Pines Of Rome - The Janiculum (3/4) - Georges Prêtre

[@seanc193]

Listen to this song on a clear night under a full moon. You'll be awestruck.

[@mrlopez-pz7pu]

Sean C its not a "song". A " song" has singing AND lyrics. Why do people refer to any piece of music as a " song"? Pet peeve.

[@AndrewRudin]

My favorite movement from PINES. What an incredible orchestrator Respighi is. He understands the exact tessitura of instruments (especially here, the Clarinet) better than anyone other than Ravel. I dare you to go to this location in Rome and NOT hear this in your head.

[@paulybarr]

+Andrew Rudin On my final day in Rome this August, I did exactly as you suggest- magical.

[@picardbs]

He studied with Rimsky-Korsakof

[@MarcusVinicius116]

I was there a few years ago, and i pini were in my head throughout my visit. Real sound postcards these pieces.

[@sundaysupersynth]

This brings me to tears every time I hear it. Respighi was a genius.

[@kahlilnelson]

Same….it’s on my “I Will Cry” playlist.

[@MarcusVinicius116]

And here we reach one of the pinnacles of symphonic music. What a marvel of orchestration.

[@rosiedolciamore]

To me this song is the only song that truly captures what it feels like to fall in love at first sight… the longing, timidity, wonder, fear, and absolute rapture are all present here. You can almost hear the swooning of lovers and the quiet awe as they catch their first glimpses of each other, somewhere in an enchanted garden filled with birds. I am undone every time I listen to this masterpiece.

[@andantemusic02]

I see the gentle breeze in the trees from the strings, birds singing to each other in the woodwind and the moonlight sparkling in the piano and the celesta. It's my favourite piece of music.

[@eduardobasterra5477]

I simply adore those harmonies and chords. Beautiful.

[@marcsmith7789]

One of the most beautiful pieces of 20th century music.

[@Musicmanmurrell]

The clarinet solo near the beginning of this movement, gorgeous. Very relaxing stuff.

[@vincentfortado4333]

Not for the clarinet soloist! LOL

[@jaredthorson6366]

I long for the breezy warmth of summer in a meadow when I listen to this!

[@robertlight3012]

If you want a good cry, listen to this piece. It is, I think, descriptive of the sweet pain of the loss of a loved one, and the various stages of that grief.

[@familyguyfan576]

I just found out ill be playing the clarinet solo part for my school’s orchestra and I’m so nervous, but also excited! It’s so beautiful!!

[@grithon5499]

This is a hard-ass piece for a school orchestra, howd it go?

[@twokindsofovenfries32]

oh god every time I hear that oboe solo I burst into tears its magical

[@GabeLane612]

I love it too, I had the opportunity to perform this work with the University of Akron Symphony Orchestra on the English horn. Probably the most magical night of my entire life, I'll never forget this transcendental piece as long as I live.

[@twokindsofovenfries32]

I played it with my youth orchestra! Wonderful! The french horn is gorgeous, how lovely

[@MarcusVinicius116]

Maybe not in tears, but I have to admit this piece in particular has always express a lot of fascination and emotion in my mind since I heard 'I Pini' the first time on a magical concert outside in Roman ruins of Fourvière in Lyon, one fragrant night of august 1992.

[@michaelmcclary8054]

I was Principal Trumpet 🎺 w/Chicago Chamber Symphony & performed this Masterpiece - Michael McClary, Professor of Trumpet 🎺, Georgia Perimeter College & GSU

[@fishermorganhall]

I am obsessed with this piece of music. According to the score, the movement begins with a single stroke on a gong, in the score called a tam-tam. It's pp. There are other instruments, which are ppp. The piano does not begin until the second measure. The gong is omitted from other recordings, but not from Reiner's with the CSO nor from Toscanini's with the NBC Symphony in 1952. I note that the fourth movement begins with a single stroke on the gong, ppp, and also with other instruments, some of which are pppp.

[@Hazukiful]

Respighi's musicality is wonderfully came back alive wtih the conductor Pretre. Thank you for the post.

[@dyad2r1]

Lovely! The sound of nightingales thrilled me to my very soul!

[@timcartwright5735]

Just heard this performed by the Halle orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, UK. It was sensational! Respighi was a genius!

[@DGlamourista]

Gorgeous clarinet playing!!! :)

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Listening to this masterpiece, all kinds of delusion and anxieties that arise in my mind disappear

[@dzidziaud]

@LJbones3 it's actually supposed to be night time! Respighi meant this piece to depict a temple in Rome at night; interestingly enough, he chose to integrate an actual recording of a nightingale into the orchestral work to further depict the night scene.

[@judithadams1622]

Thank you so much for re-loading these! Just beautiful.

