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Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 8 Arjuna Op. 179 (1947)
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Performers: Lynda Cochran (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ken Young (conductor)
This intriguing work was originally conceived as a double concerto for piano, timpani, and small orchestra, according to Brian Q Silver, an expert on Indian music. It was entitled Ardos, after a mountain in Armenia near the Lake of Van, and exhibits a confluence of Armenian and Indian melodic styles. According to Hovhaness, the piece was never properly performed because "the Armenians weren't ready for it". Much later the score was taken to India, with the only alterations being the change of title to Arjuna and a substitution of mrdangam for the timpani. The newly-titled work was 'premiered' at the Madras Music Festival on February 1, 1960. Handel Manuel conducted the orchestra with Hovhaness on piano. Written when Hovhaness was "writing Armenian music with an Indian slant", the Indian newspaper critics heard it as being in the Indian 'nata bhairavi' mode, thus substantiating the composer's claimed overlap of Armenian and Indian modes.
The work's obscurity, compared to the better-known piano concerto Lousadzak, can be attributed partially to the fact that it was perhaps unwisely published as a 'Symphony' rather than the concertante piece it really is. It is one of Hovhaness's most substantial Armenian-phase works, lasting around 30 minutes and scored for woodwind, horn, timpani, piano and strings. Its radicalness is typical of late 1940s Hovhaness, huge spun-out melodies, with virtually no harmony or modulation. The timpanist is used almost like a tabla accompanist, and as such may have more work to do than in any prior orchestral work. Some aspects of the work can be seen as early minimalism on a symphonic scale. Composer and friend Lou Harrison once recommended Ardos (as it was still then called) for a concert in Rome, calling it “20 minutes [sic] of the most shocking melodic adventure you can imagine, truly heroic and daring.”
- The Alan Hovhaness website
This intriguing work was originally conceived as a double concerto for piano, timpani, and small orchestra, according to Brian Q Silver, an expert on Indian music. It was entitled Ardos, after a mountain in Armenia near the Lake of Van, and exhibits a confluence of Armenian and Indian melodic styles. According to Hovhaness, the piece was never properly performed because "the Armenians weren't ready for it". Much later the score was taken to India, with the only alterations being the change of title to Arjuna and a substitution of mrdangam for the timpani. The newly-titled work was 'premiered' at the Madras Music Festival on February 1, 1960. Handel Manuel conducted the orchestra with Hovhaness on piano. Written when Hovhaness was "writing Armenian music with an Indian slant", the Indian newspaper critics heard it as being in the Indian 'nata bhairavi' mode, thus substantiating the composer's claimed overlap of Armenian and Indian modes.
The work's obscurity, compared to the better-known piano concerto Lousadzak, can be attributed partially to the fact that it was perhaps unwisely published as a 'Symphony' rather than the concertante piece it really is. It is one of Hovhaness's most substantial Armenian-phase works, lasting around 30 minutes and scored for woodwind, horn, timpani, piano and strings. Its radicalness is typical of late 1940s Hovhaness, huge spun-out melodies, with virtually no harmony or modulation. The timpanist is used almost like a tabla accompanist, and as such may have more work to do than in any prior orchestral work. Some aspects of the work can be seen as early minimalism on a symphonic scale. Composer and friend Lou Harrison once recommended Ardos (as it was still then called) for a concert in Rome, calling it “20 minutes [sic] of the most shocking melodic adventure you can imagine, truly heroic and daring.”
- The Alan Hovhaness website
@machida5114
so sweet...
@alanrain8408
One of music's originals. Who else sounds like Hovhaness? This symphony - and now most are available on YT, although not necessarily in modern recordings - is one of my favourites. Would love a new recording of this coupled with his masterpiece, Fra Angelico.
Thanks for uploading, so well played by the Scottish forces.
Thanks for uploading, so well played by the Scottish forces.
@eAcetaldehyd
Initially really cool and interesting but after 10 minutes or so you long for something a bit different. Ten minutes later you realise you're not going to get it. I get that it's supposed to be ttance-like and hypnotic but the best minimalism - e.g. Steve Reich - is always slowly changing and moving so you get a sense of flow and direction. This feels more like the music from a video game or something, constantly looping over the same material.
@teofilohoyos3620
Buenísima
@kuang-licheng402
great
@gardnersmith3580
Thank you. I have never heard this work. You are right, it is a concerto not a symphony, very much like Lousadzak.
@gkgkg1
When the piano enters at 1:33 it is SUPPOSED TO exhude the rhythmic and improvisatory vitality of a middle eastern oud (lute-like instrument). Sadly Lynda Cochran (piano) and Ken Young (conductor) totally miss the point and make the music sound like some Westernized morse code message. Importantly though, surely one of the first large-scale American minimalist pieces?
@ricardoalfonsopizarroschko9891
First time i found it in internet!!!! thanks
@Givemetrue
В почтении склоняюсь перед музыкальным гением Алана Хованесса! Спасибо за это видео!)
