Don will be here soon, I'm sure.
You can post and let him know he's been missed!
Sorry I missed the show on Sunday. George and I went out with my Sis and BIL to the local casino for their Easter Buffet. Oh, yeah, I used to be Frybabe - took the opportunity to divest myself of the old name since I don't work at Fry Comm anymore.
This deserves a Fanfare:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdqjcMmjeaA
Wonderful, we really are back!
Don will be thrilled. He doesn't know the good news yet: he is in rehab for the next 2/3 hours.
I love that emoticon with the hat! :crazy2:
Don here are my congratulations for your 1500th program last week! :D :) :smiley6600:
We got some new Emoticons. I didn't notice. The grey head shrieking is missing, but we have a bunch of new ones. And there is me :idiot2: only I wouldn't have called it idiot, I'd have called it screwball or nutcase.
I'm glad to see so many people back.
Mary Ann
This was my Dad's favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ0x8AVamRY
A bit of musical history for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNvAUobb1y4
Wow, MarsGal, thank you for that piece about Yo Yo Ma. He is one of my favorite musicians. I did not know he had a sister.
Mary Ann
Marking my spot.
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Bubble, I LOVE that!
:) Thanks.
Bubble, you're so clever! Reminds me of Kilroy.
Mary Ann
Sure glad to see this discussion back up and on its way again. Don, I listened to most of your program last Sunday and really enjoyed it. Welcome back where you belong behind the microphone providing us great enjoyment.
Thanks Mary Ann. Who is Kilroy?
Hi Everyone
I did not go on Classical Corner much before, but dropping in today to say hello.
Nice to see many of our friends here.
Enjoy your day.
Kelly
Bubble,
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here) or google Kilroy or "Kilroy was here".
To most of us it became a popular thing during WW II. I think reading the origin is more likely interesting than if we or someone were to tell you. It's a fun thing.
I am here!! This is like a reunion of old friends and what a happy gathering it is.
Hi Don!!!!!
Thanks Rammel. That was quite interesting. I had no idea that little fellow had such a past.
Listening to more Ravel today. Daphne et Chloe first up.
Whenever I experience an occasion of great joy I am always reminded of this. Our reunion is such an occasion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjrw5bFdGa4
Alleluya! :smiley6600:
Bubble, I think Kilroy was a WW II invention. I don't think I can draw him here because I don't know how to accomplish it. Anyway, you would have a straight line, then peeking over the line would be half a head with the two eyes showing and there would be two hands on the line and someone would write "Kilroy was here". If I can find something online, I'll send it to you and you can take it from there - if you want to. I am sure others in my age bracket know what I'm talking about.
Mary Ann
Hi Don
Good to see you posting on the new site.
Hope you are continuing to improve
Kelly
Kelly it's great to have you in our Classical Corner family
I am here, too.
Hello Sato, good to see you.
What are the news about Sachiko? Unfortunately I didn't have her address anymore, to tell her we are back on the net.
Hi Radioman34
Thank you
Kelly
Rachmaninoff on tap today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgtEUr_n9vM This is a new one to me.
Great Music. Thanks MG
Hi MarsGal
Very good
Kelly
Bubble, have you heard anything from Sachiko? I sent you her email address.
A couple of signature tunes from some old tv shows written in the style of Joplin and Mozart
provide an interesting opening to our programme. Also featured is an early work by Puccini
and a 20th century composition by the American composer Don Gillis. Julian Bream provides
some music on the lute, but my favourite of them all is the excerpt from the Haydn trio.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1502 Apr 3 2016
1: Fraser: Green Acres CDM6568
Delos DE 3222 (Track 8 04:06 4:06
2: Fraser: Hill Street Blues CDM6568
Delos DE 3222 (Track 2) 05:25 9:31
3: Berwald: 3rd Symphony CDB3106
DG 415 503-2 (track 3) 08:12 17:43
4: Bernstein: Cadide CDB6281
EMI 47522 2 (track 1) 04:16 21:59
5: Brahms: 2nd Piano Concerto CDB8074
CBS MK 42262 (track 4) 09:34 31:33
6: Brahms: 6th Hungarian Dance CDB8278
Naxos 7 74630-2 (track 6) 03:21 34:54
7: Puccini: Cappricio Sinfonico
RN 8922 (side 2 ) Tr 13 12:38 47:32
8: Offenbach: Les Brigands Overture CDS9788
Albany TROY952 (track 4) 03:20 50:52
9: Chopin: Minute Waltz CDC3059
Telarc 8.43056 ZK (track 6) 01:46 52:38
10: Vivaldi: D-major Concerto (Boyd)
CBS M35853 (side 2,Tr 10-11-12 11:46 64:24
11: Handel: Israel In Egypt CDH2790
Brilliant 93131 09:45 74:09
12: Gillis: SymphonyX-Big D CDG4804
Albany TROY933 (tracks 1-2-3-4) 13:10 87:19
13: Sullivan: Pineapple Poll
EMI 67697 2 (tracks 1 to 5) 17:15 104:34
NEWS:
14: Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar Saltan-(Farewell)
Seraphim 74518 (track 1) 04:27 4:27
15: Haydn: C-major Piano Trio (adagio)
Naxos 8557660 (track 2) 06:52 11:19
16: Schubert 9th Symphony CDS2002
Telarc CD-80110 (track 4) 11:43 23:02
17: Byrd/Bream: Lute Medley
RCA LSC-3331 (side 1, Tr 1 07:43 30:45
18: Handel: Royal Fireworks
RPO 6186 (track 1) 08:26 39:21
19: Mozart: Serenata Notturna CDM6793
Harmonia Mundi 2907280 09:25 48:46
Sunday afternoon 1:05 P.M. Daylight Saving Time Canada
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No Sato, nothing. She probably is not yet up to connecting. We'll have to be patient.
My first piano exercise book when learning to play was by a Gillis (Belgian). I wonder if it is a parent of the one in your program, Don.
I am looking forward to Brahms ... can't wait!
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To get me started on this very windy day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDXOFcKJQTo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHiD6PaWnus
Lovely graphic Bubble
Kelly
Thank you Kelly.
MG, I so love those Pan Pipes. Thanks you for the treat.
Hi Bubble
Always like to praise great graphics.
Kelly
Enjoy, Bubble. Carlos Nakai is a favorite of mine for this kind of music. His bio is in the drop down info section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19nm5_nAwQg
Here is another with interesting photos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUU_om7a8MQ
Ok, just one more. This one has the native lyrics and the English translation in the drop down info. Also, it feature some contemporary Native American artworks. I realy like this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Y4kpZ7xQk
Thanks for posting these Mars. I'm at the studio now, so I'll have to wait until I get home to listen to them
All set up and raring to go.
Here and waiting. Oh, oh, I need to set up for Latin assignment too. Last week I forgot entirely.
HI MarsGal
I am here, just a couple of minutes late for the beginning of Green Acres. Good to see so many back again.
Is that a different version than you played before? Sounds different. Maybe I wasn't paying attention.
DON I see you have a Chopin listed today. Wonderful, do not want to miss anything by him.
Hello, I am here!
Hi Bubble! Hi Gloria!
Berwald apparently had the Midas touch for everything he did. And very eclectic too.
I am here also
kelly
MARSGAL great being back here and listening to Don once again.
BUBBLE did you ever find out who Kilroy was?
KELLY good seeing you here.
DON enjoying Brahms 2nd piano concerto. Love piano music.
Hi Kelly
Gloria you better pay close attention for the Chopin: It's only a little over a minute long :)
Ah... MY Brahms! :D
Yes Gloria, there is quite a few items about it on the net and two people were kind enough to give me links.
aaaaah that pause midway, I always wait for it while holding my breath ... in case it will stop for unknown reasons. Bravo Brahms, even if it is not pure Hungarian, it is still making me move in tempo on my chair.
Listener Alert!! Chopin up next.
DON thanks. This is what I was waiting for. I have been enjoying your program but for me this is the best of the day. I sure remember trying to ply this. Could never move my fingers that fast.
Symphony X is not named for the X Don? :2funny:
BUBBLE you must not have seen many American western movies. Listening to the Big D I can almost see cowboys riding the range or getting into gunfights. Comes from seeing all those old western movies on Saturday afternoons when I was young.
Bubble do you think anyone would believe it if we told them that this music was composed just for the X?
Gloria you have captured essence of what that music is about. Aaron Copland also captures the spirit of Americana in his music.
I suspect some of the Symphony X was used in a Western or two. I recognized a bit of it.
MarsGal I thought parts of it were familiar as well
You are right Gloria, didn't see many of those.
DON I have watched so may western movies and I still enjoy a good one better than today's movies. I remember watching John Wayne in his early days when his acting was quite hammy, not like he got into his roles as he gained experience. Some passages in the Symphony X were very familiar.
MARSGAL how could anyone miss the clip clop of horses hooves unless they never watched a western.
BUBBLE how could I guess that you missed western movies?
I went on a brief mission to find out what movies the Symphony might have been used. No luck . IMDB lists a Don Gillis, composer, but he is a Canadian and to my knowledge still alive.
I am not too fond of this last Handel but wait for the Mozart finale, more suited to my mood.
delight - thank you and bye for this week :)
DON as usual your 3 hours just fly by. Thank you for an enjoyable afternoon. Looking forward to next week.
Hi Radioman34
I still cannot pick up your radio station and show
Kelly
Going to be hard to remember people and the name changes for awhile. Some have had them for years. I even had mine inseniornet.
There is a local saying: if you change your name, you change your luck. It could be for better or for worse.
My morning romp through Project Guternberg produced this Scifi short story containing short "bios" of galactic composers. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51622/51622-h/51622-h.htm
Hi Bubble
Do you believe the saying?
Kelly
I sure do. When a child has a serious illness or an accident, he is given a new name. Names are important. Ask the Chinese when they have to name a newborn.
The saying I've heard always seemed to be related to a woman's marriage: "Change the name and not the letter, change for worse and not for better."
Oy Oy for the grooms!
Hi Bubble
Say the child has an illness that he or she recovers from fully. If they are given a new name, do they revert to their proper name when the illness is gone?
Kelly
of course not! she could have a recurrence of the same!
New to me, Eric Whitacre was just appointed, in March Artist-in-Residence at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angles.
Don have you ever heard of Virtual Choir? Fascinating. over 2,000 participants and representing 12 countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs
Another of his choral works. Be sure to read the info about this work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxTghSZupv8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zqp0OpzMAI
This piece appeals to the spacenut in me: Deep Fields, composed for Orchestra and Chorus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFiZVIoj5jQ
October: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EoUAbODO34
I include this more for the comments I read. It seems Mr. Whitacre has inspired/rejuvenated a few musicians. I don't usually see this kind of comment here, when I read them.
Hi Bubble
Not sure I understand!
Why change a Christian name that we were christened as.
Kelly
Never mind Kelly. I am not good at explaining it.
Hi Bubble
I am a good listener, please continue.
Kelly
It might be a custom of another culture.
Right Rammel. That is what it probably is. Isn't it comforting to think that you can somehow change your luck? It would not work for buying lottery tickets. ha ha ha
Hi Bubble
Lottery tickets, I will never win as I don't buy lottery tickets!
Kelly
Neither do I buy them. I call that saved money.
Hi Bubble
Your right it is saved money.
Kelly
so we see eye to eye
Hi Bubble
I think we would see eye to eye on many things.
kelly
That expression could be on Rammel's list.
Hi Bubble
Who is going to ask Rammel if we can include the saying?
:)
Kelly
It is already included. Trust Rammel!
Hi Bubble
He has been so helpful to me.
Kelly
He is, to all of us, and un-assuming too
I as before a so thankful for his help.
kelly
http://uk.ask.com/youtube?q=U-tube+porgy+and+Bess&v=fO2114PmTl4&qsrc=472&qo=homepageSearchBox (http://uk.ask.com/youtube?q=U-tube+porgy+and+Bess&v=fO2114PmTl4&qsrc=472&qo=homepageSearchBox)
To make you wake up in beauty! lol
Hi Bubble
The link does not open, it goes to a 'Ask Jeeves' page
Kelly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO2114PmTl4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO2114PmTl4)
Maybe this one is better
Hi Bubble
Will try it!
Thanks
Just thought, I am using a Smartphone and sometimes links do not open.
Kelly
Hi Bubble
Again it says not available.
Kelly
Kelly, does your three-legged symbol represent Manx origin?
PatH welcome back! You've been gone a long time. Now, if you can track down Joan for us we'll be all back together again.
It's the last week of the academic year here at Fanshawe College and I bid my student
friends and colleagues farewell with some music by Brahms. There's a recycled work by
Tchaikovsky, a reconstructed work by Sullivan and a grossly misnamed work by Mendelssohn. Of special interest is a cinematic soundtrack from a disc that was voted the "Album Of The
Year" in 1985
We were discussing last week the music in the westerns of old, so I featured a couple on today's show.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1503 Apr 10/2016
1: Berlioz: Rakoczy March CDK3259
Naxos 7 74653-2 (track 11) 04:38 4:38
2: Albinoni: F-major Oboe Concerto CDA3300
Naxos 8.550739 (tracks 4-5-6) 10:34 15:12
3: Brahms: Academic Festival label B8.0084
CBS 37778 (side 1, cut 2) 10:35 25:47
4: Giuliani: Theme &Variations (Flute & Guitar)
Naxos 8.55460 (track 10 & 11) 09:06 34:53
5: Kuhlau: William Shakespeare Overture CDD7637
Sterling 1018-2 (track 3) 09:57 45:27
6: Tartini: A-major Violin Concerto T1.0540 CDR-135
MHS 4812W (side 2, track 3) Tr 04:39 50:06
7: Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata CDB2009
Telarc 80129 (track 5) 05:47 55:53
8: Tchaikovsky: 2nd Symph, 2nd mvmnt CDR6090
Telarc 80131 (track 2) 07:12 63:05
9: Catalani: Ondine CDD6579
London 452 767-2 (track 10) 07:00 70.05
10: Mendelssohn: Trumpet Overture CDM4683
DG 423 104-2 (Track 5) 09:14 79:19
11: Sullivan: Cello Concerto (2nd mvmnt) CDS9209
EMI CDC 7 47622 2 (track 3) 06:56 86:15
12: Spohr: Concertante A- Major for Violin (rondo)
Naxos 8.570840 (track 3) 08:18 94:33
13 Respighi: Ancient Airs CDR4034
Mercury 416 496-2 (track 8 05:08 99:41
NEWS
:
14: Rodgers: March Of The Siamese Children CDS8473
RCA 74321- 390803-2 (track 9) 03:23 3:23
15: Newman: The Natural N2.0394
Warner Bros. 25116-1 (side 1) 18:21 21:44
16: Williams: The Cowboys CDR8172
Philips 400071-2 (track 5) 08:51 27:35
17: Copland: Rodeo CDC6256
Naxos 8.550282 (Tracks 4-5) 07:57 38:29
18: Offenbach: Overture To A Grand Orchestra
MMG 10022 (track 2) 08:33 47:02
19: Briener: Beatles Go Baroque CDB9785
Naxos 85501 (track 16) 01:47 48:49
Sunday afternoon 1:05 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
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That sounds like a program to be enjoyed from end to end. I hope to be there from the start.
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Kelly, does your three-legged symbol represent Manx origin?
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Quote from: MarsGal on April 04, 2016, 06:58:01 AM
My morning romp through Project Guternberg produced this Scifi short story containing short "bios" of galactic composers. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51622/51622-h/51622-h.htm
No way to download on the computer???
Bubble, you should be able to click on the Epub or kindle listings. Chose the one with images for this one. It will download to the download folder or where ever you have your computer set for downloads, then you can copy it to another folder if you want. Usually the downloaded file will be a number with .azw, .epub or .mobi behind it. If you have an iPad, I think it sees .epub, not sure about .mobi. The Kindle app will read .azw and .mobi. Check to see if your reading app supports .epub. Is the free Kindle app for your computer available there? I don't think you need to have an Amazon account to download one, but I could be wrong. The html file is for if you want to read it online.
It went to a google box ...somewhere? I don't know anything about the other alternatives: drop box or cloud. It did not download on the computer :(
Interesting. Things must be set up differently for other countries.
Good morning MarsGal
Kelly
I am here waiting for our favorite program to start. Looks like all great music once aging that Radioman Don has picked for our listening pleasure.
I am here too!
Hi Gloria Hi Bubble
Good afternoon Bubble and Don.
Greetings, all!
Hi MarsGal
This guitar and flute was just THE thing: Aviv fell asleep so fast with it that I barely had the time to cover him :D His parents will be here in another hour to take him home.
Rodgers: March Of The Siamese Children brings back good memories of long long ago
BUBBLE hope they are good memories.
Yes, delightful, of the film The King and I In the 50s I think
I saw the live performance in Stratford and I was entranced
Oh I would have loved to see that!
**snore, snore** Aviv is fast asleep but I hear a car. The parents are here at last: 10.15 pm! Theses parents really have long hours.
I don't care much about this piece now, after the delightful previous one.
Layla tov and thanks!
DON thank you once again for a relaxing afternoon listening to wonderful music and a bit of history about the composers. Have a great week and will look forward to next Sunday.
Clara Schumann, a lovely little piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2ONgmyf_wI
MarsGal that's a beautiful work by Clara Schumann
The Chevalier de Saint-Georges certainly garners a lot of attention on this programme, but his life is such a fascinating story I felt it was tale worth sharing. Stradella too,a gangster of the highest order who could compose music, has a story worth knowing as well, all of which is, of course, interspersed with some pretty good music.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1504 Apr 17/2016 .
1: Fucik: Old Bear With The Sore Head
Quintessence PMC 7038 04:28 4:28
2: Mozart: Bassoon Concerto CDM6373
Naxos 8.550345 (tracks 2 & 3) 10:43 15:11
3: Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: D-major Symphony CDS1718
CBC 5225 (tracks 1-2-3) CANCON 07:41 22:52
4: Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: D-major Violin Concerto CDS1718
CBC 5225 (track 7) CANCON 10:56 33:48
5: Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: G-major Symphony CDS1718
CBC 5225 (tracks 10-11-12) CANCON 14:20 48:08
6: Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: L’amant Anonyme CDS1718
CBC 5225 (tracks 4-5-6) CANCON 06:35 50:43
7: JS Bach: F-minor Piano Concerto
CBC SM5065 (side 2 10:24 61:07
8: Sarasate: Bohemian Airs P3.358 CDR-117
EMI 2 C 065-3422 (Tr 1) 08:40 69:47
9: Hisaishi: Princess Mononoke CDD9671
Analekta AN 2 9770-5 04:23 74:20
10: Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus CDS11632
DG 678927 CD2, (track 18 02:55 77:15
11: Kraus: E-minor Symphony CDK9794
Naxos 8554777 (tracks 10-11-12) 15:14 92:29
12: Kaplan: S’u sh’arim CDK9672
Naxos 8.559419 (track 19) 03:15 95:44
13: Ellard: Sydney Morning Herald polka
ABC 461 826-2 (track 6) 02:59 98:43
14: Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody # 2
CBS MLK 39450(track 3) 10:47 109:30
15: Stradella: Sonata For Trumpet/ Two String Orchestras
Universal 8040 (track 3) 07:55 117:25
16: Strauss: Ballet Suite CDD6581
London 452 767-2 (track 10) 12:54 130:19
17: Breiner: Baroque Beatles CDB9785
Naxos 8555010 (track 15) 04:22 134:41
18: Bizet: L’Arlesienne CDB7163
London 417839-2 (tracks 5-7-8) 13:43 148:24
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. Canada)
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The Clara Schumann is lovely. I was too lazy to tease out all the German, but the next to top commentary, by a man, was very admiring of her as a teacher, a modernizer of piano, and performer, in spite of having had 8 children and 2 miscarriages in 16 years. He calls her "the Martha Argerich of her time".
Don, that looks like a great program, and my topsy-turvy life has settled down enough that I'll probably be able to listen to it. I'm looking forward to all the Saint-Georges and the Bach, and I'm curious about the Hisaishi. I saw Princess Mononoke, but don't remember the music. I was too busy trying to figure out what the movie was saying.
Pat it will be great to have you back in our midst.
Looking forward to this Sunday program. I hope Aviv will fall asleep fast: I am baby sitting that day of the week for a month.
I went to listen again to Clara Schumann. Thanks MarsGal that's so peacefully pleasing.
Bubble, I like it too, better than the one (forget which) that I saw listed as her most notable work. Looking forward to this afternoon's program. This morning I intend on going out to bag for the trash some pine needles I raked into a pile the other week.
Yes I think the program later will be most interesting. Right now I am listening to all the selections given after the Clara Sch. piece. All quiet and good background music for doing PSP.
Looking forward to today's program.
soon... :)
Tuned in and getting myself comfortable to sit back and enjoy.
what a delight this first piece is!
Hi Gloria, Bubble didn't I tell you that was a work that Aviv would love?
I am here too, been a long time since I listened to " good music ".... ;)
So you did, Don but... he had a character on TV that he did not want to lose. So the music was in the background but he did not pay attention to it :(
Hi Vanilla - great to have you with us. I think it is most enjoyable to be able to listen in company - don't you think?
Hi Jackie, welcome
I can see a good crowd gathering.... :D
Thank you Don, that has made my day.... :)
Jackie you are welcome; I wasn't sure about the Earl Grey tea though :D
Better late than never. Hi, everybody.
Hi Pat! Welcome back
Great seeing so many here today. St. George sure was not appreciated in his day but he composed some beautiful music. Sad when some look at color and not the person.
Gloria it's a sad reality that he did not receive the full recognition he deserved, although he was fortunate to advance as far as he did. If it were not for his father's high standing in French society he probably would never have received any attention at all.
Gloria we certainly do appreciate him today. He is often on the program of Swiss radio.
Glad you made it Pat :)
I wonder where Prancer is? Long time she didn't drop in here
I am wondering who his " Anonymous Lover " was....? this is certainly happy music...
Angela Hewitt is one of my favorite Bach players. She's better than anyone for making all the voices clear, so you can actually follow them. I've been lucky to hear her in person twice. She has a wonderful warm smile, which doesn't come through in her pictures.
aaaaahhhhhh **satisfied sigh**
I love it!
Interesting fact about Hisaishi....he has won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Music seven times in 1992, 93, 94, 99, 2000, 2009, and 2011...
I saw Princess Mononoke when it came out, but I was too busy trying to figure out what was going on to remember the music. I like it now that I'm paying attention to it.
Miyazaki has directed and written a number of good films.
Jackie I have put that interesting item of trivia in my file for future use. You are now an official contributor to Reid's Records. :thumbup:
Don, glad to be of some assistance....anything that enhances Reid's Records. ;D does that mean I am disqualified from answering my own questions?....I will have to sit that one out....
Choir boys - so pure voices - like I imagine for angels...
and here is one of my favorites... Thank you!
Phew.... I had a moment of disorientation there! :2funny:
You wern't the only one who was disoriented. I wasn't paying attention. :-[
Well not sure how Alessandro did it with his colourful life but, as a freelance composer he wrote over 300 works..
I had 2 tiresome days so have been lazy, laying on the couch just listening and enjoying all todays music. No I did no doze off either.
DON how could you miss the Beatles music?
Jackie I guess he mastered the art of multi-tasking.
Gloria I guess I should be appropriately embarrassed.
And I thought it was just us women who could multi-task.... ;D
Well Carmen was most-most good ending :) thanks for the feast to my ears.
Layla Tov! Heading for bed now, with a smile on my lips
DON it was only my 3 listening to the Beatles that heard them. That last one reminded me of the flip side of an old record I had. The name of that was Beat out that Rhythm on a Drum. I remembered the fun my friends and I had listening to that. Thank you for another wonderful afternoon
Thank you Don, a nice calming ending...
Completely forget it is Sunday. Missed the whole thing. Bummer!
Oh nooooo! MarsGal, such a pity as it was a most enjoyable one. Pity they do not tape it for a repeat during the week.
Maybe one they they will put it "on request".
Good morning so P bubble, yes a shame as it was a very enjoyable show this week.....made even special as I got myself a mention..... :)
Yes, I heard that with a huge smile on my face :) I thought to myself: I know whom that refers to!
Don gave me a heads up that I would be hearing from him after the music he was playing ended....
Hi Everyone
Not sure if you have heard of the classical violinist Nigel Kennedy.
His Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' is brilliant and I see he is appearing later this year in Liverpool. I would like to go and see him in concert.
Kelly
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/nigel-kennedy-the-new-four-seasons-tour-colston-hall-bristol-rev/ (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/nigel-kennedy-the-new-four-seasons-tour-colston-hall-bristol-rev/)
He looks very colorful!
The shirt he is wearing are the colours of the football team he supports in the UK, being Aston Villa.
He will not be pleased as they have been relegated from the UK Premier League.
Kelly
I have seen Vanessa Mae play, at an outdoors concert, although we were too far away to get a close up viewing, but thankfully the loud-speeker's were placed quite near to us, so we sure never missed out on the sound of her playing, she was brilliant of course....I havent seen Nigel Kennedy performing though...
Hi Jackie
Nigel Kennedy has been at the forefront regarding the violin for many years. He trained at the Yehudi Menuhin School of music before going to the Royal Academy of Music and graduating at the age of twenty two.
Watching him in concert a couple of years ago on the BBC he was brilliant.
Kelly
I envy you who have witnessed live performance by such artists as Nigel Kennedy and Vanessa Mae. Vanessa has stirred mild controversy with her avant-garde approach to the classics. I think Nigel Kennedy is more of a rebel seeking the shock value of outrageous clothing and hair style which is reminiscent of the age in which he grew up.
For sure that I would enjoy N.Kennedy more on radio or C.D. than live where I would be distracted by his appearance. I suppose I am old-fashioned?
There's a good example of the sacred and the profane with two contrasting works by Gounod and a seldom heard piano concerto by Rimsky-Korsakov. And for a little contrast there are some lively renaissance dances, and a delightful work from Mexico. James Bond has some representation as well.
MarsGal You can demonstrate your prowess with a translation of #15 :)
Reid’s Records: Programme #1505 Apr 24/2016
1: von Suppe: Pique Dame CDS9885
EMI 5099950 (track 6) 07:41 7:41
2: Offenbach: Overture To A Grand Orchestra CDO3162
MMG 10022 (track 2 ) 08:33 16:14
3: Mendelssohn: Octet M4.0533
Argo ZRG 569 (side 1, track 3) 04:30 20:44
4: Sibelius: 2nd Symphony CDS6344
Sony LSBK 53509 (track 1) 09:37 30:21
5: Nielsen: 2nd Symphony 1st mvmnt CDN3756
Naxos 8570738 (Track 8 07:30 37:51
6: Verdi: Libiamo CDM6381
Naxos 8553041 (Track 11) 02:55 40:46
7: John Barry: Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Silva 1445 (track 17) 03:30 44:16
8: Handel: Alexander’s Feast CDH2829
Naxos 8572224 (track 9 & 14) 06:55 51:11
9: Moncayo: Huapango M5.833 CDR227
Radio Netherlands 8817 (Tr 1) 09:05 60:16
10: Gounod: Saint Cecilia Mass (Credo) G8.0132
D.G. 139111 (side 1, cut 3) 13:23 73:39
11: Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto CDS5743
Danacord 660 (tracks 4-5-6-7) 14:53 88:32
12: Beethoven: Violin Concerto CDB4100
EMI CDM-7690012 (track 2) 10:23 98:55
13: Tielman Susato: Renaissance Dances CDS2920
Decca 478 3195 (tracks 21 to 26) 11:10 110:05
14: Bach/Lipatti: Partita #1 CDB2231
EMI CDC 7475172 (tracks 1-2-5) 06:49 116:54
15: Bruckner: Locus Iste A Deo Factus Est CD69
Hyperion CDA 66062 (track 2) 03:22 120:16
16: Lehar: Medley from the operetta Paganini
CBC 1112 (track 1) 11:31 131:47
17: Haydn: 100th Symphony CDH4088
CBS MK42047 (track 1) 07:35 138:49
18: Davies: Good Times CDD1212
Water Lily WLCD5995 (tracks 5 & 7) 13:21 152:10
19: Gounod: Faust Ballet Music CDG8150
EMI CDZ7625152 (tracks 15-16) 06:36 158:46
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
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The Huapango is the name of a northeastern Mexican musical style developed from the fandango. It accompanies a lively dance popular around the Gulf of Mexico, or Huasteca region. It can be played by anything from a guitar duo to a full mariachi band, which may include trumpets and guitarrones. The name itself may mean ‘on a wooden stand’, as the huapango is danced on a platform.
http://wiki.youngcomposers.com/Huapango (http://wiki.youngcomposers.com/Huapango)
I look forward to this one!
There is a saying, clothes do not maketh the man.
Regarding Nigel Kennedy, surely it has to be his talent.
The clothes he usually wears are the colours of his football team Aston Villia. Which is his way probably of showing his passion and how proud he is for the town he was born in.
Kelly
Good it is not garlic that he is fond of, or he would wear them braided on his head? :2funny:
Nothing wrong with being patriotic to your home town.
Kelly
Zubin Mehta is 80 years old. He is having three big performances in Israel, but today the Israeli philharmonic went with him to Mombay, his birth town and they played there a Beethoven with him directing. We saw it on the local TV. What a performance!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Deutscher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Deutscher)
Have you ever hear of Alma? There was a program on her on TV tonight. Stunning musician.
Kelly I think the saying of which you speak is "the clothes doth oft proclaim the man." which is the opposite in meaning to what you assert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxUI4DeoWGg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxUI4DeoWGg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epshAHNiY9Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epshAHNiY9Q)
Tanja Zhou and Alma Deutscher
Bubble she is a remarkable young lady; thanks for those posts.
Hi Radioman
I don't assert anything, not my place to.
Clothes do not make the man is an English proverb, or as it says, 'meaning you cannot judge a person solely by their clothes'.
Maybe a different slant on the meaning here!
Kelly
Bubble, all I can say about Alma is WOW. Because I like both the piano and violin, I watched the video with the violin too. She is remarkable. Thanks for giving us the links.
Mary Ann
Hi Everyone
I heard Pumeza Matshikiza sing on the BBC at the 2014 opening of the Commonwealth Games And I think she has a super voice.
Kelly
https://youtu.be/J_vRv4XgXfE
That's a very interesting program for Sunday, some things I never heard of and some things I want to hear again, plus Lipatti, an icon.
I heard a good concert last Saturday--the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. Two pieces only--a very fine rendition of Schubert's unfinished symphony, and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. I thought I'd heard the Mahler before, but I guess not. It's symphonic, but mostly songs, based on Chinese poems, and very demanding on the singers. The tenor, Australian Simon O'Neill, has a huge barrel chest, and he needed every ounce of power that gave him. I think I'm beginning to appreciate Mahler a lot more.
IMHO Amira Willighagen, though much younger, seems to put more heart into her rendering of O Mio Babbino Caro. Maybe I am biased for younger performers?
PatH2 I am with you with Lipatti.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UvDOGo3qI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UvDOGo3qI)
He has such a sensitive fingering on the piano - what a pity he died so young. I would have loved to see him play.
Thinking about it, there are many Romanian musicians who attain international fame, aren't they? Is that a question of education, of sensitivity, or what? Pondering...
This is my kind of Classical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbaNGU1CrXI
Interesting: it is the first time I have a clear view of those modern transparent electric instruments.
That is fun music too. Rieu enjoyed the playing around as well lol/
Natureboy, tune in on Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/ (http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/)
as I think you might enjoy it too.
So many great pieces to listen to this morning.
NatureBoy, I like Bond but only ever got around to buying one CD. I haven't heard anything about them for a while. Now that I have my new SmartTV, I can bring up these YouTube offerings on the big screen and relax on my easy chair. Sigh! Ahhhhhhh!
Hi Natureboy
Did that group not take part in Britains Got Talent.
Lively music.
Kelly
They were on the proms apparently
Did you mean Last Night of the Proms as I never saw them.
Hi everybody! 5 minutes and counting
Present and accounted for.
Here too!
Hi MarsGal. Did you miss the assignment I gave you on my playlist? :D
Hi Bubble
What a rousing beginning. And, yes, I did miss it.
Locus Iste A Deo Factus Est
This place was made by God.
MarsGal come to the head of the class and receive your gold star :thumbup:
Locus could also be translated as position, rank, territory, locality, region, site.
Iste also can translate to that of yours, that which you refer to, such
Factus est is from facio which is a word of many meanings, but all uses have in common that they denote something that is created or made. So, make, create, build, construct, compose, write, act, produce and other similiar words will work.
Okay, that's your Latin lesson for the day.
That Sibelius does not talk to me... It even hurt my ears~
It isn't one of my favorites from Sibelius. I don't much care for this Nielsen either. I do like his 4th Symphony though.
That Verdi is very familiar: my dad used to hum it when he was in a good mood!
