He has been a resident in my very compartmentalized memory for perhaps 15 yrs. and I often knock on his door.

Hovhaness is unique... The mystic, oriental, mediterranean, medieval, epic, dramatic feeling.. Many shapes, many forms. Love Hovhaness music.

@paulbeard4218

7 жыл бұрын

New age ?

@lewstherintelamon1377

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Beard A lot of people think that, but the truth is that Hovhaness was very traditional. While by no means a minimalist, he was in some ways a reaction to the futurists who he felt needlessly complicated things. Hovhaness was a student of Komitas, and continued that tradition of bridging Eastern and Western musical technique; while he was a very tonal composer he used alternate modes which, while traditional in Western Europe as well, had been shunted away by the Well-Tempered Klavier and seemed new to the audiences of his time.

@CaptApril123

3 жыл бұрын

I'm also hearing an Arabian sound.

@bgccallahan4116

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulbeard4218 New age content providers do include such on their platforms.

@sanramondublin

3 жыл бұрын

well said

I heard this for the first time through New England Public Radio and I was mesmerized. It's one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.

@jamescombs8316

3 жыл бұрын

Me, too. If you're close to Cape Cod, I like to meet...

@caroanderson1574

2 жыл бұрын

This is my first time listening & I'm inclined to agree with you. I like many kinds of music, but this is peace put into notes.

@jamesbarlow6423

Жыл бұрын

It sounds like the sountrack to the circa 1955 technicolor cinemascope "Alladin & The Harem" Italian 'classic' 🤣

@alanwerner8563

10 ай бұрын

What was the name of the classical music show that ran on WBUR for so long? The one hosted/programmed by Robert J. Lertsema (sp?). That man’s programming choices every morning from thelate 70s through the 80s Really widened my view of music. Anwd the most notable composer I learned about through him was Alan Hovhaness, although there certainly were others.

@rachelbellenoit3803

10 ай бұрын

@@alanwerner8563 Morning Pro Musica.

The SPIRIT in my beloved living room plant hears & absorbs in its mysterious way Hovhaness‘ music at least once a week which many may not understand but how close are we comprehending all of what nature itself feels & responds to? The wonderful music here I am experiencing for the first time as well & am sharing it now with the green marvel by my window.

It's amazing. I feel at peace! ... Listening to this, I think of all the pleasant memories when I was a teenager, I lived on the farm with my aunt adored. This music takes me to a fantastic distance, tunes that brings you to another world but so essential to apprehend again, and to hear for the welfare of the soul !

this is just amazing, I keep listening to this piece every week for almost 3 months

The otherworldly, ethereal stuff this guy wrote. I can't believe I only ran across him a couple years ago.

I've had a past life regression. There are spirits in the top bushy part of the trees. Energy flows from the earths crust and the spirit is energized by it. Full of love! This is the first I've thought about looking up spirit of trees. This is a beautiful compilation. I'm sure the spirit will love this. Let me see...

Hypnotic, Lovely. Deep, Mysterious. Some of my favorite pieces by the marvelous, deep Armenian American composer Alan Hovhanness: -Celestial Gate - a tour de force; a trip. This piece is magnificent; beautiful, so precious -Mysterious Mountain - first and last 5 minutes are some of the most magnificent chords I have ever heard. Mysticism personified. -Hymn to Glacier Peak - Soaringly beautiful -Concerto #8 - my current favorite of his. So well done. So unique. -Loon Lake - a magnificent nature journey -St. Gregory - holy -Alleluia and Fugue -Arevakal -Khrimian Hairig -Cello Concerto -(this piece) The Spirit of the Trees -Christmas Symphony -City of Light -Psalm and Fugue

@glendalandry60

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Will take a listen. I'm new to his music and love it.

@thoughtsforthebuilders

Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna work through this list (: I became familiar with Hovhaness my sophomore year at university, we played his October Mountain percussion sextet. Very satisfying piece. I'm from the upper-left corner of the US (as far north and west you can get in Washington State before you're Canada), and it humbled me that one of his later opuses was named after a quaint lake in my small city of about 100,000 people. Opus 415, _Lake Samish_ (: Oh, and Glacier Peak is relatively nearby, too. How cool that he spent some time living in my neck of the woods.

