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The Philharmonia Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It was founded in 1945 by Walter Legge, a classical music record producer for EMI. Since 1995, the orchestra has been based in the Royal Festival Hall. The Philharmonia also has residencies at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, the Corn Exchange, Bedford, and The Anvil, Basingstoke. Esa-Pekka Salonen has been the orchestra's principal conductor and artistic advisor since 2008, and Vladimir Ashkenazy and Christoph von Dohnányi both conduct the Philharmonia Orchestra regularly.
The Philharmonia Orchestra tours widely, regularly welcomes top soloists and conductors, and performs more than 160 concerts a year, as well as recording music for films and computer games. Performing more than 35 concerts a year at Royal Festival Hall, the orchestra notably presents premieres of contemporary works, along with the classics. Since its inception in 1945, the Philharmonia has commissioned more than 100 compositions from composers that include Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Mark-Anthony Turnage and James MacMillan.
An orchestra (/ˈɔːrkᵻstrə/ or US /ˈɔːrˌkɛstrə/; Italian: [orˈkɛstra]) is a large instrumental ensemble used in classical music that contains sections of string (violin, viola, cello and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes be grouped into a fifth section such as a keyboard section or may stand alone, as may the concert harp and, for 20th and 21st century compositions, electric and electronic instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ὀρχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus. The orchestra grew by accretion throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, but changed very little in composition during the course of the 20th century.
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble, customarily orchestra. Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. Many major composers have contributed to the violin concerto repertoire, with the best known works including those by Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Paganini, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, and Vivaldi. Traditionally a three-movement work, the violin concerto has been structured in four movements by a number of modern composers, including Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky, and Alban Berg (in the latter, the first two and last two movements are connected, with the only break coming between the second and third). In some violin concertos, especially from the Baroque and modern eras, the violin (or group of violins) is accompanied by a chamber ensemble rather than an orchestra—for instance, Vivaldi's L'estro armonico, originally scored for four violins, two violas, cello, and continuo, and Allan Pettersson's first concerto, for violin and string quartet.
Esa-Pekka Salonen ( pronunciation : [ˈesɑˌpekkɑ ˈsɑlonen]; born June 30, 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is currently Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, Conductor Laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Composer-In-Residence at the New York Philharmonic, and Artistic Director and cofounder of the Baltic Sea Festival.
Salonen, born in Helsinki, Finland, studied horn and composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, as well as conducting with Jorma Panula. His conducting classmates included Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Osmo Vänskä. Another classmate on the composition side was the composer Magnus Lindberg and together they formed the new-music appreciation group Korvat auki ("Ears open" in the Finnish language) and the experimental ensemble Toimii (lit. "It works"). Later, Salonen studied with the composers Franco Donatoni, Niccolò Castiglioni and Einojuhani Rautavaara.
His first experience with conducting came in 1979 with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, though he still thought of himself principally as a composer; in fact, Salonen has said that the primary reason he took up conducting was to ensure that someone would conduct his own compositions. In 1983, however, he replaced an indisposed Michael Tilson Thomas to conduct a performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 3 with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London at very short notice without ever having studied the score before that time, and it launched his career as a conductor. He was subsequently principal guest conductor of the Philharmonia from 1985 to 1994.
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Icelandic composer, Daníel Bjarnason, has written a violin concerto for the Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto. In this film, the Philharmonia Orchestra met Pekka in Finland to get his thoughts on the new piece. The concerto is full of special violin techniques and pushes technical boundaries for the soloist and the orchestra. Watch to find out more and hear clips with the Pekka and the Philharmonia in rehearsal with Esa-Pekka Salonen. Pekka Kuusisto performs the UK premiere of Daníel Bjarnason's Violin Concerto at the Philharmonia Orchestra's season opening concert on Thursday 28 September, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London. Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor. The concert also includes Sibelius Symphonies 6 & 7 and Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Aeriality. FIND OUT MORE: https://www.philh...
Great interpretation of Alexander Scriabin's The Poem of Ecstasy, played by the Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen at 2010 BBC Proms. Gran presentación del Poema del Éxstasis interpretada por la Orquesta Filarmonia, y dirigida por Esa-Pekka Salonen en los Proms de la BBC año 2010. (C) BBC and ALL their respective owners. No personal work here.
Acknowledged as the UK's foremost musical pioneer, the Philharmonia Orchestra lives at the heart of British musical life. In this film, Simon Oliver (Double Bass & former Chairman) introduces the Orchestra and its work today. For more information, please visit the new website: www.philharmonia.co.uk.
