Interesting documentary, but what about the astonishing musical explosion during the English Renaissance with Byrd, Bull, Dowland, Tallis, just to name a few?
of all the docus about Haydn this is a less interesting one. lesson to learn: just because someone is a celebrity soloist, it doesn't mean they have anything interesting to talk about. too bad... still, there are other better ones out there.
I have to wonder why the presenter chose to ignore the music of the English Reformation in his opinion-stated as fact-that Purcell was the first great English composer-bc he wasn’t. William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tallis, John Dowland, Thomas Morley, and others. Weird! And I really don’t understand the choice of soloists for this….the bass was so foofy, and the mezzo sang “Dido’s Lament” so pretty-pretty, but with zero emotion.
Que canal maravilhoso. Sou professor de História e é muito bom ter um material tão rico como esse para assistir, aprender e viajar pela História da Musica.
Dreadful documentary, why do we need to see the p renter all the time, and what does the tube have to with Purcell, or am I missing something. A voice over works, this doesn't
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You BBC Idiot. British culture is not rich because of fecking perversity or diversity. Bastard! But otherwise I enjoyed an exploration of Purcell and his music
At 6: 39 someone is taking liberties with the word 'wistfulness' ! I wouldn't translate that as 'melancolia'. Wistful is more delicate than that, closer to 'pensive' or 'lost in thought'. @ lingofiles
why would you rank him as same level as Mozart and Beethoven ?? yes both were genius but we should ignore the fact that Haydn was like a father and the mentor for both young composers .. Haydn is still very underestimated why ?
Haydn is not underestimated, especially not by Mozart (openly) and Beethoven (grudgingly) both of whom knew him well; some today however neither know nor understand him as well as they might which is a better way of putting it than ‘underestimated’.
Excellent documentary, thank you ! Can anybody tell more about the possible influence of Dowland on Purcell's music. Both have been quite productive on Shakespeare's work, and all three have been inspired by the "melancholy", a very "fashionable" state of mind and soul in the England of 16e and 17e century...
Correctly Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is a Jewish borned in Gernany, so for a question of justice all Jews before creation of the Israel state in 1848, must be mention like that the name, Jewish borned in some place.
BELÍSSIMO DOCUMENTÁRIO SÔBRE O GRANDE E GENIAL COMPOSITOR MENDELSSOHN. RICO EM IMAGENS E COMENTÁRIOS INTELIGENTES. E COM PARTICIPAÇÃO COMO É NATURAL, DE SEU MAGISTRAL E INSPIRADO CONJUNTO DE OBRAS. EMBORA COM APENAS TRECHOS, DE SUAS MÚSICAS. HOMENAGEM MERECIDA PARA O GRANDE MESTRE.
What is more dangerous to touch historical documents with bare hands or the stupidity of one man risking the life of others. As human being we resemble more to a orangutan.
If by "B" you mean second-string, ahhh no. Mendelssohn was a genius on the Mozart level -- his juvenilia (which are hardly that, given both his short life and the degree of sophistication they show) alone justify this estimate. His later works (the oratorios, the concertos) confirm the early promise. To put it another way -- Mendelssohn is probably the most underestimated and under-represented genius in the concert hall. He is certainly a better technician than more "popular" composers (Schubert and Tchaikovsky spring immediately to mind). But audiences are not swayed by technique, sadly.
@@josephbarbarie692 There is no one I of in academia that I know of that would agree with your view. Mendelssohn was a gifted but never developed much beyond his youth into an original mature composer. His symphonies alone are pathetic besides those of Beethoven or late Schubert. ,
@@shnimmuc If you are unable to detect the developmental arc from something like the String Symphonies to the "Italian" or "Scottish" symphony, or "Elijah," then I am afraid this discussion will profit neither of us. As for the argument from academia, two questions: 1. What academics have specifically cast aspersion on Mendelssohn? and, 2. To the extent academics have leveled that charge, I can only reply that those academics have been shielded from market forces which naturally hone a genius's such as M's. Mendelssohn's reputation is only slowly recovering lost ground because of the rise of serious anti-semitism during the years immediately his death (to wit, the era of Wagner). During the second half of the 19th century, Germany was the chief purveyor of symphonic music, and of course, had no interest in exporting the music of the Jewish-born Mendelssohn. The comparison with Schubert also does not argue in Schubert's favor -- and we may be arguing taste here. But are you really trying to compare the bloviation of the 4th movement of Schubert's big C Major symphony with the punchiness and economy of expression of anything in Mendelssohn's symphonic catalogue? Even his "Reformation" symphony, in which form seems to burst at its seams, is compact by comparison.
@@josephbarbarie692 Elijah is 3rd rate Handel (some parts are an embarrassment) the symphonies are 3rd rate Beethoven. If you cannot tell the difference then I am wasting my time writing you. Mendelssohn wrote a great violin concerto, a couple of fine overtures, the M.S.N. dream music and the youthful Octet. That is it as far as I am concerned. Many historians agree with me. PS. Also, he is never rated in the top 10 composers.
@@shnimmucyou're wrong. I'm a music PhD, and I know several Mendelssohn scholars who've published ground breaking studies that confirm Mendelssohn as a supremely brilliant composer, not a B composer. You're only revealing your own limited hearing and ignorance here.
Oh come come! What a sententious statement, especially when you put Handel into the mix, which you obviously didn’t. It’s a good idea to put “in my opinion” next to your opinions, because it’s quite rude to think one can speak for the entire world!
Henry Purcell is my favorite of the great British composers. His vocal works captured the beauty of God. The dissonance in works such as "In the Midst of Life, We are Upon Death" from the music for Queen Mary and "Remember not, our Offenses" is absolutely gorgeuse.
