| Bartók: Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano (Mvt III) - 419 sec
Yehudi Menuhin (violin) and Jeremy Menuhin with Thea King, clarinet.
Bartók: Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano, Sz. 111
III. Fast Dance. Allegro vivace
go here to see the first two movements:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2niZ2hDl14
Filmed at the ORTF, Paris, 03/12/72
by Eric Tishkoff:
The final movement, Sebes (fast dance), is a frenzied dash, whose only detour is an off-balance, but still quick-moving section in the uncommon meter (8 + 5) / 8. The beginning of the final movement calls for the use of a violin with several of its strings tuned differently (scordatura). This yields a courser, rougher sound that suggests the playing of a folk musician. The clarinet part requires the use of both B-flat and A clarinets, which is done to more easily facilitate technical passages in different key signatures. While the first movement is scored for A clarinet, some players prefer to play it on B-flat clarinet. The transposition makes certain technical passages easier to play. However, there are several low Es in the movement, which the B-flat clarinet can't play, thus the transposition is somewhat problematic musically.
Performance
All three instrumental parts of Contrasts are extremely demanding from the standpoints of technique and ensemble. Compounding the unusual scales and intervals in many of the fast passages are complex rhythms within the individual parts, and almost constant rhythmic counterpoint, or cross-rhythms, between the parts. Thus, the most technically difficult passages also turn out to be the most treacherous in terms of playing together. A combination of individual preparation and rehearsal methods can be used to work out such sections.
The most important method for solving or preventing ensemble issues is to know the other parts well. While most chamber music is such that the other parts can be easily learned while rehearsing, Contrasts is more problematic...
Auteur : TheGreatPerformers
Tags:Bela-Bartók Yehudi Menuhin YehudiMenuhin classicalmusic Clarinet Violin
 | | Bartók: Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano (Mvt I + II) - 596 sec
Yehudi Menuhin (violin) and Jeremy Menuhin with Thea King, clarinet.
Bartók: Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano, Sz. 111
I. Recruiting Dance. Moderato, ben ritmato
II. Relaxation. Lento
go here to see the last movement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Nhw1YQRrQ
Filmed at the ORTF, Paris, 03/12/72
by Eric Tishkoff:
What started in August 1938 as a casual conversation between József Szigeti and Benny Goodman very quickly turned into a significant chamber work by one of the world's leading composers, Béla Bartók (1881-1945). Szigeti, a pre-eminent violinist of the time, sent the request to Bartók-although, it was the world-renown jazz clarinetist Goodman who officially commissioned (i.e., paid for) the work. In his letter, Szigeti requested a duo for clarinet and violin with piano accompaniment, consisting of two contrasting movements, 6-7 minutes in duration, with cadenzas for both the clarinet and violin.
Szigeti was probably expecting a short, flashy show-tune, in which case, he got much more than he bargained for. Janos Karpati writes (Bartok's Chamber Music, Stuyvesant, NY, Pendragon Press, 1976, p. 476) "Despite the commission, Bartók composed not what is known as a concert piece, but a chamber-music work, a worthy cousin of the string quartets and sonatas, which in both its material and structure follows the laws of chamber-music form."
Contrasts is a three movement work nearly three times the duration of the original request. The music is an amalgam of abstracted Hungarian folk music combined with Rumanian dance melodies, Bulgarian and Greek meters, and a highly personalized, first-class command of 20th century compositional techniques. The second movement was omitted from the first performance. Apparently, Bartók was trying to adhere strictly to the original commission for two movements. However, internal evidence convincingly suggests that the middle movement was conceived along with the other two.
Verbunkos, the first movement, is based on a dance, and characterized by a bouncy rhythmic figure (dotted eight-sixteenth) and passages that alternate between slow determination and medium agitation. The second movement, Piheno (relaxation), is purely atmospheric. Its lack of a strong pulse stands in contrast to the driving beats in both the outer movements.
Auteur : TheGreatPerformers
Tags:Bela-Bartók Yehudi Menuhin YehudiMenuhin Clarinet Violin
| | Ersingen heavy / light rail contrasts. - 384 sec
This video shows dual-voltage light rail trams / streetcars sharing a mainline railway with main-line trains at Ersingen station.
