DAVID HATTNER’S JANUARY PLAYLIST

Posted on January 4, 2019

PYP Musical Director David Hattner shares what’s currently on his playlist. Revamp your own playlist with selections from our PYP Playlist on David’s Twitter every #MusicMonday.

Read his past playlists here on the PYP blog.

PYP is beginning rehearsals for our March program. We have a wonderfully interesting program to present, with music by Brahms, Bloch, Avshalomov and Bernstein. This program will challenge and stretch the abilities of our musicians in many different ways.

The Tragic Overture of Brahms was first played by the PJS under Norman Leyden in 1969. It was not done again until I conducted in in 2011. It is a deep, intense work that has been approached in many different ways by conductors over the years.

Here are two versions:

Fritz Reiner takes a fast, vigorous approach. His Orchestra could not respond more perfectly.

George Szell’s approach is more measured, but builds to a tremendous climax at the end. One of his greatest recordings.

Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo is perhaps his greatest work. A large-scale rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra, it requires a total partnership of the forces. Here is one of the best performances I have seen.

Stay tuned,