Stravinsky Pulcinella
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Joshua Weilerstein
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In 1919, the impresario Sergei Diaghilev came up with the idea of having Stravinsky write a ballet inspired by 18th century music by composers like Pergolesi. The result, Pulcinella, began a transformation of Stravinsky's music. Stravinsky would later say: "Pulcinella was my discovery of the past, the epiphany through which the whole of my late work became possible." Today we'll talk through Pulcinella - a brilliant and funny piece that shows Stravinsky in a totally new light. Get ready for a fun ride!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and I'm |
| 0:02.0 | to sticky notes to classical music podcast. My name is Joshua Wilerstein. I'm a conductor and I'm the artistic director of the |
| 0:14.4 | Lozan Chamber Orchestra in Lausanne Switzerland. This podcast is for |
| 0:18.0 | anyone who loves classical music, works in the field, or is just getting ready to |
| 0:21.6 | dive in to this amazing world of incredible music. |
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| 0:48.9 | So I'm recording this on a Sunday and we have just finished our Beethoven cycle, all nine Beethoven symphonies and nine days. |
| 0:56.0 | Really just a special experience, I'm just talking about a little bit off the top of my head. |
| 1:01.0 | To go through all of the symphonies, it's hard actually to remember the first |
| 1:05.5 | couple of concerts already because there's so much in between. But it really was an incredible experience. The orchestra here in Lausanne, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra just played so incredibly well. |
| 1:15.0 | We worked with a wonderful choir, the Kerouis de Jeun, for wonderful vocal soloists, |
| 1:21.0 | and it was very special to do the 9th symphony obviously in this time |
| 1:24.9 | with all of the controversies and conversations swirling around singing the chorus and the |
| 1:30.4 | soloists were about a mile away from everybody else, which made things a little bit difficult, but also it was worth doing. |
| 1:36.5 | And I think it was just a real show of strength and a real show of commitment to culture and to the community and to music. So we're really |
| 1:45.1 | really proud of it. There will be a DVD coming out of all of the concerts |
| 1:49.3 | coming out soon so I'll keep you updated on that. Thanks and on to the show. The In 1919, Sergei Diaglev, the impresario of the legendary Baler Russe in Paris, decided to rekindle a collaboration that had proved scandalous and lucrative for him. |
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