I've been looking for The Spirit of the Trees for 'ages' . Thank You for posting.

An amazing composition: so sweet, serene and peaceful. And for those who think Hovhaness wrote the same thing over and over again, this is very different from many of his symphonies.

I always come back to this...

This sounds ancient and epic

A high class and original creation as a whole with a very soothing and exotic music , excellent performance. Thank you gioiellidellamusica for presenting this magic genie of A.Hovhaness.

The movement before the 9th minute was wonderful . Again , too calming the following maestoso may change me . I hope I one day can embrace the serenity and quiet of Hovhaness . For now I stick to Druckman , Wuorinen,Carter et. al . I need violence , unquiet mind , paranoia , pathologies of all kind . Imust find out why he chose this way of expressing himself . He is one of the few really well known composers to do this . rautavarra is another . Both of them interest me little but I know I will grow . Perhaps it is a healthy minded dialectic . There is a light tension sometimes in this music . I must discover his piano and symphonic music . I cant believe he wrote this muh music for harp and there is a guitar concerto . Wow he was prolific and quite versatile . Now I go to hear the piano concerto an find its score ! Thanks for sharing some glorious music . I can give this to my mom for mother's day my music wouldnot do her a service . Messiaen had some of this spirit but he is as exciting as fire . The more I listen though the sooner comes the moment I become a Hovhaness devotee !

@pattibatchelder7469

4 жыл бұрын

Have you listened to Maurice Durufle's Requiem? There is both peace in the "Lux Eterna" and fire and brimstone in another section - I think it's the Dies Irae, but it's 2:30 am and I need to tear myself away or I will stay up forever listening to music I've never heard and writing emails to friends to recommend pieces....

@klop4228

Жыл бұрын

It's been five years, but I find it interesting you say Rautavaara writes a lot of peaceful music. I discovered him through his first piano concerto, and let me tell you, that's far from peaceful.

John Cage admired Alan greatly and once said that it was like Hovhaness was drop kicked from the Medieval era directly into the modern era

@jimswanek3098

Жыл бұрын

Whereas Leonard Bernstein hated him...

@brucenicholls854

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and Copland too.But he did have a big ally in Leopold Stokowski,who championed his music and conducted many of his works.

I. 00:00 IV. 13:25 II. 07:10 V. 15:50 III. 08:40 VI. 18:45

@michaelbrennan6648

Жыл бұрын

There are only 5 movements.

@Berlinchesmusic

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelbrennan6648 Which one of the six is wrong then?

The image around 18:52 is stunning. Thank you for sharing!

What elegance and subtlety in both composition and interpretation. Very nice discovery, in pictures too. Thank you +gioiellidellamusica

Unusual and very peaceful...a gem!

Perfect music for contemplation.

I had forgotten the variety and beauty of this composer. To me, he was unknown until a few years ago. I remember that he was not popular, because he was an American composer that did not sound 'American' enough. Most people were expecting Copeland or Bernstein.

wow, brought tears in 15 seconds! Exquisite!!.. lat'r Buzz

I’ve never heard this music before 😮 astounding. Thank you

Эта музыка лечит сердце 🧡

So beautiful!

Simply awsome..... enchanting

Wonderful music. Thank you.

Wonderful music accompanied by great images! Can anyone credit the artist(s) for the visual presentations?

Wow first time listening to something like this. Will look more into this composer!!

Hovhaness has the very spirit of music, unique in many ways. Thanks, Gioielli

Absolutely magnifique

As if Alan speaks with the water... He is enjoying the conversation ... Water is his friend ... And the best friend ... Can Water sound harm anyone???? Sylva~MD~Poetry

very nice music and pictures .relaxing thanks for posting and good to see 400 likes .

Serene. Electrifying!

It is a very interesting piece, like everything I have listened to by Hovhaness so far, and the image around 7:21 is fine. Thank you for sharing!

