Music is Therapy
7,075,768 views Premiered Apr 1, 2022 KÖLNER PHILHARMONIEMaurice Ravel’s “Bolero” performed by the WDR Sinfonieorchester under the baton of Alondra de la Parra on January 27, 2022 at the Kölner Philharmonie. Maurice Ravel – Bolero WDR Symphony Orchestra Alondra de la Parra, conductor *** MORE ALONDRA DE LA PARRA WITH THE WDR ORCHESTRAS IN OUR PLAYLIST: • Alondra de la Parra dirigiert *** ► For more on the symphony orchestra, concerts and current livestreams, visit https://sinfonieorchester.wdr.de ► The WDR Symphony Orchestra on Facebook / wdrsinfonieorchester
The idea of pursuing a career as a musician came early and was supported by his parents: At the age of 13, Maurice Ravel receives lessons at a private music school and studies immediately afterwards. There is little motivation left when Ravel fails his intermediate exam and has to leave the master class right away. Nevertheless, one work in particular composed by Ravel, the “Boléro”, is one of the best known and most frequently played pieces of music in the world. Ravel not only works on the Boléro with the greatest care and attention to detail, he often takes a long time to complete his works – due to the complexity and accuracy of his works, he is also called the “Swiss watchmaker” among composers. Regarding his orchestral work “Boléro” – eponymous with the dance genre – Maurice Ravel commented one day: “My masterpiece? The Boléro, of course. It’s just a pity that it contains no music at all”. Beginning with the probably best-known, always constant (ostinato) rhythm, the snare drum opens the piece in pianissimo. It accompanies the two 16-bar melodies (melody A and B) throughout, which are repeated eighteen times – first solo, then by several registers in unison. They occur in the form AA BB until the last two repetitions. In the climax of the climax, A and B follow each other “undoubled”. The melodies are varied only in the shaping of the instrumentation – and thus the timbre – resulting in a majestic crescendo until the end of the boléro.WDR Klassik
Published on Feb 25, 2011
From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road
We’ll be lovers once again
On the bright side of the road
Little darlin’, come with me
Won’t you help me share my load
From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road
And into this life we’re born
Baby, sometimes, sometimes we don’t know why
And time seems to go by so fast
In the twinkling of an eye
Let’s enjoy it while we can (let’s enjoy it while we can)
Won’t you help me share my load (help me share my load)
From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road
Again
And into this life we’re born
Baby sometimes, baby sometimes we don’t know why, don’t know
Time seems to go by so fast
In the twinkling of an eye
Let’s enjoy it while we can (let’s enjoy it while we can)
And help me sing my song (and help me sing my song)
Little darlin’, come alone
On the bright side of the road
From the dark end of the street (from the dark end of the street)To the bright side of the road (to the bright side of the road)
Little darlin’, come alone
On the bright side of the road, come on dear
Alright
From the dark end of the street (from the dark end of the street)
To the bright side of the road (To the bright side of the road)
We’ll be lovers once again
On the bright side of the road
Oh, we’ll be, we’ll be lovers once again
On the bright side of the road
We’ll be lovers once again
On the bright side of the road
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Songwriters: Van MorrisonBright Side of the Road lyrics © Barrule (us) Lp
Published on Feb 18, 2019
The Bangles – Eternal Flame (Official Video)
174,368,493 views Jan 25, 2013Music video by The Bangles performing Eternal Flame (La Flama Enterna). (C) 1988 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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