The one James Bond I never watched.
Huapango I am waiting for!
Oh I am enjoying this violin sooooo much. Menuhin of course.
Bye bye? already? wow that went fast!
Thanks Don, thanks all for the company, although so quiet :)
Don. I have lost you station again. I use to just have to clik on it under your name and go right to it. Can you put it back on?
JeanneP Here it is. I tried it before I posted so I know it's working ok.
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
Jeanne I have it as a shortcut on my desktop. I don't even need to come here for it
Bubble. I remember I had it on a shortcut on my other computer. Forgotten how I did it. These days I learn one thing and forget another.
O.K Bubble I just remember the clik and drag. It worked.
Yes drag is fun - on a desktop or computer! :2funny:
The month of May marks the 75th anniversary of the creation of that immortal American icon Bugs Bunny, so I'll open the programme with one of the many pieces with which he has been identified. Included as well is a non-operatic work by Donizetti and a recording of summer's night outdoor concert with the Vienna Philharmonic. And the Mediaeval Baebes provide classical music's version of the Spice Girls
Reid’s Records: Programme #1506 May 1/2016
1: Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture CDV5011
CBC CDSMCD5021 (track 1) 07:20 7:20
2: Benda: Sinfonia in F CDV2627
Alto ALC 1001(tracks 1-2-3) 06:04 13:24
3: Hummel: D-Major Mass CDH8640
Chaconne CHAn 0681 (tracks 6-7-8-9) 10:35 23:59
4: Gottschalk/Kay: Cakewalk G8.0370
RCA AGL1-1271 (side 1, tracks 4-5) 11:25 35:24
5: Saint Saens: Phaeton CDS1027
London 414 460-2 (cut 15) 09:00 44:24
6: Khachaturian: Masquerade (Waltz & Mazurka) CDK3730
Erato 4509 94677 (tracks 5 & 6) 07:01 51:25
7: Bretón: Escenas AndaluzasCDB8796
Naxos 8572076 (track 4) 05:11 56:36
8: Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night Overture CDR6091
Chandos CHAN 8327/8/9 (track 1) 09:00 65:36
9:: Nicolai: Merry Wives Of Windsor- Moon Chorus CDW2643
Philips 464 6745-2 (track 2) 04:21 69:57
10: Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture CDS9921
Sony SICC 1711 (track 1) 08:57 78:54
11: Donizetti: String Quartet #17 (1st mvmnt) CDV3797
Capriccio 10 844 (track 1) 07:23 86:27
12:: Hummel: Trumpet Concerto H4.0127
CBS 37846-1 (side 2) 17:17 103:47
13: Dowland/Battle: Medley CDD2256
EMI CDC-7 47196 2 (tracks 1-2-3-4-5) 09:07 112:54
14: Mozart: 8th Piano Concerto M6.0307 CDR-229
Philips 6833 199 (side 1) TR 3-4-5 21:52 134:46
15: Mediaeval Baebes: Medley CDN2631
Virgin 30142 2 (tracks 11-12) 04:50 139:36
16: Dvorak: 9th Symphony (largo) CDD7021
London 410 116-2 (track 2) 14:03 153:39
17: Chopin: Les Sylphides CDG9470
EMI 568384 (track 18 04:32 158:11
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
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This sounds like a happy program. I'll come on time for Bugs Bunny :)
I found this piece by Einojuhani Rautavaara (Finish , who was unkown to me. The music is okay, but the pix that accompany the music are spectacular.
Autumn Gardens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po3gXcMd31M
This one is titled Concerto for Birds and Orchestra “Cantus Arcticusâ€, Op. 61
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjXgV-Mhp0
This one I like: Dances with the Winds (Flute Concerto)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYIul2l9SAI
All set up and ready to go.
MarsGal I couldn't get those links to play. :(
Here now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RWNRhefF1g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RWNRhefF1g)
For the overture...
Bubble, thanks for the memory.
Mary Ann
I'm here. I guess some of the YouTube content is blocked depending on your country or the anti-virus/ad-block software you are using.
was that blocked for you? Then try these other links
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bugs+bunny+barber+of+seville&&view=detail&mid=C522CA71BFD3FC85E8FEC522CA71BFD3FC85E8FE&rvsmid=FC266F99634BCFE95E51FC266F99634BCFE95E51&fsscr=0&FORM=VDFSRV
(http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bugs+bunny+barber+of+seville&&view=detail&mid=C522CA71BFD3FC85E8FEC522CA71BFD3FC85E8FE&rvsmid=FC266F99634BCFE95E51FC266F99634BCFE95E51&fsscr=0&FORM=VDFSRV)
or this
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bugs+bunny+barber+of+seville&&view=detail&mid=FC266F99634BCFE95E51FC266F99634BCFE95E51&FORM=VRDGAR
(http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bugs+bunny+barber+of+seville&&view=detail&mid=FC266F99634BCFE95E51FC266F99634BCFE95E51&FORM=VRDGAR)
Hi Bubble, Hi Mary Ann, Hi MarsGal
Hello Don, great start! lol
Bubble are you still baby sitting?
Nope, after his supper (while watching cartoons on TV!) he was tired and went willingly for his shower and bed.
I can enjoy here with no worry!
Don. It is 1:30Pm here in Illinois. I just don't think I am getting you from the Clik on you have posted under your Last message above. Have I missed you?
JeanneP are you getting it now? Try relinking. I noticed I lost my link briefly a while back and had to click the link to bring it back again.
I just tried it now and it's ok.
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
5x5 Don.
Nice to hear Winton. I guess he is keeping busy; haven't been following him for a while.
MarsGal Wynton has, in a way, given up classical music because of its comparative limited repertoire. He's focused on the jazz genre and I believe he is also into compostion.
What a voice!
A 10y old... incredible. Some kids are really very talented.
I shake my head in amazement, and more remarkable is the fact that this young lady seems to have vanished from the artistic scene.
Maybe she performs locally?
LEHITRAOT! Thanks
Just getting back on computer and bye now Don is gone. I can bring the station up now I think. Will try next Sunday. I moved it onto my Desktop
Festival Aviv of Jewish Dance in Mexico City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5y8oWpVrkg&sns=em (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5y8oWpVrkg&sns=em)
So, Aviv has his own festival? :thumbup:
I enjoyed the post, Bubble.
Bubble, I don't think I ever had that much energy in my life! I enjoyed it very much.
Mary Ann
Aviv means spring season. My Aviv was born in spring, Passover time :)
Just been listening to my favourite Tenor, he was my late fathers Idol so its runs in the family.........( Ave Maria....)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHZl1hpR5k0
Jackie that's lovely; it neve loses its charm
and a good actor too, photogenic!
Mario Lanza. He died so young. His wife died 5 months later in her 30s also. Even his children died pretty young.
inger, Actor. First singer to earn Gold Records (over 1 million copies sold) in both classical and pop categories. Born Alfred Arnold Cocozza in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he left high school early to work in his uncle's grocery store, until he auditioned for a music scholarship in 1942. During World War II, he was drafted into the Army, and served until the end of the war. His wife, Betty Hicks Lanza, was the younger sister of his Army buddy, Bert Hicks, and they married shortly after Mario's release from the Army; together they had four children: Colleen, Elisa, Damon, and Marc. , ome, Italy, he undertook a rigorous diet, using barbiturates to help him lose weight, which contributed to his heart attack and death at age 38. His wife, shattered by his death, died five months later. etty Lanza killed herself in grief, leaving behind four children
Here are some more questions and answers from a close friend of Mario Lanza who he said of him " you're my only brother. " This gives us more insight into his troubled life.....Link.....
http://mariolanza.net/askterry.html
Hi Jackie
I prefer the English tenor Paul Potts
Kelly
Jackie, JeanneP I must confess that I have not followed Mario Lanza's career as closely as I should have, so your posts have enlightened me greatly into his tragically short, but productive life. Thanks for posting.
Hi Kelly I'm inclined to think that comparisons between Paul Potts and Mario Lanza are unfair.
Potts is a rank amateur with no formal training whatsoever. He has a remarkable voice, but its limitations, because of no proper development, restrict his talents to amateur shows and local concert halls.
Mario Lanza had formal training and also had operatic experience.
Likewise, I would say the same thing if you were to compare Mario Lanza with Pavarotti, for example. Pavarotti was light years ahead of Lanza, in every aspect of performance, experience, and training, all of which would make comparisons between the two as also unfair.
Good Evening Radioman
Kelly
I still miss the sounds of Pavarotti. Good we can still get these singers on CD. in order to keep them. Each of these men had such voices, along with others who had good training.Even the ones from many years ago. Recording their voices can now be heard and sound made much better.
With the shows that have been on TV over the past year. Bring these young singer to the front. Doubt they will become the famous as the ones in the past. Is the training out there for them now? How many of the young are now buying the Classical music that we bought years ago. I listen to what some of the kids are spending now and listening to. Awful. But that is their music.
Good training is essential to develop right breathing and learn not to stress the voice.
Those talent shows are good for discovering who has the potential and a natural good voice.
No doubt those programs are fun to watch. I wonder if any one in S@F ever participate to a TV recording like that or maybe competed to some game program?
Illy my daughter came second in "the weakest link" just to be told by the winner that the win had been rigged. She was so disappointed then. But because of that moment of fame, she was recognized a few time while driving and waiting at the red light: "hey, I saw you on TV!".
I think that a lot of those type shows are rigged. Look how now they have proven that many from years ago such as "The Millionare " were Rigged. Same with these shows now that put the families on. I just never watch that type of TV
Now what was the "Weakest LInk?"
It was a trivia or general knowledge show where each time one participant was eliminated as "weak" by the others, until 2 were left and then the organizers chose the best one of the 2 if they both answered correctly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weakest_Link_%28UK_game_show%29 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weakest_Link_%28UK_game_show%29)
That could have been a interesting show. Would learn a lot from it. I use to like the one we had here. Was it "How to be a millionaire" or something like that. Played alone but has a choice of questions. I find I am not as smart as I think when watching those shows.
A beautiful combination of trumpet and organ is one of the highlights of the
programme preceded by a very pompous opening by Offenbach. Faure pays homage to a
French playwright and an orchestral transcription of Chopin's music brings our programme to a gentle conclusion. I hope you join me.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1507 May 8/2016
1: Offenbach: Grand Duchess Of Gerolstein O3.0272
Turnabout TV 34744 (side 1, track 3) 06:57 6:57
2; Brahms: Hungarian Dances 5 & 6 CDB8278
Naxos 7 4630-2 (tracks 5-6) 05:35 12:32
3: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (finale) CDT2186
DG 419 241-2 (track 4) 10:10 22:42
4: Albinoni: Trumpet Concerto B2.0357
EMI C 069-02831 (side 2, tracks 3-4-5) 13:12 35:54
5: Dvorak: Rondo for Cello & Orch CDD7190
CBS MK42206 (track 5) 08:08 44:02
6: Gottschalk: Grande Tarantelle For Piano CDG8269
Vox CDX5009 (cd 1, track 1) 07:36 51:38
7: Sullivan: Di Ballo CDS9241
Nimbus 5066 (track 10) 11:50 67:28
8: Vanhal: E-minor Symphony CDV2627
Alto ALC1001 (track 14) 09:01 76:29
9: Alfven: Swedish Rhapsody CDS6461
Vox 8734 (track 8 12:38 89:07
10: Graun: Horn Concerto CDR7255
London 417 406-2 (tracks 13-14-15) 10:02 99:09
11: Massenet: El Cid CDC2261
Naxos 7746322 (tracks -3-4-5-6-8 11:39 110:48
12: Liadov: Polonaise in C CDB3204
EMI CDC 7475062 (track 1) 06:19 117:07
13: Moscheles: Recollections Of Ireland CDM5675
Hyperion CDA67430 (tracks 7-8-9-10) 15:23 132:30
14: Goldmark: Rustic Wedding CDG8590
Naxos 8550745 (track 6) 08:23 140:53
15: Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine CDF2483
Erato214634 Track 2) 05:20 146:13
16: Chopin: Les Sylphides CDG9470
EMI 568384 (track 18 04:32 150:45
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DON I am looking forward to your program today. Sure missed it the last few weeks. Of course I will enjoy the last selection of Chopin.
Hi Gloria; it's nice to have you back.
All primed and ready to go.
DON good afternoon. I am here ready and waiting to enjoy. Great to be here once again.
What a lovely day. Sunny, breezy, good music, good company. Hi all!
Splendid to be here all together :)
Hi MarsGal, Hi Bubble
so lively today!
After these critics on Tchaikovsky, I plan to listen to the whole Violin concerto in full, I love it so
Unusual combination this Trumpet and organ, but so enjoyable. Thank you for introducing this one.
Bubble I was captivated the first time I ever heard it. That recording by the way, was not a cd; it was vinyl which I bought almost 40 years ago.
That Alfven rhapsody sounded so familiar ... until I remembered that it is the music of a French song my mother was particularly fond of. Unfortunately I don't remember the words, nor the name of the woman singing it.
I am so enjoying all of today's selections.
DON wow an old vinyl record so old still sounded great.
Gloria that one is in exceptional condition, but the first one I played (#1) had a terrible amount of surface noise on it.
Nice program again today.
Lovely ending. Layla tov!
DON thank you for the best Sunday afternoon I had in 3 weeks without my computer. I enjoyed everything you played.
There is nothing I appreciate more than an appreciative audience; thank YOU!
:)
I was gone sunday also. Missed it again.
Bubble. Like you that Tchaikovsky Concerto is a favourite. Like Don I also have a Vinyl copy. has to be 40years old. I hung on to all my Vinyl Collection and Still have my beautiful Player. Bought it in 1971, It plays and sounds just perfect still. Managed to get it cleaned and a new needle last year. Have all the shows I saw back then. All on vinyl. All the Lloyd Webbers
Vinyl is coming back big now. Have lots of collectors here in Town.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/lY7sXKGZl2w (https://www.youtube.com/embed/lY7sXKGZl2w)
The Thérémine played by Katica Illenyi. This is one of the oldest electronic musical instrument invented in 1919 by the Russian Lev Sergueïevitch Termen.
It is composed of an electronic box with two antennas.
Its particularity is that it is producing the music without being touched by the musician.
I hope you'll enjoy its sounds.
Now I know where they got those weird spacey sounds on the old SciFi movies. ;D Pretty neat , Bubble. Thanks for sharing.
And I believe the Theramine is used for the music on Midsomer Murders a PBS Mystery Series. They did a segment on how they chose that for the music. Neat!
Not classical music, but this little guy is so cute and he really can sing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJaMYTL_wTU
There's a nod to Wagner whose birthday fell this past week and another Dutch treat compliments of Radio Netherlands. The collaboration of Charpentier and Moliere makes for a delightful interlude as does the vocal presentation the 11-year old wunderkind Jackie Evancho. And of course, you can all sing along with Rach's Vocalise. :) And as a reminder, there will be no broadcast next Sunday. That's a holiday weekend and on such occasions the station suspends all quality programmes. ::)
Reid’s Records: Programme #1508 May 12/2016
1: Wagner: Tannhauser Festive March CDP6514
Naxos 8550370 (Track 1) 06:32 6:37
2: van Anrooy: Piet Hein Rhapsody CDD5560
RN 92060 (track 1) 08:59 15:36
3: Gounod: Saltarello CDM3369
Naxos 8.550087 (track 12) 06:26 22:02
4: Charpentier: Le Malade Imaginaire CD3
Erato 2292-45002-2 (track 12) 06:48 28:50
5: Di Ballo Overture CDS9241
Nimbus NI 5066 (track 10) 11:51 40:41
6: Rachmaninoff: Vocalise CDS2449
EMI 5 68387 (track 10) 06:27 47:08
7: Auber: Fra Diavalo Overture CDA1854
Telarc CD80116 07:47 54:55
8: Haydn: Wind Divertimento(minuet) CD#3
Hungariton HRC155 (track 13) 02:25 57:20
9: Crusell: 3rd Clarinet Concerto CDC8643
Naxos 8,554144 (track 9) 07:35 64:55
10: Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe CDM5562
Virgin 07777 86001 (track 13) 02:40 67:35
10a (Mix)Morricone:Nella Fantasia CDE9827 (Jackie Evancho)
Columbia (Track 2) 04:18 71:53
11: Haydn: Organ Concerto CDH4165
L'Oisseau-Lyre 417 610-2 (track 4) 05:35 78:53
12: Hofmann: B-flat Sinfonia CDH7525
Naxos 8.553866 (tracks 1-2-3) 10:57 89:50
13: Gottschalk: Marche Solenelle CDG8269
Vox CDX5009 (cd 1, track 4) 09:38 100:28
14: Rogers & Hart: Slaughter On Tenth Avenue CDR7365
RCA 09026-61542-2 (track 5) 08:51 109:19
15: Glinka: Summer Night In Madrid CDC2261
NAXOS 7 74632-2 (track 16) 09:12 118:31
16: Strauss jr: Artist’s Life Waltz CDS8549
Naxos 8.550152 (track 8 08:34 127:05
17: Beethoven: 6th Symphony CDB4073
Telarc CD-80145 (tracks5-6) 13:16 140:21
18: Devienne: Sonata #1 Flute & Harpsichord D3.0089
Arion ARN 37163 (side 1, tracks 1-2) 08:17 148:38
19: Gillis: Portrait of a Frontier Town CDG4803
Albany 833 ( tracks 2 & 3) 08:07 156:45
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
Sounds good: a lot to discover for me. I'll try to be on time.
See you all in front seats!
Ever heard of Emily Bear?
ABOUT
Composer and pianist who debuted at Carnegie Hall in 2010 when she was only nine. This led to many more prestigious appearances before the age of 12.
BEFORE FAME
Her first compositions were written when she was only three. She had produced more than 350 compositions by the time she was eight.
TRIVIA
She frequently appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show and was only six when she performed for President George W. Bush at the White House.
FAMILY LIFE
She was born to Brian and Andrea Bear in Rockford, Illinois, the youngest of three children. Her grandmother sensed that she had a unique gift for the piano when Emily was only two.
ASSOCIATED WITH
She was mentored by Quincy Jones who produced her first jazz album "Diversity," which dropped in May 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyshyzE3yew (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyshyzE3yew)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y_Jhp0Fk8k (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y_Jhp0Fk8k)
I found one more recent recording of hers
I just caught your remark about the station suspending "all quality programmes" next week, Don. :thumbup:
Good afternoon, I am ready for the best program on a PC to begin.
DON a good selection of music again.
MARSGAL looks like we know that Don's program is a "QUALITY PROGRAM"
Hi Gloria, I am here too, sitting next to you is OK?
Hi Gloria, Hi Bubble. I'm happy you opened the shop first
Shop? are you selling us popcorn?
Hi, all!
BUBBLE you are good company to sit next to. Pop corn too today? Oh boy!
Hi MarsGal
lovely Gounod's Saltarello!
It is snowing in London Ontario!
About that play: Molière had fallen out with the powerful court composer Jean-Baptiste Lully, with whom he had pioneered the comédie-ballet form a decade earlier, and had opted for the collaboration with Charpentier. Le malade Imaginaire turned out to be Molière's last work. He collapsed during his fourth performance as Argan on 17 February and died soon after.
Snowing!!!! is that a consequence of the music? :2funny:
Snowing? I thought it was bad here with temperature down to 45° this morning and very windy.
At 8:30 am it snowed in Grand Rapids. Just long enough so we could see it. Sorry it went your way, Don.
Mary Ann
I was waiting for that Morricone! so pure a voice...
I was watching when Jackie Evancho lost first on that show. What a beautiful voice for one so young.
Just a reminder that there is no programme next Sunday :(
DON after Portrait of a Frontier Town I wonder if I can find an good old Western movie on TV. Thank you for another Sunday afternoon listening to good music. Enjoy your day off next Sunday. You will be missed here.
Radioman, heard this piece on radio the other day, and thought it might be something you have, and would like to put on your program: Norwegian Rhapsody, Johan Halverson. I had gotten in on the last few minutes of it, but loved the excitement of it, and looked it up on YouTube.
Tomereader1 I checked my inventory and found seven works by Halvorsen; unfortunately, none of them were the Norwegian Rhapsody.
You can start your Google engines and work on this classical quiz.
These symphonies all have their respective numbers, but they also have nicknames.
Identify these symphonies and provide the composer as well. Two responses for starters are permitted.
1: Symphony Of A Thousand
2: Little Russian
3: Tragic
5: Pathetique
6: Jupiter
7: Eroica
8: Classical
9: Leningrad
10: Clock
6. 'Jupiter' Symphony'
Nickname for Mozart's Sym. No.41 in C major, K551 (1788).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6EOb86YdIs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6EOb86YdIs)
2. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 was nicknamed the "Little Russian".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in_HCO9FlSk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in_HCO9FlSk)
7. Eroica - Symphony #3 - Ludvig von Beethoven -
5. Symphony #6 - Pathetique - Tchaikovsky
10. "The Clock" Symphony No.101 in D Major - Haydn
3. Symphony No. 4 "Tragic" in C minor, D. 417 Shubert
Mahler's Symphony No. 6 is also sometimes called Tragic.
Remaining to be answered:
1: Symphony Of A Thousand
8: Classical
9: Leningrad
Don, I don't see question 4.
All of your answers are correct. MarsGal good catch on #3: I thought only of the Mahler work and completely forgot about Schubert.
Bubble thanks for posting the Leftovers and drawing my attention to the missing #4 which I had prepared but neglected to post. Here it is now:
4: Little C Major
1: Symphony Of A Thousand
8: Classical
9: Leningrad
Try your hand at one more response if you have answered two; if you haven't answered any try three.
9. Where is our Shostakovich fan? Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60
1. Symphony Of A Thousand = Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler
Both answers are correct. There are just #4 and #8 remaining, so it's wide open now and you can answer both if you know them
This is a fun clip to watch, wonderful dancing, a good piece of music.....Link.....Dmitri Shostakovich - The Second Waltz.......
Oh apologies, I didnt know a competition was going on, I am caught in the middle.... :-[
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmwkjT9oO2E
A great clip indeed! I was almost dizzy going round and round like that! lol
So P bubble, I am still spinning.... ;D
That was a beautiful clip. It certainly demonstrated what might be called the lighter side of Shostakovich. In case you didn't know, he also composed movie soundtrack music
4. The Symphony No. 6 in C major, D. 589, by Franz Schubert
Bubble #4 is correct
Sergei Prokofiev- Symphony No. 1 in D major (Op. 25) for the last one!
Bubble #1 is correct
That ends the quiz: Well done all of you!
Here is a summary.
1: Symphony Of A Thousand Mahler 8th Bubble
2: Little Russian Tchaikovsky 2nd Bubble
3: Tragic Mahler 6th MarsGal
4: Little C Major Schubert 6th Bubble
5: Pathetique Tchaikovsky 6th Tomereader
6: Jupiter Mozart 41st Bubble
7: Eroica Beethoven 3rd Tomereader
8: Classical Prokoffiev 1st Bubble
9: Leningrad Shostakovich 7th MarsGal
10: Clock Haydn 101st MarsGal
some lesser or unknown composers or works:
Josef Suk : Scherzo Fantastico op. 25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj1Kh2NxGas&list=PLwR3-aOY644ju5QMOStiuZzMJbNhbaTSJ&index=1 I like this one.
Elfrida Andrée - Concert Ouverture in D-major (1873) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo24JByn0bY&list=PLcx9nUSJTRhERdUpgBiFlLz9ZtBg3cc3R&index=27 Pleasant.
Bernhard Henrik Crusell - Clarinet Concerto No.2 in F-minor, Op.5 (c. 1817) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HtXSeZlnuE
Siegmund von Hausegger - Nature Symphony (1911) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm716VRpX5E Almost an hours worth of dramatic/brooding music.
Richard Wetz - Symphony No. 3 (1922) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM5RkaviDD4 Another moody piece I like.
Leevi Madetoja - Symphony No. 2 (1916) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHbOYG9pVc8
The collection called UnsungMasterworks on YouTube has lots of interesting works like the three previous pieces. The person seems to gravitate to some of the same kinds of music I like and the artworks that accompanies some of these works is somewhat spacey or fantastical, which I like. I am going to have to listen to these when I have more time. Great to put on when I am reading. Another rainy day! Just perfect for a book reading/music listening session.
That first one is very good! I will listen to the others later.
Thanks for discovering that for me.
Jacques Offenbach
Andante pour violoncelle et orchestre
This is a beautiful piece I just heard on Radio Suisse/
Jane Little, Atlanta's Venerable Bassist, Dies at 87
Ms. Little played 71 years to become the musician longest serving in a single orchestra.
MarsGal I have played the music of Suk on my programme and last week I played one of Crusell's clarinet concertos. The others are unknown to me, but I always enjoy new composers.
I listened to at least three of Richard Wetz's works this afternoon.
Yes, I remember you playing a Suk or two on your program. While Crusell's name is familiar, I can't remember hearing him before. I missed much of the program last week because I got company. I found their names on a list of relatively little known or unknown composers. You actually play quite a few that I either never heard of or don't hear very often.
Darn. I missed the quiz and today's concert too for stupid business stuff that's been taking up too much time lately.
Yes, MarsGal, I got the Shostakovich as soon as I saw it, also the Mahler, but by then the action was over.
I hope things will calm down now, and I'll be back in the audience again.
Hi Pat. You didn't miss anything today because there was no programme. How are chances of getting Joan to give it another try to rejoin us. We miss her witty input.
She misses you too, and has tried to sign on, or register, several times, getting the answer that she will get an email, which she never gets.
I just looked, and she's listed in the member list as JoanK3, so I'll encourage her to try to get on again.
Quote from: PatH2 on May 22, 2016, 08:50:48 PM
I just looked, and she's listed in the member list as JoanK3, so I'll encourage her to try to get on again.
Be sure to tell her she's listed as
JoanK3. If she tries to use her old "name" it will not let her in.
Good point, Rammel. She must have picked the new name, but old habits die hard.
A youthful work by Mendelssohn is one of the highlights along with a family presentation from the Shostakovich clan. We'll also hear Beethoven's trial run of his 9th symphony all while enjoying a cup of coffee compliments of JS Bach. This Sunday at 1:00 pm
Reid’s Records: Programme #1509 May 29/2016
1: Shostakovich: Waltz from Maxim’s Return CDS5670
DG 477 6111 (track 16) 03:18
2: Pärt: Spiegel Im Spiegel CDD9671
Analekta 2 8275 (Track 18)) 08:23 11:41
3: Clementi: Symphony #1 1st Mvmnt
Chandos 9234 (tracks 2-3-4) 11:54 23:35
4: Boccherini: Minuette CDB2009
Telarc 80129 (Track 2) 03:10 26:45
5: Boccherini: D-minor Symphony
Analekta 90082 (Track 2) 03:58 30:43
6: Fasch: Trumpet/Oboe Concerto
Sony SK 44728 (tracks 11-12-1 05:40 36:23
7: King Frederick 2nd: Symphony #2
Philips 9502 057 Tr 2 09:16 45:39
8: Beethoven: Choral Fantasy CDB4031
Philips 420 347-2 (track 5-6) 16:49 62:28
9: JS Bach: Coffee Cantata
Analekta 90082 (Track 4) 06:37 69:05
10: Mendelssohn: Concerto For Two Pianos CDM3928
Brillant 9950-3 (track 6) 09:35 78:40
11: Grofé: Mississippi Suite CDG9614
Naxos 8.559007 (tracks 1 to 4) 13:35 92:15
12: Shostakovich: 2nd Piano Concerto
Chandos 10565 (disc 1, track 13) 06:01 98:16
13: Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture
MHS 4067 (track 8 04:03 102:19
14: Smetana: Bartered Bride CDS7044
Teldec 8.35672 ZA 14:54 117:13
15: German: Nell Gwyn Suite CDG3594
Archiv 8.223419 (tracks 2-3-4) 09:26 126:39
16: Tchaikovsky: Polonaise & Waltz from Eugene Onegin CDT2081
CBS WYMK 36728 (tracks 2&3) 11:42 138:11
17: Beethoven: Consecration Of The House
NAXOS7 74616-2 (track 6) 11:08 149:19
18: Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite CDE4180
EMI 7 62527 (tracks 10-11-12-1) 13:22 162:41
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
Lots of favorites; I think I can make it.
You will be welcomed with open arms
Just copied tomorrow's list of music. Don I look at some of those names and glad I don't have to say them. After thinking I missed the program today because I thought it was Sunday I better not think tomorrow s Monday.
Oh good, company for listening together to the program :)
Hopefully I'll be there on time. Aviv has temperature and I'll probably have to look after him in the evening.
The problem is that he is so talkative, he doesn't stop for a minute, even with classical music!
BUBBLE how old is Aviv now? I remember when my youngest granddaughter was a chatterbox and now she seldom talks. Hope Aviv does not have a high temp. Have the site up ready and waiting for the best 3 hours of a Sunday afternoon.
Aviv was 4 last month.
He possibly is starting scarlet fever: there are 2 children from his kinder garden that are home now because of it.
Illy finally decided to have a baby sitter staying with him at home so he can stay in his own room. I have no access to their apartment: no lift to reach their floor.
The station is on already :)
Hi Gloria, Hi Bubble. I'm ready to go!
Great! I am here....
DON I had the station on earlier, boy that announcer was BAD and was so glad when I heard your voice come in. Nice lively tune to start.
I'm here -- until it get too warm. I haven't got my air conditioner in the window yet. Did the other three and I have the bruises to prove it.
You are right Gloria, he mumbles a lot! But the music was OK :D
MarsGal, be careful! We don't want anything to happen to you.
Spiegel Im Spiegel is haunting!
Gloria that guy is even older than I am. I think he's 89 and he's been here longer than I have.
Hi MarsGal
Darn. Missed the first two; was looking forward to both.
Hi Pat.
DON thought he sounded ancient. I agree about Spiegel In Spiegel, hauntingly beautiful.
Pat, it's a real pity that you missed Spiegel In Spiegel, it is something really special.
Yes, it is. I'm slightly familiar with it, and would like to get to know it better.
Bloodthirsty kids.
ha ha ha they all are!
I first heard Spiegl Im Spiegl in the movie Wit and the context in which it was played was spell binding. It's one of the best movies I have ever seen; albeit heart wrenching.
I'm still not going to switch to beer for breakfast. ;)
I could not wake up in the morning without coffee - never!
I think we are all agreed on this matter
No beer for breakfast or supper either. No coffee? Horrors. I am enjoying the Mississippi Suite. Some parts remind me of popular songs.
what about coffee with a shot of vodka or whiskey in it?
English Folk Song Suite is fun!
Thank you for a super evening. Layla tov!
Nice concert, Don. Thank you.
BUBBLE maybe a small shot of whisky first followed by a fast swallow of coffee. I would prefer a glass of wine.
DON listening to the old composers and how their work has lasted so long, wonder what composers these days will be listened to a century from now. Love the ending with Greensleeves.
Thank you for an enjoyable afternoon. Au revoir, a bien tot. Wonder how good I remembered my high school French.
Gloria I have wondered the same thing. I think that the classics we enjoy today will always be with us and I doubt that nothing that is composed today will endure the same way that the ones we enjoy.
As for your French, it's as good as mine. I will defer to Bubble on that subject
You pose an interesting question, Gloria and Don. I'm beginning to get more and more into the spirit of modern "classical" music, but I'm not sure I think it will survive. What does any of you think? What, written since we were born, do you think has a chance of surviving?
I'm reminded of the movie 2001; it's not clear in the movie, but in the book, the astronaut who knows he's hurtling toward a place where he won't return is trying to keep up his spirits by listening to the canned entertainment on board. In the end, the only thing that doesn't seem trivial to him is Bach.
Modern compositions seem to go a counter "the beat of human life/body". By that I mean that the rhythm of the classical music we know of old seems to follow the beat of the heart, the tempo of breathing, the flow of thoughts. It synchronizes with the way we are and sooths us.
Modern is more tense, stressful, and its rhythm usually changes our tempo, make us try to adjust or even can sound cacophonic as if we were allergic to it.
Anyway that is how I feel - not comfortable with it and can only endure it for a short time.
Gershwin seems ok - also part of Stravinsky, maybe... But then I am not too knowledgeable on the subject.
I agree with 2001!
A bientot, Gloria!
I, as a rule, do not like the modern tense, discordant music, but...
I would have to say that I believe a few of them will be among the long lasting. I nominate Philip Glass as among those who make the cut. This is one of his more orchestral pieces written as a kind of tribute to his dad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJW6T6WVn08 Most of us know him for his more theatrical pieces like Koyaanisqatsi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4WlNj1TTqA Check out his music for the opera Akhanaten on YouTube along with his other recent orchestral pieces. Here is a Cello Octet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJXZYlUwR2w This is one of my favorites so far, Itaipu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNsVwBv_jcw
Okay enough, I think. Glass is considered a "minimalist" composer. He often sounds a bit repetitive, but we've heard composers before that take a score or two and change it slightly by adding or subtracting "undercurrents" along the way. It reminds me that Ravel did similar with his Bolero.