Beautiful sounds, thanks for sharing

that was lovely. I love Hovhaness but hadn't heard this piece.

Lovely stuff, thanks for posting.

listening to this lovely music as I pray that the doe I hit with my car this evening is not seriously hurt...

Fantástica!

Presentation is awesome as well

Thank you!!!!

Браво ❤

More spaces & moods rather than melodic themes...simply beautiful…sounds very oriental rather than american to me.

@dugitomi

9 жыл бұрын

kybernes a couple of years before this he wrote music for Javanese gamelan orchestra and about 5 years before this he wrote a symphony for 2 orchestras, 1 with western instrumentation and the other with traditional Korean instrumentation. i think he had an incredible ability to absorb music of different cultures and create original works that bear his unique musical personality. muchas gracias y saludos desde Tokio.

@fflambeauutube

8 жыл бұрын

+kybernes It depends on what you consider "American". Hovhaness was born in America, near Boston, of Armenian heritage. So he does incorporate many dances and exotic sounds (symbols, gongs, drums etc.) into his music. And later in life, as Tom D points out, he studied the music of different cultures in the far East, especially South Korea, Japan and Indonesia. He does incorporate lots of those sounds (and various unusual instruments) into his pieces, so it sounds more Hovhaness perhaps than "American".

Wonderful

Bravo!

I see them too. through my eyes, I see faces

Precioso

Great song. It reminds me of the episode of the big bang theory where they fly to disneyland, but find out the parks closed so stay in a hotel the whole time watching star trek reruns.

7:10 excellent.

Just before 15:32, it is really beautiful. Well, like the whole work.

Nice pictures :)

It's simply amazing that his widow has made this music unavailable to purchse.

@nonenoneonenonenone

3 жыл бұрын

I believe Hovhaness added a lot of music to this after its premiere, or the artists simply skipped a lot of it.

The picture around 11:10 is gorgeous.

Música pisciana, netuniana. Aliás, Hovhaness era de Peixes, o signo mais místico do zodíaco!

...a walk in the woods is best undertaken in morning when the trees expel their oxygen for you and receive your carbon dioxide from you. This way all shall live together.

@jamesbarlow6423

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip Herr Doktor Klorohplast!

This is lovely music as is much of A.H.'s output. This one is a bit New Agey for my taste, but beautifully evocative and relaxing nonetheless.

Does anyone know where to find the sheet music for this sonata?

@Mariojlhm

8 жыл бұрын

+Audrey Victoria Downey (Ethera) Yes, you must send an email to Hovhaness-Fujihara Music Co., Inc at hovhanessfuji@comcast.net They own the rights to the piece. I actually just emailed them yesterday and they got back to me today. A copy of the score is $45.00.

@ElvannReacts

8 жыл бұрын

+Mario J. Hesles Ohw cool! Thanks a whole lot! :D

nice

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It turns out that the piece is actually called 'Spirit of Trees'. Why add "THE" to the title, not once but twice?

@not2tees

7 жыл бұрын

Quite correct - I checked this out, too.

@not2tees

7 жыл бұрын

Yaps Yeah, I admit you're right - we only nitpick because we care, perhaps, though?

Put your Roc signs up for Hooooooov ❤️

Thanks for posting this. Does anyone know where i can find the sheet music of this piece?

@tomascostero9962

Жыл бұрын

Idk

who is the artist of the background?

Usually I enjoy Hovhaness. Not today.

I'm curious if he pitched down to A-432, being all Spiritual 'n all. The ClassicalNerd carried me here.

.add me to the list of addicts

I wonder who the fourteen people who gave it a thumbs down are? lol

Diablo 2.

Man got left behind here. TARFU

damn right, Ronnie; and to those who think Hovhaness sounds similar to all A. H. I say , you try writing great , sweet music for decades. see how it works out . I can't write good music for a month.

Hovhaness is great. Would be better while high on thc.

Very interesting music, but awful illustrations.

@MegaCirse

7 жыл бұрын

I do not agree, these illustrations are very poetic and the creator made sure that they stick with the music!

I. 2:11 III. 11:52 IV. 13:25 VI. 18:45