In the summer of 2017, the Philharmonia Orchestra embarked on a new creative partnership to span five years with Garsington Opera. In this first season the Philharmonia performed Debussy’s only opera, Pelléas et Mélisande, conducted by Jac van Steen. Philharmonia Principal Harp, Heidi Krutzen, gives us an introduction to Garsington and the beautiful Wormsley Estate where the opera festival is located. In 2018, the Orchestra performs Verdi’s Falstaff. http://garsingtonopera.org
In this film, Katy Woolley introduces her instrument - the horn. To learn more about the horn visit http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/explore/instruments/horn Why not download our iPad app The Orchestra to learn even more? Visit www.philharmonia.co.uk/app for more information. "Have you seen the app called 'The Orchestra'? It is astonishing. For somebody who can't read music to learn how an orchestra functions, to be able to see from the perspective of a flute or a second violin, is really enlightening." - Sir John Eliot Gardiner, quoted in an interview by Richard Fairman, Financial Times, February 2014 The Philharmonia's Principal Horn Chair is endowed by The Revd. John Wates in memory of Dennis Brain. The Philharmonia's No.2 Horn Chair is endowed by Mrs Beers, Friends of the Philharmo...
Vladimir Ashkenazy New Philharmonia Orchestra The early 1970s ?
The Philharmonia Orchestra and Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen today announce the next stage of their project to develop virtual reality as a medium for orchestral music with the release of The Virtual Orchestra for PlayStation VR.
Legendary Maestro Riccardo Muti, discusses conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, as he prepares for the Orchestra's 65th Birthday Gala Concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
The Philharmonia Orchestra’s Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Esa-Pekka Salonen, introduces the 2016/17 Season at Royal Festival Hall. Booking opens at the Philharmonia Box Office on Tuesday 16 February 2016 at 9.30am. Browse the season here - http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/seasons/50/1617_london_season
In this film, David Corkhill introduces some of his instruments in the percussion section. Vibraphone - 00:07 Xylophone - 02:29 Marimba - 03:31 Glockenspiel - 04:53 Bass Drum - 05:54 Tam-Tam - 07:19 Snare Drum - 08:57 Cymbals - 10:49 Triangle - 13:14 Crotales - 14:17 Tambourine - 15:16 To learn more about the percussion section visit http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/explore/instruments/percussion Why not download our iPad app The Orchestra to learn even more? Visit www.philharmonia.co.uk/app for more information. "Have you seen the app called 'The Orchestra'? It is astonishing. For somebody who can't read music to learn how an orchestra functions, to be able to see from the perspective of a flute or a second violin, is really enlightening." - Sir John Eliot Gardiner, quoted in an interv...
Franck Sinfonia - d'Avalos - Philharmonia Orchestra
Francesco d'Avalos, Philharmonia Orchestra
Great interpretation of Alexander Scriabin's The Poem of Ecstasy, played by the Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen at 2010 BBC Proms. Gran presentación del Poema del Éxstasis interpretada por la Orquesta Filarmonia, y dirigida por Esa-Pekka Salonen en los Proms de la BBC año 2010. (C) BBC and ALL their respective owners. No personal work here.
Vladimir Ashkenazy New Philharmonia Orchestra The early 1970s ?
S-VHS → PC 1st [0:30] 2nd [15:38] 3rd [29:35] 4th [35:54] Giuseppe Sinopoli Philharmonia Orchestra 1992.10.19 Tokyo. Japan Live
Conductor: Giordano Bellincampi Performed as part of The Bayleys Great Classics Series concert ‘Hanslip Plays Mozart’ Thursday 23 February 2017 Auckland Town Hall Audio courtesy of Radio New Zealand Concert Video produced by JX Live
1st [0:00] 2nd [14:59] 3rd [25:53] 4th [35:22] Otto Klemperer New Philharmonia Orchestra 1970 Live
Akiko Suwanai Vladimir Ashkenazy Philharmonia Orchestra 2008 NHK Hall Live. Japan
Mendelssohn Sinfonia n.3 Scozzese - Philharmonia Orchestra - Francesco d'Avalos
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) Symphony no. 3 in A minor op. 56 "Scottish" I. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato (0:00) II. Scherzo (Vivace non troppo) (15:16) III.Adagio (20:29) IV. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai (30:04) Philharmonia Orchestra Otto Klemperer
Great interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto for Left Hand, played by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and the Philharmonia Orchestra, and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen at 2010 BBC Proms. Gran presentación del Concierto de Piano para la Mano Izquierda de Maurice Ravel, interpretada por Jean-Efflam Bavouzet y la Orquesta Filarmonia, y dirigida por Esa-Pekka Salonen en los Proms de la BBC año 2010. (C) BBC and ALL their respective owners. No personal work here.
Collins Classics OFFICIAL - Mendelssohn (FULL ALBUM) Symphony No3 and No4 Spotify: http://spoti.fi/1TAkls9 Buy it here: http://apple.co/1CfRLGw 0:00 - Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 "Scottish": I. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato assai animato 15:25 - Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 "Scottish": II. Vivace non troppo - Scherzo assai vivace 19:43 - Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op.56 ('Scottish Symphony') 30:03 - Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op.56 ('Scottish Symphony') 39:45 - Symphony No. 4 in A major Op.90 ('Italian Symphony') 50:24 - Symphony No. 4 in A major Op.90 ('Italian Symphony') 57:00 - Symphony No. 4 in A major Op.90 ('Italian Symphony') 1:03:56 - Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 "Italian": IV. Saltarello - Presto Conducted by Tamas Vasary Performed by Philharmoni...