Music as Alchemy
€18.45
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780571240487 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Publishing Date | 04/09/2014 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €17.41 |
| Tax | €1.04 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €18.45 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
How are conductors'' silent gestures magicked into sound by a group of more than a hundred brilliant but belligerent musicians? The mute choreography of great conductors has fascinated and frustrated musicians and music-lovers for centuries. Orchestras can be inspired to the heights of musical and expressive possibility by their maestros, or flabbergasted that someone who doesn''t even make a sound should be elevated to demigod-like status by the public.
This is the first book to go inside the rehearsal rooms of some of the most inspirational orchestral partnerships in the world - how Simon Rattle works at the Berlin Philharmonic, how Mariss Jansons deals with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, and how Claudio Abbado creates the world''s most luxurious pick-up band every year with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. From London to Budapest, Bamberg to Vienna, great orchestral concerts are recreated as a collection of countless human and musical stories.