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Bruch's Violin Concerto MSO MORNINGS BRUCH’S VIOLIN CONCERTO Teaching and Learning Guide (Levels 7–12) mso.com.au/education EXTEND MSO MORNINGS: BRUCH’S VIOLIN CONCERTO CONTENTS 1. REPERTOIRE 3 2. ARTIST INFORMATION 4 3. A WORD FROM OUR MUSICIANS 5 4. BEFORE THE CONCERT 6 5. SAMPLE LESSON PLANS LESSON PLAN 1: MSO MUSICIANS AND THEIR INSTRUMENTS 8 LESSON PLAN 2: INTRODUCING THE COMPOSERS! 9 LESSON PLAN 3: DURING THE CONCERT 10 LESSON PLAN 4: ANALYSING BRUCH’S VIOLIN CONCERTO 11 6. APPENDIX 12 7. LEARN MORE 13 Front page: Lu Siqing, violin BRUCH’S VIOLIN CONCERTO MSO 2019 TEACHING AND LEARNING GUIDE – 2 SECTION 1 REPERTOIRE The repertoire featured in this concert is: BERLIOZ King Lear Overture BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor BORODIN Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances Find the repertoire on: • Spotify, by visiting our event page • YouTube, by visiting these links: o BERLIOZ King Lear Overture o BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor o BORODIN Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances BRUCH’S VIOLIN CONCERTO MSO 2019 TEACHING AND LEARNING GUIDE – 3 SECTION 2 ARTIST INFORMATION MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Established in 1906, the Melbourne Symphony Sir Andrew Davis gave his inaugural concerts as Orchestra (MSO) is an arts leader and Australia’s the MSO’s Chief Conductor in 2013, having made oldest professional orchestra. Chief Conductor his debut with the Orchestra in 2009. The MSO Sir Andrew Davis has been at the helm of the also works with Associate Conductor Benjamin MSO since 2013. Engaging more than 4 million Northey and Assistant Conductor Tianyi Lu, as well people each year, the MSO reaches diverse as with such eminent recent guest conductors as audiences through live performances, recordings, Tan Dun, John Adams, Jakub Hrůša and Jukka- TV and radio broadcasts and live streaming. Its Pekka Saraste. It has also collaborated with non- international audiences include China, where MSO classical musicians including Elton John, Nick Cave, has performed in 2012, 2016 and most recently in and Flight Facilities. May 2018, Europe (2014) and Indonesia, where in The MSO reaches a wider audience through 2017 it performed at the UNESCO World Heritage regular radio broadcasts, recordings and CD Site, Prambanan Temple. releases, including the February 2018 release The MSO performs a variety of concerts ranging of a collaboration with Chinese violin virtuoso from symphonic performances at its home, Lu Siqing. Hamer Hall at Arts Centre Melbourne, to its annual free concerts at Melbourne’s largest outdoor venue, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. The MSO also delivers innovative and engaging programs and digital tools to audiences of all ages through its Education and Outreach initiatives. BRUCH’S VIOLIN CONCERTO MSO 2019 TEACHING AND LEARNING GUIDE – 4 SECTION 2 ARTIST INFORMATION SIR ANDREW DAVIS LU SIQING (CONCERTO ONLY) CONDUCTOR SOLOIST Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony In great demand as concert violinist in his native Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis is also Music Director land China and abroad, Lu Siqing (pronounced Lyu and Principal Conductor of the Lyric Opera of See-Ching) bursted onto the international music Chicago. He is Conductor Laureate of both stage when he became the first Asian violinist to the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto capture the first prize at the prestigious Paganini Symphony, where he has also been named interim International Violin Competition in Italy in 1987. Artistic Director until 2020. Long recognised as one of the most outstanding Chinese violinists, Siqing has performed to acclaim In a career spanning more than 40 years he has in some of the world’s most prestigious concert conducted virtually all the world’s major orchestras halls in more than forty countries and territories and opera companies, and at the major festivals. worldwide, including the Musikverein in Vienna, Recent highlights have included Die Walküre in a Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York new production at Chicago Lyric. City, Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Royal Opera Sir Andrew’s many CDs include Messiah nominated House and Wigmore Hall in London, Theatre for a 2018 Grammy, Bliss’ The Beatitudes, and Des Champs Elysees and Louis XIV Opera House a recording with the Bergen Philharmonic of at Palace of Versailles in Paris, the Great Hall in Vaughan Williams’ Job/Symphony No.9 nominated Moscow, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Esplanade in for a 2018 BBC Music Magazine Award. With the Singapore, Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi and the MSO he has just released a third recording in the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. ongoing Richard Strauss series, featuring the Alpine Lu Siqing appears regularly at many of the top Symphony and Till Eulenspiegel. music festivals and prestigious music events around the world. He is the Artistic Director of the National Centre for the Performing Arts May Festival in Beijing, and is on the Jury of several prestigious international competitions. Lu Siqing has released more than 20 CDs and video recordings for Philips, Naxos, Marco