Maurice Ravel - Bolero | Alondra de la Parra | WDR Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Ravel's "Bolero" performed by the WDR Sinfonieorchester under the baton of Alondra de la Parra on January 27, 2022 at the Kölner Philharmonie.
Maurice Ravel - Bolero
WDR Symphony Orchestra
Alondra de la Parra, conductor
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The idea of pursuing a career as a musician came early and was supported by his parents: At the age of 13, Maurice Ravel receives lessons at a private music school and studies immediately afterwards. There is little motivation left when Ravel fails his intermediate exam and has to leave the master class right away.
Nevertheless, one work in particular composed by Ravel, the "Boléro", is one of the best known and most frequently played pieces of music in the world. Ravel not only works on the Boléro with the greatest care and attention to detail, he often takes a long time to complete his works - due to the complexity and accuracy of his works, he is also called the "Swiss watchmaker" among composers.
Regarding his orchestral work "Boléro" - eponymous with the dance genre - Maurice Ravel commented one day: "My masterpiece? The Boléro, of course. It's just a pity that it contains no music at all".
Beginning with the probably best-known, always constant (ostinato) rhythm, the snare drum opens the piece in pianissimo.
It accompanies the two 16-bar melodies (melody A and B) throughout, which are repeated eighteen times - first solo, then by several registers in unison. They occur in the form AA BB until the last two repetitions. In the climax of the climax, A and B follow each other "undoubled". The melodies are varied only in the shaping of the instrumentation - and thus the timbre - resulting in a majestic crescendo until the end of the boléro.
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And the drummer! To keep the tempo and the right volume for 15 minutes... absolutely insane. Much, much respect!
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I've seen this piece performed where they use two snare drummers (not from the very beginning though). They have to be in complete sync with each other on top of everything else.
Absolutely yes 🎩
And he’s loving every minute of it!
@@TheBlackbelair I don't think Pete Best would have much hope?
Bolero, by Marice Ravel, TODAY I am 77 years old, I have been listening to it since I was 16, in moments of some distress, I listen to it, and it fills me with harmony and peace. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. HUGS FROM MY SALTA LA LINDA IN ARGENTINA.
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Happy Birthday!!!❤
I'm 71 and couldn't agree with you more.
I'grateful for your video,enjoy. listening to it again and again
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The conductor is a mighty queen, leading her royal army into a great battle!
Ella es nuestro orgullo mexicano. ❤🇲🇽
Lol😂😂
And very nice looking! From USA Ohio
The conductor is an absolute joy to watch.
she's so into it she's almost intoxicating to watch! amazing indeed
That perfomance certainly made my neck hairs stand to attention, one happy conductor.
@robertmccarthy3731, yes absolutely, and he is female 😉
Полностью согласен.
DEI ?
I grew up listening to this and other classical music at bedtime. It came to be the we kids couldn't get to sleep without music. No surprise that my sis and I are musicians.
most beautiful female conductor
Eine ganz aussergewöhnliche Darbietung dieses Meisterwerks, und zwar von allen Musikern!
Dankeschön! 😊
Watching de la Parra conductor is special, her grace and involvement in the music is amazing
Все красавцы, а дирижер - фельдмаршал!
Proudly mexican
exactly!
The conductor and musicians were one together... They enjoyed and gave us joy. Pure passion.
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Alondra is the perfect conductor for Ravel's sensual masterpiece--She exhibits grace and power and above all passion for the work which the classic so richly conveys--providing us with harmony for our senses
She's also just flat beautiful.
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Alondra de la Parra... ¡Orgullo de México!... Gracias por compartir!!
De nada! 🤗
I'll never forget Allondra. I spoke to her about 4 years ago when she was at another orchestral posting. Expressive and talented, the orchestra and audience were captivated by her. You are lucky to have her next in Europe.