I could not relate at all with Itaipu :( maybe just as some background nature noise but not as music.
Cello Octet pn the other hand is something different. But it made me oppressed... a very uncomfortable feeling. Maybe because it is so repetitive?
I did not Glass, it could be that one has to get used to his kind of music. I am not ready for it YET!
Same as I am not ready yet for many of the technological new devices, except the computer.
Maybe I am too old to adapt.
I think the reference to 2001 Space Odyssey is appropriate because to me it's a visual manifestation of the modern musical idiom: esoteric, complex and at times incomprehensible. These are descriptions that one could not easily apply to music created prior to the 19th century, and this is music that has endured to greater or lesser degrees for centuries and is likely to endure for centuries to come.
Pat asks us what works written in our lifetime will survive the ages to come. I would suggest very few: Copland, Groffe, Gershwin for sure, Stravinsky and Shostakovich very likely and a few others that don't come to mind. MarsGal's choice of Philip Glass is a good one, but as noted he is more minimalist than dissonance as is Arvo Part whom we heard last Sunday (Spiegl Im Spiegl) But for the likes of Stockhausen, Hindemith et al I hold no hope.
I quite like Bubble's analysis of the effect of music upon the psyche and totally agree that dissonance is almost counter-intuitive to what the human mind desires.
Perhaps this review in a Paris newspaper following the riot at a performance of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring sums up her opinion: said the reviewer of the music, "At a deeper level, the music negates the very thing that for most people gives it meaning: the expression of human feelings."
This may be overstated, but Beethoven said, "Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman." I just can't imagine any music in the avante-garde, modern musical idiom being able to do that.
I am very impressed with your input on this subject
Beethoven knew what he was talking about.
I wonder if this modern music is a reflection of today with its' noise, bustle and stress of modern living, or if it is more a matter of composers feeling a freedom to be different and experiment with sounds that may not have been well taken or actively discouraged in the past.
Interesting question: Did modern music and modern art appear at about the same time? I never cared much for modern art either, although there are exceptions. Never liked cubism, pointillism, or the bizarre sculptures that dot the landscape these days.
MarsGal I'm sure that something inspires those modern composers to create what they do. If it is, as you suggest, "a reflection of noise, bustle and stress of modern living,"' I could accept that, but if so, it must reflect some horrible life experiences.
You pose an interesting question regarding modern music and modern art. I think, if I recall my History 101, that movements like this tend to occur at the same time in the areas of music, literature and art.
Here's Sunday's lineup:
1: Bretón: Escenas AndaluzasCDB8796
Naxos 8572076 (track 4) 05:11 5:11
2: Tchaikovsky: The Angel Cried CDT2591
Hyperion A66948 (track 10) 03:27 8:38
3: Mozart, Franz: Piano Concerto M6.0248 CDR-76
Turnabout QTV34684 (side 1, track 1) Tr 5 10:55 19:33
4: Benda: Sinfonia in F CDV2627
Alto ALC 1001(tracks 1-2-3) 06:04 25:37
5: Meyerbeer: Les Patineurs O3.0561 CDR-74
Vox D-VCL 9006 (side 2) Tr 11-14 09:58 35:35
6: Dopper: 7th Symphony 2nd & 3th mvmnt CDD5560
RN 92060 (tracks 4 & 5) 13:56 49:31
7: Mediaeval Baebes: Medley CDN2631
Virgin 30142 2 (tracks 11-12) 04:50 54:21
8: Hummel: D-Major Mass CDH8640
Chaconne CHAn 0681 (tracks 6-7-8-9) 10:35 64:56
9: Waxman: Cafe Waltzes from Hotel Berlin CDH5327
Philips G2 38685 (track 10) 08:56 73:52
10: Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice CDL4112
Telarc 80115 (track 2) 10:45 84:37
11: Gershwin: Catfish Row CDG3305
EMI CDC-749278 2 (tracks 2 & 5) 12:23 97:00
12: Dvorak: Humoresque CDS7211
Supraphon DC 8064 (track 3) 03:20 100:20
13: Press: Israeli Festive March CDG8486
Naxos 8.990010 (track 11) 05:15 105:35
14: Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night Overture CDR6091
Chandos CHAN 8327/8/9 (track 1) 09:00 114:35
15: Nicolai: Merry Wives Of Windsor- Moon Chorus CDW2643
Philips 464 6745-2 (track 2) 04:21 118:56
16: Donizetti: String Quartet #17 (1st mvmnt) CDV3797
Capriccio 10 844 (track 1) 07:23 125:19
17: Brahms: Piano Concerto #2 (last movement) CDB8074
CBS MK42262 (track 4) 09:34 134:53 3:40
18: Khachaturian: Masquerade (Waltz & Mazurka) CDK3730
Erato 4509 94677 (tracks 5 & 6) 07:01 141:54
19: Vivaldi: D-major Flute Concerto (Pan Pipes) CDV5093
Erato ECD 88166 (tracks 1-2-3) 09:34 151:28
Have you heard "Festive Overture" by Foerster?
Looking forward to the next three hours.
Tomereader that composer is unknown to me.
I am here ready to hear good music.
Hi Gloria
Other than the music, I have never seen or even heard of the movie Hotel Berlin. Have any of you folks seen it?
I am here... was listening to the music but could not access S&F as my computer was busy with Aviv :D
Loved the sorcerer!
DON I saw so many movies way back then I might have seen it. The music is familiar but don't remember the movie. One sister used to take me to the movies every Sunday afternoon back in those years. That is where we were on that December 7th in '41 when they stopped the movie and a man came out on the stage and told everyone what happened. Everyone left. I was 10 at the time.
BUBBLE glad you made it.
Hi Bubble.
Today's show is pre-recorded because they shut the studio down for electrical maintenance, and guess what? They started hour one with hour two and I have no idea what's in store when they play hour two. >:(
I missed the first 3 but I am glad to have heard Dukas and now Porgy and Bess is very near my heart. I saw it in US. What a performance that was!
That is ridiculous! can they not count???
Bubble for all that it's worth, I'll complain again, but I don't think anything will happen.
Gloria that movie had such a stellar cast I'm sure I would have remembered it, but I don't.
Don, but they seem only half hour off, don't you think? Or maybe I don't understand the numbers on the program.
Humouresque is supposed to be the last segment of hour two. Let's see what happens now
I was beginning to think I copied the wrong list for today. I like following what is played DON thanks for telling me I have not lost all my marbles yet.
:excited:
Yes Gloria we are perfectly sane. I'm not sure about the studio administration. They just started hour 3.
Bubble this one is suitable for Jerusalem Day
DON glad to know that. One movie I remember was about Rimsky-Korsakov and I was in my teens then.
Gloria I did not know there was a movie about Rimsky-Korsakov: do you recall the title?
DON I don't remember the title. That was back in the late '40's. I think I remember it because it was the first time I heard a name like that, it was Jean Pierre Aumont who played the lead and Brian O'Hearn was in it, too. I do remember the actors I liked.
Song of Scheherazade is a 1947 American musical film directed by Walter Reisch. It tells the story of an imaginary episode in the life of the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Jean-Pierre Aumont), in 1865, when he was a young naval officer on shore leave in Morocco. It also features Yvonne De Carlo as a Spanish dancer named Cara de Talavera, Eve Arden as her mother, and Brian Donlevy as the ship's captain. Charles Kullman (credited as Charles Kullmann), a tenor with the Metropolitan Opera, plays the ship's doctor, Klin, who sings two of Rimsky-Korsakov's melodies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Scheherazade (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Scheherazade)
Thanks Bubble. I must have missed that one
I had to close the computer for 5 minutes. When I came back, I am hearing again Gershwin and then Dvorak!!!! What is going on?
Gloria I'm working on next Sunday's show and I'm pleased to announce there will be TWO works by Chopin on the show.
Bubble I can't explain that. I've been listening without interruption and there have been no repeats
BUBBLE thank you. I have been trying to think of the name of that movie. There were 2 actors at that time named Brien and I liked both of them, just got the wrong last name. It was one of those big musical movies that were popular then after WW2.
DON I will have to make sure I am here next week. Cannot miss 2 pieces by Chopin.
Jacques Press (1903â€"1985)
Born: March 27, 1903 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
Died: September, 1985 (age 82) in New York, New York, USA
Wedding Dance By Jacques Press
Published in : 2010 | by concertbandland
Wedding Dance By: Jacques Press This piece was performed by the Columbus State University Wind Ensemble and was conducted by Robert Rumbelow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqL7JKNj8Kc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqL7JKNj8Kc)
Jacques Press
Role: Classical Composer
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UNITED STATES ARMY BAND "PERSHING'S OWN": Greatest Hits Altissimo
75442259942 Wind Ensemble/Band Music
UNITED STATES ARMY BAND: Dances Around the World Altissimo
75442260662 Wind Ensemble/Band Music
WORLD FAMOUS MARCHES Naxos International
8.990010 Orchestral
Thank you Bubble. I have copied that to my composer archives. Where did you find it? Google was no help at all.
That music they are playing is an insult >:(
I think I'll go back to my easy chair and relax
DON not only an insult but they have cheated us of an hour of your much better music. I thought at first I was hearing things when this started.
I thought I was hallucinating!!!!
My computer froze and when I refreshed I got.... cacophony!
Don, do I have to disclose my sources? lol
I am writing this instance to the studio while my outrage is still fresh.
Hi Don,
In answer to Gloria's question several questions ago, she was asking about a movie with Jean Pierre Aumont acting as Rimsky-Korsakov and the name was "Song of Sheherazade" hardly a movie considered for the Academy Award...
Thanks Chya: I don't even recall the movie at all.
Wedding Dance-Press (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV_qgBmIHxU)
Lovely! Thank you Chya
What a tempo! I can just imagine the dancing on that music!
It would be fun to dance to. Doubt I would last long doing it. Use to love to Polka but not done it for awhile. Polish Weddings and Jewish Wedding are the most fun.
I've been spending a lot of time listening to some old favorites via YouTube on my new SmartTV downstairs. I also heard a few compositions from favorite composers that I hadn't heard (or don't remember hearing) before.
I take it we don't have a program today? I didn't see a programme listed. Sounds like they sure fouled up last week's program. I missed it.
I can't believe I neglected to post my playlist :-[ :-[
But better late than never, with a double helping of Chopin for Gloria :)
Reid’s Records: Programme #1510 June 12/2016
1: Ippolitov-Ivanov: Geogian March.CDI5562
Naxos 8.553405 (track 8 05:27 5:27
2: Murcia: Spanish Baroque Guitar Music CDM5679
Harmonia Mundi 2907212 (tracks 1-3-4) 12:10 17:37
3: Boieldieu: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra CDB7737
London 425 723-2 (tracks 4-5 13:17 30:54
4: F. and K. Doppler: Rigoletto Fantasy CDD5680
Naxos 8.57378 (Track 1) 09:55 40:49
5: Schubert: The Four Year Sentry Duty CDS2681
Naxos 8.570328 (track 6) 07:22 48:11
6: Strauss: Rosenkavelier Waltz Sequence CDS8527
Naxos 8.550182 (track 12) 12:05 60:16
7: Gassman: One Madman Makes Many CDG1795
Naxos 8570421 (tracks 25-26-27) 05:08 65:24
8: Bizet / Callas: Habanera/Segudilla CDC1682
Allegro OPD-2007 (Track 8 04:00 69:24
9: Chopin: Andante Spianato & Polonaise CDC3069
Philips 438 338-2 (track 5) 15:09 84:33
10: Bellini Oboe Concerto CDC7633
Naxos 8.553433 (Track 5) 08:34 93:07
11: Chopin/Fleisher: Nocturne D-flat major CDC3683
Vanguard 1551 (track 5) 06:59 100:06
12: Gershwin: Cuban Overture CDG9630
Naxos 8.559107 (Track 3) 10:07 110:13
13: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade CDR6109
DG 419 063-2 (track 3) 10:39 120:52
14: Khachaturian: Valencian Widow Suite CDK3740
ASV 85102 (tracks 9-10-11) 12:26 133:18
15: Verdi: Il Vespri Siciliani Overture CDW2619
Amadis 7140 (Track 60 09:19 142:37
17: Blodek: The Rising Of The Moon CDS7211
Supraphon DC-8064 (track 11) 06:25 149:02
18: Britten/Rossini: Soirées Musicales CDB9674
Ondine 8252 (tracks 6 to 10) 11:04 160:06
Sunday afternoon 1:05 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
All primed and ready to go :nanadance:
Hi Don. Here a little early.
i MarsGal. Thanks for the heads-up.
I am here too
Is that clapping, or castanets? I wonder...
Hi Bubble. I think it's hand clapping
I love it! I'll have to see if there is more of that kind, new to me.
I always liked to listen and watch Flamenco. Remember Delores Del Rio and Jose Greco? Greco settled in the Lancaster area and taught dance at Franklin and Marshal College. I didn't know he was close by until he died. Used to watch him on Ed Sullivan.
I remember Jose Greco and Dolores del Rio, but mostly from the movies.
Ohhhh lovely - that tune always makes me start and feel expectant. Piccata.
Ooops, a bit of a hiccup there. I have some editing ahead of me :(
I think I have the wrong Delores. Now I have to go see if I can find the correct name. Looking for who was on the Ed Sullivan Show and who danced at the 1964-965 World's Fair in New York City.
Okay, is was Manuela Vargas that played the World's Fair. IMDB lists her as performing only once on Ed Sullivan (and not with Greco). She must have really made an impression on me. Greco was on Sullivan maybe five or six times.
MarsGal that name does not ring a bell with me.
Finally remembered it is Sunday and I missed a whole hour already. I downloaded Windows 10 Friday night and have been trying to find everything for the past 2 days. Hope I did not miss Chopin. :'(
Gloria I was about to comment that you picked a day to miss when I'm playing Chopin twice. I am so happy you made it.
Hi Gloria. I think the Microsoft people must take some perverse pleasure in rearranging their menus, etc. so that you have to hunt for them. They do that with their software programs too. I still have to hunt for stuff they moved and in some cases renamed. The new placement for some things is not as intuitive and I keep forgetting where they put them.
The great Chopin... Hi Gloria, you did not miss it!
Ahh I made it in time. I love piano and there is something about Chopin's music that sounds different to me.
MARSGAL even my email will not show the stationery anymore. I am already disgusted with it.
BUBBLE glad I made it.
DON thank you, that Chopin was just what I needed today, and you have another one coming up. Perfect.
DON determined man that Fleisher. That piece sure used his right hand. Beautiful.
That last one was sooooo ... oh I am left speechless!
Layla tov and thank you
DON you ended with wonderful peaceful music. Thank you for the wonderful usic this afternoon. Now perhaps I can tackle 10 again.
When or if the spirit moves you, visit "Just Plain Old Music" at http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=184.0 (http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=184.0) for other than classical music
I would normally be posting my playlist right now, but this I think takes precedence: Bubble and I are engaged! The formal announcement is here. http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=11.msg27461#new
This week's programme addresses, in part, that June tradition: the wedding in some of its manifestations. Our representative for Fathers' Day is J.S. Bach who is eminently qualified for that title. And mezzo Frederica von Stade teams up with Garrison Keilor as they tell us about the cat who wouldn't stay away.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1511 June 19/2016
1: Davies: Butterfly Dance CDD1212 CANCON
Water Lily WLCD 5995 04:10 4:10
2: Bretón: Escenas Andaluzas (Bolero) CDB8796
Naxos 8572076 (track 1) 07:36 11:46
3: Trad: Red Army Chorus -2 songs CDE9781
Analekta 2 9770-5 tracks 1 & 2) 05:29 17:15
4: Liadov: Polonaise In C CDB3204
EMI 7475052 (track 1) 06:19 23:34
5: Anton Rubinstein: Bridal Procession CDM8370
Naxos 8550328 (track 10) 03:51 28:25
6: Grieg: Wedding Day At Troldhaugen CDG9587
Vox CDX 5048 ( track 14) 05:14 33:39
7: Grieg: Bridal Procession CDG9587
Vox CDX 5048 (cd-2 track 13) 03:28 37:08
8: Goldmark: Rustic Wedding CDG8590
Naxos 8.550745 (Track 5) 09:06 46:14
9: L. Mozart: Peasant Wedding M6.0249 CDR-89
Archiv 2533 328 (side 2, cuts 1-2-3-4-5) 8-9-10- 12 09:26 55:40
10: Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream CDM4089
Nimbus 5041 (disc 1,cut 1, disc 2, tracks 6-7) 20:20 76:00
11: Tchaikovsky: 2nd Symph - 2nd mvmnt CDR6090
Telarc 80131 (Track 2) 07:12 83:12
12: Saint-Saëns: The Wedding Cake CDS1595
EMI 5 75871 2 (Track 17) 06:48 90:30
13: Grainger: Husband and Wifey CDG9541
Naxos 8.554263 (track 4) 08:21 98:51
14: Keillor/ Von Stade: Cat Came Back CDK
RCA 09026-61161-2 (track 1) 03:37 102:28
15: Berlioz: La Mort d’Ophélie CDB6166
Philips 416 431-2 (track 6) 07:36 110:04
16: JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #2
Seraphim 73281 (tracks 5-6-7) 12:00 122:04
17: Verdi: Variazioni per Oboe CDV3635
Decca 473 767-2 (track 6) 11:40 133:44
18: Haydn: C-major Cello Concerto 3rd mvmnt CDH4304
Naxos 8.550059 (track 3) 06:32 141:12
19: Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances CDR4034
Mercury 416 496-2 (cut 3) 05:15 146:37
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279
Love your selection of music this week! Could you be trying to tell us something, in a very subtle manner? :smitten:
The inevitable has finally happened.
Congratulations SoP and Don!
When my best friend during high school got married, she refused to use Mendelsshn's Wedding March because she didn't want any joking/thinking she was marrying a donkey. I am guessing she did so to keep from giving her parents (huge practical jokers) any ideas and embarrassing her.
I am looking forward to Garrison Keilor. It is such a fun song. I have never heard his version.
Don and Bubble, I have to believe the photo is not actually the two of you!! But otherwise, Happy
Engagement and congratulations. Don will you be moving to Israel?
All set and ready to.
Tomereader that is not a picture of Bubble and me, but it certainly captures the essence of our joy.
There will be two unwelcome interruptions in the first hour. >:( Just hold your nose and bear with it
Holy Cow! I'm early again. Will be enjoying the music as I read into more Roman history.
To whomever came up with that "Sweet Sunday" ad for the radio station - I like it very much. Fits the day and the season.
Hi MarsGal
doodle sack! lol
love the music.
Oh good grief! I had a nap attack and got woken up by what sounded like my cats going at it. Here it was the music.
Hi Bubble
MarsGal that's a good analogy; the doodle sack does sound like fighting cats.
Gloria must have fallen asleep as well :D
Gloria has had another computer malfunction :(
I do like Mendelssohn. My favortes are the Hebrides Overture and he Symphony No. 5 in D major/D minor, Op. 107 (Reformation).
Oh Don, not again :(
I had read too fast and understood "Gloria has a malfunction" :2funny:
The male voice reminds me of Roddy McDowell.
Splendid Variationi
. Full of joy!
As always a great finale!
Layla Tov and thanks for the enjoyable evening.
Bubble. And from us all. Boker Tov. We are getting ready to face another 90 plus day.
same here! and 72% humidity. Sticky weather.
I don't know what the humidity is, but it's lovely here. Our temperature is about 80 degrees and there is a nice breeze from the west. I sat out on my deck for quite a while, just enjoying everything.
Mary Ann
Mary Ann. It has been up in the 90s here now for over 2 weeks. Usually I have all the deck furniture out by Memorial day. Not out yet. The cushions still in the shed waiting to be washed down. A nd the porch needs a little staining in areas. Just has to be cooler out. Your area sound perfect right now.
Finally got back in, after being locked out for some reason. I've missed you guys.!
Joan! what a wonderful surprise! Welcome back.
Hey JoanK, welcome back with a huuuge smile!
DON and BUBBLE:"welcome back with a huuuge smile"
and a wonderful surprise!!!!!! HOORAY!
I wonder if there will be a "return March" or something similar on our next program to celebrate that? :D
It's programme of Scandinavian and American music with a passing nod to Japan in the opening piece. We'll hear music by the man who was the first American to compose a symphony as well as three operas. The final work, one could say, has no relevance in a classical music programme, but I included it just because it sounds nice. Come to think of it, all the music sounds nicer this week. (:
PS: No programme next week because it's a bank holiday in Canada.
Programme #1512 June 26 2016
1: Takeshima: Cherry Blossom Time
2: Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar
3: Grieg: Norwegian Dances
4: Grieg: Peer Gynt
5: Roman: Drottningholm Musique
6: Bruch: Swedish Dances
7: Sibelius: Karelia Suite
8: Sibelius: Finlandia
9: Sibelius: Valse Triste
10: Neilsen: Symphonic Rhapsody
11: Sousa: Stars & Stripes Forever
12: Copland: Fanfare
13: Copland: Rodeo
14: Barber: Adagio 059 (track 4) 07:28 128:30
15: Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)
16: William Fry: The Breaking Heart
17: Williams: Born On The 4th Of July
18: Dulcimer Gospel Songs medley
SUNDAY afternoon 1:00 P.M. -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
I have a friend in Switzerland who plays the dulcimer at weddings!
I've been traveling and ignoring the computer, and come back to this wonderful news. How splendid--two wonderful people who deserve each other! That also explains the glow I've been seeing in the sky. ;)
:hb2:
BUBBLE & DON I wish you both years of happiness. Congratulations.
BUBBLE really, I had a malfunction? Almost did with this darn computer. More trouble in the 4 months I have had it than the last one in more years than I can remember. HP sent a tech who really did not know much. When he left I looked around and some things were not plugged in and he left the tower on the floor. Stupid. Called him on Friday and chewed him out. He came back late Friday and stayed almost 4 hours. This was on his own time. I would not even offer to pay him for his ineptitude. Still have to get my email fixed. Thank God for my grandson who will come over one evening this week to fix what that tech knew nothing about.
Now I will be ready to listen to today's program and just stay away from the computer and enjoy.
I am glad to see you back, Gloria and without "malfunction" lol
I too plan to enjoy the program, it looks like a particular good one.
Quote from: PatH2 on June 26, 2016, 10:31:35 AM
I've been traveling and ignoring the computer, and come back to this wonderful news. How splendid--two wonderful people who deserve each other! That also explains the glow I've been seeing in the sky. ;)
:hb2:
I bet you thought it was the Northern Lights :D
Welcome back PatH and Gloria. Hi Bubble
DON after a week of computer frustration I am now set to sit back and just enjoy all your selections for this week.
BUBBLE just to let you know I have not deserted you and the others in PSP, still have not installed the disks.
DON Cherry Blossoms was a great way to start.
Lots of unfamiliar Grieg. Good.
Grieg is one of my all time favorites
When I visited the Music museum in Brussels, they had reconstituted his very primitive office/cabin with old kitchen desk with the writing implements. They even had photographed the magnificent view from the window.
Ahhhhhhh! Just looked at the time. Sorry I missed the Griegs.
Well at least you did not miss it all. :) We are having a wonderful time of great tunes.
Hi MarsGal
Eons ago at a meeting in Stockholm, I heard a performance of a baroque opera in the lovely little baroque theater at Drottningholm Palace. It was a lovely combination, but the lovely baroque benches are as hard as rocks. This is the theater you see in the Ingmar Bergman movie of The Magic Flute.
Just did the arithmetic: it was 50 years ago. Time flies.
Pat a wonderful remembrance. Did you perhaps get a picture or two?
Don. It is 1.16pm for me right now. I have what I think is your station playing but waiting for you to talk so that I can see where we are on the list. So far it seems to be changing. I seem to have the hardest time finding you. Right now Saying CDCXFM - 106.9. What ever I am on I am enjoying it. SAY SOMETHING DON......
2 minutes Jeanne
I love that rousing finish.
I don't remember if I have pictures. If I do, they're slides.
Jeanne I hope you got that. The call letters incidentally are CIXX-fm
Don. O.K. I hear you. Your voice seems to be so clear now. Beautiful I still think you would be great reading the Audio on Books.. I think I must have worked on my speakers. So now I have the time right and have put the station on my Desktop for the future.
I like this kind of Music. I will really like #18 as I enjoy the Dulcimer. Don't hear often.
I can see Bubble sitting listening to you right now. Nice she can hear you talking...
Lovely Scandinavian interlude, although some Finns I know get indignant at being called Scandinavian.
and you are right Jeanne, his reading is clear and intonation just right. Maybe he has a new career in front of him :D
DON oh boy listening to the Stars and Stripes reminds me of listening to the Boston Pops on July 4th. My feet are marching to it.
Fanfare for the Common Man is one of my friend George's favorites. He would play that along with some of his other favorites when we traveled.
Your story about the name Copland happened in my Father in law's family. They came from Czechoslovakia. The first part of the family that came here had the same thing happen to their name. The rest of the family got the name spelled right.
Odd having 2 brothers living in the same town with different last names.
PatH you are correct on that point; I have a Finnish-born daughter-in-law who feels the same way.
Jeanne, Bubble, Talking Books is something that I would like to do. I recorded a book for a private individual many years ago; it took up 22 cassette tapes, And I I got paid $500 for doing it.
MarsGal the Fanfare is something that reaches out and grabs you.
Gloria you get them to play that march and lead the parade on the 4th. It sounds like the immigration officers were'nt really paying attention
Don, Good luck! Maybe the Society for the Blind would greatly appreciate.
We used to sing that in church choir, but I think the variations would be too much for me.
Thank you and Layla Tov!
A very interesting concert. Thank you, Don.
I think he is just so happy at the moment. Can tell in his voice. Strong. He must be feeling so much better after his scare.
Sorry Don. We are talking about you. The Dulceimer still playing . I like the sound. Seems you only hear them in the South. Was in the Kentucky area I heard. They look like would be easy to learn.
Look forward to hearing in 2 weeks. Go and rest at home now. Thank You.
Thanks to all of you. I do this for you :smitten:
Don. Now I always heard that the Society for the Blind were always wanting people to read to tapes. I am sure that the well known Movie stars that do it get paid well. I always like to hear James Earl Jones read. I suppose some get great pressure out of doing it. I suppose it take just the same time as Reading a book. So if I had a book I was enjoying I guess $500 good. Not with my Lancashire Accent though. People do say at times. We like to hear your accent but doubt anyone could take a whole book worth.
And I dashed to the computer this morning, ready to participate for the first time in a long time, and my internet was down!!!! AAAAACK! It just came up a few minutes ago.
There was a power outage last night. The power came back after a couple of hours, but it must have affected the other services. The phone and TV were down too.
With my usual semi-preparedness, I had flashlights stashed in appropriate places for such an emergency, but they all had bad batteries. My son finally found one of the four that worked.
BUBBLE: "They even had photographed the magnificent view from the window" of the cabin where Grieg composed.
There used to be a travel program on our local Public television station that would travel to sites where famous composers had lived or worked. They did one on Grieg, and showed that wonderful cabin and view while playing his music. No wonder his music is great!!
Now the site I found showed Edvard Grieg cabin where he lived looking like this. He died age 64. Must have been a small mine looking at this size. http://en.hardangerfjord.com/attractions/edvard-griegs-composers-cabin-p793523http://en.hardangerfjord.com/attractions/edvard-griegs-composers-cabin-p793523
I've been listening to some of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov's "other" works.
Symphony No. 1 Turkish Fragments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziGPyjQTyfU
Armenian Rhapsody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8XSGy4bHfI
The opening of Armenian Rhapsody reminded me a little of ... music on Oriental Market? or... I can't remember the right title!
This is a beautiful piece, very evocative.
Maybe a little like this one? In A Village, part of the Caucasian Sketches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkYgCIa2atk
marsGal you posted two works with which I am unfamiliar, and both are wonderful. I'm listening to the 1st symphony as I multi-task.
I think I played Sketches a few weeks ago
MarsGal. I also have it playing on the background. So relaxing. Just something with Eastern European Music that always relaxes me.
Don.. Are there going to be any one Writing music like the ones in the Past? Or will it be like the Old Artists. Gone forever. Will Rock and Roll but the thing 50 years or so from now?
MarsGal, I love that deep instrument... I don't know what it is but it resounds deeply in the heart or soul!
QuoteI think I played Sketches a few weeks ago
Yes, you did Don. It and Borodin's Prince Igor (Polovtsian Dances), In the Steppes of Central Asia and are among my favorites. I think you've played them all at times.
Speaking of Polovtsian Dances, here is the StanisÅ,aw Moniuszko School of Music Symphony Orchestra at their 3rd annual symphonic competition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiexn6O9To4
BTW, I didn't realize until today that there are two Suites for Caucasian Sketches.
Caucasian Sketches: Suite No. 1, Op. 10
I. In a Mountain Pass. Allegro moderato - Moderato assai - Tempo I
II. In a Village. Larghetto - Allegretto grazioso - Tempo I
III. In a Mosque. Adagietto
IV. Procession of the Sardar. Allegro moderato. Tempo marziale[2]
Caucasian Sketches - Suite No.2, Op.42 "Iveria"
I. Introduction: Lamentation of Princess Ketevana. Largo - L'istesso tempo - Largo
II. Berceuse. Allegretto
III. Lezghinka. Larghetto - Allegretto - Allegro - Allegro vivo - Presto
IV. Georgian March. Allegro marziale
Maybe I should get a CD of those: I like them very much!
Thanks for all the info and good links.
Wonder what Don is doing with his day off today. Bet he misses doing his show. I know people miss hearing it.
Here we are having such a storm still. Started and Midnight. temp down to 59 deg. I am ready to put the furnace back on to take the chill off in the house.
Going to spoil peoples outdoor 4th. of July things tomorrow as they say weather will not clear up that much. I usually go out of town. Just about 40 miles. Will not bother doing the drive.
JeanneP I just resign myself to the fact they shut me down on holidays. I headed north about 300km and will be with my son until Thursday
Don. That is not far to drive. Have a good day.
I first ran across Ippolitov-Ivanov in church choir, where we sang a hymn "Bless thou the Lord, o my soul".
Here it is, in Russian alas, but that's the good version I found, and the pictures are great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7y4zO8g8Kc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7y4zO8g8Kc)
To honor the two blacks and the cops in Dallas that died unnecessarily.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnilUPXmipM
MarsGal That is a fitting tribute to those who died. It's the first time I've heard the Robert Shaw rendition and it's lovely. I think the Atlanta orchestra does not get the attention it deserves.
It's an eclectic blend today featuring, amongst others, Mexico's unofficial 'national anthem' and delightful soundtrack music by Shostakovich.
So join the fun this Sunday for another edition of Reid's Records. It's on Sunday at 1 pm eastern time in Canada, 6 pm in the U.K, 8 pm in Israel. (link below)
Reid’s Records: Programme #1513 July 5/2016
1: Fucik: Marinarella Overture CDF9681
Apex 487522 (track 2) 10:16 10:16
2: Dvorak: 6th Symphony D7.0415
CBS 36708 (side 2) 17:28 27:44
3: Offenbach: American Eagle Waltz CDO3162
MMG MCD 10022 (track 5) 06:07 38:15
5: Barsanti/André: Trumpet Concerto H2.0212
Angel DS-37905 (side 2,last track) 10:47 49:02
6: Dvorak: Polonaise From Rusalka CDs7736
Supraphon 31632011 (track 4) 04:19 53:21
7: Sarasate: Magic Flute Fantasy CDS1855
Naxos 8572275 (track 1) 12:58 66:19
8: Mahler: 1st Symphony CDM2063
London 411 731-2 (tracks 2-3) 19:18 85:37
9: JS Bach: Little Suite CDB2536
CBS M31262 (side 1, track 4) 07:27 93:04
10: Chopin: Op 27 #2 Nocturne CDM6895
KCE 071 (track 30 05:28 98:32
10: Marquez: Danzon #2 CBM3569 CANCON
Dorian 90254 (track 1) 09:55 108:27
11: Saint Saens: Organ Symphony CDS1070 CANCON
London 410 201-2 (track 4) 07:45 116:12
12: Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien CDT2049
London 417 300-2 (track 2) cANCON 15:14 131:26
13: Shostakovich: Movie Soundtrack Medley CDS5670
DG 477 6111 (tracks 16 & 17) 08:38 139:14
15: Gottschalk: The Dying Poet CDG8233
Nimbus 5014 (track 12) 06:43 145:57
16: Handel: Royal Fireworks CDH2106
MCA MCAD 6186 (tracks 1-2-4) 11:38 157:35
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
Good program. I think I'll be there.
