I attended last Saturday Great Performance, Faroe Islands and Denmark as part of Month of April Travel Series here at THD( see program above). The highlight of the evening presentation was Carl Nielsen, Symphony #4, The Inextinguishable. The last 2 two minutes of the piece featuring a drum solo was to me, the most moving piece of music ever played.
https://youtu.be/ELDZ67kkYfM?si=moyhLaZnKQGmRCiE
Here's a short biography of the composer Jacob Gade and the Piece Tango Jealousie from Wikipedia:
Jacob Thune Hansen Gade (29 November 1879 – 20 February 1963) was a Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music. He is remembered today for a single tune, Jalousie (also known as Jalousie "Tango Tzigane" and Tango Jalousie).
Recordings
In 1998 Dacapo Recordings published a record with a part of his works—some unpublished—performed by the Odense Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Mathias Aeschbacher featuring the soloist Bjarne Hansen on violin. Critics commented: «It is incredible that an unknown and so good music has been displayed because of the popularity of “Jealousy”».
Written to accompany the silent era blockbuster Son of Zorro when Gade was leader of the orchestra of the Palads Cinema, the tango premiered on 14 September 1925 and was an instant international hit including the Philippines👫. When talkies were introduced it was featured in numerous films.
Music composition
The royalties allowed Gade to devote himself to composition full-time for the rest of his life. Arthur Fiedler made the first recording of the piece with the Boston Pops in 1935, further increasing Gade's income. The royalties now fund a foundation for young musicians.
As a symphony composer Gade did not fare as well. In an interview two years before his death, Fiedler recalled that Gade came especially to Boston to thank him for the recording. Gade also presented Fiedler with a score of a symphony which Fiedler recalled as "one of the worst pieces of music I ever looked at".
Here's a video of the Tango Dance with The music Jealousy. The music and dance reminds me of many pleasant memories of my late father and my teenager years in Barotac Viejo. Iloilo, Philippines in the mid-1940's.
https://youtu.be/a3MnLeeMGfU?si=YJvC_gvtFhcRnoHl
Again, I would never have thought in a thousand years that the Great Performance Presentation, Denmark here at THD would led me to many pleasant memories of my younger years because of Danish Jacob Gade, composition of Tango Jealousie. The tune of Tango Jealousy is still linger on my memory...Thank You Galen for this Month Travel Series. I am hoping and lobbying that our June travel series would be the Philippines to celebrate Philippine Heritage Month here in the US.
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