The only who should only be recognized for this is the snare drummer. To play that long at a steady tempo takes slot of concentration. So Bravo to the snare drummer :)
I've always said that this is one of the hardest symphonies for a drummer to perform. Holding the same rhythm for 15 minutes straight is brutal if you asked me. I think I'd mentally collapse within a few minutes of doing the same 10-15 beats over and over again. This is a job for AIs, not for humans. Mad respect for the drummers that have to perform Bolero and still pull it perfectly!
I think the same! And do this with others playing at your side more and more strong, his level of concentration is insane!! Certainly Ravel hated drummers!!
@@diretodotuneldotempo8495 I don't know whether Ravel hated drummers, but I'm glad that you agree :)
@@jacobnazarian1147 yeah, that too. It's insane!
Es la pieza más difícil que existe para los trombonistas…se la conoce como “la muerte del trombonista” ya que el trombón,después de esperar bastante tiempo para entrar,comienza a tocar en una nota muy aguda,y con los músculos de los labios fríos es muy difícil hacerlo bien. Se dice que muchos suelen fallar…
@@seanleith5312 Sean's grammar doesnt work either. Mr. and Mrs. Leith would be proud.
This is why I love music. How Bolero just keeps on building and growing in intensity is almost orgasmic.
Полностью согласна❤
Or Eargasmic ; )
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Well, rhythm, intensity and dynamics is something music and a certain physical activity have in common 😊
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One of the most amazing pieces of music of all time
We're glad that you like it 😊
Exactly the oppposte
Music is a gift from heaven. ❤
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Stones 😢
Totally agree ❤❤❤
La Directora es orgullosamente mexicana. 🇲🇽💐
At the end of this piece she is not just conducting the orchestra it's as if she's actrually drawing the music out of the orchestra. Fantastic performance
Inever get tired of listening to this piece.
Neither do we 😄
Gracias KZhead por brindarme la mejor versión de Bolero. Impecable y poderosa.
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She is as much a work of art as the music she is conducting.
Wow, Wow, Wow. Was für eine Spielfreude. Ein Sinfonieorchester von Weltrang und eine phantastische Dirigentin.
Vielen Dank!
Weltrang ist vielleicht ein wenig viel, da schauen wir nach Berlin oder Amsterdam, aber ein wirklich sehr gutes Orchester, bei dem man sich freut eine tolle Frau am Pult zu sehen
I discovered Bolero when i was 14 almost 35 years ago. I was was in a neighbors car who had the Essential Karajan playing on the (cassette tape) stereo.. Bolero was playing and from then I have loved this and many more pieces of classical music. This version shouts out that we need so many more females in conductor roles. 5 stars.
We do! Thank you for your story 🤗
Best version ever! Bravo Alondra🌟
Thank you! 🤗
One of my favorite pieces of music.
We're happy that you like it 😊
Да, аналогично ❤ С уважением, Катя из Ростова-на-Дону, Россия
Ich mag es auch sehr
Of all the classics the is by far my favorite.
My Grandmother, the real musician in my family, introduced me to this stunning piece when I was just a little kid (75 years ago). For this performance... Bravo indeed!
Thank you! 🥰
Bravo señora directora Alondra de la Parra......sublime.....increible❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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I remember, a few years back I was driving my pickup truck down the highway with Bolero blasting through my speakers. I enjoyed that😍. I came across an accident, stopped AND the look on the Police Officer's face as he approached my truck and hearing Bolero, was priceless.🤩 He wasn't expecting a classical song coming from a ranch truck.🤔 I giggled all the way home just replaying that scene in my mind. 😀😁😁
To dobrze że trafiłeś na muzykalnego polizmaistra i wśród tej grupy są muzykalni ludzie , jeżdżąc w latach 60 70 cieższymi autami po trasach też lubiłem posłuchać Ravela Rossiniego czy Czajkowskiego Pozdrawiam Amigo schofer
You are told to turn of the radio and got a $500 citation!