Pat, you better be there! what is all that "I think"??? Remember: I like to be in good company to share great music!
Gloria, I expect you too: Chopin on the program :)
Saw your post Bubble and for some reason I thought it was Sunday. No wonder the jazz is not on.
Don. Will try to be home tomorrow to listen. Have 5 of my favourite pieces on that list.
Now I know that Junee in Australia would love to be able to hear you. For her would be about 17 hours difference. That is ahead of the US Eastern time. If Bubble can get it looks like she could.
She listens to one in UK on a Sunday that I wish I could get. It is a video also coming out of the Churches on a Sunday morning. Wonder if it can be gotten in Canada. Will have to ask Junee the Station and the UK time.
One day early :)
There are bribes for me to be there. Aside from some unknowns, there's the Bach, plus Don carefully didn't say what Shostakovich movie music, and he knows I'm a sucker for it.
Here is a list of Shostakovich music used in movies. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006291/
BUBBLE I sure intend to be here listening to Don today even if he did not have Chopin in the list.
I had no idea that so much of Shostakovich's non-theatrical music--symphonies, quartets, piano music, etc--had been used in movies. Less surprising is the use of things like the Jazz Suites and the Gadfly.
My son just left so now I am ready for the best 3 hours of music online. I am ready to just sit back and enjoy.
Gloria. Yes. Don does have a Chopin on the list . see 10: Chopin: Op 27 #2 Nocturne CDM6895
KCE 071 (track 30 05:28 98:32
Here a little early. Going to settle in and do some reading.
Hi MarsGal, JeanneP, Gloria, PatH. I am blown away by that list of soundtrack music by Shostakovic. Thanks for posting.
Bubble is babysitting and may be a bit late.
Here I am... feeding my little one :)
I gave hin a hair cut and a shower before that and now he is in his pajamas.
DON good one to start the program with.
JEANNE P I always copy Don't list and check it out. That way I check all that he will be playing. Always new composers names for me but a lot of favorites, too.
BUBBLE glad you made it on time.
Hi Bubble
Oh Aviv is so happy with this circus music! He went to tell Mahi to dance to it!!! :)
Well the timing was certainly right for that one, wasn't it? And it wasn't even scheduled
Bubble. I hope you didn't cut his curls off. Ours wanted his gone the other day now I have to wait for them to come back. We have to stop calling them "Little Ones Soon" getting so big.Aviv and mine.(the twin) the same age.
I am here. Caught it at the start this week. It starts at Noon Here. I usually copy the list so that I don't step out of the room on a favourite.
Bubble. There Don goes with that fantastic voice again. I never must have noticed it before.
Jeanne, no curls left :) but they grow back so fast...
When he saw himself in the mirror he said: they will think there is a new child tomorrow when I go to kindergarten.
Sarasate is delightful. I just wish Aviv could stay quiet for more than 3 seconds!!! :-\
The start of Little Suite reminded me of my piano lessons/exercises of long ago!
DON been enjoying the afternoon but the last was the hi-light for me. Always enjoy Chopin.
Gloria I always like to hear from my satisfied customers :D
The Organ Symphony is almost always in my first five CDs in my player carousel)
Have you ever heard it live, MarsGal? You can feel it in the seat of your chair.
ohhh Italian Capriccio disappeared suddenly?... Have to refresh!
Are you ready Pat?
Yes, I'm ready.
We used to have the words and music to one of the Italian folk songs in the Capriccio, and I always hear them in my mind when listening. Unfortunately, there are big gaps where I've forgotten.
Well, Aviv finally went home: 10.30 pm and he was showing no sign of wanting to sleep or to slow his talking. Phewwww...
Pat, any names of those songs? I am curious...
Movie Soundtrack is very evocative.
But I think that will be my last for tonight and I will say bye and layla tov to all of you. I never liked much Royal Fireworks anyway.
Thanks for some enjoyable selections.
Don,
Sometime play Espana Rhapsody by Emmanuel Charbrier? I heard it for the first time today while I was in my car, and it is delightful!
Lost the sound again. Someone doesn't know they should not do that to those of us who enjoy these short 3 hours,
Bubble. Now his Sister.(Twin). She has beautiful hair but just a straight as a arrow. She would like his curls.
Now did you stick with you piano lessons. Not me. My teacher use to rap my fingers to much. Also I wanted to learn the Saxophone not piano. Sorry now. Can't play anything.
Bubble layla tov
Tomereader I will make note of that. Perhaps next Sunday. Is there a time that is preferable?
Don. Thank you. Enjoyed it all. Doesn't last long enough. Could leave it on all day.
I got interrupted, so only got to hear the second half of the program, but better late than never. Thanks, Don.
Bubble, I don't know the name of the song, though I'm sure it had one.
Don, whatever time you want to play it. Perhaps not right at the very beginning of the show, as I could possibly be late in tuning in.
No Jeanne, after 4 or 5y I did not continue, with the war in Africa etc... and now it is probably over 50y I have not been near a piano.
Yes, program was too short, always is too short. There is Swiss classic though, on the net and that is 24H a day.
JeaneP, my Mom wanted me to learn piano too. I was much more interested in learning guitar because I wanted to play classical guitar. That didn't sit well with my parents. They did buy me a cheap, used acoustic guitar but would not pay for lessons. Some of the strings were too hard for my short fingers to press against the fret without buzzing. Also, I couldn't read music so I listened to my records and tried to find the right chords that way. I eventually gave up.
The first three pieces provide a musical walkabout, followed by a couple of samplings from the ballet. An interesting piece features a mix of Bach,Scottish baroque and old time fiddling from Cape Breton. There is music by a chess master and a fascinating collaboration between a jazz band and a symphony orchestra, and finally a substantial representation of music inspired by the French revolution.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1479 July 12/2015
1: Gottschalk: Cakewalk G8.0370 CDR-10
RCA AGL1-1271 (side 2, last 2 tracks) TR 5 03:39 3:39
2: Debussy: Golliwog's Cakewalk CDD2520
CBS 7523 (track 2) 02:46 6:25
3: Gershwin: Promenade CDG3024
CBS MK 39699 (track 8 02:54 9:19
4: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Black Swan) CDD6580
London 452767-2 (track 6) 09:30 18:49
5: Prokoffiev: Romeo & Julliet CDP6097
London 417 737-2 (track 13) 11:06 29:55
6: von Weber: Preciosa CDW4570
Claves 3369 (track 4) 08:10 38:05
7: Puirt a Baroque: Bach meets Cape Breton
Marquis ERAD 181 (track 3 &4) 09:07 47:12
8: Turlough O'Carolan Continental Waltz.
Dorian 90007 (track 13) Tr 5 05:37 52:49
9: Russo: For Blues Band & Symphony Orch CDG3246
DG 413258-2 (Track 2) 09:00 61:49
10: Philidor: Carmen Saeculare CDP4830 CDR-230
Naxos 8557593 TR 1 09:39 71:28
11: Clementi: 1st Symphony CDC5665
Chandos 9234 (track 1) 09:04 79:32
12: Adam: Giselle CDA1117
London 417 738-2 (track 12) 11:41 91:13
13: Piovani: La Vita È Bella CDP3596
BMG 46428 22 (tracks 8-2-1) 11: 08:10 99:23
14: Chabrier: Spanish Rhapsody D2.372 TOMEREADER
CBS 37769 (side 2, track 1) 07:54 107:27
15: Cherubini: Hymn Of Victory CDB6236
Nimbus NI 5175 (track 8 06:02 113:29
16: Poulenc: Dialogue Of The Carmelites (finale)
Virgin VCD759227-2 (track 8 07:00 120:29
17: Litoloff: Robespierre Overture CDR 129
Radio Netherlands 85001 Tr 8 12:18 132:47
18: Gossec: Symphonie Militaire: CDB6236 CDR-1215
Nimbus NI 5175 (tracks 4 & 5) Tr 14 05:17 138:04
19: De Lisle Hymn Of Liberty CDB6236 CDR-1215
Nimbus NI 5175 (track 10) Tr 15 04:02 142:06
20: Cherubini: C-minor Requiem (Domine Jesu Christe)
Telarc: 80658 (track 5 05:54 148:00
21: Saint-Saens: Septuor CDS1644 CANCON
Summit DCD157 (track 4) 03:30 151:30
Sunday afternoon 1:03 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
Don. Again. A few of my Favourites. I will be listening.
We'll see if I can avoid crying during the Poulenc. I certainly couldn't when I heard it live last year.
La vita e bella - remembering the film, that too brings tears...
Gosh, I was thinking I was the only one who could cry on movies and last month I even did reading the end of a book.
BarbStAubrey over on Senior Learn posted this website that she is excited about, called Medici TV. Never heard of it.
http://www.medici.tv/?utm_source=Mainlist&utm_campaign=eaef5f0c28-335bis_20160716_insc_en&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ae558c6ab2-eaef5f0c28-319755925#!/valery-gergiev-daniil-trifonov-odeonsplatz-munich-tchaikovsky-strauss-ravel
She also mentioned that Daniil Trifonov is a must listen to, so naturally, I looked him up on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK86SBa-848
Barbara used to be a regular contributor in this forum. I have not heard this pianist but the Chopin is one I play regularly
MarsGal, Barb does not like us any more? :(
I am here ready to enjoy the afternoon. My son just called and he is downstairs but he will not stay long. Always stops in every week end. Love those visits.
DON you do play Chopin often and I listen to hi often with some disks I have. I could never get tired of his music.
I too will be here. I find Chopin relaxing: no need to concentrate to enjoy him :)
Aviv went home after baby sitting, so I'll be able to listen to my heart content.
Quote from: MarsGal on July 16, 2016, 04:49:38 PM
She also mentioned that Daniil Trifonov is a must listen to, so naturally, I looked him up on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK86SBa-848
Wasn't Chopin's hair styled the same way?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g80VU33jr8Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g80VU33jr8Q)
Now I finally know what is the 1st instrument of that concerto!
Hi Gloria, Hi Bubble.
That jazz you're hearing right now is my own cd. The final hour of the regular jazz show did not run today for some reason.
strike?
DON this year I finally got to see the Boston Pops, local channel finally carried it. I was very disappointed in it. Not a fraction as good as it used to be and no 1812 overture with the cannons at the end. I am enjoying the Cakewalk.
BUBBLE glad you can enjoy the whole show today with no disruptions.
Is the Boston Props similar to the Proms in London UK?
I am too Gloria. I take it your son left?
That Promenade made me feel like taking a stroll on our local promenade in the park! :thumbup:
Was getting ready to leave but then it turned dark and within 15 min. Such a storm. Still going and so I guess I will stay home.
Time to put Don's Sunday concert on. I thought I would have done my running and been back by now.
Sure put the temps down. LIke sleeping better without the A/C on.
Bubble, no strike; just the same thing that happens when I'm away. Fortunately I was able to save part of it. No similarity between the Boston Pops and the Proms in England
Gloria sometimes the selections the orchestra makes are not to our tastes. I'm sure the selections I make for my show are not pleasing to everyone as well. The next concert you watch will probably be out of this world
Hi JeanneP
Don, I've posted a note to Barb on Senior Learn. I don't see her listed on the members roster, so I wonder if she got lost when the server died a while back.
MarsGal Barbara hasn't been with us for well over a year, if not more.
Don. I am not up on as much on The Classics as some in here but I do mostly recognize about 5 or 6. Now Opera's I am better. Have my 4 favourites though.
Now does this station ever put on a Full Opera? Our University Radio Station will do it once or twice a year. Usually on a Sunday afternoon. Run about 3 hours.
So many seem to have left in the past few year. There are a couple over in "Senior Learn". but even there many have left.
I wonder why people do not join. It use to be back when Seniornet that I would see it advertised different places. Fact I think it use to be in the AARP magazine . I know that people in other parts of the globe saw it in adds someplace. I still E-M 2 people who I met through Seniornet seems at least 20 years ago now. They had read about it over in UK.
Puirt is a delight! I am tap-taping in tempo! ;D :nanadance:
Bubble. My feet are a tapping also. Love Irish music. A good Pub, good glass of something and this music. Always my favourite Friday nights out in UK.
Cheers Jeanne!
and now for O'Carolan Waltz. I like this one so much that I keep a short cut of it on my desktop.
My MIL would have enjoyed Back meets Cape Breton. She was born there and the family moved here when she was in her teens. I could picture the Creoles dancing to that music. I think my clock is wrong. Cannot be this program is an hour over already. >:(
Blues Band and Symphony is really different and enjoyable. Never heard anything like it before.
JeanneP you don't have to be "up" on the classics; just enjoy what you hear. To answer your question, this station does not play opera; we're lucky they play my music :D
Gloria that's interesting about your MIL. Did she reside there permanently or move on?
I hope Tomereader is with us; I'm playing her request soon
oh Life is beautiful... what music!
Can you believe it? My computer connection was cut off midway of the Carmelites and I did not hear the end :( :( :( How frustrating!
What terrible timing! That is one piece of music that leaves me speechless
DON no matter how many times I have head The Carmelites I get chills. Just listening and knowing the story behind it makes me want to cry for those brave souls.
Gloria I have actually seen it twice and it moves me to tears
Bye bye and thank you!
DON you are braver than me. I would not be able to see the horror. Then that is me. Thank you once again for a wonderful fast 3 hours. Always surprises me when it is over. You make it even more enjoyable with your remarks about the composers.
BUBBLE see you in the Card Shoppe.
Thanks Don for playing Spanish Rhapsody! Did you like it? I was almost dancing flamenco in my car when I heard it on the radio! Just lacking castanets!
Glad you played "Dialogue". I got all of it, but when you finished speaking, my sound went South or somewhere, and didn't hear the end of the program. Everything else was great!
Tomereader I'm happy you caught it. Bubble had sound issues as well near the end.
Another good show Don. Now did it run longer than usual?
I knew nothing about the Opera.Dialogues Des Carmetites.. Just brought up a 10 min of it on Youtube. Don't know if I could watch the Opera. I saw a play long time ago sort of same . Such sad music. is was the Spanish Inquisition time. Hard to watch but wish I could find it shown again. Just can't think of the name now. So cruel.
It's an eclectic blend this time around from the sublime (Massenet) to the ridiculous ("Jackie Bear"). Gershwin's Porgy is always a pleasant listening experience, and with the youthful exuberance of the Bizet work combined with the excitement of the Paganini work plus all the others it appears a good show is in store.
Please note that there will be no programme next Sunday because of the holiday weekend, so I'll be back on Aug 7.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1515 July 24/2016
1: Rossini: Thieving Magpie CDG7453
Madacy MSB-2-8711-3 10:35 10:35
2: Weber: Der Freischtz CDW4230
Nimbus NI 5154 (track 3) 10:03 20:38
3: Tchaikovsky: June CDS1446
Sony IDK 85054 ( track 10) 05:30 26:08
4: Gershwin: Catfish Row CDG3305
EMI CDC-7 49278 2 (tracks 1-2-5) 18:40 44:48
5: Beethoven: Triple Concerto (largo) B4.0063 CDR-155
DG 2535153 (side 2) Tr 4 04:49 49:37
6: Bizet: Symphony in C (3rd & 4th mvmnt) CDB7013
Philips 416 437-2 (tracks 3 & 4) 11:52 61:29
7: Ibert: Divertissement R2.0412 CDR-150
MHS 7002M (side 2, track 2) Tr 17 15:08 76:37
8: Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody #1 CDS8299
EMI CDM7 63662 2) (track 2) 11:49 88:26
9: Schubert: Trout Quintet CDS2065
EMI CDC 7 47009 2 (tracks 3-4) 12:03 ` 100:29
10: Josef Strauss: Music Of The Spheres CDS8059
London 411 932-2 (track 3) 08:26 108:55
11: Paganini: Guitar/Violin Variations CDP2038
CBS MK34508 (tracks 13- 14 - 15) 11:28 120:23
12: von Winter: Flute Concerto #1 CDL4747
Naxos 857093 (Track 1) 11:44 132:03
13: Rodrigo: Adagio (Aranjuez) CDR7066
DG 415 349-2 (track 2) 11:13 143:15
14: Massenet: Last Sleep Of The Virgin CDM3543
Klavier KCD 11007 (track 4) 04:32 147:47
15: Bellini: E-flat Oboe Concerto CDC7628
Naxos 855391 (track 16) 08:31 156:18
16: Delibes: Coppelia CDG8150
EMI 7625152 (track 5) 04:20 160:38
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
As tomorrow will be like it is today. 98Deg. I will be sure to listen. Maybe will get a little dusting and polishing done. Music playing put me in a mood.
All primed and ready to go.
Got here just in time.. Ready to enjoy the next 3 very short hours.
Hi Gloria
hello all... just one eye opened as i was in an exhausted sleep a few moments ago/
No sure how long I will be here as I am yawning like mad. Pity, I wanted to hear it all/
If that is Tchaikovsky, not my fav for sure.
Hi Bubble
DON love that Beethoven story. Wonder how many of us have wanted to do that.
BUBBLE hope you can stay awake for the whole program.
Gloria I have been asked on occasion if I make up these stories, but I assure them I do not. I have a considerable number of books from which I draw my stories and I use them extensively. This is my version of google :D
DON I never doubted what you said about the composers. You enjoy music and the classics too much to make stories up.
My son just called, going out for Ice cream so will miss the rest of the program.
Bye Gloria
Darn it Don. I missed the whole show. So hot here and I had to go out to Walmarts. Been going about 11 am before it really got hot. Got tied up doing something and did not get home until 2pm our time. Here you start program at noon.
Now something is wrong with my computer and so got to mess with it.
Bubble. I have been falling asleep during the afternoon since the weather been hot. Getting use to taking a nap. Was it time for you to go to bed ?
For those who enjoy them, there is a new trivia quiz;
http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=95.msg37509#msg37509
Jeanne is was two hours earlier than my bedtime, but I just could not fight it. :(
So I too lost a good program.
Yes the heat is debilitating in the extreme and I had to be out to Tel Aviv, which can be a nightmare with the traffic.
Bubble. I am sue that Don will play any of the ones you missed over again. Couple of my favourites also. I just miss hearing his new voice.
I have not even considered driving to my family and friends who live 40 miles out of town. Just to hot
Had a shootout between 3 policemen and one man at the service station across the street from me at 1am this morning. It is the turn of to the interstate and he got away. Good to stay close to home these days.
I sincerely hope no one was injured in the shoot-out, Jeanne.
Just found out that there had been another gas station robbery about 2 mile down the road 5 min before. So the police cars were close. Had 5 working in the area and yet the one by me got away and still not caught. Also he ran away on foot. The car that they thought belonged to him he was just breaking into it. Now I will be happy when the get him, If they do. Don't want him hiding out on my side of the road. I keep the door locked all the time anyway. Kitchen window by it where I can see who is on my porch.
So he didnt get onto the Interstate.
On the other robbery they got one man but the ones in the car they got away.
Getting like Dodge city around here.
Well at least it is not boring, Jeanne: lots of excitement!
My SIL is a State Police
Investigator. Keep telling him, I need a gun but he won't give me one. I would like to take up shooting at the Range. I learned how to use one when I was a teenager. It is a good sport.
Have you folks heard of Florence Foster Jenkins? She has the distinction of being known as the worst soprano in history. She was totally tone deaf and yet she would perform in front of packed auditoriums blissfully unaware of how bad she was. Reports say that audiences could be heard trying to suppress muffled hysteria as her recitals went on. And the thing is, experts agree that she honestly believed she was a true diva. Even more remarkable is the fact that a movie has been made about her starring the illustrious Meryl Streep. It is currently running in the U.K. and should reach America soon.
Here's a link that will give you some idea of what she had to offer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ubiUIxbWE
Oyyyy!
Reminded me of Judy (?)Bunker in All in the Family.
Edith, Bubble.
Some of the comments below are as funny as the music clip. Here is the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HszfdNS0JSc
That must be a film to see! I bet Don won't miss it :D
This film is going to be so funny. There is nothing. She can't do. Did you recognise the 2 men? grant looked so much older. Hard to recognise.now in real .Miss Streep said to have a very good singing voice.
Jeanne I am looking forward to the movie. It opens next week in Canada
I am cruising around in Project Gutenberg and came across this old sound recording of The Ride of the Valkyries played by the American Symphony Orchestra and edited by Thomas Edison. Click on the MP3 audio file to hear it.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10177
New Trivia Quiz
http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=95.msg39338#msg39338
Don. Now will you see it in the Big Cinema. Not of TV. I still try to go to see the good one on Big Screen. Go about twice a month. If they get any more expensive it will be cheaper to buy the DVD. I don't buy snacks though. Take may own in my big purse.
Just to let you know, in a few hours from now Bubble will be boarding a plane to Canada; she'll be in London Ontario on Friday for 3 weeks. Pictures to follow.
Mmmm... I think I changed my mind Don! Not flying that long! :2funny:
By now, I guess Bubble is on her way. Happy landings, Bubble.
Don. Hope a safe, comfortable flight for Bubble. Its a long one. Is she flying alone? Sure will get help from the Airlines. Specially in this heat wave. Is it as hot in your part of Canada also.
Looking forward to some photo's.
Bubble. Stop teasing our Don. He is so excited.
Bubble you pay attention to JeanneP :D
Oh! I am sure Don if Bubble can make it she will be there. As the Say in UK. Just have the Kettle on.
Bubble is now settled in after a long sleep. Her children have gone off to see the CN Tower and other points of interest in Toronto while Bubble chose to stay back and relax. We chatted on Skype for a little over 3 hours, so we are all caught up for now but will chat again later. And tomorrow she'll be in London!
Don. You are confusing me. You say that some of bubbles family are in Toronto already. Is this her Son who lives in London? Where is she relaxing? London and then flying from there to Canada. That will not be to bad. Just 7 hours.
JeanneP Bubble traveled with her daughter, son-in-law and grandson from Israel.
I'm sure Don means London, Ontario?
Tomereader thanks for clarifying. Yes, I meant London, Ontario, Canada, population 350,000 where I live. Bubble's grandson got into a debate with with the taxi driver when he told the driver he was going to see his friend Don in London, and the driver told him London was in England, not in Canada
It's back to business following a week's absence. This programme includes youthfull works by 14-year old Mendelssohn, and 12-year old Rossini. a couple of operatic arias in unusual settings, and to top it off there's a little banjo music by Vivaldi. I'm hoping Bubble will be sitting beside me, but we'll have wait and see.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1516 Aug 7/2016
1: Strauss: Fledermaus: Overture CDB8309
Virgin VC 7 90716-2 (track 2) 08:37 8:37
2: Bizet: Jeux D'enfants CDB7013
Philips 416 437-2 (tracks 5-6-7-8-9) 10:51 19:28
3: Mendelssohn: Rondo Brillant CDM4338
Naxos 8.550681 (Tr 8 11:41 31:09
4: Hérold: Zampa Overture CDA1854
Telarc 80116 (track 3) 08:12 39:21
5: Luigini: Egyptian Ballet CDL7177
EMI CDZ7 62530 2 (tracks 13-14-15-16) 14:12 53:33
6: Ketelby: Mystic Land Of Egypt CDK2167
Philips 400 011-2 (track 7) 06:27 60:00
7: Wolf-Ferrari: I Quatro Rusteghi CDV3011
CBC SMCD5021 (track 6) 04:28 64:28
8: Shostakovich: The Bolt CDS5626
Naxos 8.555949 (tracks (tracks 3-4-7 10:27 74:55
9: Mozart: 40th Symphony CDM6055
DG 415 841-2 (track 1-2) 17:18 92:13
10: Delibes: Coppelia CDG8150
EMI 7625152 (tracks 1 & 2) 08:31 100:44
11: Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav CDT2049
London 417 300-2 (track 11) 10:46 111:30
12: Vivaldi: Baroque On the Streets V5.0417CDR 234
CBS 36687 (side 1, tracks 2 & 3) 05:49 117:19
13: Verdi: La Traviatta (Bassoon transcription) CDV3128
EMI CDC 549552 (Track 8 04:52 122:11
14: Haydn: D-major Piano Concerto CDH4377
Naxos 8.550713 (tracks 10-11-12) 19:44 141:55
15: Rossini: William Tell Ballet CDD6582
London 4527672 (track 1) 08:00 149:55
16: Rossini: String Sonata #3 (1st mvmnt) CDR8901
Argo 478 6885 (track 7) 06:04 155:59
17: Puccini: O Mio Babbino Caro (Piano transcription) CDB3306
Angel 54801 (track 10) 04:46 160:55
Sunday afternoon 1:0 P.M. -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
I finally woke up. We are getting organized, then driving 3hours (?) to London. See you soon Don!
Be still my beating heart! :excited:
Don. Now I have it right. I knew her son was in UK and figured cutting the trip into 2, 7 hour ones would make it easier. But she sounds like made it O.K
Do try to get her on the station Radio on sunday if you can. Love to hear he say a few words. Even Grandson may find it interesting. I will count on listening. Still to hot here to go anyplace out of town.
Bubble. Where did you fly into.? Montreal (My Favourite City). Although not seen Toronto and people like it there.
Now how long are you staying? You are sure to have a great time.
Don, as Sato used to post occasionally in this forum, I thought I would let you know he has been in the hospital for some time. I had a short message today asking me to let his friends know he is still in hospital and has had a second stroke.
By the way, congratulations to you and Bubbles.
BUBBLE and DON I am so happy for both of you. I have the station on listening to jazz while waiting for the most fleeting 3 hours on a Sunday afternoon.
BUBBLE not only the hours of flying but the different times zones can make us tired. I know I always felt it when I used to go across the country to California, and that was only a 3 hour difference.
Hi all. First of all, Bubble did not join me at the studio because she is still overcome with fatigue; hopefully she will join us online later. And tomorrow we're off to Collingwood, a three-hour drive, to visit one of my sons who will impart his wisdom regarding reflexology to her daughter and son-in-law who are currently training in that profession. We'll be there for two days. As for me, my joy knows no bounds.
FlaJean thanks for the update on Sato. He frequently got up in the middle of his night to tune in.
JeanneP Bubble was on a direct flight to Toronto.
Hi all. I just tuned in. W rioting on my I pad is hard! So will be brief and let Don impart all the news :)
Hi Bubble!
Don, ;D
Sorry about Sato. I wish him better soon and that this repeat stroke is not too serious.
I have rested this morning in front of a wonderful green landscape, view on the river, and with the sun shining warmly on my face. Delightful!
The big plus is the great music streaming from my little radio now. Thanks Don for reminding me that here I can get the program on the transistor. I could not access on the I Pad for some obscure reason. BIzet is at its best in this.
DON wonderful music to start the program.
BUBBLE rest up today. Glad you enjoy what you see from your window. Would love to see you move this this side of the big pond.
Hi Gloria. No chance I would ever want to move to a place with such cold winters! ALready here I feel so cold when out in the evenings. In day time it is heavenly even if the locals find it too hot.
I am going to take many pictures here, to remember my delight with this corner of nature.
Ballet Egyptian does not sound Egyptian to me, lol, but great music for sure.
Aha, a Shostakovich bone for me.
Hi PatH; I knew you had a soft spot for Dimitre
BUBBLE after so many years of living in a hot climate you would not be comfortable in Canada. Even my daughter after more than 40 years in southern California would not want to be here in the winter anymore. They will find their new home in Arizona different. High desert country, they are in the mountains but it gets very hot in the summer and the nights are cold. There will also be snow at times.
Wow for a minute I thought my computer was going to blow up. So sad when a child is abducted.
Yes, I had that announcement on the radio. How terrible!
Really scary. He's not very mobile, has trouble communicating, and his wheelchair was left behind.
that's recent innovation where amber alerts interrupt all broadcasts, radio or television. There is no control over when and how they go out; they override everything.
Bubble would you try and contact Donald on Skype; he called me on my cell but it's gone dead
DON wonderful piano to end the short afternoon. Thank you once again for a great afternoon.
Thanks for this lovely finale. No Layla tov ? :)
Nice concert, Don, in spite of the interruptions. Thanks.
Enjoy our continent, Bubble.
:smiley6600:I am, Pat - unique!
Sorry I missed yesterday. I had company.
Glad you made it here, Bubble. Have a wonderful stay.
I wish Sato a full recovery and that we will see his posts here again soon.
Bubble's first picture in Canada http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=11.new#new
A great pix and a beautiful day.
This is what I listened to this morning as I checked my speakers and adjusted them for the Ubuntu OS I just installed (got rid of Windows 10 on this machine). www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFsI-czkebc
I don't see a list of what Don will be playing tomorrow "Sunday" so he must be taking the weekend off. Bet he and Bubble having a great time. They will return soon and tell us all about it. (Maybe not all). Hope that it has not been as hot in Canada.
Well I am tuned in so hope Don shows up along with Bubble.
Listening on my new laptop downstairs where it is cooler.
The only problem with where I have it set up is that Oscar thinks walking across the keyboard is fair play. He never had the chance upstairs because I keep the keyboard on an under the desk pull out.
Lovely start to the show.
Hi Gloria, I get the impression we are the only two here today. Either that or everyone is being mighty quiet, including Don and Bubble. I wonder if this is a recorded show.
MARS GAL sure looks that way. No comments from anyone else. Wonder if we missed an announcement about a recorded program. This is the first time I have nod had his list. I like following it. One way to remember the names of the composers.
I think that don is having a day off today. I have not tried signing on.
He didn't mention not being here for the Sunday program, so I am guessing that he and bubble are a bit preoccupied.
HAppy birthday JoanK from Don and me. WE wish you and Pat all the best and many happy returns.
Bubble. Hope you are have a great time. We all expect lots of stories from you later. Pictures also. How is grandson enjoying himself. Getting spoiled I bet.
We are all having a wonderful time and Aviv just love the attention he is getting from all. He is even picking some English.
Photos will come later: I have not learned to download or resize on this maddening I-Pad.
Don't forget to tune in on Sunday!
Bubble. Try to say a few words to us on Sunday. Sing a little song if you want to. Now I thought that Aviv would have been speaking some English. Taught by you. You will be taking him to Europe one of these days. Maybe Uk. Will need some then. Children pick up easy. Now does Don speak Fluent French. Not that he lives up in Montreal area. Seems you need to there.
The time is whizzing by and my dream will be too soon over. There is a picture in the photo forum.
Don. Now I thought maybe you would be flying back with them. Take a vacation there. Any chance in the near future?
Despite so many blissful distractions the show must go on. We'll open the programme with a work written by Albinoni followed by a work NOT written by Albinoni. There's a work by a former Vienna Choir Boy and a couple of works featuring that same group. Finally, we revisit Antonio Salieri and feature some of his outstanding works.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1517 Aug 21/2016
(1) Albinoni: Oboe Concerto In C Op 9 #5 CDA3300
Naxos 8.550739 (tracks 1-2-3) ` 08:41 8:41
(2) Giazotto: Albinoni Adagio CDA3155
EMI CDZ 7 62516 2 (track 1) 07:36 16:17
(3) Karl Millöcker: The Beggar Student CDZ2296
LaserLight 15 046 (Track 4) 10:54 27:11
(4) Haydn: 48th Symphony CDH4157
DG 419 607-2 (tracks 3-4) 09:33 36:44
(5) Strauss/Vienna Choir Boys S8.0566
RCA ARL1-2754 (side 2, tracks 4-5) 09:11 45:55
(6) Franck: Panis Angelicus CDS2428
RCA RCD1-3835 (track 3) 04:51 50:46
(7) Schubert: Unfinished Symphony CDS2360
CBS MLK 39445 (track 1) 13:50 64:36
(8 Tchaikovsky: 5th Symphony CDT2215
Supraphon DC-8053 (track 2) 12:00 76:36
(9) Bononcini: Sinfonia/2 Trumpets/Strings CDP9082
Nimbus NIM 5017 (tracks 25 to 30) 09:21 85:57
(10) Coates: London Suite CDC5510
Universal UMD80395 (tracks 2-3-4) 14:06 100:03
(11) Schubert: Marche Militaire CDS2360
CBS MLK 39445 (track 3) 03:43 103:46
(12) Mozart: 25th Symphony 1st Movement CDM6250
CBS MDK 4573 (track 1) 04:41 108:27
(13) Salieri: B-flat major Piano Concerto CDS1529
Erato 12987-2 (tracks 1-2) 16:47 125:14
(14) Salieri: School For Jealousy S1.0266 CDR-103
CBS 37229 (side 1, tracks 1-2) 09:39 134:53
(15) Salieri: Flute & Oboe Concerto CDS1529
Turnabout TV 34307 (tracks 4-5-6) 18:41 153:34
(16) Messager: Two Pigeons CDG8150
EMI CDZ 7 62515 2 (tracks 8 & 9) 05:54 159:27
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. EST -5 GMT
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The Beggar Student. How appropriate with classes starting soon. In fact our school district begins classes next week, or so I am told. Seems a wee bit early, but maybe they are trying to get ahead of the weather. There were an unusual number of late days last year because of the weather. At least they didn't have to make up many, if any, days because of complete closings.
