PT Journal
AU Jirasek, O
TI Ancerl, Jilek, Mackerras, Abbado conduct Sinfonietta
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2024
BP 40
EP 108
VL 36
IS 1
DI 10.5507/mo.2024.003
DE Leos Janacek; Sinfonietta; Music Performance Analysis; Karel Ancerl; Frantisek Jilek; Alan Charles McLaurin Mackerras; Claudio Abbado
AB Janacek's Sinfonietta is one of his fundamental compositions. Since its performance in 1926, it has been frequently played not only by Czech orchestras, but also by philharmonics around the world. The approach to the artwork has thus already passed through a number of phases, and Janacek's unique musical poetics can be grasped and portrayed in different ways today. Four orchestras were therefore selected for analysis: the Czech Philharmonic, the Filharmonie Brno, the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Berliner Philharmoniker, and four important conductors: Karel Ancerl, Frantisek Jilek, Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras and Claudio Abbado. In the analysis of their musical performance, we focused on the following parameters: tempo and timing, dynamic, pitch, timbre (proportions of instruments) and spatial organisation of instruments. Individual makings of composition are compared and possibly evaluated.
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