I have seen performances of Bolero where both the orchestra and conductor seem totally bored with this piece that they have probably played more times than they care to remember. Not so here! They managed to bring new life to this old stand-by. You can see the energy between Alondra de la Parra and the orchestra... It is absolutely infectious. This one is definitely a keeper and is going straight to my favorites list.
Thanks. Nice to hear that you enjoyed it.
@@WDRKlassik 💫🌠💎
I agree 101%
She... is amazing... ❤🔥 and the orchestra hypnotizing ❤🔥
Thank you! 🥰
AMAZING!!! The way she has them really getting into this piece and the look of enjoyment. She has commanded them and they give it all they have. But hats off to the drummer who kept PERFECT time and rhythm for the whole 15 minutes. BRAVO!!!!
Thank you 🤗 We're glad that you like it!
Hats off Hats off to the great conductor.
she looks soooo into the music
The director is proudly Mexican. 🇲🇽
É monumentalmente maravilhosa e bela esta apresentação.
I love the way the conductor show movement and expression. You know they love what they are doing. 🎼🎹
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@@WDRKlassik😂😂😂😂
ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVES
Thank you! 😊
Das Meisterwerk von Maurice Ravel. Geschaffen für die Ewigkeit. Nur die Besten werden dieses Werk zu würdigen wissen und diese Harmonie mit dem Orchester erreichen. NUR DIE BESTEN.
Saludos desde Santiago Chile a todos los Amantes de esta Magica Musica...🪐☀⭐⛈💥💫
Saludos desde Colonia 😊
That is the quietest intro I’ve ever heard for this piece. Lovely build up and conclusion. A really nice version.
Thank you! ❤
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Alle sind klasse aber der Schlagzeuger ist der absolute Hammer mein Respekt 👏👏👏👏🙏
Dankeschön! 🤗
Jesus Christ, what was that???? I've played with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for a very long time, we've played the Bolero with almost every famous conductor. And now there's this version ... and it's new, fresh, incredibly great dance music, a new composition by Ravel unlike anything I've ever heard. Let's all praise Alondra de la Parra! She's beyond amazing, she created with the WDR Orchestra a new masterpiece!
Pretty stunning performance. I've watched this multiple times and am still amazed.
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❤ INSANELY BEAUTIFUL ❤ ❤ MASTERPIECE ❤ ❤ SKIN-DEEP EMOTION ❤
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Un solo aggettivo: FANTASTICA esecuzione‼️
Non ci si stanca mai di ascoltare questo capolavoro
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always nice to hear again, and again.
Thank you! 😊
Božanstveno, uzvišeno, sa dušom!
Alondra de la Porra deserves great respect as a Maestro, for she conducts the music with so much harmony and feeling into it that even I, as an observer, can feel the music in my bones!
She is fabulous!
DE LA PARRA!🙏🫂👏👏👏👏👏🌹🌺🌹🌺🌹🌺🌷💖
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Always a favorite. I was a percussionist and drummer. I switched to hand drums a few years ago. Always loved "Bolero" because of the featuring of the drummer straight from the top and then the progression they are given. I still love snare, and could hammer one in an age when you never saw a GIRL in the drum pit. Played it all. Never have performed "Bolero", but will always adore Torvill and Dean for giving it to the world. Thanks, for being there Ravel.
In Miami, during the sixties and seventies, there was a radio station playing classical music exclusively. Bolero would play every so often. When it did, I'd stop what I was doing and imagine the piece to be the perfect background music for love-making, start to finish. Then, in '84, Torvill and Dean stunned the world with their interpretation for the Olympic ice dancing final skate. It was then I realized dance was also another form of love making. Thanks for the reminder...
Even the conductor gives her full energy playing ravel bolero.
Sublime, elegant. A beautiful, perfect rendition. Loving every second of it!
Thank you!
She conducted this piece beautifully.
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Love it ! I never met anyone who disliked this piece.
