Philharmonia Orchestra Video Podcasts
Philharmonia Podcast 96: October 2015

Maestro Vladmir Ashkenazy celebrates the Philharmonia Orchestra's 70th anniversary in this short film. Join him at the Purcell School for Young Musicians as he describes the magic at the heart of the Philharmonia.

This video is part of a special series of films commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra for its 70th anniversary season (2015-2016). Discover more:
Philharmonia Orchestra Celebrates 70 Years channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqR22EoucCycOGFfrFJY587duxWWBYhvu
Interactive Timeline: https://philharmonia.co.uk/70

Direct download: 151029_podcast.mp4
Category:Music -- posted at: 3:36pm UTC

Philharmonia Podcast 95: October 2015

Kenneth Essex is a well-respected session musician from the golden age of freelancing. He's played on a variety of recordings from work with the Philharmonia Orchestra to Fawlty Towers and the Beatles. The Philharmonia Orchestra's archivist, and former member of the cello section, Mike Hurwitz, met Ken at his home in North London to hear tales from his exciting career in music.

This video is part of a special series of films commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra for its 70th anniversary season (2015-2016). Discover more:
Philharmonia Orchestra Celebrates 70 Years channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqR22EoucCycOGFfrFJY587duxWWBYhvu
Interactive Timeline: https://philharmonia.co.uk/70

Direct download: 151028_podcast.mp4
Category:Music -- posted at: 3:21pm UTC

Philharmonia Podcast 94: October 2015

Mary Bean worked on the management team of the Philharmonia Orchestra in the 1950s, and ended up marrying the Orchestra's leader at the time, violinist Hugh Bean. Our London Concerts Manager, Natasha Riordan-Eva, visited Mary to find out what she found inspiring about working with great musicians, including Toscanini and Shostakovich among many others.

This video is part of a special series of films commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra for its 70th anniversary season (2015-2016). Discover more:
Philharmonia Orchestra Celebrates 70 Years channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqR22EoucCycOGFfrFJY587duxWWBYhvu
Interactive Timeline: http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/70

Direct download: 151027_podcast.mp4
Category:Music -- posted at: 3:15pm UTC

Philharmonia Podcast 93: October 2015

Pierrette Duncan, née Galeone, played in the 1st and 2nd Violin sections of the Philharmonia Orchestra starting in the 1950s and spent 30 years as a member of the Orchestra. Our current No. 2, 2nd Violin, Emily Davis, met Pierrette in her home to learn what life was like for the Philharmonia's early members, and especially for women.

This video is part of a special series of films commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra for its 70th anniversary season (2015-2016). Discover more:
Philharmonia Orchestra Celebrates 70 Years channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqR22EoucCycOGFfrFJY587duxWWBYhvu
Interactive Timeline: http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/70

Direct download: 151026_pierrette_galeone_70th_itunes.mp4
Category:Music -- posted at: 2:00pm UTC

Philharmonia Podcast 92: September 2015

This August we're celebrating world-renowned trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger. Discover more about Hardenberger and his affinity with the trumpet in this extended interview with Alistair Mackie, the Philharmonia Orchestra's principal trumpet.

Håkan Hardenberger performs with the Philharmonia Orchestra in a special series of concerts, The Trumpet Shall Sound, later this year and into 2016.

 

Chapters:

01:23 - On Gruber's "Aerial"

06:30 - On Zimmermann's "Nobody knows de trouble I see"

11:11 - The struggle with the trumpet

14:54 - Dealing with performance anxiety

20:28 - Teachers

23:43 - The most important thing for a developing player

27:45 - Planet A#

33:09 - Studying a new piece

38:36 - A musical player

 

Find out more at the following link: http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/hakanhardenberger

Direct download: 150819_podcast.mp4
Category:Music -- posted at: 9:24am UTC

Philharmonia Podcast 91: August 2015

This August, we’re shouting about trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger, who performs a major series, titled The Trumpet Shall Sound, with the Philharmonia Orchestra in December 2015/January 2016. We caught Håkan after his rehearsal with the conductor, Andris Nelsons, as they prepared for a performance of HK Gruber's Aerial trumpet concerto, composed for Håkan. The two artists spoke about their friendship and working relationship following an intense day of rehearsals. Find out more here: http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/hakanhardenberger

Direct download: 150805_podcast.mov
Category:Music -- posted at: 1:00pm UTC

Philharmonia Podcast 90: June 2015

In preparation for our final concert of our 14/15 Royal Festival Hall season, First Violin member, Adrián Varela, introduces us to some of the musical forms featured in the concert. Our first in a series of basic orchestra vocabulary lessons!

Book here: philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/682/london/royal_festival_hall/28_june_2015/dohnanyi_closes_1415_season

Sunday 28 June 2015, 7.30pm
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Arabella Steinbacher, violin
Lawrence Power, viola
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra
BARTÓK Divertimento for String Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

Direct download: 150623_podcast.mp4
Category:Music -- posted at: 12:08pm UTC

Philharmonia Orchestra violist, Gijs Kramers, gets a special one-to-one lesson with master tabla player, Sanju Sahai. Learn all about the basics of tabla in this film, and find out what Bach sounds like when accompanied by tabla. If you have your own tabla, take them out and follow along!

Funding and support from Orchestras Live and Shruti Arts.

Direct download: 150127_podcast.mp4
Category:Music -- posted at: 11:39am UTC

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