Just saw School for Jealousy in the listing too. What an odd title. Should be interesting.
Don. Now did Bubble help you make out the list for this week. Have lots of her favourites on?. Will she be sitting by you?
It does seem like schools have started early here this year. Other than University which starts Today I believe. All the others were last week. Town is Crazy now. about 35 thousand more people at the University arrived. All the grocery stores and Malls are full. Driving is awful now. Lots come in from other countries and not idea how to drive around town. lots lease cars for the 2 years they will be here. I try to stay away from driving on the Campus areas. Noticing quite a lot of Muslims this year as see lot of the women with heads covered. Think we have about 9 thousand students this year from other countries. Make for a nice International feeling.
We are here! Bubble is at my side
I am here! Fashionably late.
MarsGal we bid you welcome
I was 10 min. late signing in. Did I miss you introducing Bubbles?
Hi JeanneP. Yes you missed it but there are a few pictures in the photo forum that you will enjoy.
I should have put a link in here to some photos!
Sorry...
http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=11.msg42757#msg42757
Pat. the photo's are great. So glad you got to meet them all. Looks like a great family. Don fits right in.
Hope you got rested up now. Had you met Don before? I am sure it will be hard seeing them leave. I have done it so many times. Left to go thousands of miles away. They will find a way to do it I am sure.
Hi Jeanne...
Yes, Don and I are "old" friends. London, Ontario is about 1 1/2 hours drive away from Guelph and in London are specialists (doctors), etc. that I might have to visit from time to time so whenever this would happen, I'd call Don and we'd enjoy a coffee together or a meal. Don even travelled all the way to Virginia and surprised both Paul and I with his attendance at Paul's 75th Birthday Party!!
Pat. I thought that you had always lived in Canada. I think Don likes to travel a lot. So do I but not done much this past 2 years. If he can I am sure he will be the one going back and forth to See Bubbles.
A full orchestra of mandolins leads off the programme followed shortly by Glenn Gould performing Beethoven as transcribed by Liszt. Early electronic music compliments of Mr/Ms Walter/Wendy Carlos provides an insight into that innovative genre and then we have a delightful musical portrayal of Beatrix Potter's Tale Of Piggling Bland
Reid’s Records: Programme #1518 Aug 28/2016
1: Vivaldi: Concerto For Two Mandolins V5.0344 CDR-159
DG 2535 249 (side 1, tracks 1-2-3) Tr 1 10:40 10:40
2: Glinka: Russlan & Ludmilla CDR8172
Philips 400 071-2 (track 4) 05:20 16:00
3: Liszt/Beethoven/Gould: 5th Symphony CDB2303 CANCON
Sony SK52694 (track 1) 06:04 22:04
4: Beethoven: 1st Piano Concerto CDB2303 CANCON
Sony SK52694 (track 2) 12:09 34:13
5: Bach/Moog: Brandenburg #5 CDB 2536
CBS MLK 39431 (track 8 05:05 39:18
6: Johann Freidrich Fasch: Passio Jesu Christi CDF2798
Naxos 8570326 (tracks 7-8-9-10-11-12) 09:30 48:48
7: Rimsky-Korsakov: Dance Of The Tumblers CDR6807
Pentatone PTC 5186362 (track 4) 03:30 52:18
8: Mendelssohn: 3rd Symph. Adagio CDM4110
London 417 731-2 (track 3) ` 09:23 61:41
9: Franz & Karl Doppler: Valse di Bravura CDD5680
Naxos 8570378 (track 5) 10:35 72:16
10: Márquez: Danzón #2 CDM3569
Dorian 90254 (track 1) 09:55 82:11
11: L.Bernstein: Dance Episodes (On the Town) CDB6281
EMI 475222 (tracks 13-14-15) 10:39 92:50
12: Pachelbel: Canon B2.0360
CBS MX 34544 (side 1, cut 1) 05:45 98:35
13: Rodgers: Waltz Medley CDR7124
Philips 416 499-2 (track 4) 05:57 104:32
14: Giordano: La Mamma Morta P8545
EMI RCZ7243 5 68386 2 (track 14) 05:28 110:00
15: Lanchberry: The Tale Of Pigling Bland CDL1672
CFP 93239 (track 6) 15:12 125:12
16: Herold: Zampa Overture P8.0505 CDR-1
MHS 7271A (side one, track 1) Tr 1 08:09 130:31
17: Fauré: Requiem CDF2105
Philips 420707-2 (tracks 5-6-7) 13:21 143:52
18: Bruch: Romance For Viola and Orchestra CDB9902
Apex 8573892229 2 (track 12) 07:37 151:29
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. -5 GMT (Canada)
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Don. Will Bubble be with you this week also?. Not read if she has gone home.
I arrived back home last evening. The plane had more than two hours delay and with the long flight we all found it very tiring.
It was a hard parting. Aviv was crying his heart out in the car mumbling: "I don't want Don to stay behind, I want to be with him!" I totally agreed with him.
I'll go post some photos taken in the studio last week. An awing experience to see our Don there producing such a great musical program...
http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=11.msg43820#msg43820 (http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=11.msg43820#msg43820)
Photos here
Bubble. Such great pictures of you all. I am sad now knowing that you have left. KNow you had a great time though. Traveling is hard now but well worth it. I am sure that grandson feels like Don is his Grandfather. He was quite young when Ben Past so most probably doesn't remember much.
Let hope there will be a way for you all to get together again.
Good to see photo of Pat. Hate to hear she is having some Med problems these days. We have all know each other for many years now. Hard to see the changes as the come. But Accept them.
Don one can tell just loves doing that Program on a Sunday. They will not want him to end doing it. Many listeners also. He is good at what he does. Should have taken it up as a Career years ago. Would have been great. Has a beautiful speaking voice.
(I forget that every one can read what is written here). O.K though, Don know we are proud of him.
Great pix, Bubble and Don.
Bubble I am glad that you and the family got back okay.
It looks like a good show lined up for tomorrow. I almost tuned in today, thinking briefly, that is was already Sunday. This will be the last of my vacation from Latin. Next weekend I will be listening and doing Latin homework.
Bubble, thanks for posting the pictures. It was good to see the pictures with Pat, who has been a dear friend for quite a few years now. Glad she was able to make the trip to see you all.
Thanks everyone, I am glad you like the photos.
It's Sunday today, right? :)
I'm here a little early for once. HI, BUBBLE!
Hi Bubble, MarsGal, Larry
:)
Bubble. You all rested up. Washing and Ironing done?
Just turned Don on. Now you know what the area is like where he is recording from. Looks like lot of space. Not a little crowded room like some have.
Hi JeanneP
Washing can wait for another week or so and I NEVER iron anything. Don't even have an iron in the house, I believe.
Yes the studio is nicely situated with view to the outside, the gardens and parking.
It was fun seeing how it works.
You turned Don on? ROFLOL How did he react? ;D
Valse di Bravura - I am puzzled by that title. I don't feel the cadenza of other waltzes.
Danzon is so full of joy!
Don. What you are playing right now. I am cooking in the Kitchen and sounds like I am hearing music from some of the old UK shows like Up Stairs.Down stairs. Must be Waltzes from back in the Edwardian Days. Just luvely. Old Vaudeville Times.
Going to miss the show next week. I get a lot done listening to you in the 2 hours. Hard to sit down.
There is no show next week, as it is a holiday.
Don is going to a grand wedding instead!
Bubble. I am laughing. Just reread that post. (Turned Don on). Us English sure mess up saying things. I meant I turned his Music on. Only you turns Don on the other way. Although I am sure some ladies get a little warm listening to him. (Hope he is to busy to be reading this) make him blush....
Bubble. That wedding should have been 3 weeks earlier. Would have been fun for you to have attended with Don.
I would have love to attend that but thought it was better yo leave early and let him get ready leisurely for it... It is essentially a family affair.
I am sure they would have loved you to attend. Think of you as part of Family now. Don has been over to Israel and become part of yours.
Tell him. We want to see a photo of him all dressed up in his finery.
Adorable Romance For Viola. Perfect finale for me before going to bed.
Layla Tov and Thanks!
You Should sleep good after listening to all that music. Think I may take a nap myself...
Don, do you have Concierto Andaluz for 4 Guitars by Rodrigo?
Very nice piece.
Joanne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aosUHfbdnn4&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aosUHfbdnn4&feature=youtu.be)
The Chain - The Birch Tree
Bubble. That was beautiful. Now did you notice that the women . they all looked alike Facial wise. Like lots of twins.
Yes I did. Maybe it is make up?
Makeup and costuming.
Want to see old friends, go down memory lane?
http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=234.msg43347#msg43347 (http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=234.msg43347#msg43347)
https://www.facebook.com/jerome.morin.963/videos/656957337674130/ (https://www.facebook.com/jerome.morin.963/videos/656957337674130/)
You think classical music is boring? Think again!
Quote from: Tomereader1 on September 03, 2016, 11:56:15 AM
Don, do you have Concierto Andaluz for 4 Guitars by Rodrigo?
Very nice piece.
Joanne
TomereaderI finally was able to open my data base to search that item. As it turns out I don't have that one in my collection, but it certainly looks like a worthwhile acquition.
It's the season for fall fairs in North America so I've included some works to mark these happy occasions. A not so happy occasion is the anniversay of the Battle Of Britain. William Walton scored soundtrack music for the film of the same name and that, along with the march that salutes the brave pilots is included as well. Then you'll hear a work inspired by a pet starling, music played on the harp and finally, the oft-maligned viola is featured in which I eschewed the crystaline sounds of a compact disc and offer instead a very old L.P. in monaural sound with a perforance by William Primrose.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1519 Sept 11/2016
1: Ivanici: Danube Waves CDS8299
EMI 7777 63662-2 (track 4) 06:10 6:10
2: Rodgers: Carousel Waltz CDK2170
Vox MWCD 7125 (track 1) 07:42 13:52
3: Traditional: Come To The Fair Kiri Te Kanawa K3.0312 CDR-161
Angel DS 38097 (side 1, track 1) 02:39 16:31
4: Ridout: Fall Fair CDD7147 CANCON
CBC SM-M87 (track 1) 07:30 24:01
5: Mussorgsky: Fair At Sorochinsk M8.0259 CDR-127
Turnabout TV 34790 (side 1, tracks 1 & 2) 06:24 30:25
6:: Fucik: Entry Of The Gladiators CDF9618
Apex 0927 48752 2 (track 4) 02:37 29:29
7: Loewe: Ascot Gavotte L6.0694 CDR 108
CBS OL5090 (side 2, track 1) TR 8 03:14 32:43
8: Arensky: F-minor Piano Concerto (1st mvmnt) CDA9757
Naxos 8570526 (track 1) 11:57 44:00
9: Walford Davies: RAF March Past CDE4184
EMI CDZ7 62528 2 (track 12) 03:02 47:02
10: Walton: Battle Of Britain CDW3072
EMI CDC7 47944 2 (track 5) 06:14 53:16
11: Walton: Coronation March CDE4184
EMI 7 62528 (track 13) 06:31 59:47
12: Mozart: 17th Piano Concerto 3rd mvmnt M6.366
DG2532 060 (side 2, track 3) 07:30 67:17
13: Vivaldi: Il Gardelino (Pan Pipes) CDV5093
Erato 88166 (tracks 1-2-3) 09:34 76:51
14: Handel: Harp Concerto CDM6195
DG 427-206-2 (tracks 1-2-3) 13:33 90:24
15: Chopin/Robles: Mazurka C3.0077
Argo ZRG 944 (Side 1, track 3) 03:10 93:34
NEWS
16: Mozart: 4th Horn Concerto (Rondo) CD51
Telarc CD80367 (track 2) 03:35 3:35
17: Paganinni: Viola Concerto CDP2472
Excelsior EXL-2-4252 (tracks 17- 20) 12:31 16:06
18: Berlioz: Harold In Italy (Serenade) B6.0035
Columbia ML4542 (Side 2, track 1) 06:36 22:42
19: Chopin: Polonaise/Andante Brillant CDC3069
Philips 420 654-2 (cut 5) 15:20 38:02
20: Kay/Gottschalk: Cakewalk CDR-10
RCA AGL1-1271 07:37 45:39
21: Yared: Convento Di Saint’Anna (from The English Patient)CDD9858
Analekta AM 2 8733 (track 7) 04:40 50:19
Sunday afternoon 1:05 P.M. -5 GMT (Canada) http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
Looks like a good lineup Don. Hope I am back home by 1pm
Ha ha ha I opened the radio program an hour early!!!
and the jazz song I heard was " The man I love"! WOW!
Hi Bubble. I am up a few minutes early. Tomorrow is the first of our Fall Latin session, so I am going to be doing some homework while listening.
Latin... You are courageous: I could not take it up again. Reading any classics there?
Bits and pieces at the moment, Bubble. At some point I expect we will go back to do some more Ovid.
What a lovely beginning, Don.
Quote from: so_P_bubble on September 11, 2016, 11:57:29 AM
Ha ha ha I opened the radio program an hour early!!!
and the jazz song I heard was " The man I love"! WOW!
It took a lot of planning to arrange that. :D
Hi MarsGal
Oh the Blue Danube! Was that for this dance that you you led your wife to the floor, Don? :)
Bubble not the Blue Danube: Danube Waves
Are they different?
They are two separate and distinct works. The Blue Danube was composed by Johann Strauss.
Danube Waves is a piece I think I've heard watching ice skating competitions or show. I don't think I have it in my collection.
Funny you should have a Carousel piece this week. The day before yesterday I was singing "When You Walk Through a Storm" to myself. Not aloud; the cats think there is something wrong with me when I do ;D
MarsGal Al Jolson recorded the Anniversary Waltz which has the same melody as Danube Waves
Better late than never, though I missed some things I wanted to hear.
Oh yes, Starlings can "sing". They have quite a repertoire of sounds, if not strictly song. Some are melodious.
PatH welcome!
MarsGal that is quite fascinating. I had always put starlings in the crow catagory
The starlings around here must be a surly bunch. I don't hear them sing.
Gardelino is so gay and lovely!
Are there many male Harp Players I wonder... I never saw one.
Pat, they don't seem to have a melody most of the time, just a string of thrills and such. I've gone out looking for the bird making the sounds only to find it was from a Starling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgNvAdr2hXs
They can be taught to talk too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XXYcr0S4Ts
A little Mozart, a little Dixie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZYw7VvB44s
DON first time I heard Chopin played on a harp. Beautiful.
wow Marsgal! I'd love to have such a little companion :)
Taaaaa, will continue to listen in bed - I hope!
Lehitra'ot!
I played the bird sounds for Farrah and she alerted. I tried to show her the computer screen but she still doesn't connect other than going to the sound device. Now she is on the window table, scanning the skies....
I put some of those YouTube bird and cat clips on the SmartTV for Oscar and Lucy. They immediately start watching. Once or twice I had to stop because they wanted to go bat at the screen and I was afraid they would knock it about or scratch it. Lucy particularly likes to watch TV with me. It holds her attention much longer than Oscar.
Quote from: so_P_bubble on September 11, 2016, 02:43:03 PM
Are there many male Harp Players I wonder... I never saw one.
This is a case where musical sexism predominates. The harp is used to underscore femininity or subjects of delicacy associated with feminism and as such is considered an "instrument for women." That is my speculation on the matter.
Hi Gloria. Hi Angelface
I saw one male harp player once, I forget which orchestra.
Don thank you for a wonderful 3 hours of music, especially Chopin.
Nice program, Don. Thanks.
Time went fast today.
I don't think I ever heard the Blue Danube played at any dances. I am humming it and think it wouldn't be easy to dance to.
Done. As you mentioned at the start about the Battle of Britain. I thought I would like to see that movie again. But can't find it. Was it called that?
MarsGal, Sarah, would curl up on my lap or against the sofa arm and watch and enjoy. Farrah reacts to sound and hasn't connected that to the screen as yet. Don, I went to a potluck slash barbeque,in the middle. But I did enjoy the beginning and ending of your show, thank you.
JeanneP Battle Of Britain was also the name of the movie
This is a trailer I found.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hsimp=yhs-rogers_001&hspart=rogers&p=battle+of+britain#id=28&vid=a9830d2d6cf22160a33bd2313ee445ea&action=view
Don. Could be that the movie so old that our library no long have it.. Bet they never got on on DVD. Just the old VHS.
It's an eclectic blend of music for the programme with an interesting transcription of the JS Bach Toccata & Fuge into a tango. A couple of movie soundtracks are featured, including one by the composer who gave us those shrieking violins in Psycho, but be assured, you can relax with this one. And who remembers The Corn Is Green: a beautiful soundtrack from the 1979 movie version
Reid’s Records: Programme #1520 Sept 18/2016
1: Handel: Happy We! (Acis & Galatea) CDV3809
Telarc 80333 (track 1) 01:51 1:51
2: Mozart: Serenata Notturna CDM6793
Harmonia Mundi 2907280 (tracks 8-9-10) 13:42 15:34
3: Schumann: Scenes From Faust CDS4810
Naxos 8572430-31 (Disc 2, track 4)4 10:47 26:19
4: Monti: Csárdás CDS8811
RCA 69138-2 (track 6) 04:50 31:09
5: Strauss: Rosenkavelier Waltz Sequence CDS8527
Naxos 8.550182 (Track 12) 12:05 43:14
6: Saint-Saens: Bacchanale CDL4112
Telarc CD-80115 (track 5) 07:22 50:34
7: Saint-Saens: Softly Awakes My Heart C1.0439 CDR-109
RCA RL25383 (side 1, track 3) Tr 3 05:04 55:38
8: Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy CDS1770
DG 437737-2 (tracks 1-2-3-4-5) 12:15 67:53
9: Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto CDR9530
Naxos 8554323 (track 1) 09:07 77:00
10: Glazunov: Four Seasons CDT2266
Naxos 7 74618-2 (track 19) 10:10 87:10
11: Panufnik: Concerto in modo antico CDP1848
Naxos 8570032 (track 10-11-12) 11:31 98:51
NEWS
12: Grainger: Gum Suckers’ March CDG9505
Chandos 9493 (track 14) 03:56 3:56
13: Hermann: Memory Waltz CDH5327
Philips G238685 (track 4) 05:26 9:22
14: Plaza: Melancolio CDT9649
Naxos 8.557004 (track 14 05:32 14:54
15: Haydn: Trumpet Concerto CDH4650
Philips 4682072 (tracks 1-2-3) 15:23 30:27
16: Nedbal: Valse Triste CDS7211
Supraphon DC 8064 (tarck 5) 05:25 35:52
17: John Barry: The Corn Is Green CDB3922
Silva 1445 (CD5 track 6) 05:20 41:12
18: Doyle: Sense & Sensibility CDD5575
Sony SK 62258 (track 3) 05:28 46:40
Sunday afternoon 1:03 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
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That's a really interesting program; hope I can be there the whole time. The Panufnik sounds interesting. Which one is the Bach/tango? You can do a lot of weird things with Bach, but if you respect him, they mostly come out good.
All primed and ready to go.
I am here and listening to the jazz but waiting for the best starting in a few minutes.
Here I am too
I am here. The news is still on. They are running a little late?
News is on.
Long news...
Hi Gloria
Hi so_P_bubble
Hi Mars MarsGal
Hi Tomereader1
Yes, the news now runs six minutes instead of three. Perhaps because I refused to allow a news cast at 2 o'clock
Rather have more news to start than being interrupted in the middle of the program.
But that is not something new?...
BUBBLE I think we get too much news these days.
But being a teaching studio we have to cut some slack for the students. I'm the only person who gets that one hour exemption, and besides, in the summer I get the entire 3 hours to myself.
DON well you know they cannot deny Santa Claus anything or they will get a piece of coal in their stocking at Christmas. You are right, I have heard Csardas before and never knew the name. I have enjoyed classical music for years but seldom knew the one who wrote the beautiful music. Now back to peeling apples for a crisp and sauce while I listen.
Csárdás.... so enjoyable.
Okay, work stop. Volume up. I can't sit still when listening to The Bacchanale
MarsGal you know the rule: Resistance is futile.
:2funny:
I have my own little dream with this one. Horses flying across the desert, whirlwinds in battle, swords clashing, a short stop at the top of a dune to look down on the oasis,then the race down the dune and into the oasis, an interlude in the oasis, then up and off again.
One can never tire of Carmen. That violin version is superb
Great programme today, Don!
If I didn't know the background to the music I would find that a very plausible scenario. Music does indeed let you draw your own pictures.
Hi Pat
Don. I am having lots of problems on my Computer but you are coming in fine. Long News on at the moment and I missed the Carmen.. My Favourite of all times.
JeanneP Hi. better late than never.
Snows of Kilimanjaro had Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner acting. From '52! I saw it the year after...
Melancolio - wow WOW W O W
What better way to do a job than listening to wonderful music? My slow cooker is filled to the top with cut apples, skins and all except for the seeds. Will turn it on low before going to bed tonight and will smell good when I wake in the morning. I use a food mill so no skin goes through and it is smooth. Had some nice red apples so will have a nice color. I saved the biggest apples to pel for an apple crisp. Can do that tomorrow.
I did get to sit here and enjoy the Valse Triste with my eyes closed and picturing a ballroom with the couples dancing. In those ball gowns and the men looking so neat. Looks like I am not the only one who pictures things in some music.
Layla tov! Thanks for a wonderful time.
DON thank you for a wonderful afternoon
I tried to go to the X site with an Android. It went to the site but then immediatly advanced to an offer for a Radio App. I could not get it to stay on the X site.
Any ideas? Are they trying to tell me I need another app to listen to The X? I already have an all that is a radio (listen of the air).
RAMMEL I copied and pasted this to an email to the studio. Hopefully they can give an answer
Thanks Don.
I'm not a whiz with cell phones :-[
Last night I listened to some Respighi that was new to me.
Sinfonia Drammatica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsE0NDzWw74
Nutturno https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=licitQbNSlc
MarsGal they are wonderful works and I finally had time listen to them. They are new to me as well. Thanks for sharing.
Rammel this the response I got regarding your issues with tuning in. Not much help for now I'm afraid.
"I too am clueless on this matter.
Could you ask them what URL they were using, what specific address and what device they were using and the location they were surfing from? Any screen captures or images to assist would be helpful.
First we’ve ever heard of a problem.
It might help.
Cheers,
M."
Don, - I used the link you put on the S&F site at the bottom of your weekly music listing. The Android I used was a "MOTO (3)" ( A Motorola phone ) with service from Consumer Cellular.
I have concluded that the Android thinks I don't have a player and is directing me to an "App" that will allow me to listen. Nothing wrong at "The X", just a quirk of the phone.
I can, and do, connect from my other Internet access devices. :thumbup:
Thanks for your efforts.
John Rutter, the master of choral music, offers us something completely different with his Beatles' Concerto For Two Pianos, a work which did not receive the acclaim that his choral works did. We also acknowledge the arrival of the Fall season and present an interesting set of variations by Beethoven of a melody by Handel performed on cello and piano. With the opening of the Canadian parliament there is an appropriate work by Gilbert and Sullivan who provide some very insightful comedy relief which is so very reflective of the goings on today
Reid’s Records: Programme #1521 Sept 25/2016
1: Davies: Mennonite Piano Concerto CDD1212 *
Water Lily WLCD 5995 (track 1) 7:31 7:31
2: Verdi: Four Seasons CDV3319
Sony SK 52 489 (track 4) 9:01 16:32
3: Vivaldi: Four Seasons CDV5010
BIS 275 (tracks 10-11-12) 10:15 26:47
4: Tchaikovsky: The Seasons CDT2697
Naxos 8.553510 (tracks 9 & 10) 07:39 34:26
5: Haydn: Seasons (Autumn) H4.0265
Hungaraton SLPXL 12690-92 (side 4, cut 1) 09:19 43:45
6: Zamfir: Autumn Colours CDB4773
Philips 468 138-2 (track 15) 07:17 51:02
7: Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe CDG5085
EMI CDS 7 47831 8 (tracks 1 & 3) 7:15 58:10
8: Gershwin: Catfish Row (Suite from Porgy) CDG3305
EMI 7-49278-2 (tracks 1-2 ) 11:18 69:28
9: John Rutter: Beatles Concerto for 2 pianos CDR9682
London 182102 (track 18) 07:49 77:07
10: Shostakovich: Ballet Suite #1 CDS5808
Naxos 8557208 (tracks 1-2-3-4-5-6) 12:45 89:52
11: Britten: Soirées Musicales CDB9674
Ondine 825-2 (tracks 6-7-8-9) 08:42 98:34
NEWS
12: Tchaikovsky: Onegin Waltz/Polonaise CDT2081
CBS WMYK 36728 (tracks 2-3) 11:42 11:42
13: Goddard: Italien Scenes CDM3369
Naxos 8.55087 (tracks 4-5-6) 13:19 25:01
14: Beethoven (from Handel): Conquering Hero CDB4772
Variations for Piano & Cello
Telarc 80740 (CD 2, Track 1) 12:28 37:29
15: Jenkins: Benedictus (from the Armed Man) CDJ9782
EMI 72962 (track 12) 07:34 45:03
16: Doyle: Sense and Sensibility CDD5575
Sony8.55351 (track 14) 02:32 47:35
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Don. Looks like a good 2 hours of great music again. Think I am in for the whole time tomorrow. I know that Bubble will be showing up. Wonder what time of the day it is for her. Maybe about 1 am in the morning. Can listen in Bed..
Jeanne, there is a 7 hours difference, so I am listening from 8.00pm to 11 pm. That puts me right in the mood for sleep :)
All set to go.
ah ah... still some minutes to go.
Hi Bubble
Helloooo oh Don! :)
Do you also have Davies' THE JOURNEY (Violin Concerto #2) (a brilliant a work in a similar vein to the Mennonite Piano Concerto)?
Bubble I do not have that one, but I'll check it out.
Tardy, but here now. Hi Bubble, Don.
Hi there MG!
Hi MarsGal
Just got here, had a visitor and was glad when she left so I could get here.
BUBBLE like your flirty hello :smitten:
Hi Gloria. I liked it too :)
I hope this next one plays ok. It's very low in the vollume.
DON I bet you had a big smile on your face with it. I just turned up the volumn.
ahhh Zamfir!
It feels like a leisure floating on a raft, in autumn lake, with a light breeze.
I had some issues with the volume going up and down in that Gershwin :( A pity!
and now the next is so loud!!!
Bubble. 8pm to 11pm. I would like those hours also. as I am always home. Would help put me to sleep also. Love this Beetle one playing at the moment. May buy it.
Yes. It is really loud on my computer also. Not that loud until that came on. Even Don is sounding louder.
Hi JeanneP
That's interesting about the volume. It did not appear overly loud here.
Only 1 I had to turn the volume up and then lowered for the rest. Am enjoying all of today's music.
DON dance halls around here are a thing of the past. The ones we used to go to never served any liquor. Now it seems everything is clubs where it seems most go to get drunk.
Gloria that's what I thought was the current situation re dance halls. Back in the day it seemed there was a dance hall on every corner.
Oh I love this cello work! Did he record many of such great music?. this is one to listen to many many times.
Bubble the entire cd is comprised of cello and piano transcriptions by Beethoven. I know someone who can make a copy for you.
Mmmmm I think I know!
What is that instrument of Benedictus? So profound. It goes to the heart. And the voices blend so well with it. I wish it would never end.
DON thank you for another wonderful relaxing Sunday afternoon.
Good night and thank for a wo nderful three hours
Bubble and Don. I got a very brief message from Kelly (Kevin) who would like to convey his congratulations on your engagement. He is still unable to get back onto Senior and Friends and thanks everyone for their good wishes.
MarsGal thanks for relaying the message from Kelly; it is much appreciated. We wish him well
We'll hear something from the William Tell opera that isn't the overture. Also, an interesting take on the 1928 hit song that Sophie Tucker immortalised, and a transcription by an Ulsterman of a work by a Dubliner. And to address the apparent critical shortage of bassoonists we'll do our small part in presenting a work written for that instrument in the hope it will, in some small way, resurrect this waning interest. I'll also be playing my opening signature work in its entirety and my closing theme as well in a charming vocal rendition.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1522 Oct 2 2016
1: Strauss: Morning Paper Waltz CDS8059
London 411 932-2 (track 5) 09:23 9:23
2: Handel: Water Music CDH2106
MCA 6186 (tracks 21 to end) 11:47 21:10
3: Smetana: Moldau CDS7044
Teldec 8.35672 ZA 12:56 34:06
4: Handel: Queen Of Sheba CDV3098
EMI CFP 9009 (track 4) 03:05 37:11
5: Fucik: Marinarella Overture CDF9618
Apex 0927-48752-2 (track 2) 10:17 47:28
6: Mozart: Der Vogelfänger Bin Ich Ja (flute/violin duet) CDE9781
Analekta AN2 9770-5 (cd 2, track 10) 02:11 49:39
7: Respighi: The Birds CDR4012
Telarc CD-80085 (tracks 5-6-7-8-9) 18:20 67:59
8: Okano: Misy Moon Light CDV3783
Naxos 855587 (track 18 03:08 73:07
9: Rossini: William Tell CDR8867
Huntsman’s Chorus, & Pas de Trois
EMI 028826 2 (cd 2, tracks 1, 2, 27) 13:34 86:41
10: Yellen: A Yiddishe Mama (Itzack Perlman) CDY9868
EMI 562597 2 (track 1) 06:47 93:27
11: Brahms: Hungarian Dances #5 & 6 CDB8278
Naxos 7 74630-2 track 5-6-7) 07:08 100:35
NEWS
12: Ketelby: Wedgewood Blue K.0152 CDR-128
London SPA 4036 (side 1, track 2) Tr 3 04:04 4:04
13: Harty: John Field Suite H3.0473
MHS 4966H (side 1, tracks 2-3) 09:33 13:37
14: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (choral version)T2.556 CDR224
RCA LSC-3051 (side 1, track 1) Tr 14 16:15 29:52
15: Drigo: Le Corsaire CDD6578
London 452 767-2 (track 8 07:57 37:29
16: Mozart: Bassoon Concerto CDM6373
Naxos 8550345 (track 1) 06:37 44:06
17: James Scott Skinner: Hector The Hero CDS9869
Sono Luminus DSL92153 (track 3) 03:28 47:34
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I am here, don't want to miss anything.
Hi Gloria
Bubble may not be in today because it Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New year, and it's a family gathering. She might make it later on though
Hi Don nice happy music to start the best 3 hours of the day. I love waltz music. I remember other years when Bubble posted different photos of all the food she prepared. It all looked so good.
Sorry I am way late. My nose was in a book, so I wasn't watching the time.
Hi MarsGal
MarsGal glad you got here, was getting lonesome.
DON great hearing the complete opening music you use. Now more of your closing music. I know someone who will really enjoy hearing that. Hope she is listening in Denver today.
I came just in time for this beautiful
Misty Moon Light . I am glad I did not miss it!
Hi everyone!
BUBBLE glad you made it, missed you.
Hi Bubble. I'm happy you could join us
Yes, here I am, with a full belly ( traditional lamb festive meal) and a head light from sparkling wine :)
That sounds like a wonderful celebration. I wish I was there.
It sure was. I wish I could invite you all!
and the best of all is that 3 of my cousins abroad called with their good wishes. What a joy!
Made it in on time today.Enjoying it. Will be a nice day for bubble today. Hope she catches a little of you.
Hi JeanneP
DON instead of the William Tell we are more familiar with we get the theme for the Lone Ranger.
BUBBLE I have not had lamb in years. My Mother used to cook it and I did only once. My ex said it stunk and not to ever try to cook it again. I have cooked lamb chops since then bun no roast.
DON I remember Sophie Tucker.
Bubble. You did show up as I had to leave my post to answer the door.
Got back to her my grandmothers favourite. "My Yiddish Mama" I love to hear him play it.
Hungarian Dances... old favorite of when I was a teenager. :D
Hi JeaneP
Gloria I have recording by Sophie. It had to be sold from under the counter because it was considered too risque
DON I remember seeing Sophie back in the early days of TV. Guess she had to clean up her act for that. She could be funny. The 1812 is one of my favorites, I enjoyed this version, quite different.
Oh sooo good! Layla Tov!
DON thank you for a wonderful 3 hours.
Time to go already? Bummer. See you all later.
Obituaries
Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields chamber orchestra in 2008.
Neville Marriner, Prolific Musician and Acclaimed Conductor, Dies at 92
Mr. Marriner, who established the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, was honored three times for his service to music in Britain.
Oh, that is sad Bubble. I have some of his works.
Now I didn't realize that he was that age. Shows how fast time goes. I remember listening to him years ago.
