Siegfried Wagner - Glück (1923)
Музыка
Glück (Happiness): Symphonic Poem (1923)
I. Andante - [0:00]
II. Glück in der Gier nach Gold und Macht (Happiness in the lust for gold and power) - [4:39]
III. "Philister"-Glück ("Philistine"-happiness) - [8:18]
IV. Glück in Sinnenlust (Happiness in sensual pleasure) - [10:30]
V. Glück in der Berührung mit der Geisterwelt (Happiness in contacting the spirit world) - [15:59]
VI. Das wahre Glück: Die der Menschheit segenbringende Tat (True happiness: Of the good deed that brings blessedness to humanity) [20:10]
An ambitious tone poem by German composer and conductor Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930), the son of Richard and Cosima Wagner. The form of the work is an Andante theme followed by four variations and a finale, each section representing a different experience of happiness. The sections and the topics they treat seem to be related to Clement Harris, the young composer and pianist who was Siegfried Wagner's closest friend and possible lover in his youth. It was Harris who convinced Wagner to forsake a career in architecture for music while they were traveling together in India and China. Harris' untimely death in 1897 fighting against the Ottomans in Greece was devastating for Wagner, and it had a lasting impact on him.
Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra
Пікірлер: 14
Such beauty..........what a wonderful find, thank you so much for uploading this.
A most excellent work.
exquisito
Bravo
I do not remember any great composer whose child was also a great composer. It is a kind of unwritten law thar after a genius father follows a mediocre child. Siegfried Wagner may have been an exception, along with some of Bach’s many children, even if he has never got the recognition he probably deserved as a composer. He was taught as a child by his grandfather, Franz Liszt, and Engelbert Humperdinck was his teacher for years, not to mention that his father was always there… This piece seems to me much better than expected on a first hearing. Clement Harris was first introduced to Siegfried in 1889 and the immediately matched. They went on a long trip to Asia in 1892, and there is little doubt they became lovers. Siegfried left upon reaching Port Said in Egypt on the way back home, just in time to attend the rehearsals in Bayreuth. Harris was killed in the Greco-Turkish war, in 1897 at the age of 25. Siegfried always kept a picture of Harris on his desk, and many believe “Gluck” was dedicated to him. A bisexual throughout his life, Harris was probably Siegfried’s love of his life.
Bonito.. esta clara la influencia de su padre, sin embargo la expectativa seria de algun tipo de renovacion.. y eso no se encuentra (sera por eso que no se ha difundido tanto su obra?)
what is this picture's name?
@hektor_schmidt
7 жыл бұрын
Thomas Cole: "The Ages Of Life - Youth".
My god is this anachronistic ! LOGHENGRIN still waiting for his return-swan?
@Fradiavolo1900
4 жыл бұрын
Most of us are waiting for him - better anachronistic than ugly!
@johnkinsella5358
4 жыл бұрын
@@Fradiavolo1900 Is this swan one-way or return? In one staging of Lohengrin, the swan-boat was hauled away before the tenor could get on 'What times's the next swan?' he asked (this may be a Wagnerian urban legend). This is a good piece so far, not a copy of his dad though plainly influenced.
@Listenerandlearner870
2 жыл бұрын
It was usual for this sort of music to be written up to the first decade of the 20th century. It was written only slightly later than that.
12:30