Allodra de la Parra je prekrásna žena a perfektná hudobníčka s nesmiernym muzikálnym nadaním a v rukách má superkvalitný orchester.Je to perfektný zážitok.Ďakujem
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Ich könnte das stundenlang hören, einfach fantastisch. Eine wunderbare Dirigentin mit Charisma!
Vielen Dank! Freut uns, dass es Ihnen gefällt 😊
Die Dirigentin ist aus México. Viva 🇲🇽 lindo y querido. ❤️
Ich habe den Bolero zum ersten Mal gehört beim Olympia-Sieg von Jane Torvill und Christopher Dean. Ein faszinierendes Stück. ❤
Beauty, art, passion. Viva México!!
What energy, what energy, what energy. Best rendition of Bolero I have seen and heard so far. Simply the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On a lighter note - along with her baton, her hair was also superbly giving directions. Superb, altogether.
Thank you! ❤ Nice to hear that you enjoyed it.
DIVINA MI CIELO, MI VIDA ALONDRA DE LA PARRA❤
As a brit, this always takes me back to watching Torville and Dean ice dancing to that gold medal in 84
Maurice Ravel was a brilliant, forward-looking composer and one of the greatest orchestrators in the history of music. He composed so many outstanding works, yet the public only ever wants to hear one of them--again and again and again and again and again and again, and then again again.
The drums have the most important part! Congratulations.
All the different instruments keep getting added into the music until their is a whole orchestra playing. It was genius!
Alondra de la Parra is beyond belief! I heart this with Karajan and his substitutes. Best ever
What a great director: she brings out the best from every musician with her flowing style and passion. She is not into the music, she IS the music.
perfect interpretation ❤❤
Thank you ❤
Correction: This is mostly likely the very best rendition of Ravel's Bolero yet to hear.
Thank you 💕
I daresay that Alondra was born to conduct exactly this piece with exactly this orchestra: if nothing else, may this recording be her legacy ...
We're happy that you like it 🤗
As always, I love this tune so much. I found one new fact out of this performance. She's the most beautiful conductor I've ever seen. And her facial impressioon and motion gives me very good feeling like she is truly enjoying her profession!
Wish they could have let the video run longer after the end, to see the audience, orchestra , and her.
Bravo Alondra !!! Bravoooooo !!!
The drummer......15 mins effortlessly.... plus the solos
No me cansaré de escucharla. Creo que en unos pocos dias escuché esto mas que a otra musica en mi vida. Gracias hermosa niña Alondra, gracias infinitas a esa bella sinfónica, con esta musica el mundo tiene mas armonía y paz. Las mayores bendiciones pata todos ustedes. Abrazos desde mi Salta la Linda en Argentina, les amo.
oh the passion of the conductor!!! enchanting!!! what an absolutely thrilling performance by all...Alondra de la Parra took my breath away.... 💖💖💖
Never never ever done so well. Bravo !!! Bravo to everyone !!!
Thank you 😊
Merveilleux. Merveilleuse musique
In een .alweer .nogsteeds ineen woord pracht geweldig....llll....🎉❤❤❤❤❤
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Una delle Musiche che mii padre adorava. ❤
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Performances are excellent thank you so much for sharing Bravo ! Congraliations thanks 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🙌👍👌👏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I loved every note, every beat, every direction, every moment! ❤🎶
Thank you very much! 🤗
bravo Alondra !et Maurice Ravel pour toute son oeuvre!
Beatiful. And I am not going to lie, the conductor is astonishing.
"DIRECTORA"
Esto es realmente la música hermosa. Y no la degradación musical que la mayoría de jóvenes escucha actualmente. De México con amor 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Alondra de la Parra hermosa mujer . no cabe duda que siente la música , la disfruta y cuando esto sucede el resultado es elocuente, los integrantes de la orquesta todos a la perfección , cada uno es un maestro en su instrumento que al igual que Alondra se ve que se meten en su instrumento musical con gran pasión , sin dejar de mencionar al baterista que con ese mismo ritmo ,en los casi 15 min del bolero no desentona en ninguno de sus toques , la interpretación de este bolero es majestuosa , excelsa , un verdadero deleite a los oídos de la audiencia presente y personas que al igual que yo lo vemos por este medio . Chihuahua México
Muchas gracias 🤗
❤️ de Paris, pour vous !🌹
Outstanding joyfull ever, merci beaucoup from Paris France 👍 👍 👍 !