There's an interesting work by Leopold Mozart and some early works by Saint-Saens who has a birthday on Sunday, and Rossini. There is a short excerpt from one of John Barry's countless film scores and the programme concludes with classical arrangements of some familiar gospel songs which are quite delightful.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1523/2016
1: Offenbach: Drum major's Daughter O3.0587
London SPA 512 (side 2, cut 1) 06:31 6:31
2: Verdi: Il Trovatore Ballet V3.0548 CDR 115
Philips 9500 691 (side 2, cut 2) Tr 11 10:53 17:24
3: Saint-Saens: 1st Symphony S1.592 CDR-113
Angel S-36995 Tr 1 & 2 13:08 30:32
4: Vivaldi: A-minor Violin Concerto V5.431 CDR-133
Columbia M34571 Tr 4-5-6 08:09 38:41
5: Minkus: Don Quixote CDT2026
CBC SMCD5048 (Track 9) 07:34 46:24
6: Leopold Mozart: A-major Sinfonia CDM6749
Naxos 8570499 (tracks 11-12-13) 07:38 54:02
7: Grieg: Homage March CDG9533
Naxos 8.554050 (track 17) 11:07 65:09
8: Rossini: String Sonata #1 H2.003 CDR-215
Argo SPA 101 (side 2,track 3) Tr 13 11:50 76:59
9: Rossini: Otello Overture
London 443 850-2 (cd 2, track 4) 07:59 77:58
10: Smetana: The Kiss overture CDS7667
Marco Polo 8223326 (track 10) 06:24 84:22
11: Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody #2 CDL4345
CBS M30306 (track 3) 10:51 95:13
12: John Barry: Last Valley (Vogel’s Dream)
Silva 1445 (track 6) 02:45 97:58
NEWS
13: Bonda: Schwabing Polka CDS7618
Madacy AL1-2-2859 (track 4) 02:49 2:49
14: Chopin: Krakoviak CDC3069
Philips 420 654-2 (track 5) 14:35 17:24
15: Kreutzer: 18th Violin Concerto (1st mvmnt) CDK9786
Naxos 8570380 (track 4) 12:41 30:05
16: Massenet: Ariane CDD6582
London 452 767-2 (Track 7) 06:15 36:20
17: Virgil Thompson: Symphony On A Hymn Tune CDC8655
Albany 10852 (track 3) 03:05 39:25
19: Gould: Spirituals For Strings CDC8655
Albany 10852 (tracks 9 & 10) 07:38 47:03
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This program will be a delight, I must not miss it. :thumbup:
I am here waiting for some great music from Don again.
Hi Gloria. All set up and ready to go.
No news today: just me and the music.
Here I am too!
Hi Bubble
Parma... for me it is not Verdi, but certainly is prosciutto, salted ham that has been cured by drying. :)
DON you sure started out with a lively selection.
BUBBLE there is a place in this town that makes prosciutto and it is wonderful. I sure do not buy it often but enjoy a sandwich on fresh Jewish rye bread. Now I have myself longing for it.
I believe they are famous for their cheese as well (parmasan, parmagiano)
Yep, sure is the place for good food!
Gloria, I too suddenly feel for such a longing - prosciutto with melon!
with good music in the background of course
BUBBLE odd all it takes is a mention of some food to make one long for it. I know I do not buy it often, quite expensive.
The Kissssss... Never heard it!
And now I am rapt... I wish we could see L. playing - but of course he never was on film at that time.
I am sure you would have seen a show for the ages and soared on the wings if ecstasy
I thought that Chopin piece started out so quiet for him then wow there was that piano the way he always sounds. I once had the music for one of his Polonaises and I could not get my fingers that spread out to hit all the keys in some of the cords. Made me wonder how big his hands were.
Gloria it was so quiet I had to check that it was even playing.
DON sounds more gentle music that the ones when got older.
Ha ha ha Don! "He composed in his life time..." :2funny:
I sure am glad he did not return from limbo to compose more!!!
That was Kreutzer of course./b]
The name reminded me of Tolstoy's book and then... more.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/25/kreutzer-sonata (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/25/kreutzer-sonata)
Ariadne, in Greek mythology, daughter of Pasiphae and the Cretan king Minos. She fell in love with the Athenian hero Theseus and, with a thread or glittering jewels, helped him escape the Labyrinth after he slew the Minotaur, a beast half bull and half man that Minos kept in the Labyrinth.
Here the legends diverge: she was abandoned by Theseus and hanged herself;
or, Theseus carried her to Naxos and left her there to die, and she was rescued by and married the god Dionysus known also as Bacchus.
I knew her only for the glittering thread she had with her :) In class I had a friend called Ariane and she used to have a ball of string in her satchel.
Bubble that was an interesting link.
I love those mythological stories; they can be so complicated at times though
Layla Tov and Happy Thanks Giving!
DON thank you for another wonderful afternoon.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving
Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize for Literature.
WOW! THAT is recognition!
Thats A surprise. Not seen it on TV or Paper.
I saw that in the NY times I believe
I now found it. The must give out Nobel Prizes for most everything anymore
This is for his. Singer-songwriter takes award for ‘having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition’
The announcement was on every evening newscast on TV.
We have a big article in our Local Paper today showing Pres. Obama placing the Medal on him.
There's a short, but beautiful choral work by Tchaikovsky which features a bass that could shake the foundations. And to add a touch of nostalgia we visit Old Heidlberg and the charmng prince and his adoring barmaid. Then we have a violinist who was born in the same house as Mendelssohn, and another violinist/composer who provides us with an interesting interpretation of Yankee Doodle.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1524 Oct 16/2016
1: Strauss, J. jr .Fledermaus CDS8258
Naxos 7 74644-2 (track 1) 08:30 8:30
2: Romberg: Student Prince CDR7623
Naxos 8.110866 (tracks 8, 9, 11) 11:13 19:33
3: Tchaikovsky: The Angel Cried CDT2591
Hyperion CDA 66948 (track 10) 03:27 23:00
4: Glazunov: Concert Waltz CD7364
Vox PVT 7202 (track 4) 07:10 30:10
5: Mozart: 40th Symphony 1st mvmnt CDM6055
DG 415 841-2 (track 1) 08:39 38:49
6: Rameau: Dardanus Suite CDR1623
Naxos 8.557490 (tracks 14 to 17) 10:20 49:09
7: Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte Overture CDM6361
Naxos 8550185 (track 16) 04:49 53:58
8: Ferdinand David: Violin Concerto #4 CDD1875
Hyperion CDA67804 11:55 65:53
9: Wagner: Tannhauser Overture CDW2218
Pickwick PWK-1112 (track 3) 14:45 80:38
10: Wagner: Sailors’ Chorus CDW2318
Emperor EMP 4040 (track 8 02:01 82:39
11: Holst: Planets (Jupiter) CDH7035
Angel CDC-7 47417 2 (track 4) 08:10 90:49
12: Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d'Amerique CDV9931
EMI562596 2 (track 13) 04:53 95:42
NEWS
13: Suppe: Boccaccio Overture CDS9220
EMI CDM 7 69096 2 (track 1) 06:51 6:51
14: Saint-Saens: Rondo Capriccioso CDD7145
Philips 420-816-2 (track 10) 09:07 15:58
15: JS Bach: Cantata #70 (excerpt) CDB2566
Vanaguard 2010 (track 14) 04:28 20:26
16: Giuliani: Theme &Variations (Flute & Guitar) CDG6610
Naxos 8.55460 (track 10 & 11) 09:06 29:32
17: Dvorak: G-minor Piano Concerto (andante) CDD7439
Naxos 8.550896 (track 2) 09:23 38:57
18: Schubert: Rosamunde CDS2080
Philips 412 432-2 ( track 11) 07:43 46:40
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Before the concert...
I am here ready and waiting.
Hi Gloria.
Salvete Omnis!
Salve!
Hi DON always enjoyed Fledermaus, lively.
Hi MarsGal, Hi Bubble
I am hear listening to Don. Saved my big bag of ironing for this time. Think I should be able to get it all done as he ends .
Raining hard and so a perfect thing to be doing.
Hope all having a nice Sunday. Just relaxing. Maybe you have ironing also....
Hi JeanneP
Jeanne, I NEVER iron! That is w***k, and I avoid that as much as possible: I am retired! ;D
BUBBLE you must have read Joan Fl's book. Being retired we no longer work and if we do she gives us demerits for it. Have to make sure we do not work in the Soda Shoppe.
Vieuxtemps - I love it! Do you have lots from him? I never heard of him before....
DON Vieuxtemps must have been written with Yankees in mind. All I can think of is Yankee Doodle Dandy listening to it.
Bubble I have very few of his works in my collection.
Gloria for some reason Yankee Doodle was a very popular tune among composers and a few of them frequently used it as theme in some of their lighter compositions.
Rondo Capriccioso - I am in the mood for violin music tonight.
But I wish the neighbor's dogs would stop barking!!! Both did not stop since the music started - not because of the music, but the owners went out to celebrate the holiday and left them alone. So inconsiderate. I wish I could give them some vodka to make them sleep!
All got all the ironing done at the same time that Don had to go over into the News. Canadian News about the same as US for problems. they don't have to listen to the Political mess like we have to right now.
I just still like to iron my Jeans, pants and blouses, Tops. That is about it.
Found one Photo but just can't get it out to Jack to put it on. My computer working is a mess at the moment. Have to either go and pick up my new one with W10 on or get someone to reinstall everything on this one.
Peaceful, relaxing, great finish.
Layla Tov and thanks for these enjoyable three hours.
DON thank you for a great afternoon.
Don. I will always do my ironing to your Sunday concert now. got a lot done and went by fast. Need that in the coming winter months. Some foot tapping ones today.
Thank you. Bet you are back home now. Looks like you got rain today also.
We have Beethoven's version of the Gunfight At The OK Corral, while at the other end of the spectrum we have the gentle strains of ethereal Chinese music. There is also what I consider a curious blend of Celtic and baroque performed by the Canadian ensemble Puirt a Baroque from the island of Cape Breton.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1525 Oct 23/2016
1: Bizet: Fair Maid Of Perth R6.0498 CDR-128
Vox D-VCL 9019 (side 2, cut 3) Tr 1 06:24 6:24
2: Tartini: G-Minor Violin Concerto T1.0540 CDR-135
MHS 4812W (side 1, cut 3) Tr 3 06:26 12:50
3: Mozart: 4th Horn Concerto M6.0238 CDR-169
London JL 41015 (side 2, tracks 3-4-5) Tr 4 16:34 29:24
4: Beethoven: Wellington's Victory CDB4061
Telarc 80079 (track 1) 15:20 44:44
5: Bach/Cape Breton CD CDP9537
Marquis ERAD-181 (track 1) 06:21 51:02
6: Bizet: C-major Symphony CDB7013
Philips 416 437-2 (tracks 3-4) 11:52 62:54
7: Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture CDB6474
EMI RCZ 7243 5 (disc 2, track 1) 08:03 70:57
8: Bellini: Norma Overture CDV3011 CANCON
CBC SMCD 5021 (track 7) * 05:34 76:31
9: Bellini: Oboe Concerto CDC7633
Naxos 8.553433 (Track 5) 08:34 84:55
10: Chinese Music Butterfly Lovers CDZ9691
Marco Polo 8.223003 (track 13) 06:24 91:19
11: Shostakovich: Jazz Suite CDS5626
Naxos 8.555949 (tracks 10-11-12-13) 08:53 100:12
NEWS
12: Rossini: Siege Of Corinth R8.469 CDR8681
London 4438502 (Cd 2 tr 6) 08:41 8:41
13: Paganini: Centone di Sonate CDP2038
CBS MK34508 (tracks 1-2-3) 07:41 16:22
14: Paganini: 1st Violin Concerto CDP2504
Naxos 8.550649 (track 6) 08:22 24:44
15: Marcello: D Minor Concerto B7.0049 CDR-69 CANCON
Columbia M35853 (side 1, track 4) TR 3-4-5 11:54 36:34
16: Handel: Organ Concerto #5/F-major CDH2126
White Label HRC 099 (tracks 13-14-15-16) 09:57 46:31
17: John Barry: Evening Song CDB3923
Silva 1445 (track5) 02:07 48:38
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I am here. Going to turn volume up a bit higher today to drown out the sound of the wind. Will not be many leaves left on the trees when it is finally calm here.
Hi Gloria. All set up and ready to go.
and I cannot get in!!! :(
Bubble, what's going on?
I am loosing connection every few minutes and the I pad won't connect at all :(
Crazy situation.
This must be our day for computer frustration :tickedoff:
Yes, it is! I can only hope it will behave for the Bizet.
That Bach is WOW! I was jumping on my chair!
And here I am, just in time for the Bizet.
Are you in now Bubble? I got in just fine.
Bubble it is certainly a unique transcription isn't it
Hi MarsGal
Hi JeanneP
JeanneP, I am here now . It is my internet connection causing lots of misery today :( and since it is a holiday here, I cannot call for help :(
Everyone is out on picnic or camping for the long week end.
Had company for an hour, finally I can listen again
BUBBLE internet trouble is no fun. You mean no one works at all on a holiday? Glad we can still call here 24/7 all the time.
Other must be having problem in the US also. This message is on the Radio Station.
Can't Connect.
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Jeanne that is exactly what is happening.
Don, that announcer for news now has a great voice for it. and also ennunciating very clearly and not fast :) Congrats to him.
I just showed him your response and he was overwhelmed.
:D I am glad. I hope he will succeed to a great future in radio.
So many of them are almost mumbling or rushing as if they need to catch a train.
Oh this is a joyful piece. Mmmmmm humming together!
The condition that Paganini had is thew same that Lincoln had. It explain why both were tall thin, wiry.
Finale was so enjoyable, could have lasted for another hour!
Thanks and good evening to all. Heading for bed here "
:)
BUBBLE I agree about that voice. So many seem to speak so fast or mumble.
DON thank you for an enjoyable afternoon.
There may be some confusion with the starting time because some countries set their clocks back one hour this week. So please check the time in your area.
The first two hours of this week's show is dedicated to the halloween festivities with music that reflects the 'spirit' of the occasion, or stories about the composers which tie in with the macabre or mysterious.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1526 Oct 30/2016
1: Gounod: Funeral March/Marionette CDS8473
RCA 74321 (track 12) 04:06 4:06
2: Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre CDS1027
London 414 460-2 (track 17) 07:00 11:06
3: Mussorgsky: Night On Bald Mountain CDB2009
Telarc CD-80129 (track 9) 09:00 20:06
4: Haydn: Surprise Symphony CDH4099
London 417 718-2 (tracks 2-3) 09:58 31:04
5: Liszt: Mephisto Waltz L4. 538 CDR-189
MHS 82764 (side 4 tr 2) Tr 8 11:55 42:59
6: Chopin: Funeral March C3.077 CDR-181
Argo ZRG 944 (side 2, track 4) Tr 8 05:36 48:35
7: Holloway: Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm H7.0408 CDR-117
London SPA 133 (side 2, track 3) Tr 13 03:48 52:23
8: Paganini: 4th Violin Concerto P2.0288 CDR-117
Philips 9500 069 (side 1, track 1) tr 10 15:55 78:18
9: Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures CDM8004
DG 410 033-2 (tracks 12-13-14) 07:25 85:43
10: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique CDB6079
Angel CDM-7 69002 2 (track 5) 10:06 95:49
11: Grieg: Hall of the Mountain King CDG9587
Vox 5048 (cd2, track 7) 02:17 98:06
News
12: Ellard: The Australian Ladies CDT1587
ABC 461 826-2 (tracks 9 to 15) 07:37 7:37
13: Prokoffiev: 1st Symphony CDP6460
CBS 36725 (Tracks 1 to 4) 13:52 21:29
14: Hummel: Trumpet Concerto H4.127 CDR-216
CBS 37846 (side 2) Tr 16 17:12 38:41
15: Saint-Saens: Henry VIII ballet CDD6582
London 452767-2 (track 6) 03:07 41:48
16: Korngold: Gluck Das Mir Verblieb CDS1701
London 80008431 (track 4) 06:06 47:54
Sunday afternoon 1:05 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
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Don. You have some of my favourites again. Number 15. Not heard that in so many years.
Not heard as to when we are changing the clocks. Seems like it gets later each year.
Does yours change in your part of Canada this weekend?
Bubble. Do the do all the time changing in Israel? I know that most of Europe and UK does.
We are changing this week end, as they'll do in France, Belgium, etc. Canada will change a week after I believe.
I just checked online and the US changes Sunday, November 6, that is, those states that change (Arizona does not).
Mary Ann
I wish the would just quit doing it. Gets dark to early. Why did they start it. Was it for farmers so could start early.
Indiana doesn't do it. Illinois does right next state. As we use the Indiana airport it confuses me.
JeanneP, Indiana, except for counties near Chicago, does change time in the Spring and Fall. Illinois is in the Central Time Zone and Indiana is in the Eastern Time Zone. Indiana and Michigan are in the same Time Zone.
Mary Ann
I am here ready and waiting. Going to sit back and just enjoy today's program. Glad to see Chopin in the mix today.
Hi Gloria. I'm all set up and ready to go.
Here too, an hour earlier :)
Hi Bubble
DON always good hearing your voice welcoming us every Sunday.
BUBBLE Hi, I did enjoy some of that Jazz music while waiting.
I am so enjoying today's selections: all favorites.
DON interesting about how Chopin composed the Funeral March. I do enjoy all the information you give us about the composers of the music we enjoy.
Genius Paganini. Oh I swing with it and enjoy thoroughly
The next: Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures has a special "link" in my memoirs.
When I first arrived In Israel, I worked in a vocational school with students from Africa, translating their lessons from French to English or English to French as was required.
They were of course residents at the school and their home father decided to introduce them to classical music. Before taking them to a concert hall, he explained the Pictures of an exhibition that was on the program as being most picturesque and easy to understand.
I must confess that for most of the students the concert did not make a big impression. They were much more appreciative of the stop at a local cafe on the way back home, and of the delicacies that they had been allowed to order.
Gloria thank you for you kind comments. I have to confess though that the stories I tell are to cover the fact that I don't know anything about music. :D
DON I refuse to believe you know nothing about music. You must at least enjoy listening to have the huge collection you have. I only know that some I enjoy and some I do not. Thanks for a relaxing afternoon.
MaryAnn. Now we are just 87 miles from the Indianapolis Airport. Actually only 18 miles from the Illinois/Indiana border. if not less. There is always a hour difference between us. Have to remember that when we book flights.
JeanneP, in 2005, Jim and I drove to North Dakota and we took I-74. I know the Indy airport is SW of town because I've used it several times, both the old and now the new. Anyway, by taking I-74, we went through Champaign. Maybe we went near your home, who know! I didn't realize the distance was so short. Or course, I was not driving that early in our trip.
Mary Ann
I admit to skipping yesterday. My nose was in a book, forgot about it until it was 2:30pm here. Still, I could have shown up for the rest. Shame on me.
Bubble, I just saw your picture of the family at the orchid museum. Aviv is sure grown fast, isn't he.
Don, you may be interested to know that in Latin class right now we are translating a bit of Hildegard von Bingen and Carmina Burana. Here is In the Tavern; Carl Orff it is not https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNLoti4sjlI Arany Zoltán apparently specializes in Medieval music.
Stabat Mater, another one we are translating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcttByirXiE The full poem, in Latin, is below the video. Nice, easy to understand the words.
The only second language that we could take in school in UK was Latin. I was so bad trying to learn it. Sorry now as in away you could learn Italian and Spanish much easier if spoke Latin
Now most masses in church my family attended it UK was done in Latin. Changed in the late 40s to just such as Religious Days. Christmas, Easter. I really prefer it done that way. Latin. Now I can follow the hymens and Can look at things in Italian and make it out. Not much though.
Odd, Jeanne, when I started Latin classes, I was told that knowing Spanish would make it easier to learn Latin. I guess it works both ways. I have always wondered why Italian isn't more like Latin than other languages. Someday I will probably run across an answer to that.
Oh, I have been learning to read Latin over on www.seniorlearn.org. I've been at it for about five years. Not very good, but I am enjoying the brain exercise and can recognize some words and phrases that I run across in other reading. It seems a lot of authors like to throw in some Latin now and again. I suspect that if I learn to speak it, I would learn/remember more without having to go back and refresh my memory banks.
MarsGal I was totally captivated by that medieval performance of Carmina Burana. You can also hone your Latin skills with another work by Carl Orff: Catulli Carmina a cantata based on the writing of Catullus
Great, Don. I bought a book called Catullus and his World several mohttp://www.seniorsandfriends.org/Smileys/alive/cry.gifnths ago which includes a few of his works (or bits of it) in Latin. As usual, it will take me awhile to get to it.
When we are finished with Sabat Mater, we will be doing a bit of Dies Irae. I love Gregorian Chants, but have not listened to any in years. I find them haunting and soothing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlr90NLDp-0
I love playing the gregorian chants,just sitting with lights off and fire burning . No idea why it's better that way.
I just played the one above on utube. Room is so bright and sunny. Just not the same feeling for me.
With North America catching up with the rest of the world we'll mark the changing of the clocks with a few selections to get us underway. In marked contrast there later follows the poignant beauty of Ravel's piano concerto, second movement. In the final hour we open with the rollicking finale of Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha and for students of Gilbert and Sullivan Anna Russel provides an comprehensive overview on how to write an operetta in the style of that illustrious duo.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1527 Nov 6/2016
1: Ponchielli: Dance of The Hours CDV3095
Angel 7 69041 2 (track 26) 09:50 9:50
2: Haydn: Clock Symphony CDH4125
Hungariton HRC 089 (tracks 6 & 8 12:45 22:35
3: Ketelby: Clock And Dresden Figures CDK2167
Philips 400 011-2 (track 9) 03:59 26:34
4: Anderson: Syncopated Clock CDA9617
Naxos 8.559125 (track 2) 02:26 29:00
5: Krommer: Concerto for Two Clarinets CDK9813
Naxos 8553178 (track 1) 10:13 39:13
6: Smetana: Bartered Bride CDS7044
Teldec 8.35672 ZA (disc 2, track 5) 06:14 45:27
7: Beethoven: Consecration Of The House CDB4257
Naxos 7 74616-2 (track 6) 11:08 56:35
8: Ravel: G-major Piano Concerto R2.0411 CDR-124 CANCON
London LDR 71092 (side 1, track 2) 09:46 66:21
9: Sacchini: Dardanus CDR8371
Angel 55311-2 (tracks 6-7-8-9) 07:39 74:00
10: Albicastro: Concerto #4 CDA3924
Decca 60045 (tracks 14-15-16-17) 10:30 84:30
11: Dukas: Sorcer’s Apprentice CDL4112
Telarc 80115 (track 2) 10:45 95:15
12: Teleman: Bourèe Alla Polacca by Teleman CDT3925
CBS MK44518 (track 1) 03:00 98:15
NEWS
13: Joplin: Treemonisha (finale) CDJ4287
DG 435709-2 (disc 2, last track) 05:33 5:33
14: Lalo: Symphony Espagnol CDS1770
DG 437-737-2 (track 7) 08:06 13:39
15: von Weber: Preciosa CDW 4570
Claves LC3369 (track 4) 08:09 21:48
16: Anna Russell: How To Write Your Own G & S Opera
Columbia MDK 47252 (track 2) 16:06 38:54
17: Granados: Spanish Dances CDG9633
Naxos 8.555956 (tracks 5-6) 10:43 49:37
Sunday afternoon 1:05 P.M. -5 GMT (Canada)
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Gosh. The weeks go bye so fast. List looks good one.
I am here all set to listen to a short afternoon of beautiful music.
DON the beginning of today's program sure fits this day of going back to standard time.
Hi Gloria
Here I come, just in time!
Here! Hi Everyone. Oh wonderful, Take Five, love it.
Hi Bubble, Hi MarsGal; a Dave Brubeck fan I see.
Oh yes, Don, and Vince Guaraldi as well as Herbie Mann.
Kicking up my heels!
This is the bright place to be on a gloomy day. Cloudy with showers at times.
Pitch dark and cold here. I am sitting with a small desk lamp on and also a scented candle. Goes well with the weather and the music!
In contrast to all of that it is sunny and mild here in London Ontario
These around the clocks pieces were so enjoyable that almost wish they would change the time again next month to hear them again lol
BUBBLE oh no please. Twice a year is enough to change the clocks. It will be dark here at 5:30pm. My daughter has been teasing me the past week. Now that they are living in Arizona they no longer have to change the clocks. Soon it will be dark before 5 and that makes a long evening.
DON now the selection reminds me of Halloween. That od the Disney movie.
Sorceror's Apprentice was one of the first for me too, Don, along with the Can Can, Le Mer, Ports of Call, Afternoon of a Faun, Daphnis et Cloe, Lieutenant Kiji, The Flying Dutchman, Tannhäuser, and [The Light Cavalry Overture. My Dad's collection was very small, but it was enough for me to begin a lifelong love of classical music.
Sorry I keep remembering the records Dad had. I still have the 33s. He gave the 78s to a friend of his. BTW, the Afternoon of a Faun and Daphnis et Cloe are a recording by Charles Munch when he was with the Chicago Symphony. It remains my favorite album.
Gloria, I think Fantasia is my best friend's all time favorite movie.
Sorcerer's Apprentice brings back so many memories of childhood :) Thanks for that trip back in time.
ah, Lalo..... beautiful!
Ha ha ha Anna Russell! A-la-la-la!
BUBBLE I would love to see Anna Russell perform live. Just listening was funny.
You are right Gloria. It would be double fun!
Layla Tov and good evening to all!
DON thank you for a lovely afternoon of beautiful music.
BUBBLE with the time difference, have a good night.
I just checked on Youtube for things done by Anna Russell and find there are many pieces available. Don, a very nice program today.
Larry Anna Russel was a true genius and was beloved all throughout Canada.
Avoiding the early morning news this morning. Will tune in later in the day. In the meantime, I listened to Tartini's Violin Sonata in G minor, ''Devil's Trill Sonata'' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7rxl5KsPjs I don't recall hearing any Tartini before.
Here is his Sarabande https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuXWv-e4wGg This could put me to sleep before I fully wake up this morning. Very soothing.
If you happen to have a copy of Longfellow's The Song Of Hiawatha at your disposal you'll be able to read or sing along as I play part of it for you this Sunday. Also, in the last hour of the show there will be more Americana with the rousing Rodeo by Copland
Reid’s Records: Programme #1528 Nov 13/2016
1: John Field: Rondo in A-Flat CDF5678
White Line 2149 (track 8 08:07 8:07
2: Mozart: Lucio Silla Overture CDM6361
Naxos 8.550185 (tracks 6-7-8) 08:06 16:13
3: Berlioz: Les Troyens CDB6534
Vox CDX5114 (disc 1, tracks 2 & 3) 10:23 26:36
4: Ivanov-Ippolitov: Caucasian Sketches CDI5562
Naxos 8.553405 (tracks 2-3-4) 14:48 41:24
5: Verdi: La Forza Del Destino CDP8249
EMI 569596 (track 9) 07:50 49:14
6: Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha's Wedding C5.0599 CDR-121
Angel DS-38186 (side 1) Tr 1 18:44 69:04
7: CPE Bach: 6th Symphony CDB2017
Loiseau-Lyre 417 124-2 (cuts 16-17-18) 09:12 78:16
8: Lalo: Norwegian Rhapsody CDB6534
Vox 5114 (disc 1 track 10) 11:46 90:02
9: Bizet: L'Arlesienne CDB7163
London 417 839-2 (tracks 4-5) 10:33 100;35
NEWS
10: Mussorgsky: Boris-Intro and Polonaise M8.259 CDR127
Vox TV34790 (track 7) 06:28 6:28
11: Spontini: La Vestale R8.0608 CDR-216
MH 3973 (side 1, track 3) Tr 18 06:42 13:13
12: Hummel: Retour de Londres CDH8704
Naxos 8557845 (track 1) 14:51 28:04
13: Copland: Rodeo CDC6062
EMI CDC-7 47382 2 (tracks 2-3-5) 15:05 43:09
14: Blodek: Rising Of The Moon CDS7211
Supraphon DC-8064 (track) 06:25 49:34
Sunday afternoon 1:05 P.M. EST -5 GMT (Canada)
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Is that Copeland "Rodeo" a foot stamping one. If so better get my boots on.
Will be cold here tomorrow and so I will be listening.
Here I am all comfortable and waiting for 1PM and the fastest and most enjoyable 3 hours of the week.
Hi Gloria, I'm here as well.
That Jazz announcer has too quiet a voice for that job!
Don's voice does better and my son in law says it even helps him drive better when he has the program on.
Hi Gloria, Hi Bubble
I love this last tune... Orfeo Negro?
You have a cold Don???
BUBBLE of course your son in law likes Don's voice especially since he know Don
HI DON
Bubble I don't have a cold, but I thought my voice sounded strange over the headphones
DON love the piano to start your program, that pianist is fast on the keys.
That Wedding music almost sounded like church music! (said Mahi)
I think Mahi captured the intent of the composer. The work was in a cantata form and cantatas were generally but not always based on religious or solemn themes. Taylor's work was not religious, but it was solemn and Mahi did well to pick that up.
Arles is such a picturesque town that I visited in 1962 before coming to Israel.
For me the Provence is the best of France, typical in the friendliness of its inhabitant and nature luxuriant, bathed in bright sun. It is probably why it is favored much by painters and artists
I love the Copland... but it also brings us nearly to the end :(
BUBBLE I am enjoying Copland, too. One more to go and then it is over for another week.
Bye bye and good evening to all! It was lovely... to the end.
DON everytime I hear Rodeo I get something different out of it. Rising of the Moon is a beautiful gentle piece. I enjoyed it very much. Should be playing later when the huge moon starts rising. Thank you for a wonderful afternoon.
Happy Birthday, Don, may you have many more.
Mary Ann
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Happy B'Day, Don.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1oqWKAp1N8
Happy Birthday, Don! You must be about Jack Benny's age now!!! LOL
Mary Ann, Bubble, MarsGal, Tomereader, thank you for you birthday wishes; they are very much appreciated.
I don't know if I want to read the whole book, but I was quite taken by the first paragraph. Can you guess why?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CO464SG#reader_B01CO464SG
In the take a look feature scroll down to the first paragraph of Chapter 1 if it doesn't come to rest there.
I read 3 chapters before being able to stop!
I did not know you liked fantasy/SF.
Pity that the link does not give the whole book!
I've been somewhat "obsessed" with reading Science Fiction for the last two years. Amazon offers some of books free for download if you have a Kindle. In addition, I have Amazon Prime, so I can borrow others from their Lending Library. Many of the SciFi books I read are Military SciFi or adventure/exploration mysteries.
Right now, I am reading the second of a spy trilogy by Jason Matthews. The Red Sparrow was the first and is being made into a movie to be released next year. I wonder who they are going to get to play Putin.The second book, the one I am reading now, is Palace of Treason. The story itself is current day, and plays out, so far, in Moscow, Helsinki, Athens, Rome, Paris, Washington DC, and the Estonian border. The author and his wife are retired CIA.
A couple of works by the Danish composer Emil Reesen will provide an interesting listening experience as does a work by a renowned chess master.A short work by Johann Strauss provides us with a piece that's most certainly off his beaten path, and Maxwell Davies gives us an Orkney Island protest melody
Reid’s Records: Programme #1529 Nov 20/2016
1: Reesen: Festmarch CDR4776
Dacapo 8.226031 (track 13) 03:41 3:41
2: Handel/Beecham: Love In Bath H2.0144 CDR -212
Seraphim 60039 (side 1) Tr 1-2-3 11:19 14:56
3: Coleridge-Taylor: Bamboula C5.0599 CDR-121
Angel DS-38186 (side 2, track 2) Tr 4 10:20 25:16
4: Rossini: Semirmade Overture CDR8681
London 443850-1 (cd 2, track 5) 12:15 37:31
5: Weber: Oberon Overture CDW4230
Nimbus NI 5154 (track 2) 08:35 46:06
6: Johann Strauss jr: Romance for Cello CDS9846
OEHMS OC546 (track 6) 04:45 50:51
7: Grainger: Shepherd's Hey CDG9179
EMI CDZ 7 62529 2 (track 13) 02:09 53:00
8: Hummel: Oberon’s Magic Horn CDH8704
Naxos 8.557845 (track 3) 18:47 71:47
9: Peter Maxwell Davies: Yellow Cake Revue CDD2723
Sony SK60274 (Track 16) 04:18 76:05
10: Philidor: Le Maréchal Ferrant Overture CDP4830
Naxos 8557593-94 (cd-1, tracks 1-2-3) 12:44 88:49
11: Boieldieu: La Dame Blanche P8.0505
MHS 7271A (side 2, cut 4) 08:27 97:16
12: Ostroushko: Teelin Bay Waltz CDO9653
Red House Records RHRCD 170 (track 3) 03:2 100:44
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13: Donizetti: La Favorita (ballet) CDD6582
London 452 767-2 (track 2) 08:40 8:40
14: Handel: Ode For St, Cecilia CDH2137
Teldec 8.42349 (tracks 4 - 5) 05:40 14:20
15: Reesen: Gaucho Ballet CDR4776
Dacapo 8.226031 (tracks 9-10-11) 07:05 21:25
16: Berlioz: La Mort d’Ophélie B6166
Philips 416 431-2 (Track 6) 07:36 29:01
17: Chopin: 1st Piano Concerto 2nd mvmnt CDS5515
Naxos 8.553216 (track 7) 11:39 40:40
18: Vivaldi/Zamfir: Winter CBB4773
Philips 468 138-2 (track 8 05:14 45:54
Sunday afternoon 1:05 P.M . -5 GMT (Canada)
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Handel/Beecham: Love In Bath - made me laugh. No one composed Love in Shower? lol
Mybe they did not have showers at that time? I wonder when it was invented.