Polo, and BIS. His five recordings of the “Butterfly Lovers” violin concerto, the most famous work among the Chinese violin repertoire, has sold millions of copies worldwide. His interpretation of this piece is widely considered the best and he has thrilled audiences in more than twenty countries worldwide performing this violin concerto. BRUCH’S VIOLIN CONCERTO MSO 2019 TEACHING AND LEARNING GUIDE – 5 SECTION 3 A WORD FROM OUR MUSICIANS SYLVIA HOSKING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL DOUBLE BASS, MSO Q: Tell us about what Bruch’s Violin Concerto means to you. A: My earliest and strongest memory of Bruch’s Violin Concerto is from my days in Melbourne Youth Orchestra where the concertmaster (who was around 15 years of age) was the soloist. I was so struck by the opening glorious ‘open G’ string which is so dark and powerful. It really set the tone for the piece. I had never heard a sound like it! A soloist can do many things with one note but because it’s an open string (played with no fingers), its pure, raw beauty stops the listener in their tracks. Add to that the fabulous bass part, especially in the more dramatic and exciting passages and I became a huge fan. Not to mention the fact that the young concertmaster has been one of my closest friends since then! BRUCH’S VIOLIN CONCERTO MSO 2019 TEACHING AND LEARNING GUIDE – 6 SECTION 4 BEFORE THE CONCERT WATCH A performance of Berlioz’s King Lear Overture: • Matthew Bishop (conductor), Florida State University Orchestra Two performances of Bruch’s Violin Concerto (YouTube): • Michael Schønvandt (conductor), Janine Jansen (soloist), Radio Kamer Filharmonie (orchestra) • Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Nicola Benedetti (soloist), BBC Symphony Orchestra READ A performance of Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances from Price Igor: Biographical entries: • Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra • 10 Reasons Why We Love Hector Berlioz by Classic FM • The Story of Max Bruch’s First Violin Concerto by Classic FM • Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances by Classic FM BEFORE THE CONCERT Bruch’s Violin Concerto LISTEN Podcasts: • Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1 • BBC Radio 3 – Bruch’s Violin Concerto o Kurt Masur (conductor), Maxim Vengerov • BBC – King Lear Overture (soloist), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig o Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Janine Jansen Recordings available on Spotify: (soloist), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig • Berlioz’s King Lear Overture o Jesús López Cobos (conductor), Itzhak o Mily Balakirev (conductor), USSR State Perlman (soloist), New Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra Orchestra o Richard Capp (conductor), Philharmonia • Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor Hungarica o Leonard Bernstein (conductor), New York Philharmonic BRUCH’S VIOLIN CONCERTO MSO 2019 TEACHING AND LEARNING GUIDE – 7 SECTION 5 LINKS TO CURRICULUM: SAMPLE LESSON PLANS VICTORIAN CURRICULUM 7–10: • Critical and Creative Thinking (capability) • Personal and Social (capability) LESSON PLAN 1: MSO MUSICIANS AND • Music (learning area) THEIR INSTRUMENTS o Respond and Interpret SUGGESTED FOR: KEY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Pre-concert engagement (VCE MUSIC SUBJECTS) • Music Performance (Units 1/2 and 3/4) LEARNING INTENTION: o Musicianship skills To get to know the musicians and instruments of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra o Strategies used to optimise performance outcomes MATERIALS: o Effective instrumental practice ❑ Interactive whiteboard (with visuals and sound) routines ❑ Student workbooks and access to pens, pencils etc., or o Improving personal performance ❑ Laptop/desktop computers ability • Music Style and Composition (Units 1/2 and 3/4) CONTENT o Use of appropriate music terminology 1. Remind students they’ll soon be attending an MSO Mornings concert and language featuring the stated repertoire o Using musical examples to support 2. Introduce the learning intention discussion 3. Choose one of our general video resources to watch with students o Forming and presenting a critical – you may also like to split students into groups according to their response instrument families, and have them watch the correlating video: • Music Investigation (Units 3/4) a. Tianyi’s Guide to the Orchestra o Music terminology and language b. Interview with Prudence Davis, Flute o Technical and expressive mastery c. Interview with Shane Hooton, Trumpet o Performance practices and d. Interview with Brent Miller, Percussion conventions e. Interview with Freya Franzen, Violin IB SYLLABUS COMPONENTS: f. * How do musicians prepare for a concert? • Music perception *It is suggested that option ‘f’ will be a useful resource for older students • Solo performing 4. Ask students to write a personal reflection on the video using prompts such as: a. What were your main observations? b. What in this video did you already know? c. What did you learn? EXTENSION IDEAS • Check out this lesson’s curriculum links d. If you met [MUSICIAN’S NAME] in person, what questions would in more depth: why not ask students you ask them? to undertake an analysis task using our e.
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