Sat 14th Feb 1987, 19:30 on BBC Two, England Mirrors: Reflections on Maurice Ravel Written and presented by Paul Crossley 'He's the child in all of us - the one who can carry the game of let's pretend to its ultimate extreme.' In the first of a new series of programmes re-examining the work of great orchestral masters, pianist Paul Crossley digs beneath the brilliant surface of Ravel's music to reveal one of this century's most troubled and haunting musical personalities. Illustrating his ideas with excerpts from Ravel's solo piano works, the orchestral song cycle Shéhérazade, 'La valse', 'Bolero' and a complete performance of the Left Hand Concerto, Crossley discloses the lonely paradox of a sophisticated artist with a child's heart. With Felicity Palmer and the BBC Symphony Orchestra leader RODNEY FRIEND conducted by David Atherton Research DAVID STEVENS Lighting ALAN WOOLFORD Sound VIC GODRICH Videotape editor COLLO CAULTON Produced and directed by DENNIS MARKS Source: Radio Times
My local FM radio station in a large city in SoCal never plays any part of Ravel's Scheherazade at all. This did leave out Ravel's famous advice to George Gershwin - "Why be a second-rate Ravel when you can be a first-rate Gershwin?" but the entire bio is a wonderful story of my favorite composer ever, a Pisces who did go in two directions at once. Also shows marvelously how very anti-war Ravel was at a time when we in the US may be led into a conflict that is NONE of our business. Thank you so much for the upload!
It is March, 2022, and as of this date, I can find no indication that "Fascination" was composed by anyone other than Fermo Dante Marchetti. (Not Maurice Ravel.) On the IMSLP site, there is the sheet music for this and two other Marchetti compositions.
Despite PC's 'mannered' presentation style, after all these year the programme crammed a lot of vital stuff into a short time properly and probably could not be achieved today. PC's explanation of the concerto for left hand was full of insight and only a working musician steeped in the repertoire could tease out a terrifying "meaning" of such depth. His analysis makes even more sense in the context of the G major concerto being written simultaneously. Great.
Le pianiste est Samson François. Pour beaucoup de gens, il a laissé une interprétation inégalée du Concerto pour la main gauche. Je partage cette opinion.
@@firephilosopher7645 cette vidéo est très étrange, pour moi, c'est l'interprétation de Samson François. Mais on ne voit que ses mains. Et je n'ai jamais entendu parler d'un enregistrement avec cet orchestre. C'est possiblement un montage...
@@c-pas-vrai This can't be Francois. I have a video performance of him playing this piece. Also, he died in 1970 and this performance definitely wasn't filmed before 1970.
This is really great. But why are we not allowed to see the pianist's face who performs the concerto at the end? I see no credit for this performance, who is it??
my left ear thoroughly enjoyed this
Fucking hilarious
This deserves more views!
I remember when this was first shown on BBC2. 30 years ago! Scary!
Sat 14th Feb 1987, 19:30 on BBC Two, England
Mirrors: Reflections on Maurice Ravel
Written and presented by Paul Crossley
'He's the child in all of us - the one who can carry the game of let's pretend to its ultimate extreme.'
In the first of a new series of programmes re-examining the work of great orchestral masters, pianist
Paul Crossley digs beneath the brilliant surface of Ravel's music to reveal one of this century's most troubled and haunting musical personalities. Illustrating his ideas with excerpts from
Ravel's solo piano works, the orchestral song cycle
Shéhérazade, 'La valse', 'Bolero' and a complete performance of the Left Hand Concerto, Crossley discloses the lonely paradox of a sophisticated artist with a child's heart.
With Felicity Palmer and the BBC Symphony Orchestra leader RODNEY FRIEND conducted by David Atherton Research DAVID STEVENS Lighting ALAN WOOLFORD Sound VIC GODRICH
Videotape editor COLLO CAULTON Produced and directed by DENNIS MARKS
Source: Radio Times
not descriptive enough
My local FM radio station in a large city in SoCal never plays any part of Ravel's Scheherazade at all. This did leave out Ravel's famous advice to George Gershwin - "Why be a second-rate Ravel when you can be a first-rate Gershwin?" but the entire bio is a wonderful story of my favorite composer ever, a Pisces who did go in two directions at once. Also shows marvelously how very anti-war Ravel was at a time when we in the US may be led into a conflict that is NONE of our business. Thank you so much for the upload!
Paul Crossley and Ravel on BBC 2! Those were the days!! Many thanks for sharing.
Well done Paul Crossley! Timeless!
Imagine this being done now: impossible.
I was thinking the SAME. I'm glad to have this video as a reminder of how cool things used to be!
Good stuff. Thank you for the download. Peace.🕊
Thank You for your delicious and thoughtful insights. Connecting dots delightfully, and only ‘accurately’ as Ravel would allow. 🙏🏼
This is a magnificent document!!. Thank you!
Magnificent documentary. Thank you.
Hermosa y creativa reseña muchas gracias por compartirla
It is March, 2022, and as of this date, I can find no indication that "Fascination" was composed by anyone other than Fermo Dante Marchetti. (Not Maurice Ravel.) On the IMSLP site, there is the sheet music for this and two other Marchetti compositions.
God bless you for recording and uploading such a treasure
Despite PC's 'mannered' presentation style, after all these year the programme crammed a lot of vital stuff into a short time properly and probably could not be achieved today.
PC's explanation of the concerto for left hand was full of insight and only a working musician steeped in the repertoire could tease out a terrifying "meaning" of such depth.
His analysis makes even more sense in the context of the G major concerto being written simultaneously.
Great.
Wonderful
That's one of the best performances of the concerto for the left hand I've ever heard. Who's the pianist & which orchestra is that? Beautiful!!! ❤️ 💯
Le pianiste est Samson François. Pour beaucoup de gens, il a laissé une interprétation inégalée du Concerto pour la main gauche. Je partage cette opinion.
@@c-pas-vraiWhere does it say the pianist is Samson Francois?
@@firephilosopher7645 cette vidéo est très étrange, pour moi, c'est l'interprétation de Samson François.
Mais on ne voit que ses mains. Et je n'ai jamais entendu parler d'un enregistrement avec cet orchestre.
C'est possiblement un montage...
@@c-pas-vrai This can't be Francois. I have a video performance of him playing this piece. Also, he died in 1970 and this performance definitely wasn't filmed before 1970.
@@firephilosopher7645 mais alors qui ? Et pourquoi cette mise en scène étrange. Je suis perplexe...
Please somebody tell me the name of the painting at 15:17
Hello Rodrigo, the painting is The Sirens (Les Sirenes) by Gustave Moreau (1826 - 1898). Hope this helps.
@@lhrjb Thank you so much, I never really thought I'd get an answer, you're awesome. Thank you. And thanks for uploading the video, it's great.
This is really great. But why are we not allowed to see the pianist's face who performs the concerto at the end? I see no credit for this performance, who is it??
42:07 que interpretación de la valse es esta?
Audio should be louder
and you should be quieter
Love how much time they take with the music. Presenter is pretentious at times.
Crossley is articulate and well-educated which only an envious twerp confuses with pretentiousness!