Merci! 🥰
Ascolterei questo pezzo tutto il giorno è una meraviglia
Grazie 😊
Tell you something else ... Listening to Maurice Ravel's Bolero you find yourself in the company of some of the most sophisticated soulmates on the planet and their appreciation of an aesthetic. Love you guys ❤
Thank you! 🤗
Magnifique avec en plus une femme cheffe d'orchestre 😊
Merci 😊
¿Cómo es posible que una canción dure 15 minutos, sostenga el mismo ritmo constantemente y no aburra no un segundo? Es un in crescendo constante y no te cansa nunca
Genial!!!!!!
Ravel composed this music piece during a time he was suffering from severe memory loss hence this genius outcome
Por eso mismo que es "in crescendo", la melodía no aburre
A Masterpiece. Exquisite Performance.
Great performance.she is great
Eine Frau als Dirigentin, einzigartig und so richtig wie es ist , erst langsam dann immer mehr. Vielen Dank, ist in meiner Hitliste. 💞💞💞
Gern geschehen! 🤗
Hätte es gerne auf LP. @@WDRKlassik
Maurice Ravel war ein großartiges Genie. Ein Meister seiner Zeit und ein wunderbarer Komponist!
Da können wir nur zustimmen!
The whole orchestra is so turned on!!!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💜
She is mesmerizing. Her pure delight shines through. Orchestra is perfectly in touch with her, and is flawless!
May I add my voice to the praise of the conductor and musicians. But don’t leave out the recording technicians. They too have performed a masterpiece of clarity, balance and immediacy. Over the years there have been probably wonderful performances of Bolero sadly reduced to fair-to-middling recordings, because of inadequate audio equipment (and perhaps non-musical technicians). Happily, times change, I don’t know if this technical crew belongs to WDR, or Kölner Philharmonie, or parttime workers from the docks. But don’t let them get away! They are priceless.
Thank you very much for your nice feedback! The recording crew was indeed a team from the WDR.
Wish we could have heard more of the applause and recognition of the orchestra (and the snare drummer!).
How I agree !!! Every chime, and boom is as clear as a bell !!
Un "tube" !! On ne s'en lasse pas !! Et une femme cheffe ; encore plus génial surtout si c'est Alondra !!!!!!! Encore............!!!!!
Das ist für mich die Essenz der Schönheit. Einfach.
Dankeschön 😊
Faantaastic. It is one of the most sensual pieces of music ever written. Wonderful orchestra and conductor.
Thank you very much! 🤗
Never truly appreciated BOLERO,until hearing/ seeing this! That drummer!!! The conductor!! Exhilirating!
Ich liebe diese Frau mit ihrer Musik ❤❤
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Lindo como poucos... Boleto de Ravel mistura-se aos primórdios da humanidade neste astro celeste. Alondra de La Parra regendo como uma verdadeira rainha, encanta-me assistir e apreciar suas apresentações . E quanto a mim, cabe dizer que fico eternamente agradecido por ter sido tomado por algo tão precioso.
Nicely done Alondra !
Eine solch gute Performance habe ich von dem Bolero bisher nicht gehört. Absolut genial-Hochachtung 👌👏👏👏👏👏
Una marcia trionfale ipnotizzante eccelso il direttore geniale Ravel rispettosamente
Das ist vorrecht .. Danke .
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SIMPLEMENTE ¡ FANTÁSTICO! LA SERENA CHILE❤❤❤
The legend maurice ravel