It was filmed in the early 1990's when the mainline faced a shortage of 'heavy' rail trains.
The LRV's were used to replace some local trains on the route between Karlsruhe and the nearby town of Pforzheim. Their intended use was on a new service combining street tramway & pedestrian zone routes electrified at 750v dc and mainline routes electrified at 15,000c ac. However they were only able to work on that service once some new linking tracks had been constructed, and until this had been done they were 'spare'.
This line is also used by heavy freight trains, international InterCity express trains and even steam trains, all of which are seen in this video.
For safety all services using this line were fitted with Automatic Train Protection signalling.
Also seen is a short ride inside one of the light rail vehicles.
Auteur : citytransportinfo
Tags:Ersingen Karlsruhe tram railway rail railroad streetcar
| | East / West Berlin Contrasts, April 1990. (1) - 598 sec
Some primarily U-Bahn (underground railway / subway) related views filmed in Berlin in April 1990, which was after the wall had been opened but when the city was still divided.
1) Alexanderplatz was the focal point for the Eastern part of Berlin, and here we see some large & small profile U-Bahn trains (note the 'door closing' lights and bells) plus the main Centrum department store and a shop selling 'Western' products for people with 'hard' currency (ie: £, $, DM, etc).
Not filmed (to avoid possible arrest) were signs inside Centrum in German, French, English and Russian saying that many of the goods on display could only be sold to people with Berlin Residency Cards (ie: people from the part of Berlin in the former DDR / GDR).
There is also a ride inside a small profile U-Bahn train.
2) Wittenbergplatz was part of the focal point for the Western part of Berlin, and here we see a gift from London Transport, some small profile U-Bahn trains (note the lack of any type of 'door closing' alarms) plus some internal & external views of the restored station booking hall and the nearby large KaDeWe department store.
3) A ride through some closed stations inside a large profile U-Bahn train on line U8.
After the building of the wall in 1961 the U8 only carried West Berliners, linking suburbs to the north and the south of the city via Alexanderplatz but with the stations in the Eastern controlled part of Berlin being sealed so that no-one could enter / leave them and armed guards on the station platforms to kill anyone who tried to board a passing train.
At the time of filming one station (Rosenthaler Platz) had already been reopened, but the other 5 (on U8) remained closed, with the platforms dimly lit, and trains travelling through without stopping.
4) A photograph taken in December 1989 of a typical U-Bahn station in East Berlin which because the trains which served it ran through to West Berlin was closed.
Auteur : citytransportinfo
Tags:Berlin U-Bahn UBahn Alexanderplatz Centrum Wittenbergplatz KaDeWe train underground railway subway railroad
| | Cairo Contrasts - 360 sec
A collection of contrasts presented by Cairo, Egypt.
Auteur : daddyknowsbest
Tags:Contrasts Cairo Egypt
| | East / West Berlin Contrasts, April 1990. (2) - 565 sec
Some primarily railway related views filmed in Berlin in April 1990, which was after the wall had been opened but when the city was still divided.
The film includes the following:_
i)Several views of the Berlin wall, watch towers, etc as seen from S-Bahn trains.
ii) Platform views taken at Gesundbrunnen, Friedrichstr. and Zoo stations.
iii) The duty free 'Intershop' shops for West Berlin passengers changing between trains at Friedrichstr, which was wholly in East Berlin.
iv) Several rides (S-Bahn and U-Bahn) on West Berlin trains through closed stations in the Eastern controlled part of Berlin.
v) A DDR (former East Germany) map of the U & S Bahn in what the Eastern authorities called 'Westberlin'.
By way of explanation of the important issues this film is subtitled.
Video taken in April 1990, still images taken in December 1989.
More information and pictures about the Berlin Wall can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_wall
Auteur : citytransportinfo
Tags:Berlin wall mauer U-Bahn UBahn S-Bahn SBahn railway train subway Friedrichstr Gesundbrunnen Wollankstr Intershop rail
| | Eugène Bozza - CONTRASTS III for clarinet and bassoon - 452 sec
Manuel Hernández Aguilar clarinet - Gerardo Ledezma Basson - concert for clarinet and bassoon - Casa del lago en Chapultepec.