Don, I have often wondered where composer came up with the names for their compositions.
DON looking forward to your program this afternoon. Nice to see Chopin in there, too.
Here I am, I have just put Aviv to bed and I hope he falls asleep fast! :)
Hi Larry, Hi Bubble, Hi Gloria.
Bath is a city in southwest England, an ancient Roman resort area famous for its hot springs.
Yes and Caesar enjoyed its water. It is just that the title evoked a different image than restorative waters. ;D
Larry I have been curious about the "name" thing as well. I bought this particular recording because I was curious abot the name,
Bath is where my Dad met Mom. She was working in a hotel in Bath. They met one day while walking in the promenade. I don't recall the name of the street.
I am here and know I will enjoy the program. It is a cold and gray day here, great day to sit back all warm and cozy to listen to good music. A nice march to start.
MarsGal that's an interesting link to Bath. I have been there and it is a beautiful city. The hot baths are still there but for health reasons they are not accessible to the public.
great Bath music - I could enjoy it soaking... :D
A bamboula is a type of drum made from a section of giant bamboo with skin stretched over the ends. It is also a dance accompanied by music from these drums.
There was no mention of the drums in the research I did, but it certainly fits in with the music. Did you have them in the Congo?
I find this too 'tame" to be African, more like a waltz even.
Congo music was more rhythmic, syncopated. They had tam tams but I don't remember anything
called bamboula although the term is derived from kam-bumbulu and ba m'bula in the Bantu languages which means drum.
Bantu tribes live in Congo.
In my childhood, we had dolls named bamboula, dark skinned and frizzy haired. They were made in velvet, with oversized arms and legs. I had such a boy and a girl, twins sitting on a shelf above my baby crib and I could reach and pull them down by the long leg. Memories...
BUBBLE you have lived in some interesting places. I feel lucky I went into Canada, just over the border in Maine and into Mexico just over the border where my daughter lived in San Diego. I have only lived the the 3 south New England states
Yellow Cake Revue was much liked by Illy and Rafi who arrived to take the little one back home.
Superb!
I will make a note to put in Raffi's cd
Able to be here for a change. I've missed these concerts!
Hi JoanK.
I looke up Teelin Bay. It is in County Donegal, Ireland. Short YouTube video of the bay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzycIModzeQ
It just started light flurries here.
JoanK we have missed you too; welcome back. All we are missing now is Pat.
Interesting Saint. What publicity will do!
I Love the Gaucho one!
This is beautiful!
Hey Joan, where have you been hiding? lol
Yes, it is beautiful
Interesting background to Chopin. Really one of the most romantic composers
Zamfir, oh joy! the perfect mood for ending... Thanks! I'll have sweet dreams tonight with this melodious winter.
Enjoyed the Gaucho but my favorite was Chopin. He must have been in a mellow or happy frame of mind when he wrote that one, very soothing. I always enjoy
Zamfir. Thank you DON for another wonderful but too short 3 hours.
Have a great evening, all. Time to retire for me :)
I'm usually tied up with family until after the program is over. But they left early today. t's good to be back.
A pity one cannot plan family visits to another convenient time :)
Here the Sunday evening is the regular baby sitting day for my grandchild. Others are 'on the spur' requests.
If he can be actively occupied before the program, then he is ready for bed by the time it starts. It does not always work that well!
about the huge fires in Israel - at least 220 different ones!
No fire near our town. My cousin who is a new immigrant on two years was less lucky: she was evacuated when her apartment started to burn. Last news was that the roof crumbled on the two floors below. They don't know what is true because there is no way to approach the place. Last month she brought cases from her old French house that was on sale. These were still packed.
Her 10y old son was in shock. he was evacuated from school. Dad came to collect him with the dog, the cat and the parrot in the car. My cousin was at work elsewhere and the army evacuated her.
What a tragedy.
Bubble. Yes, sad to read about the fires. (They are saying here that is was Arson) 50 Thousand people having to be moved. Glad you are away from it. Seems more things happen this time of year that any other.
definitely arson, too many different starting locations at the same time :( and it is also hard to contain because of high winds season. Relief maybe on Monday with chances of rain
Bubbles. Now what are the people upset about in Israel at the moment, or is it just people doing crazy things for no reason like here.?Most of ours out west are started by people just throwing lit cigarettes down or burning leaves. Been a few just to be mean. We had one around my area just setting fires because he liked to see homes burn. Finely caught him.
Hope they have the fires under control now.
Included in today's programme is a mesmerising work by Zimbabwe-born Dumisani Maraire from disc of all-African composers and performed by the Kronos Quartet. And California born Donald Ray provides an interesting piece for the Thanksgiving celebrations. Also on the list of intriguing works is a Chinese w work performed by Lang Lang.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1530 Nov 27/2016
1: Gottschalk: Cakewalk G8.0370 CDR-10
RCA AGL1-1271 (track 2) 05:59 5:59
2: Rossini/Andre: Una Voce Poco M6.0603 CDR -115
RCA AGL1-3702 (side 2, track 1) Tr 6 06:23 (1:20) 12:22
3: Mozart: 27th Piano Concerto CDM6077
D G 419 479-2 (tr5 & 6) 17:34 29:56
4: Saint-Saens: Henry 8th Ballet CDD6582
London 452 767-2 (track 6) 03:07 (1:40) 33:03
5: Maraare: Mother Nozipo CDK5317
Nonesuch 79275 (track 1) 06:58 40:01
6: Bach,JS: 2nd Brandenberg Concerto CDB2014
Archiv 410 500-2 (cuts 5-6-7) 12:09 (2:00) 52:10
7: Vivaldi: Cello Concerto CDV5262
RCA 60155-2-RC (tracks 13-14-15) 08:52 61:02
8: Chinese: traditional: Spring Flowers. . .(Lang Lang) CDC9653
DG 4776229 (Track 12) 07:29 (2:20) 68:31
9: Ray: The Farmhand’s Dance. CDC8655
Albany 10582 (track 4 & 11 ) 08:12 76:43
10: Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto CDR9530
Naxos 8554323 (track 1) 09:07 (2:40) 85:50
11: Beethoven: Leonore #3 CDB4073
Telarc 80145 (track 1) 14:03 99:53
12: Puccini/Zamfir: O Mio Babbino Caro CDB4773
Philips 468 138-2 (track 11) 02:13 101:06
NEWS
13: Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano Overture VDV3894
EMI 90815 2 (cd 2, track 4) 09:07 9:07
14: Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa CDT2692
Telarc 80642 track 3 04:15 (3:20) 13:22
15: Tchaikovsky: 2nd Symphony CDR6090
London 414 460-2 (Track 2) 07:12 20:34
16: Haydn: F-major Piano Concerto CDH4377
Naxos 8.550713 (tracks 1-2-3) 11:41 (3:40) 32:15
17: Lehár: Hungarian Fantasy CDL2651
Telarc CD-80402 (Track 2) 07:58 40:53
18: Kern: Sweet Adeline Overture CDK2602
EMI 183605 (Track 5) 07:43 48:36
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Good afternoon, I am here and getting comfortable to sit back and enjoy DON'S choice of music today.
Hi Gloria. There will be six unwelcome interruptions today so bear with me.
Hi Gloria. Nice to be in your company!
Hello Don :)
Hi Bubble
Present.
Boring speakers today... like robot!
Bubble we sure get a variety don't we
I have a nice anecdote today about Aviv. His mom took him to a puppet play and at one time they played music. Aviv suddenly said: that sounds like Swan Lake!
He was right, his mom put classic music on when he goes to bed and Swan Lake is one of his favorites apparently. Mom was very proud of him!
DON as long as they do nor shorten your 3 hours too much I will accept the interruptions. If I want to listen I we have no choice.
BUBBLE how old is Aviv? Smart boy to already know some beautiful music by name when hearing it.
Aviv will be 5 at Easter/Passover.
Mother Nozipo is so much like what I heard in childhood- repetitive but haunting.
Bubble you answered my question before I asked it.I was wondering if you were exposed to "native" style music by modern composers like the one we just heard.
BUBBLE if your daughter is like you she must play classical music art home so Aviv hears it. Better than the music that is popular today.
Don, for me that was not modern, that was traditional!
Right you are Gloria.
DON I have been waiting for the Warsaw Concerto, one of my favorites.
Good. I still got to hear the "Warsaw Concerto" That has always been my favourite. I have worn out 3 recordings of it over the years. Now need to find another good one.
Will enjoy the rest of the show. Looks like the are commercializing it this week. Thats O.K. they are short. Not like our TVs at the moment . they cut the shows in half. Tiss the Season I suppose. Will last a month now.
Hi Jeanne. Yes, these little commercials are annoying but as you say they are short
don. Did you have a TV show on in Canada called. " In Loving Memory" about A funeral home in Lancashire in UK.? I just ordered it and sounds funny.
JeanneP I don't recall that show at all.
Oh what a lovely tune! That violin plays on the strings of the heart!
Ah the grand finale with Zamfir :D That will bring sweet dreams!
Thanks for an enjoyable three hours - even with the interruptions.\
Good evening all!
DON thnk you for a wonderful afternoon.
Bubble must be dreaming away by now. So good she can keep in touch all the time over the Internet. Can hear Don's voice for 3 hours on Sunday. Technology a great thing.
JeanneP when I sign off it is 11 o'clock in Israel.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/arts/music/pauline-oliveros-composer-who-championed-deep-listening-dies-at-84.html?emc=edit_th_20161128&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25673289 (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/arts/music/pauline-oliveros-composer-who-championed-deep-listening-dies-at-84.html?emc=edit_th_20161128&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=25673289)
Was she ever on a X-show?
A couple of dance selections start off the show, or three selections if you count the mesmerising monotony of Ravel's Bolero, the work that everybody loves to hate. Radio Netherlands contribute to the cause with works by Meder and Mozart, and Americana is certainly represented in two contrasting examples. The Lanchberry work based on the tale by Beatrix Potter is sheer delight and of course lots of other good stuff to make what I hope is a pleasant listening experience.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1531 Dec 4/2016
1: JS Bach: Bourree (Suite #3) CDB2054
London 417 715-2 (cut 13) 4:18 6:24
2: Mozart: 3 German Dances M6.0242 CDR-72
Philips 6514 207 (side 1, track 3) Tr 3 06:24 12:48
3: Ravel: Bolero R2.0292
DG 5235 351 (side 1, cut 1) 16:05 28:53
4: Rosetti: E-major Horn Concerto CDR7203
EMI CDM7 62031 2 (tracks 1-2-3) 18:13 47:06
5: Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue CDG3024
CBS MK 39699 (cut 1) 15:47 62:53
6: Johan Gabriel Meder: 1st Symphony CDM3560
NM 92085 (tracks 10-11-12) 12:23 75:16
7: Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante-oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn CDM6531
NM 930006 (track 9) 08:07 83:23
8: Rota: Godfather CDR-9603
Sony SK 63359 (Tracks 3-5-7-8) 12:19 95:42
9: Gounod: Faust Ballet CDV3095
EMI CDM7 69041 2 (track 18) 02:25 98:07
NEWS
10: Williams: Parade Of The Ewoks CDW5334
Philips 438 068-2 (track 12) 03:30 3:30
11: Kern: Sweet Adeline Overture CDK2602
EMI 183605 (Track 5) 07:43 11:13
12: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto CDT2186
DG 419 241-2 (track32) 10:10 21:23
13: Lanchbery: Tale Of Pigling Bland CDL1672
CFP 3 93220 (track 6) 15:12 36:35
14: Granados: Spanish Dance CDG3540
Naxos 8554103 track 8 05:55 42:30
15: Smetana: To Our Girls CDS7211
Supraphon 80642 (track 1) 04:00 46:30
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My morning Gutenberg cruise came up with the Victor Talking Machine Company's How to Get the Most Out of Your Victrola for those history of music technology buffs.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/53656/53656-h/53656-h.htm
Most of the book is an overview of various music categories, with page or two on how to play your Victrola, a short list of available music, and an advertisement for their music catalog. I didn't see a date of publication listed.
Every time you play Bolero, Don, I think of my Dad. I was his favorite along with The Flying Dutchman. I probably mention that every time you play it. :)
Interesting, MarsGal, I always think of my Dad because he liked it so much.
Everyone seems to like "Bolero" Better remember to turn it on at the beginning to hear it. I still forget the time. I think it is Noon for me. If it snows I will be home for sure.
DON everytime I hear Bolero I think of Torvill and Dean when the won gold as the Olympic figure skate dance team form England.
ha ha - concert time soon. But I'll listen from bed, under the warm comforter. Hos is that for decadent? ;D
BUBBLE by the time you listen that is a nice place to listen and enjoy the program.
Hi MarsGal, PatH, Gloria, JeanneP, Bubble.
Just remember, you have to turn up the volume at the beginning of Bolero because for a few seconds it is almost inaudible.
JeanneP I'm on right after the news in five minutes
DON always have the volume up to enjoy everything you play.
While I was listening to Bolero I remembered an old black/white movie with George Raft and he danced to that toward the end of the movie. Do not remember who his partner was in the dance. I remember he was a good dancer but he played gangsters often in his movies.
Gloria I have no recollection of that movie and I would love to see it.
DON being black and white that move was late 30' or early 40's I have no idea who else was in it or what it was about but I think it was the only one I saw George Raft dance in. Thank you for a wonderful 3 hours.
Here you go, George Raft and Carole Lombard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04J4v9phgBU
How I loved dancing like that. Went at least 3 times a week. Taught dance for awhile. Had some good partner but none like Raft. I wasn't like that either. Tango my favourite. Never danced to Bolero though. They young are missing so much by the way they dance now. Missed the big Bands also. Gone are the days.
Thanks for that Angel. It was a bit tame judging by other performances but certainly entertaining.
The other day I got reminded of Two Steps from Hell, not a group but a company which does music for TV and movies, including advertising and trailers. The combo of the music and the art is just awesome in this clip, IMO. It must be the mood I've been in, combined with all the SciFi I've been reading. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwJj2EpC8vg
I love their logo and motto, "Music Makes You Braver." Their website: http://www.twostepsfromhell.com/
Here is a look at a recording session. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGh4FcZKekA
MarsGal that's impressive stuff. I have music like that in my collection, but I must confess I don't listen to it as much as I used to.
It's a good blend of the seasonal and the secular in our choices this week including a track from a cd entitled Prima Donna On A Moose. There is a Mass from Argentina and a short offering marking the Chanukka season which, incidentally, begins on Christmas Day this year. The Prayer Of St.Gregory has a haunting charm in marked contrast to the Christmas Revels of Queen Victoria's time. In all, there's a little bit of everything.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1532 Dec 11/2016
1: Vivaldi: Concerto For 2 Trumpets CDP9082
Nimbus NIM 5017 (tracks 12-13-14) 07:36 7:36
2: Waldteufel: Skaters’ Waltz CDW1110
Philips 400 012 2 (track 5) 08:29 16:05
3: Douglas: Take Your Girl To The Rink CDP9526 CANCON
ODR 9310 (track 10) 02:26 18:31
4: Johan Gabriel Meder: 1st Symphony CDM3560
NM 92085 (tracks 10-11-12) 12:23 30:54
5: Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, CDM6531
clarinet, bassoon, horn
NM 930006 (track 9) 08:07 39:01
6: Clementi: Symphony #1 1st Mvmnt CDC5665
Chandos 9234 (track 1) 09:04 48:05
7: Ramirez: Missa Criolla R1.0640 CDR-16
Philips 9598 021 (tracks 1-2-4-5) Tr 24-25-27-28 13:06 61:11
8: Sullivan: Christmas Revels CDS9642
(Victoria & Merrie England
Marco Polo MP223677 (tracks 21 to 27) 13:35 74:46
9: Glazunov Serenade Espagnol CDE9781
Analekta 97702 (cd 5, track 2) 02:30 77:16
10: Granados: Spanish Dances CDG3540
Naxos 8554103 track 8 05:55 83:11
11: Sarasate: Spanish Dances CDS1597
Dorian DOR 90183 (tracks 5 & 6) 09:49 93:00
12: Beiner: Come O Shepherds (baroque style) CDC9836
Naxos 8550301 (track 5) 04:30 97:30
NEWS
13: Lindemann: Der Wehnachtsmann Komt CDW9655
EMI 7498192 (track 9) 03:52 3:52
14: Hovaness: Prayer Of St Gregory CDH7503
Delos DE3700 (disc 1, track 1) 04:52 8:44
15: Nicolai: Christmas Overture CDN3289
Virgin VC-7 91079-2 (track 4) 10:51 19:35
16: Molter: Concerto Pastorale CDV8815 CANCON
Analekta 87302 (tracks 12-13-14-15) 11:20 30:55
17: Goldstein: B’rakhot L’hanukka CDH9677
Naxos 8559410 (track 1) 04:56 35:51
18: Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Polonaise) CDR6091
Chandos 8327 (track 6) 05:52 41:43
19: Berlioz: Shepherd’s Farewell CDR1060
Telarc 80119 (track 5) 03:26 43:09
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PATRICIA thank you for the link to George Raft dancing to Bolero. Goodness that movie was in 1934 and I know I did not see it then. Have no idea when I saw that movie and for me to remember it is something else.
JEANNE P is there any places left now to go dancing like we used to? I loved to dance the tango, too, but my favorite was always the waltz.
DON your program looks great today.
Here I sit, on first row!
BUBBLE I am right beside you.
ooooopssss I am an hour early! You too Gloria :D
Hi Gloria Hi Bubble. Enjoy the jazz
yes, with its Christmas theme :)
MMMMmmm
that guy ended the news bulletin with "next news at 3.00". I thought that now was 3.00?
Bubble you are speeding up the future; it was 1:04 when he finished, and the next news is at 3 pm
I was enjoying the jazz till my son showed up, missed part of the first selection here but now enjoying the Skaters Waltz. Makes me wish I could ice skate again.
DON now you know Bubble is speeding up the time so you will be there faster. :smiley6600: Like your memories of skating as a youth, Where we used to go someone always started a bonfire at the edge of the pond. Always someone warming up by it.
Oooopsss I did it again! lol
Happy memories, Don?
Except for the spectacle Ice Follies - or is it Follies on Ice? - I have never been near a skating rink.
Gloria what wonderful times! On the farm where I later lived we had a flooded field, more than an acre and when it froze over we had the largest rink in the county. Bonfires, wiener roasts, we did it all
When I was growing up, we, (the town); would set up bonfires along the Chena River and serve hot chocolate or grown up drinks as everyone ice skated up and down the river. There were always either curling or hockey games going on as well. Nowadays the river never freezes over.
Oh Missa creola has so much African rhythm to it!
Angel we had no adult participation at our outings: mostly pre-teens and teens. The other highlights of our winter outings were late night hayrides. On a clear moonlit night with the air snapping with cold you just burrowed your way into the hay and if you had a warm companion that was even better.
I never tire of Serenade Espagnol. :angel4: :pineapple:
I think Spanish has a quality that is hard to define
I have it in my blood! After all I am a Sephardi, my ancestors were Castilian.
That is exactly what we will be chanting when we lit the candles on Chanuka! Thanks Don.
That was a good rehearsal for me :)
Bubble it is so beautiful. Will everybody sing or just you?
We all do.
Layla Tov, good bye all and thanks for the lovely music.
DON thank you for an enjoyable but short 3 hours. I liked yout story about finding that music in a used bin. One person's trash but a treasure for you to share with us. Have a great week
Had to miss the show today . Just now got on iPad.. We are having a horrible ice storm. I hate these. Worse than snow because the freeze the power lines . A littl Jazz would have been good.
Not even tried to go out. Car frozen up. Good time to write letters to put in cards. Need my over seas mailed out.
It's a festive programme in many ways, especially the carols, none of which are what you call mainstream. Bryn Terfel's performance of a Harry Belafonte song is particularly noteworthy. Mozart sr and Prokoffiev provide their versions of a favourite winter passtime and the excerpts from Bach's Christmas Oratorio certainly glorify these festive times. This the last live show of the year. I'm heading off to Israel for the next five months to be with my Israeli sweetheart. I will be on air though through the magic of pre-recorded programmes, so I can join you in the audience of Reid's Records. So I wish you now a Merry Christmas, or if Christmas is not part of your observances, then I wish you the peace and goodwill this festive season represents.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1500 Dec 20/2015
1: Good King Wenceslas (Baroque Style) CD)836
Naxos 8550301 (track 14) 03:32 3:32
2: Addinsell: A Christmas Carol Suite a.k.a. Scrooge Suite
Telarc 88801 (track 12) 14:11 15:43
3: Clark: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks CD9842
Hyperion 7533 (track 1) 03:37 19:20
4: Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra CDR1666
Naxos 8.557542 (tracks 2-3-4-5) 13:48 33:08
5: Ruppe: Christmas Cantata CDR9487
NM Classics 92067 (tracks 3, 4, 5, 6,9) 12:23 45:31
6: Hairston: Mary’s Boy Child (Bryn Terfel) CDC9845
DG 4778/68 (cd1, track 11) 03:33 49:04
7: Medley: Hail Happy Morn, Kentucky Wassail CDC9610
Harmonia Mundi 3957233 tr 10, 21 03:18 52:22
8: Annonymous 4: Awake And Join The Cheerful Choir
Harmonia Mundi 907325 (track 1) 04:10 56:32
9: Leopold Mozart: Sleigh Ride M6.249 CDR 126
Archiv 2533-328 Tr 1 &2 11:14 67:46
10: Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve (Polonaise) CDV8816
Naxos 8570344-45CD-2 (track 11) 05:52 73:38
11: Ryba: Czech Christmas Mass CDR9840
DG 477 8365 (tracks 7, 9, 12) 10:30 84:08
12: Prokoffiev: Lt Kije CDG3314
CBS MK 44798 Tracks 7 & 8 05:31 89:39
13: Trad: Cherry Tree Carol CDC9843
Dorian 90198 (track 4) 04:45 94:24
14: Adam: O Holy Night CDR6577
CBC GA-002 (Track 4) 05:07 99:31
15: Brebeuf: Huron Carol (Instrumental)
CBS MK 37248-1 (track 12 02:36 102:08
MIX
15a: Brebeuf: Huron Carol (Choral) CDE9548)CANCON
Naxos 8.554179 (track 1) 02:40 104:48
16: Trad: The Seven Rejoices Of Mary CDA9635
Harmonia Mundi 907325 (track 3) 02:22 107:10
17: Hely-Hutchinson: Carol Symphony CDK9878
Naxos 8557099 (tracks 6 & 7) 10:17 117:27
18: Bach: Jauchzet, frohlocket (Chrismas Oratorio)
Philips 420 204-2 (disc 1, tr 1 ) 07:56 125:23
19: Bach: Echo Aria (Chrismas Oratorio)
Philips 420 204-2 (disc 2 (track 15) 05:37 131:00
20: Corrette: Symphonie des Noëls CDC7699
Atma 2 2192 (tracks 1-2-3) 06:56 137:56
21: Reger: Maria Wiegenlied CDH2279
Fanfare 9024 (track 4) 02:17 140:13
22: Trad; Boar’s Head Carol CDC9839
CCC-002 (track 2) 02:24 142:37
23: Heykens: Ave Maria CDW9655
EMI 7498192 (track 8 04:21 146:58
24: Kaib: Shalom Aliekhem CDK9672
Naxos 8.559419 (Track 1) 03:59 151:57
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"I'm heading off to Israel for the next five months "
maybe you can add one more and be here for Rafi's birthday and Illy's wedding anniversary? Surely you would not want to miss that? lol
Sounds wonderful, Don. You get to miss most of the nasty, cold weather.
Don. A real Christmas show tomorrow. I am sure I will be home. Weather to bad to leave the house.
Soon you will be heading to Israel. Hope you have a safe trip. No holdups
Chicago A/P would be the worse one to fly from right now. Seems all cancelled daily.
If you have not heard this Christmas adaptation you’re in for a treat...
Worth listening to--
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bycm7MxxqDaZZ0M1R1pldTBadk0/view (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bycm7MxxqDaZZ0M1R1pldTBadk0/view)
Don, you already aired your messages for recorded programs at my 7.00 pm? That is so early!
Hi Bubble. I was editing the spots unaware that they were going out over the air. Very bad and I'm embarrassed. :-[
I am here waiting for all the Christmas music today.
BUBBLE that site would not open, will try later, said an error happened.
Hi Gloria
nu, nu, nu Don!
I did not know how to tell you: can't you hear the phone of the studio?
I did enjoy the selection of Noel music on the jazz
Checking in (which I don't think I did last week).
O Holy Night is one of my favorites. Almost guaranteed to bring tears to my eyes.
Navidad Nuestra is one I always hear with renewed pleasure.
Better late than not at all.
Hi MarsGal. I was at a high school two weeks and they sung O Holy Night and it brought tears to my eyes.
Hi Pat.
such uplifting program today.
Sled rides and such reminded me of the film Dr Jivago, and the troika ride in the snow with Lara and Jivago. The music too was great.
It's bringing tears to my eyes now too.
I wouldn't quarrel with it either.
My favorite "new" carol is "Mary, Did YOu KNow?" Gorgeous, and I literally sob.
Hi Tomereader. I am not familiar with that carol
http://www.metrolyrics.com/mary-did-you-know-lyrics-christmas-song.html
DON thanks for another restful Sunday afternoon with good music.
Shalom to all and may you enjoy a peaceful evening/night to end the week end :D.
Have a great week as one wishes here at the end of the week end.
Thanks, Don. For some reason I was feeling really grumpy today, but you fixed it. I'm sure not grumpy now.
Quote from: PatH2 on December 18, 2016, 04:01:41 PM
Thanks, Don. For some reason I was feeling really grumpy today, but you fixed it. I'm sure not grumpy now.
As the saying goes; "Music hath charms. . . " .
I had to leave for a while and got back just in time to miss the end of the program.
PatH, I can't picture you grumpy.
Pat, that would be like one of the dwarfs and he is quite cute! and the grumpy smurf is even cuter...
After I posted, I thought the same thing about Grumpy the dwarf (didn't think about Smurfs).
Don, have a safe trip and to both you and Bubble, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtwXDhHZ8_Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtwXDhHZ8_Y)
9 yr old sings Celine Dion's "Oh Holy Night"
Devo II
Four guys, wonderful!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47LiSIMY910
Merry Christmas and Happy Chanuka!
I'm listening to and enjoying Reid's Records
So am I.But I did not think to look over here!
I enjoyed the medley
You would not have guessed that was Celine Dion. Her voice got much better as she aged.
It is NOT Celine Dion singing, but a 9y old girl singing her song!
My Mistake again. Read it wrong. I thought it didn't look like her. Even though young.
There are 2 things that I have to do at the end of the Christmas. Listen to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and on New Years Eve. The one from Vienna with the Vienna Boys Choir. Hope they do it this New Years. Julia Andrews is usually the comentater from Austria.
Happy New Year to my special friends in Classical Corner
Will there be a recorded program today?
BUBBLE that is what I came to check, to see if Don would be working today. It is a holiday so didn't really think he would be.
Hi Gloria, Hi Bubble. Yes, my show will be on today. As a matter of fact I will be on air the entire time I am in Israel. (I leave in 12 days! :smitten:)
Sitting comfortably listening to Reid's Records. It seems a bit strange though.
Well I am here too in front row, I like that new version of 4 seasons!
Here's the link in case you forgot
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HI BUBBLE!
I didn't think you were on Don as I didn't see a List yesterday. Are they just going to go ahead and turn on what you have programed for them?..but who is going to be talking in that charming voice of yours. This we look forward to also. You could have taped yourself so they could put in in along with the recordings.
Hi Jeanne. My show will be on air every Sunday while I'm away. The only thing missing will be my weekly playlist, so when the programme goes to air we'll all be guessing.
Happy New Year everyone!
I was at my sister's for dinner and a movie yesterday, so missed the program.
The 3 stages of man
The 3 stages of man:
He believes in Santa Claus.
He doesn't believe in Santa Claus.
He is Santa Claus.
but don't forget the 4th stage....
He LOOKS like Santa Claus.
ha ha ha Jeanne Lee. Good one!
I thought of "our own Santa" as soon as I saw it. :2funny:
Making lunch as I ready myself for an afternoon of Reid's Records.
Hi Don and Bubble.
Hi Marsgal
Hah! I was just about to say something like it was longer than I remember. One of my childhood favorites.
hi Marsgal! Hi Don!
Don. You listening to yourself today.? Miss you talking. You must be closes to flying out soon.
Safe trip. I know Bubble can't wait.
Hi JeanneP. It's interesting to listen to myself. I'm actually enjoying it. Next Thursday I depart.
A pleasant afternoon is coming to an end. Catch you all next week.
Safe trip tomorrow Don. Did you enjoy listening to yourself. I hear myself talk on the answering machine and can't believe myself. Such a accent. Yet I don't think I have one anymore. Yet I must have as people still make remarks about it. Maybe not quite as strong now.
I am safely ensconced in Israel in Bubble's loving company, although she is unwell at the moment. More news to follow as her health improves.
Hope Bubble's health improves rapidly, and it should since you are there! Take care, both of you.
Don. Glad you got there safe and sound. Hope Bubble gets to feeling better. Dr. Don will have a cure. Is the flu bug going around Israel also? How is the Weather?
Greetings from Israel. It's a balmy 17c here and the sun is shining. Bubble is feeling much better but still has some recovery to make up.
Hi Don. I am glad you made it okay and that Bubble is feeling better.
Settling in for Reid's Records
What happened to Reid's Records?????
I;m sitting here wondeing the same thing
I called the studio and they said there were technical issues
HAH!
My sentiments exactly
I am pecking around at YouTube now.
Just heard and found for the first time this beautiful piece of classical music...hope you agree....just beautiful...I even thought I was looking up a woman's name, came a bit of surprise to find Nicola is a male...Link.....Nicola Piovani - Buon Giorno Principessa.....
Don, no matter how many miles away, I know you would still appreciate a good piece of music, I know Bubble will too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlyja-keRHw
Jackie that is one of my favourites. It's from the soundtrack of the movie Life Is Beautiful which won 3 Oscars in 1997. Thanks for posting it.
Don, two more versions to listen too....My preference is Mario Frangoulis...he sings in the style of Andrea Bocelli....
Now where did these " Ten Tenors " spring from? an up version of the original " Three Tenors " I guess...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fv-g6vT1uQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIjQNX2RRAU
All ready and waiting.
Hi MarsGal. Ready and waiting also.
Jackie I was unaware there was a vocal version. Very nice.
Oh, I do love the bagpipes. It's the highlight on any parade for me.
I have seen that pageant on tv and it's truly spectacular. We missed it when we were in Scotland.
So did I, Don. When we were there, they were giving a special performance for orphans so it was closed to the general public the day we were free. Got lots of shopping done, walked through the park, saw an art exhibit, visited some monuments, so we kept busy with alternatives.
Love the Hebrides Overture. The natives (my cats) are getting restless. Guess it is time to think about supper.Have a wonderful evening/night.
Today I must miss my own concert because I'm going to a Live concert here in Netanya. I'll just have to read the reviews. :D
Hope that you both enjoyed the concert. Nice to see a live one on Stage. Bubble must be feeling better now.
This is Mozart's birthday (Jan 27,1756). There are some great clips on this link so try and listen to them all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8_LpX5TgW0
And Mozart was only 35 when he died 1791.
Mary Ann
Greetings from Israel! It is sunny but cool in Netanya, having survived two days of heavy rain and gale force winds. Bubble has recovered to the extent that we were able to venture out and do a major grocery shopping this morning which took almost 3 hours to complete. But it was great getting out together. I'm still adjusting to the time difference: it's 2pm here and 7am in eastern North America. That means I listen to Reid's Records at 8pm
Don, you're going to be very confused when you get back to Canada.
