😂👀👌🏼

[@parkthoven]

I love this performance, too. In this music the concert hall is also a musical instrument for sonic reverb. The Royal Albert hall is great hall for organ music like this and Saint Saen's organ symphony or Mahler symphony no.2 and no.8 and so on~ The big concert hall like Royal Albert hall could manage the final WOW sound of ending part~~:)

[@strangenessEPR]

Scriabin’s brain definitely was built different.

[@wilksy2008]

Loved it dude, I’ll definitely be back for more stuff like this 🥹

[@mackindle12345]

OMGGGG my favourite performance of one of my favourite works of all time ❤❤❤❤❤

[@StrateleStudios]

😃👏👏👏

[@patricktulher]

I believe that three composers reached the maximum level that a human being can reach in music, in all areas: Gustav Mahler, Villa-Lobos, and Scriabin. Listening to any of their pieces is accessing a layer of reality in which everything is magical.

[@alanfoster6589]

Interesting trio.

[@positive.juice.apartment]

what are some of your favorites by mahler and villa-lobos?

[@alanfoster6589]

@@positive.juice.apartment: Mahler: Symphonies 2, 5, & 8. Villa-Lobos: Choros #11.

[@positive.juice.apartment]

@@alanfoster6589 LOVE mahler's 8th, i'll check out the others thanks!

[@lisedonsgrnning6518]

Ohhh, that was one beautiful and captivating journey …. phew! And what an absolutely beautiful come back to classical music again for you 🫂🥰🤗. Soo much going on in various layers in themes as well as in all the little details painting this to me very very beautiful and challenging almost (dare I say) 5 dimensionally - or even more? - experience sensing almost a kind of ☯️ struggle for the spirit travelling timelessly between four states of matter, multi universes, creativity, life, struggles etc. and including allll the senses ….. and with that ending ….. 🥹🥹💜🪐✨🌈💛🤍 …… I don’t know what to say …. feeling limited in expression and free at the same time …. Thinking of how to compose this?! Conduct this?! Play this?! Phew …. 🤯🌈🤩😍💜. Thank you so much for this request!🙏🏼 Very special imo. and experience. And thank you, Jeff, for your careful and engaging listening, sharings, appreciation and comments - loved it! 🙏🏼💜🫶🏼🌈💛🤍🤗 I will come back to this one for sure😌.

[@StrateleStudios]

What a journey! More to come! 😃🫶😃🫶

[@lisedonsgrnning6518]

@@StrateleStudios Yes. Thank you - I’m really looking forward to that🌈💚🤗. Even though in no rush …. this piece alone carries so much time, richness and volume to be re-visited, listened to and experienced over and over ….. 💝🌈🥹☺️.

[@composerandreykudryavtsev7690]

Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915) was not only a brilliant composer, but also a real mystic. Appreciate this pieces in the Scriabin late cosmic style! kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6uYnYaCq9qIicU and kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHayhIOwbsx1b9U He is the person closest to me and beloved by me in the whole world of art, a composer who immerses with his magical music into the worlds of "the highest refinement and the highest grandeur." Having deeply passed through all his work, I learned to thoroughly reproduce the elements of the Scriabin style. In particular, the style of the works of his late creative period, sounding extraordinary, otherworldly, mystical... Using specific means, first of all harmony (as well as texture and tempo), I can "scriabe" any piece, melody or motive accordingly, without changing at all or almost without changing the notes of the melodic line of the original. And despite the fact that in this case I didn't even change a single note of the melody of the original holiday song "Happy birthday to you" kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHayhIOwbsx1b9U , in the end it sounds completely different: now it's not a "home holiday", but the image of a nervous-impetuous strong-willed flame characteristic of Scriabin! Also I "enchanted" the famous Christmas song "Jingle bells" kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6uYnYaCq9qIicU into a figurative sphere characteristic of Scriabin: now it is the most refined cosmic longing, gradually ecstatically excited, and then melting away...

[@Mathelino]

Wonderful piece and performance. So full of emotions! Jeff, have you had any look into the cinematic genre? Two steps from hell, Hans Zimmer Live in Prague etc. Would love a reaction in that genre!

[@StrateleStudios]

Thanks a fantastic idea!

[@aburg6393]

I am always in awe of anyone who can play any instrument...leaves me breathless sometimes. And sometimes watching the conductor is great - their feelings showing as they conduct. I liked that he was wearing all dark clothes - you could really see his hand and face stand out. I was not familiar with this music; I find it a bit haunting and what I imagine as a fantasy or dream scene. Like running through a scary forest in a dreambturning this way and that trying to resolve what the issue is. OMG I was holding my breath 😂 Then a soft quiet space - like taking that breath and suddenly you have to run again ... just what it evokes for me. I really love this - thank you so much for doing this rxn. I will now see what I do I can find out about this composer 😊 It was a fabulous intro to something new. I am really enjoying your channel and especially Rens-day !

[@StrateleStudios]

I love this comment! Thank you for such a wonderful description of your reaction to this. 🫶

[@aburg6393]

Dear Jeff, left a previous comment about this review and it made me think...why did I conjure up the images I did? What was it that brought those images to me...was it something in the past that I equate to this - like a previous weird movie where the music was like this? I remember Mussorgsky's night on Bald Mountain in Fantasia as a child and it got me hooked on classical. So now I will forever think of that music as spooky. I can start a show that looks benign, then I start to hear music that sounds...off. And I think 'oh shit something bad is going to happen". Why does music do that? It's like the chicken and the egg...which comes first..an association of music that sets that mood in your mind? Or do we have an internal set of frequencies in our brains that equate music to a mood? Am I making any sense? 😂

[@StrateleStudios]

I’ve always said that music communicates more than words can possibly express. We can’t comprehend the effect music has on us, we can only feel it. This is the magic of music! Nothing speaks to me in the ways music does…it’s abstract, it’s mysterious, it’s deep and finds its way to the most hidden parts of my being. That’s the only way I can explain it 😃🫶

[@aburg6393]

@@StrateleStudios Thank you! Yes it is magical and sweet -- and heart wrenching at times. And mysterious in the ways it touches hearts and minds.

[@wilksy2008]

Yo!

[@jaysonmassey8365]

id love to see your reaction to ren suicide, have some tissues

[@StrateleStudios]

Oh boy I’m in for it. That will be coming a week from Wednesday!

[@NickBR57]

Hi Jeff NWA UK Eastern Division here. Have you listened to the piano original? I don't have an orchestral version but the piano version by Gieseking is wonderful. If you're getting back into classical, there are so many ways to go. Some less well known things perhaps. How about Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite for example. Esa Pekka Salonen is a great conductor. Many if the Proms are held in the RAH andcI have to say I am notxa great fan of the hall. Even after the acoustic treatments they applied, it's not the greatest of venues - though it is imposing. Edit: as you mentioned Gary Muman, did you know Gary Numan and Gary Oldman were born in the same city, same year, same month. But Gary Numan is, ironically, older than Gary Oldman by 2 weeks 😮

[@StrateleStudios]

Oh wow! I’m a fan of both of these gentlemen. I read Numan’s autobiography…so incredibly fascinating!

[@NickBR57]

Mine of trivia, me. As to classical, I have wide tastes but as you may have seen from comments on your NW videos, Mahler is a real favourite. However, I doubt you would get to symphonies of over an hour...