Day 269: RPO, Tchaikovsky 4, Pirates of the Caribbean
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Vienna 1971—A Student Journal
A year of music, study, travel, sightseeing &
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Day
269 — RPO, Tchaikovsky 4, Pirates of the Caribbean
27-April-1972
(Donnerstag–Thur.)
TRANSCRIPT
Guter Tag für Horn and
Klavier spielen. Viel und nicht so schlect.
Am abend, eine Electroniche Musick Vorlesung mit
Prof. Kaufmann und dann eni Kozert das Royal
Philharmonic Orchester. Sehr gut. Hat Tchaikovsky 4th
gespielt.
REFLECTIONS
TRANSLATION ATTEMPT
A good day for horn and piano playing. A lot [of
work]. Not so bad.
In the evening, an electronic music lecture by Prof.
Kaufmann. Then a concert of the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra. Very good. They played
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony
No. 4.
END TRANSLATION
Good
day. Horn,
piano, and an electronic music lecture. I love it. I
wish I could immerse myself in this much music,
nowadays.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Although I
don’t write about it, this concert was a good one.
Founded by the legendary Sir Thomas Beecham, the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is an accomplished and
highly regarded orchestra. Today, the orchestra is
under the reins of Daniele Gatti. They tour
extensively.
Tchaikovsky’s 4th. One of
Tchaikovsky’s most beloved and enjoyable works. If
someone asks you to describe Tchaikovsky’s style, say
long, flowing Romantic melodies, powerful chordal
brass, lots of fast sequential scales in the strings
and woodwinds, and on and on. If you are not a music
lover, Tchaikovsky is a great way to start. The
opening photo is of Michael Tilson Thomas conducting
the San Francisco Orchestra in Symphony
No. 4, Movement 4. See the
YouTube video link below.
Pirates
of the Carribean. Of
interest, is that the RPO is popular in recording
concerts with popular recording artists and for
Hollywood soundtracks for films. For a great look at
a behinds-the-scene peek at the music-recording
process for the film Pirates
of the Caribbean, take a
look at the YouTube video below. Includes soundbites
with Hans Zimmer.
Last
day of German. I think
today is the last day that I write German in my
journal. Thank goodness. It’s probably not much fun
reading it. I am just trying to be true to the
journal.
Links:
Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra in
Wikipedia
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with
an interview and behinds-the-scene-look at Hans
Zimmer’s
Pirates of the
Caribbean on
YouTube
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4
in
Wikipedia
YouTube video of
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4, Mvmt
4 (Michael
Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)
John
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