[@randyburks155]

with my Mp3 player in hand, I sauntered with our group through the Forum, past the temple of Saturn, and the Senate building, ending up in shear heaven as we finished near the temple of Hercules. This music was playing in my ears the entire time.

[@darrocco]

Che meraviglioso assolo di clarinetto, in un'opera fantastica, nel bel mezzo di una direzione eccezionale di un'orchestra splendida. Da brivido!!! Grazie WenchesOfRedemption.

[@tothemoonalice100]

Glad you can hear the nightingale clearly. I'm surprised there are some versions on youtube that do not even have ab audible bird.

[@ermetefulcanelli3499]

Musica meravigliosa.

[@andantemusic02]

2:25 I've seen the sheet music for this and the strings here divide into 14 different parts (1st violins, 2nd violins, violas and cellos all get their own grand staffs)

[@karajanfan15]

I'm in love with the Concertmaster

[@Altoclarinets]

Hmm... I'm personally a fan of metal ligatures myself, especially for solo work, as they give a bit more clarity to the sound. And if given the choice of any Buffet horn I would probably take some incarnation of the RC, but that's because I like a really tight bore.

[@GabeLane612]

@repontino Thanks! Probably the best recording you will find for the clarinet solo...

[@themightyquinn94]

I think you're right. I like the Reiner one from the 50s as well.

[@GabeLane612]

@Hazukiful Thanks for the comment! I saw that these videos were taken down and I was ashamed. But lucky for us, I still had them saved on my computer. And yeah this conductor is amazing!

[@theonlydominic]

I agree. I used to use a leather ligature but found that the metal ones have an extra element of precision.

[@emiliojusto6771]

Astounding performance! Thanks for uploading this But I'm missing part two, (catacombe). Where could I find it? Thnks

[@emiliojusto6771]

I found the answer down here :) thks!

[@roboninjazz]

Thanks for the reply!

[@GabeLane612]

@caldagia Unfortunately, I never had it downloaded in my computer before the user shut-down their videos of this performance. I might be lucky and stumble across it on someone else's channel or something, but at the moment I do not have it.

[@GabeLane612]

@roboninjazz That would be a Pomarico crystal mouthpiece. They are among the best out there, and really unique as well.

[@GJYYNGII]

At 6:03, listen carefully for the tweeting sound of the nightingale.

[@Pantheragatos]

@dzidziaud Thanks ;-) Night time, day time. It is simply beautiful.

[@ericxue3244]

Seems like the video is delayed

[@lukasmiller486]

Where are the bird sounds coming from?

[@JohnMCowan]

Lukas Miller Either a recording or the percussionist have special aerophones that mimic the sound of a nightingale.

[@bosomgirdle]

Respighi instructed that a specific recording of nightingales was to be played in performance on a Brunswick reproducer -- a "panatrope", or mechanical 78 RPM phonograph. It was a radical (and wonderful) move in it's day. There were detractors -- just as when Liszt used a triangle in his 2nd piano concerto. All of those idiotic critics are thankfully very dead.

[@davidcho4315]

6:05

[@TheVaughan5]

Why is part 2 missing, can;t find it anywhere.

[@voice2682]

😍😍😍

[@roboninjazz]

What type of mouthpeice is that?

[@GabeLane612]

@roboninjazz No problem. Try several mouthpieces out because crystal isn't for everyone. Once you decide, get yourself a nice leather ligature, a pack of Vandoren reeds, a Buffet R13, and you have yourself a fine clarinet!

[@licoricestic]

wtf that's Georges Pretre conducting! not Molinari

[@WilfriedBerk]

0:31 clarinet solo 5:44

[@caldagia]

Mr Wenches of Redempion??? Where's the second part?

[@daisyshark1664]

好听耶

[@PacRimJim]

Good Respighi: A great orchestrator who studied under Rimsky-Korsakov. Bad Respighi: He was an ardent fascist who support Mussolini.

[@GabeLane612]

In all fairness, much like Carl Orff and Dmitri Shostakovich, he was being constantly watched by his totalitarian leaders. Meaning, that if he wanted to keep on composing, he had to appease to their philosophies and demands. Bottom line, Respighi’s lifelong interest in ancient music, as well as his exposure to unconventional orchestral techniques during his studies in Russia, had far more influence on his compositional output than the national sentiments prevalent in pre-World War II Italy. If you want to learn more from a more-informed source than me, I would read the article attached below: chicagomaroon.com/2005/01/25/pining-for-rome-ottorino-respighi-mussolini-and-the-doctrine-of-fascism/

[@d.litwin7713]

All evidence shows that he did nothing to support Mussolini, and objected when the fascists tried to use his music for their purposes. I suggest you stop pretending to be a mind reader and go with objective facts.

[@GJYYNGII]

At 6:03, listen carefully for the tweeting sound of the nightingale.