Classical Corner

[Radioman34]

MarsGal I thoroughly enjoyed those pieces. In the good old days when I was doing my show I occasionally played Thanksgiving music (Canadian version) all of which was by American composers.

Down A Country Lane
Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring

There are other works on cd but unfortunately not on YouTube. Don Ray, Don Gillis, Morton Gould are some who contributed to the Thanksgiving theme. There is a Don Ray on YouTube, but not the one we're interested in.

[Radioman34]

The composers I mentioned above are on a cd called Music For Thanksgiving on the Albany label.

[MarsGal]

Eugene Ormandy conducting Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ratrmdqWgoE

[Mary Ann]

MarsGal, I did not have time to watch and listen to the entire time (20 minutes) but I enjoyed watching the people play their various instruments.  At one time a violinist was really going fast and I thought I'd never be able to do that, even when I was young. 

Mary Ann

[so_P_bubble]

About Chopin whose music  so many of us enjoy listening to

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pickled-cognac-chopins-heart-gives-secrets-030201005.html

[so_P_bubble]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmlQSxK3J6o&feature=youtu.be

so sooting and peaceful...

[so_P_bubble]

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
-Jimi Hendrix, musician, singer, and songwriter (27 Nov 1942-1970)

Profound words from a musician

[Vanilla-Jackie]

This should put you in a good frame of mind for the rest of your day...enjoy..." Sergei Trofanov - L'aube (Dawn) Amazing Violin Music..."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xw57GpVjzc 

[so_P_bubble]

Superb both for eyes and ears.  Thanks so much Vanilla,  I needed that today.

[Vanilla-Jackie]

On occasions the video clips outshine the music that is playing, on other occasions they both go hand in hand, as  these both do...Happy to have put a tad of spring into your life today Bubble...

...Here is another ( rather haunting ) tune, with a very unusual musical instrument technique...Link..."  KATICA ILLÉNYI - Once Upon a Time in the West - Theremin...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY7sXKGZl2w

[MarsGal]

For Hanakkuh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5YxFsMYQM&list=PLSn_Tc5YwnZy332ebb3WH7-vbP1PduDPS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnNUsvazG8A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deQrmDP_rKM


For Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrFCdi7apV8

[Mary Ann]

Thanks, MarsGal - I don't stop with just what you posted so viewed a couple of Flash Mobs and I don't know what else.  Great for Christmas.

Mary Ann

[so_P_bubble]

Thanks MarsGal.  I never heard of that Rhapsody before, not the composer.

[MarsGal]

Don has been mighty quiet in here lately. Is he still doing his yearly Santa stint?

[Radioman34]

Hi all. It's been a hectic month with so many Santa engagements, but I did my last one yesterday and I can relax for another year. I tried one of those trivia games that determined what Christmas carol most suitably matched my personality and the answer I got was    In The Deep Midwinter. I think I can live with that one.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0aL9rKJPr4

[Radioman34]

Here is one final quiz for 2017.
1: In some works a person or creature is represented by a specific instrument.  When Berlioz composed Harold In Italy, which solo instrument did he use to depict Harold? 

2: Name the composer who won Academy Awards for his soundtrack music in THE MISSION and THE UNTOUCHABLES (amongst others) 

3: In what Russian work will you musical depictions of  "The Ballet of Unhatched Chicks in Their Shells,"    "The Catacombs,"  "The Market at Limoges," (amongst others)

4: Name the top five symphony orchestras in the U.S.A (As compiled by BBC Music magazine.)
   This one is very subjective but give it your best shot.

5: In what symphony will you hear depicted “A scene by the brook”    A “Thunderstorm”   A Shepherd’s song of thanksgiving after the storm. 

6: Name this tune: https://www.normalesup.org/~glafon/musique/extraits/extrait27.mp3


With just six questions we'll limit the correct responses to one for now.

[so_P_bubble]

3. Pictures at an Exhibition  by  Mussorgsky - very evocative!

[MarsGal]

2. Lalo Schifrin. The Mission Impossible theme is unforgettable. I don't think I ever paid more attention to who wrote a TV theme song, except for Quincy Jones' whose TV/movie works I can no longer remember.

Interesting comments by Schifrin at the beginning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYPqHEbG-ow


Here is one of his classical compositions,  Lili'uokalani Symphony (1993): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Wxsd3saew Queen Lili'uokalani  was the last monarch of Hawaii. The symphony is a bit dark and foreboding at the beginning. I am in the process of listening to it now, but it is a bit too "modern" for me.

[so_P_bubble]

MarsGal, I believe that Don meant THE MISSION, and not Mission Impossible...
There was an oboe piece he often played on his show.

[MarsGal]

Schifrin loves both Classical and Jazz. You can hear it in many of his compositions. He wrote a number of crossover pieces as well as chamber music.

Are you referring to Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone, Bubble? It is a lovely piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XISBJ-MJ0HI

[so_P_bubble]

 I did MarsGal: "Gabriel's Oboe" is the main theme for the 1986 film The Mission directed by Roland Joffé.

[MarsGal]

Morricone did do The Untouchables movie theme. He also did the iconic The Good the Bad and the Ugly, another unforgettable theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdlha8npU1o here performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra (Keith Lockhart, conducting) at the 2011 Proms.

Just added: A fun version by the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLgJ7pk0X-s

[MarsGal]

Another Project Gutenberg find: Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes published in 1935. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56208 The only thing missing, I think, are the dates the notes themselves were written.

[PatH2]

# 1 is the viola.  That piece was one of my early LP purchases in the 1950s.  It's wonderfully romantic and lyrical, and a great showpiece for the violist, who doesn't usually get to star.

[Radioman34]

PatH you are correct. I bought my first copy of Harold In Italy back in the 50s as well. William Primrose is the soloist

[Radioman34]

I have feeling this is a tough quiz so answer as many as you like:  no limit

[PatH2]

Here's Primrose playing it--a great violist, whose later career was messed up by hearing problems.  Harold's theme comes in fully with the viola at 2;56, though the orchestra has already been giving us bits of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhh0wBazHzQ

[PatH2]

OK, if it's free for all, #5 is Beethoven's 6th symphony, the Pastoral.

I wouldn't dare guess who the top 5 american symphony orchestras are, but I look forward to other guesses, and what the BBC thinks.

[MarsGal]

My list of four (can't think of a fifth right now):
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy
Boston Symphony Orchestra under Charles Munch
New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein
Chicago Symphony Orchestra under various including Ricardo Multi and George Solti

My other favorite non American orchestras are: The Acedemy of St. Martin's of the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner and The London Symphony orchestra under various including Joshua Bell and Michael Tilson Thomas.

You may notice that I am rather specific about conductors so the list is probably dated. Back when I paid more attention to those things, I was just as likely to buy an album for the conductor as the orchestra.

[so_P_bubble]

WOW MarGal, you are so knowledgeable!  I never know who the conductor is or the orchestra!
Only with Don's shows have I started to distinguish between performers.
I used to say: I like it, or I prefer it, before taking note of who was performing a particular work.
That is because most of my knowledge was from my parents vast collection of LPs, which of course were always the same.
I have been to very few live concerts and that is why I envy Pat and you.