Stravinsky Firebird Suite: Analysis by Gerard Schwarz

Gerard Schwarz, conductor
All-Star Orchestra
Recorded in August 2012

[@abef5843]

Notice bassoonist Nancy Goeres turning beet red playing the berceuse and then gasping for air halfway through at around 8:40. A very demanding part. A beautiful, flawless performance. What a trooper!

[@Littlepeach0729]

hahahahaha!!! As red as a BEETROOT!!!!!!!hahahahaha!!!

[@Littlepeach0729]

Yeah it a beautiful, flawless performance indeed.

[@Littlepeach0729]

The horn solo is beutiful.I'm a great fan of you!! Thanks Gerard!

[@victorgrauer5834]

A piano roll exists on which Stravinsky has provided a detailed analysis of the tonal structure of this work. I think the analysis is reproduced in Richard Taruskin's book, and it is definitely worth studying.

[@stevemartinalmonds]

Awesome and beautiful performances. The conductor is amazing. Orchestral musicians are electrifying in their playing. So happy I found this video. Thank you to Gerald Schwarz and the All Stars orchestra for sharing this. :-)

[@oscarbrictson1006]

I love this gentleman, just when I think it's impossible to love even more the music, I hear these accurate interpretations on a complex opus :D

[@robkunkel8833]

I’m kind of a Firebird fanatic having read the Stephen Walsh biography. This video is so nice because it provides this “blow by blow” analysis with the sections of the score. A real find. Thanks!!

[@tanakaasuka]

Such a great performance together with the analysis!

[@lenircotia]

Thank you so very much for these analysis videos on works of music. Please, keep doing more of these kind of videos on other classical pieces. Thank you again!

[@vasilismouskouris]

Excellent analysis!!! Thank you, master!

[@bonbonpony]

Now this is how one analyzes a music piece :> A big thumbs! up :>

[@estisheinberg5066]

excellent explanation and excellent performance. Highly recommended!

[@hugosanchez7599]

Mindblowing piece of music

[@daveenyart]

Magnificent presentation. Thank you!

[@megalomaniacko1]

Éxito. Solemnidad. Gracias maestros, a los dos. A quien lo escribió, y a quien lo describe.

[@JS-gn9rs]

Lots of people from our great Philadelphia Orch!!

[@OumiKapilaMusic]

Often conducted way too fast in the finale. You have it just right. Wonderful video, thanks Gerard.

[@johnfunkhauser8201]

Beautiful analysis, thank you for these.

[@gilmarnogueiraleite2930]

Fantastic. Stravinsk

[@hudsoncampos2201]

excellent

[@willao]

Thanks! This will help me with my studies!

[@san_music4110]

Thank you!

[@Obamanipples]

This take a lot of work and there’s only 489 likes come on

[@TGMGame]

I’ve learned this piece from Little Einsteins and it was a dvd only episode

[@kolinneangelapatayan5645]

Shocks!! This piece was used in their last episode. The song at the end of the movie is heartbreaking. I'm not spoiling it.

[@TGMGame]

@@kolinneangelapatayan5645 I know! It makes me cry everytime!!!! The way it's used to score the story is amazing!!!!

[@kolinneangelapatayan5645]

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[@GamerTime_2002]

Did you do see the bassoonist have a big sigh after her solo

[@TGMGame]

It’s because it’s tiresome to blow. Even my instrument, the easier to blow Bb Clarinet, is really tiresome after long phrases or even phrases of 5-10 seconds long is hard to keep well projected and loud

[@TGMGame]

That’s probably because I just started playing last year at the start of the school year

[@TGMGame]

I’m now even playing bass clarinet now and it’s VERY heavy on the lungs

[@gcg8187]

@@TGMGame you should have picked the flute bro

[@TGMGame]

@@gcg8187 I have a flute now. Last summer, I had to return my regular clarinet because my dad had to pay a monthly fee on it even though I played bass clarinet in band. So now I have a clarinet, flute, and trumpet.

[@TGMGame]

Wow Little Einsteins has really stretched its story from what it was thought of by Stravinsky

[@richardhering6521]

Not so much an analysis as a description. But very elegant and high production values

[@gcg8187]

agree

[@Obamanipples]

I got this video from school from specials

[@parepidemosproductions4741]

I guess a bassoon would be needed for a monster's lullaby 😅

[@itznoxy7193]

Reminds me of William's contrabassoon lullaby for the monster "Fluffy" in Harry Potter.

[@gilmarnogueiraleite2930]

Stravinsky

[@dordiwesterlund2528]

Remarkably, not one black person in this orchestra.

[@ambervale6172]

the timpani?

[@SurrealistMind-do6vh]

Timpani...