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1/ On the birthday of Herbert von Karajan ( #btd in 1908):
On the (alleged) inaccessibility of modern music (Schoenberg, Webern, Boulez etc.):
"One is not born with an understanding of Beethoven, either!"
(From: Conversation with Von Karajan, 1963)
https://www.wagner-heavymetal.com/classical-picks/herbert-pendergasts-interview-w-herbert-von-karajan-1963
On the (alleged) inaccessibility of modern music (Schoenberg, Webern, Boulez etc.):
"One is not born with an understanding of Beethoven, either!"
(From: Conversation with Von Karajan, 1963)
https://www.wagner-heavymetal.com/classical-picks/herbert-pendergasts-interview-w-herbert-von-karajan-1963
2/ HvK on rhythm:
I can tolerate wrong notes but I cannot stand an unstable rhythm. [...] Once I surprised everyone by telling them that I was going to hear a Louis Armstrong concert [...] to know that for two hours the music would not get faster or slower was a great joy to me.
![2/ HvK on rhythm:I can tolerate wrong notes but I cannot stand an unstable rhythm. [...] Once I surprised everyone by telling them that I was going to hear a Louis Armstrong concert [...] to know that for two hours the music would not get faster or slower was a great joy to me.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU2P5OnXQAAC-Wa.jpg "2/ HvK on rhythm:I can tolerate wrong notes but I cannot stand an unstable rhythm. [...] Once I surprised everyone by telling them that I was going to hear a Louis Armstrong concert [...] to know that for two hours the music would not get faster or slower was a great joy to me.")
I can tolerate wrong notes but I cannot stand an unstable rhythm. [...] Once I surprised everyone by telling them that I was going to hear a Louis Armstrong concert [...] to know that for two hours the music would not get faster or slower was a great joy to me.
3/ Karajan On Furtwängler (1/3):
He was the first conductor who divided the responsibility for the interpretation between himself and the orchestra. Under him the Berlin Philharmonic learned to make music in the way that a string quartet does. >>
He was the first conductor who divided the responsibility for the interpretation between himself and the orchestra. Under him the Berlin Philharmonic learned to make music in the way that a string quartet does. >>
4/ Karajan on Furtwängler (2/3):
>> However, forcing the orchestra to take the initiative and to make its own decisions in changing from one episode to the next was sometimes at the risk of imperfect ensemble. >>
>> However, forcing the orchestra to take the initiative and to make its own decisions in changing from one episode to the next was sometimes at the risk of imperfect ensemble. >>
5/ Karajan on Furtwängler (3/3)
>> Although I have not tried to change this style of playing, I have attempted to superimpose on it some of the precision which Toscanini with his absolute control imposed on his orchestras ●
For complete interview see:
https://www.wagner-heavymetal.com/classical-picks/herbert-pendergasts-interview-w-herbert-von-karajan-1963
>> Although I have not tried to change this style of playing, I have attempted to superimpose on it some of the precision which Toscanini with his absolute control imposed on his orchestras ●
For complete interview see:
https://www.wagner-heavymetal.com/classical-picks/herbert-pendergasts-interview-w-herbert-von-karajan-1963