Auteur : MAGUEY2008
Tags: Clarinet clarinete clarinette Eugène Bozza Bassoon Fagot Fagote French music musique française Manuel Hernández classical
| | Contrasts - a story about Warsaw - 298 sec
a 5 min doc about warsaw contrasts
winner at the 2005 warsaw cinema festival
Auteur : mquental
Tags:contrasts contrastes warsaw sofia arriscado miguel quental cunha etic documentary
| | Bartók Contrasts Verbunkos - 332 sec
1st part of Bartók Contrasts, Concert recording from 29.9.2007 Riehen Switzerland. Géza Bartha clarinet, Mátyás Bartha violin , Imola Bartha piano
Auteur : bernardelg
Tags: Bartók Contrasts Kontrasztok Imola Matyas Geza Bartha violin clarinet piano
| | Sied Van Riel & Claudia Cazacu - Contrasts (Arnejs Tech Dub) - 400 sec
Another remix of the fabulous contrasts!!
Auteur : TRANCEDUP2THEMAX
Tags: Sied Van Riel Claudia Cazacu Contrasts Arnejs Tech Dub trance
| | Hersonissos, The charm of contrasts - Part A - 359 sec
A video presentation of Hersonissos, Crete. A major tourist attraction in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Production Municipality of Hersonissos, written and directed by Manolis Sfakianakis. For more videos please visit hersonisos.com
Auteur : HersonisosCom
Tags:hersonissos hersonisos crete greece holidays tourist beach sun sea customs
| | Bartók Contrasts III. Sebes - 408 sec
Bartók Contrasts 3.Part Sebes
Auteur : bernardelg
Tags: Bartok Bartha Geza Imola Matyas Kontrasztok Contrasts
| | DJ Lenny @ Contrasts 15, CKB, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherland - 463 sec
DJ Lenny @ Contrasts 15, CKB, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
http://www.myspace.com/vjlennyp
Filmed by Majestic
http://www.myspace.com/majestic81
Check out other sets at http://www.youtube.com/djmajestic81
Auteur : DJMajestic81
Tags: contrasts x-tase lenny-p lenny drum&bass DNB dnbforum bergen op zoom nijmegen Ramshacklerz
| | Hersonissos, The charm of contrasts - Part B - 420 sec
A video presentation of Hersonissos, Crete. A major tourist attraction in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Production Municipality of Hersonissos, written and directed by Manolis Sfakianakis. For more videos please visit hersonisos.com
Auteur : HersonisosCom
Tags:hersonissos hersonisos crete greece holidays tourist beach sun sea customs
| | Contrasts In E Minor - Hyde Park MS Advanced Orchestra - 246 sec
Hyde Park Middle School
Group: Advanced Orchestra
Song: Contrasts In E Minor
Composer: Francis Feese
Directed by: Mr. Jeremy Woolstenhulme
Auteur : HPMSOrchestra
Tags: Hyde Park Middle School Contrasts In Minor Jeremy Woolstenhulme
| | Bartok's Contrasts with Andre Michel Schub- 3rd movement - 460 sec
2nd movement of Bartok's Contrasts at my senior recital.
Auteur : jonnybliss
Tags: Bartok Contrasts clarinet piano violin Andre Michel Schub classical Jonathan Greene
| | concert ROV - 'contrasts' - 313 sec
NL - Een impressie van het concert gegeven door ROV met als thema 'contrasts' te Beesel.
Auteur : LindaNL
Tags:ROV symphony orkest contrasts
| | KUNGZOO ENGLISH EPISODE 35: COUNTRY CONTRASTS - 198 sec
Expressing contrasts about your/my country
Auteur : KungZoo
Tags: EFL English lesson country stereotypes debate discussion British culture contrast
| | Majestic @ Contrasts 15, CKB, Bergen op Zoom (23-2-08) - 597 sec
Majestic @ Contrasts 15, CKB, Bergen op Zoom (23-2-08)
http://www.myspace.com/majestic81
Check out more of my sets at :
http://www.youtube.com/djmajestic81
Auteur : DJMajestic81
Tags: dnb Jungle Raggajungle contrasts X-TASE bergen op zoom
| | Contrasts - 114 sec
British Columbia Tour
Auteur : ooch89
Tags:Movie
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