Mary Ann
Mary Ann I'm already confused. I thought last Wednesday was Sunday. ::)
All set.
Hi MarsGal
Speaking of time, we are four hours behind the East Coast and eleven hours behind Netanya! 8:00 PM Sunday, in Netanya, Israel is 9:00 AM Sunday, in Fairbanks, AK.
Lovely Mozart music just now...
Hi Angelface. Or should I say good morning. I always marveled when Sato joined us; it was the middle of the night for him.
Hi Bubble.
My speakers have decided to sound scratchy. Not at your end, I checked by trying a YouTube selection. Still scratchy. Guess I will have to check the wiring when I have a minute. Don't want to stop working on my Latin just yet.
Don. I don't think it is our speaker. It is your voice that is coming through wrong. It sounds like you are stuttering. saying things twice . Voice on Voice. Funny.
It sounds like you're getting some feed back Jeanne.
We are listening to it here and it's coming through just fine
I turned it off and signed on again. Waiting for you to say something. A message keeps going along the bottom for a second. To fast for me to read. Just flashes.
You say you spent 3 hours in the Grocery Store yesterday. Bubble must be planning on some good cooking for you. Glad she got to go out.
Sounding okay now. Don't know what caused the line noise, but the scratchy (I should probably call it static noise) is gone now. Might have been something at the railyard, but I doubt it. I get the scratchiness when I move the volume control so I think it is something internal to the speaker controls.
Don. O.K now. Got to hear your charming voice again. Perfect. Can't tell it was recorded. Now to you, does you voice sound the same as when you hear yourself talking normal. Mine sure doesn't. specially my message on answer machine of phone.
Voices sound different because we hear ourselves from the inside of our heads, filtered and bounced against the bones in our ear canals. What we hear from tape recordings or phone answering machines is how others hear us.
I dislike the sound of my own voice, although I am assured that it sounds just fine.
Happy Birthday to Franz Schubert born on 31st January 1797, in Vienna.
He has so many beautiful melodies to his credit, one of which is the almost hackneyed Ave Maria.
The Schubert "Ave Maria" is the last of three songs based on Sir Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake", all of which are sung by the heroine Ellen. The other two are "Jager, Ruhe von der Jagd" ("Hunter, rest from thy hunt") and "Raste, Krieger, Krieg ist Aus" ("Rest, warrior, the war is done"). The "Ave Maria" is a prayer to the Virgin sung by Ellen when she and her father are on a deserted island together (the accompaniment is meant to suggest waves lapping at the shore). Although each of the three verses begins with the words "Ave Maria", the subsequent text is in German and has nothing to do with the traditional Latin prayer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCucnn-95nY
Don - Thanks for posting that gorgeous rendition of "Ave Maria". Watching those hands moving across the keyboard, was a real treat this morning. I'll be listening to KDFC San Francisco, today, and will be looking forward to hearing their selections in honor of Shubert. They always have an all day tribute on the birthday of any composer or well known musician.
Marilyne it almost mesmerising to watch those hands in motion. I frequently listen to KDFC ever since you provided me with the link so many years ago.
Don. Enjoyed that. I don't believe I have every listened to it played on piano before. Why didn't I stay with my teacher. Looking at her fingers. I can see why she is so good.
Jeanne, I didn't stay with my piano teacher because I had to play "baby" pieces at all the recitals! I can play hymns now, but toward the last line of each, I get slower and slower. Sometimes I used to drive over to the church to play the piano in our assembly/dining room if no one is about. I enjoy most kinds of music and love to sing. I sang in church choirs at least 35 years (or more). Now I just sing in the congregation's hymns of the day. We have a very professional sounding choir although only a few are actually pros.
Sue
KDFC streaming info.
http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/asx/KDFCFM.asx
Thanks Rammel. I didn't have the link on this laptop. I am listening as I type
Thanks Rammel. I'm listening to it now.
This is the birthday of Fritz Kreisler born on February 2nd 1875, in Vienna. Legend has it that he never practised, possibly because he was too busy performing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2moKgVoeW9Y&list=PLzSb4cgS0A3M1mCtgI-L23ZgVNDpYZ-yH&index=6
Thanks, Don. I started to learn to play the violin while in grade school but my folks could not afford to buy the violin (school instrument) when I went to high school. Nevertheless, the violin is my favorite instrument to listen to, followed by the piano (also took piano when young).
Fritz Kreisler is one of my favorite artists.
Mary Ann
I too played the violin as a child. My grandfather gave me my first instrument and I played by ear.
Happy Birthday to Felix Mendelssohn, born in Hamburg on 3rd February 1809.
He composed an 8 volume series of melodies entitled Songs Without Words, although many experts are certain that his sister Fanny contributed to the cause as well. Spring Song is one of my favourites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPwNbEySjG4
Don, thanks for Spring Song. My mother used to play that piece and brought back good memories. I was able to follow the notes as they were played as I'm sure most of your viewers could.
Mary Ann
Mary Ann One of the key factors in the popularity of the Songs Without Words was their comparative simplicity. They were easier to play and as you pointed out sight reading was easily accomplished.
Don - I enjoyed listening to "Spring Song". I think most of us who took piano lessons in the 1940's, remember learning and playing it over and over again. I think it was included in one of the John Thompson piano books? There was a book #1, #2, etc., according to ability. There was also one called "Teaching Little Fingers to Play", which must have been a beginner book?
Well, here I am, fashionably late. I was doing lunch and playing games on my laptop. Forgot it was Sunday.
Hi MarsGal.I find that I have to pay attention to the days as well---and the time. It's 8:30 pm as I type this
I'm here a little early. Getting set up to start my Latin lesson. Tomorrow we are just starting the Level 3 text beginning with Pliny's "The Perfect Wife". Oh Joy! Oscar just came up to help.
Hi MarsGal
Enjoying the music. Not enjoying the Latin, it's a tough one.
Finally! I thought they forgot, not that I wasn't enjoying the jazz.
What a rousing beginning.
Hi MarsGal. I was about to call as the show came on
They need to reset their clocks over there!
But at least we will have our Sunday treat even if a bit late.
Hi MarsGal
Hi Don :D
Hi Bubble. It's nice to see you :)
Don. Is she hiding from you?
No Jeanne: we are in the same room, just back to back lol EACH ON A DIFFERENT COMPUTER
Now that is "Togetherness" Sort of like Texting.
Waiting patiently
Hi, Don and Bubble.
I noticed that the program, the last two weeks at least, isn't starting until 1:13pm. Seems a few minutes later than usual. I got to hear a little extra jazz, which is okay too.
No way to I feel like doing Latin today, but I must bit the bullet and try to do something.
Hi MarsGal. I'm thinking this is spring break at the college. There has been no newscast either the past two weeks. The jazz show is usually recorded for longer than required and is faded out when it's time for the next scheduled show to come on. I expect everyone will be back next week and we'll be on time.
Translating Pliny the Younger is a real bear to translate. Gave up for the day.
Oh, I remember you playing this 1812 Overture before. I will enjoy hearing it again.
BTW, your voice comes over 5x5, but i have to turn up the volume on the music considerably. I wonder how they managed that.
I also noticed an imbalance between music and vox. That is the result of poor recording on my part.
Don, I listened to most of your program yesterday and I am certain I had heard the same program in the last year or so as the music and comments were familiar. Wasn't this a program from the recent past? I enjoyed hearing the music again.
Hi Larry. The. programmes you are hearing are all repeat broadcasts and in fact some of them were recorded as far back as five years ago. Except for the occasional lapse in recording quality they stand up pretty well.
Don. I thought they had to be older shows because. Now your voice is so much stronger. younger (Sound professional) don't want to use the word Sexy. on line.
Do you think so Bubble? Maybe you caused that.
Now let us have some Venetian Mascarade...by Ernesto Cortazar.....1940 â€" 2004.... who was a contemporary classical composer and pianist....He composed background music for more than 75 motion pictures...Link...
Have to say, their costumes are spectacular...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQSZUHS1_-U
Beautiful music, Jackie. A while back I did some jigsaw puzzles of the Venice Carnival on my Kindle. Gorgeous costumes and poses.
How embarrassing; late for my own concert :-[
Ah, there you are.
well, Don was enjoying some local fruit (Pomelo) and newly baked pastry that he helped make. That made him forget the time!
Excuses, excuses...now what was the real reason... ;D
Now Bubble, did his pastry turn out better than his last attempt?...
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Hi Jackie, Hi MarsGal, Hi Bubble. Bubble has provided my alibi and that's the one I'm going with. I'm working on some photographic evidence to corroborate my story as well.
If it is a pie he is making he will forgo anything to get at it. He should have eaten a lot of sweets last week. He should be able to cook well once he gets home again.
I forgot to turn the computer on to hear him today also. Was so windy I kept it off.
DON....and the camera never lies...
Did anyone beside me forget about daylight saving time?
Oh nuts! Yes, but I also forgot about the show. My head was wrapped up in other things.
and we were both engrossed, looking at the hundreds pictures we took of Purim costumes...What fun!
Bubble, what is an hour between friends... ;) :)
Such great memories for you both to have for later.
I am stuck indoors today. Snowing. Hard. Think will just watch movies and read. May have to shovel it this time.
Oooh, snow. It's about 60 degrees w/sunshine, after a drizzly chilly morning. Hope you all dont get snow-bound.
Get someone to shovel for you...you don't need to be doing that!
Hard to get now if it is not a big job. Teens Don't want to work.
There you are, Don. I thought for a minute you forgot yourself.
It looks like I worked ahead a bit on the Latin, so I think I will just - oops! nix that, the cats have the futon so I can't - stretch out, listen and read.
Hi MarsGal. I missed it again: we are not on daylight time yet and I forgot :-[
These changes of time are really annoying, especially when it is not all the countries on the same day.
Hi MarsGal. It seems our regulars are not here since Don took his vacation :(
Hi Bubble
:D
Yes, I noticed Bubble. I missed some of these, plus some I like to hear over and over again. Then there is my Latin; I use this time to do some translation. Last week we had a break which was a part of the reason I forgot to show up. This program, so far, does not sound familiar.
Right on que, here is one I like to hear often, Caucasian Sketches. The Polovetsian Dances are another that just seems complimentary.
Oh good, I am done with my Latin and Oscar, on cue, removed himself from the futon. Now a have a spot to stretch out and read.
Sweet Dreams, Don and Bubble.
A name I have just stumble across, Don see if you are aware of him?...
Wikipedia:
Stamatis Spanoudakis was born in Athens Greece. Very early on he began to occupy himself with music.
He first studied Classical music ( guitar and theory ). He later played bass guitar and keyboards in a number of bands, in the sixties and the seventies, in Athens, Paris and London where he lived and recorded his first albums.
He later returned to Classical music and resumed his studies of composition, first in Wurzburg Germany with professor Bertold Hummel and then in Athens with professor Konstantinos Kydoniatis.
He was then attracted to his third love - Byzantine music, which led him to Greek songwriting and instrumental music.
Since then he is consciously trying to reconcile his three musical influences (Rock, classical and Byzantine), in his music.
He wrote numerous hit songs (words and music) for most major Greek singers.
He also wrote the music for many successful films in Greece, Germany and Italy, for the theater and television and has recorded so far more than sixty albums.
Since 1995, he concentrates on instrumental music, based on Greek historical or religious themes, a music that has an unprecedent appeal in Greece.
Stamatis lives in a quiet suburb with his wife Dori and their four dogs. He has his own studio where he records his music, being the composer, arranger, producer, performer and engineer of his work...
Link: Waltz Of Flowers...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbsxasRvJJA
Jackie that composer is completely unknown to me. I tried to follow up some of the other links, especially the ones that tie in with his interest in byzantine compositions but had no success. The link you provided was an excellent example of his talent; I'd love to hear more of it.
Don, your wish is my command....Here he is in action..this one is real catchy and lively, a complete contrast to my previous, could almost imagine Demis Roussos and Nana Mouskouri joining in....Link...Routes Of Spring...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t_sN-2LzN0
I just adore Waltz of Flowers. It kind of reminds me of a music box in spots. The video is great too.
MarsGal.....yes agree, I thought the video and particularly their costumes were simply stunning...just perfect for the " classical " title...
Jackie that had me rocking in my chair.
And lest it be overlooked this the birthday of J.S. Bach. And what is more joyful and triumphant than Praeludium.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjrw5bFdGa4
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Bubble, I'm ready!
Mary Ann
bubble. Now will that hour make any difference to you. It doesn't me. I have always gone to bed between 10pm and 11pm and get up 8am or 9am. it did bother me before I retired a little. I didn't like the darkness in the morning but like it not getting dark before 7pm
I remember growing up in the UK that it would stay light until at least 9 or 10 pm. Never here in Illinois. Maybe to 8pm
We are having 74 deg here today.
Here a little late. Wasn't watching the clock.
Hi MarsGal
We're all back on the same time settings finally
Nice sound effects. Did I just hear "The Bear Went Over the Mountain"?
MarsGal you did indeed hear The Bear Went Over the Mountain also known as "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow."
Right, I forgot that one.
New Trivia Quiz
http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=95.msg80205#msg80205
Don, I've just downloaded (to be read at some future date) George Bernard Shaw's commentary on Wagner's "Niblung's Ring". It is the second edition, so it has the benefit of having Shaw reprisal of his first preface. It also has the preface to the first German edition as well as the two English prefaces. Should make for interesting reading. As I recall, Shaw's literary and theatrical criticisms could be pretty sharp. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1487
I should be working on my Latin lesson for tomorrow, but I don't feel like it just now. Instead, I am cruising through Project Gutenberg again. What I came up with this time is a book called Modern Musical Drift by William James Henderson. Published in 1904, it looks like it is a series of essays (or perhaps some of his news articles. Mr. Henderson was a journalist and music critic who apparently covered the Met operas. What I like most, though, is his poem at the beginning of the book which is untitled unless the book title or the first line serves as the title.
Beside the ebon Styx
The brood harmonious wanders slow.
A backward gaze on earth they fix,
And ask, "Where doth dear Music go?"
I fancy Palestrina stares,
And good Scarlatti gasps for breath,
While Handel, with his figured airs,
Bemoans poor Music's early death.
Old Haydn shakes his long peruke,
And Mozart wags his pendant cue,
As both record their soft rebuke:
"What is it that these moderns do?"
Alone in all that troubled throng
One moves with calm, unruffled brow;
For still Sebastian's voice is strong
To say, "'Twas I who taught them how."
So when the storms discordant brew,
You smile at me across the house;
For well you know there's nothing new,
Not even (pardon!) in your Strauss.
Except, perhaps, a fine disguise
Of leading motives, wood and strings,
Which make a score look wondrous wise,
And seem to mean to many things.
So weave your fancies; I'll weave mine;
And let them wander, dark or bright.
The Lords of Art have graven fine;
Perchance we both discern aright.
W. J. H.
August, 1904.
MarsGal that is a delightful poem.
George Bernard Shaw was a critic of renown and when he authored his own newspaper column he did so under the pen name of Corno di Basetto.
All set up and ready to g0
. . . or maybe not. >:(
Don. Are you still on your holiday. Can you get on O.K from there?
Sorry I missed the show today. I finished up my taxes; it took longer than I expected.
Check the poetry discussion...
I guess there isn't a show today. There is some kind of interview program on. It also looks like I got a TuneIn beta webpage. ? ? ?
MarsGal I wasn't online yesterday so I can't explain what happened. It is certainly obvious that they care little for anything that does not conform to their weekday format
Maybe it had something to do with Spring Break. I discovered that is this week, so no Latin either.
Meanwhile, here is a lovely waltz with accompanying spring blossoms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-coA-mGyQs
MarsGal, thanks for the lovely music and beautiful flowers. I have snowdrops in my garden.
Mary Ann
Lovely music MarsGal
Listening to Reid's Records for the last time from Israel. :(
A little late (was doing yardwork), but just in time for Chevalier de St. George.
Oh, nuts! My sound just died.
Hi Mars Gal
Hi Don. I'm back in business. I was typing away and all of a sudden I lost the sound. Must have hit the wrong key, but the sound manager said I was good to go. Rebooted; it came up on mute; took it off mute. That worked. Too bad I missed most of the first St. Georges piece.
I'll be back live next Sunday
Don. Hate to see the time has come for you to leave. However I will look forward to you being back on on Sundays.
Bubble. It has been a great trip for you both. Will be others.
Now today I did not have his show on. Was listening to one you may have had on. "Violins of Hope" It was a Memorial on the people who died in the Holocaust . Recorded over the Passover. Lots of children playing.
Bubble. The book could be good reading of "The violins of Hope"
Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaustâ€'...
Book by James A. Grymes
Preview book
A stirring testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of music, Violins of Hope tells the remarkable stories of violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust, and the Israeli ... Google Books
Originally published: August 12, 2014
Author: James A. Grymes
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Thanks Jeanne. I will look into it.
Right now, with Holocaust Day here, we have had 48 hours of live reporting from survivors. It is heart rending to hear their memories and all what they went through.
I was at the bank today and even there they had a small table next to the entrance with a lit memorial candle.
Near the memorial site for fallen soldiers they had a special service and they had brought there a train wagon very similar to the one that was used for transport in Auschwitz.
This is a very important day in Israel.
I figured it was time to come to the surface after a four-month hiatus and get back into the swim of things. I'm more grateful than I can express for the wonderful responses we had to all of our posts during my absence, so for now, an inadequate "thank you" will have to suffice.
And now to the matter at hand as I begin my 34th year as the host of Reid's Records.
The month of May marks the 76th anniversary of the creation of that immortal American icon Bugs Bunny, so I'll open the programme with one of the many pieces with which he has been identified. Included as well is a non-operatic work by Donizetti and a recording of summer's night outdoor concert with the Vienna
Philharmonic. And the Mediaeval Baebes provide classical music's version of the Spice Girls
Reid’s Records: Programme #1534 Apr 30/2017
1: Rossini: Barber Of Seville Overture CDV5011
CBC CDSMCD5021 (track 1) 07:20 7:20
2: Benda: Sinfonia in F CDV2627
Alto ALC 1001(tracks 1-2-3) 06:04 13:24
3: Hummel: D-Major Mass CDH8640
Chaconne CHAn 0681 (tracks 6-7-8-9) 10:35 23:59
4: Gottschalk/Kay: Cakewalk G8.0370
RCA AGL1-1271 (side 1, tracks 4-5) 11:25 35:24
5: Saint Saens: Phaeton CDS1027
London 414 460-2 (cut 15) 09:00 44:24
6: Khachaturian: Masquerade (Waltz & Mazurka) CDK3730
Erato 4509 94677 (tracks 5 & 6) 07:01 51:25
7: Bretón: Escenas AndaluzasCDB8796
Naxos 8572076 (track 4) 05:11 56:36
8: Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night Overture CDR6091
Chandos CHAN 8327/8/9 (track 1) 09:00 65:36
9:: Nicolai: Merry Wives Of Windsor- Moon Chorus CDW2643
Philips 464 6745-2 (track 2) 04:21 69:57
10: Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture CDS9921
Sony SICC 1711 (track 1) 08:57 78:54
11: Donizetti: String Quartet #17 (1st mvmnt) CDV3797
Capriccio 10 844 (track 1) 07:23 86:27
12:: Hummel: Trumpet Concerto H4.0127
CBS 37846-1 (side 2) 17:17 103:47
13: Dowland/Battle: Medley CDD2256
EMI CDC-7 47196 2 (tracks 1-2-3-4-5) 09:07 112:54
14: Mozart: 8th Piano Concerto M6.0307 CDR-229
Philips 6833 199 (side 1) TR 3-4-5 21:52 134:46
15: Mediaeval Baebes: Medley CDN2631
Virgin 30142 2 (tracks 11-12) 04:50 139:36
16: Dvorak: 9th Symphony (largo) CDD7021
London 410 116-2 (track 2) 14:03 153:39
17: Chopin: Les Sylphides CDG9470
EMI 568384 (track 18 04:32 158:11
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
Don, I did not realize that Bugs Bunny was 76 years old. What a character!
Welcome home, but I'll bet you'd rather be in Israel.
Mary Ann
Hi Don, glad you got home okay.
Welcome home Don. Now back to the other way of life. Little Dieting I bet. Such food you enjoyed there. Storming here for 4 days and still keeping up tomorrow. I hope I can bring your concert in O.K. Looking forward to it.
Hi All!
Hi Don. All set. Oh, I don't even have to work on my Latin today. I did it yesterday. So now I can just relax and listen.
Hi there! :)
Hi Bubble.
Hi MarsGal, Hi Bubble
DON welcome home. I am late getting here but I am here now. I know you and Bubble miss each other already.
Hi Gloria it's great to have everyone together again
DON wonderful having you back. I did not listen much while you were on vacation, just not the same as when you are here live.
The Masquerade always reminds me of everyone just a little tipsy. A good piece for Gothic story, I think.
Vienna Carneval: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/395683517234449115/
Oh I love this music, and I recognize it as a favorite tune :) for whirling around the room.
BUBBLE I would love to whirl around a room with that music, too.
Don't know how long I will be here. I can hear thunder in the distance and never have the PC or TV on during a thunder storm. Had a TV get hit during a storm so now never take a chance.
Bubble make sure you're strapped in your chair before you do any twirling :D
Ha h aha not to worry Don, I am quite stable!
That trumpet is so joyful, could whirl with that as well!
That Mozart is really something to savor. Thank you for choosing it for today.
When you think the girl performing it was only 10 years old the performance is even more remarkable
I don't think I have recovered from jet lag yet
Mmmm... Layla Tov! Chopin was exquisite, as usual...
Who was it that burst in while it played? So inconsiderate!
That was me not focusing on the job at hand
I will try to be better next week. Layla Tov.
Not sure if it belongs here but here goes....a bit of Charlie Drake humour, nine minutes of pure fun... :2funny:
...Charlie Drake 1812 Overture...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZM33ynvBKg
Vanilla, I don't know if this is the same one you posted or not. The one you posted I can get because of a copywrite block. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0BLK4rs0Sw
Not the same but both are really fun! I never heard of Charlie Drake before. No copywrite block here.
Very clever. Never heard of him before.
MarsGal.....yes but you only get five minutes not nine.....sorry but I assumed everyone had heard of the late slapstick comedy man, of Charlie Drake...1925 â€" 2006....
We lead off with two works by Albinoni---maybe---because the work for which he is so well known was probably not created by him; that's the adagio. We have also made note of Tchaikovsky's birthday with arguably his greatest work.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1535 May 7/2017
1: Albinoni:Oboe Concerto: C-major CDA3300
Naxos 8550739 Tracks 16-17-18 10:26 10:27
2: Albinoni: Adagio CDA3155
EMI CDZ 7 62516 2 (track 1) 07:36 17:03
3: Brahms: Haydn VariationsCDB8769
DG 471 443-2 (CD1 TR 5) 19:39 36:42
4: Haydn: 48th Symphony CDH4157
DG 419 607-2 (tracks 3-4) 09:33 46:15
5: Strauss/Vienna Choir Boys S8.0566 CDR105
RCA ARL1-2754 (side 2, tracks 4-5) 9-10 09:08 55:23
6: Schubert: Unfinished Symphony CDS4019
Telarc CD-80091 (track 1) 12:31 67:54
7: Tchaikovsky: 5th Symph 2nd mvmnt CDT2910
Sony 88843045052-13 (track 6) 13:05 80:54
8: Bononcini: Sinfonia/2 Trumpets/Strings CDP9082
Nimbus NIM 5017 (tracks 25 to 30) 09:21 90:15
9: Sullivan: Di Ballo CDS9241
Nimbus 5066 (track 10) 11:50 102:05
10: Dvorak: Rondo for Cello & Orch CDD7190
CBS MK42206 (track 5) 08:08 110:13
11: Gottschalk: Grande Tarantelle For Piano CDG8269
Vox CDX5009 (cd 1, track 1) 07:36 117:49
12: Alfven: Swedish Rhapsody CDS6461
Vox 8734 (track 8 12:38 130:27
13: Graun: Horn Concerto CDR7255
London 417 406-2 (tracks 13-14-15) 10:02 140:29
14: Massenet: El Cid CDC2261
Naxos 7746322 (tracks -3-4-5-6-8 11:39 152:08
Sunday afternoon 1:05 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
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I am here early and will get comfortable to enjoy the program today. DON the list looks like it will be great.
Here I am! I've already done my Latin, so now I am reading on some Linux programming. My OS lost a file I need for the printer manager.
Here as well, all ears!
Hi everybody. Sorry I'm late.
Vienna Choir Boys are always a joy to listen to. I loved it.
They are often the group I turn to when I'm running out of imagination and need something to play :D
Tarantella... lively and as heady as good wine
Thank you for at long last telling me the name of that haunting melody - Swedish Rhapsody - it was also made in a famous French song in the sixties and was on all the juke boxes.
Bubble the Swedish Rhapsody was a long-time hit in North America too.
Layla Tov! The last Massenet was just right to send me to a restful night :)
Thanks for good music.
DON loved today's selections. Enjoyed every thing while just sitting back and listening.
BUBBLE I could have slipped off to dreamland with a few of today's music but was afraid I would miss something.
Now I am mad at myself. did not listen to Don as I was gone. "The Vienna Boys Choir". I missed it. How I miss them now on Public Tel. New Years Eve. It came from Vienna every year. I do have one year on Tape.
JeanneP You can redeem yourself by catching another one of your favourites: Slaughter on 10th Avenue.
The collaboration of Charpentier and Moliere makes for a delightful interlude as does the vocal presentation the 11-year old wunderkind Jackie Evancho. And of course, you can all sing along with Rach's Vocalise. :) And as a reminder, there will be no broadcast next Sunday. That's a holiday weekend and on such ocassions the station suspends all quality programmes.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1536 May 14/2017
1: Slawson: Bach On Wood CDB29932
CBS MK39704 (track 4) 04:11 4:11
2: Gounod: Saltarelo CDM3369
Naxos 8550087 (tr 12) 06:26 10:37
3: Marquez: Danzon #2 CBM3569
Dorian 90254 (track 1) 09:55 20:32
4: Trad: El Cielo (John Williams) CDR-126
Arista A21-8302 (tr 10) 04:20 24:53
5: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake CDT2187
Telarc CD-80151 (track 10) 12:02 36:55
6: Quartetto Gelato: Hungaria CDQ1559
Marquis 81602 (track 3) 06:38 43:33
7: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Le Malade Imaginaire CD3
Erato 2292-45002-2 (track 12) 06:48 50:21
8: Rachmaninoff: Vocalise CDS2449
EMI 5 68387 (track 10) 06:27 56:48
9: Auber: Fra Diavalo Overture CDA1854
Telarc CD80116 07:47 64:34
10: Crusell: 3rd Clarinet Concerto CDC8643
Naxos 8,554144 (tarck 9) 07:35 72:09
11: Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe CDM5562
Virgin 07777 86001 (track 13) 02:40 67:35
11a (Mix)Morricone: Nella Fantasia CDE9827 (Jackie Evancho)
Columbia (Track 2) 04:18 71:53
12: Haydn: Organ Concerto CDH4165
L'Oisseau-Lyre 417 610-2 (track 4) 05:35 77:28
13: Hofmann: B-flat Sinfonia CDH7525
Naxos 8.553866 (tracks 1-2-3) 10:57 88:25
14: Gottschalk: Marche Solenelle CDG8269
Vox CDX5009 (cd 1, track 4) 09:38 98:03
15: Rogers & Hart: Slaughter On Tenth Avenue CDR7365
RCA 09026-61542-2 (track 5) 08:51 106:54
16: Glinka: Summer Night In Madrid CDC2261
NAXOS 7 74632-2 (track 16) 09:12 116:06
17: Strauss jr: Artist’s Life Waltz CDS8549
Naxos 8.550152 (track 8 08:34 124:40
18: Beethoven: 6th Symphony CDB4073
Telarc CD-80145 (tracks5-6) 13:16 137:56
19 Haydn: Wind Divertimento(minuet) CD#3
Hungariton HRC155 (track 13) 02:25 140:21
20: Gillis: Portrait of a Frontier Town CDG4803
Albany 833 ( tracks 2 & 3)
08:07 148:28
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I look forward to Gabriel’s Oboe.
I have to make sure I stay home at the concert time tomorrow. There are 4 of my favourites on that list. Thing is the weather is so beautiful here this weekend I have to get outdoors. Just can't get Don up on my Ipad or the Amazon Fire tablet. Speakers not loud enough or could take out with me. Maybe try to do lunch at the time.
With a Nor'easter here today what better way to spend the afternoon listening to the wonderful music you have for us, DON.
JeanneP Try using your headphones with you Ipad
Bubble, I cheated and went to Munich from 2005,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU
Hi gang!
Don't have head phones for the IPad. Didn't know you could plug any in. I will listen on Desktop. Good and loud on it and I can walk around the house a little.
Ok, so I didn't mow all the backyard. Although it isn't too hot out, it is humid and buggy after all the rain the last two days.
I'm guessing I came in on the Quartetto.
Hungaria is so satisfying
I missed Tchaikovsky because of a phone call :(
Hi MarsGal
Hi Bubble
Gabriel’s Oboe - that melody pulls the strings of my heart :thumbup:
I remember seeing Jackie Evancho on America's got talent and was so disappointed that she didn't win with her beautiful voice.
I think that's the programme I saw her as well
Ballet and Slaughter? What a combination!
Don. I am trying to clean house a little while listening but I sat when "Slaughter on 10th. Ave" came out. Now it is a different version than the one I have. Changed a lot. wonder if yours is a newer. Mine has to be over 40 years old I think It on a old vinyl. Most probably worn out by now. I still can play my vinyl and lots are still good.
Getting a cleaning done while listening. Music helps.
First part of you show kept going in and out for about 15 min. but O.K after.
JeanneP that's a pretty old recording I played. The orchestra was conducted by Arthur Fiedler and he died nearly 40 years ago
A lovely afternoon. Thank you, Don.
Thank you all for tuning in. Back in two weeks
Layla Tov and thanks, Don!
Don. Goodness. What a show comes on after you. I wondered what was coming over my computer. Some Psychology women talking. REally deep.
DON thanks for another wonderful afternoon.
Woops! got all primed up to listen to Don's program and then remembered,not on today. Hope he is enjoying his day off.
Apparently the weather is wet and windy. Many people will be disappointed if they were planning on an outing for the week end. Don, stay home!
A youthful work by Mendelssohn is one of the highlights along with a family presentation from the Shostakovich clan. Dimitri junior, the composer's grandson performs on the piano, accompanied by the orchestra conducted by his son. We'll also hear Beethoven's trial run of his 9th symphony all while enjoying a cup of coffee compliments of JS Bach
Reid’s Records: Programme #1537 May 28/20176
1: Shostakovich: Waltz from Maxim’s Return CDS5670
DG 477 6111 (track 16) 03:18
2: Pärt: Spiegel Im Spiegel CDD9671 CANCON
Analekta 2 8275 (Track 18)) 08:23 11:41
3: Clementi: Symphony #1 1st Mvmnt CDC5665
Chandos 9234 (tracks 2-3-4) 11:54 23:35
4: Boccherini: Minuette CDB2009
Telarc 80129 (Track 2) 03:10 26:45
5: Boccherini: D-minor Symphony CDV2647 CANCON
Analekta 90082 (Track 2) 03:58 30:43
6: Fasch: Trumpet/Oboe Concerto CDH8459
Sony SK 44728 (tracks 11-12-13) 05:40 36:23
7: King Frederick 2nd: Symphony #2 F8.543 CDR-142
Philips 9502 057 (side 1, cut 4-5-6) Tr 2 09:16 45:39
8: Beethoven: Choral Fantasy CDB4031
Philips 420 347-2 (track 5-6) 16:49 62:28
9: JS Bach: Coffee Cantata CDV2647 CANCON
Analekta 90082 (Track 4) 06:37 69:05
10: Mendelssohn: Concerto For Two Pianos CDM3928
Brillant 9950-3 (track 6) 09:35 78:40
11: Grofé: Mississippi Suite CDG9614
Naxos 8.559007 (tracks 1 to 4) 13:35 92:15
12: Shostakovich: 2nd Piano Concert0 2nd mvmnt CDM6726
Chandos 10565 (disc 1, track 13) 06:01 98:16
13: Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture P8.510 CDR-21
MHS 4067 (track 8 04:03 102:19
14: Smetana: Bartered Bride CDS7044
Teldec 8.35672 ZA (disc 2, tracks 3-4-5) 14:54 117:13
15: German: Nell Gwyn Suite CDG3594
Archiv 8.223419 (tracks 2-3-4) 09:26 126:39
16: Tchaikovsky: Polonaise & Waltz from Eugene Onegin CDT2081
CBS WYMK 36728 (tracks 2&3) 11:42 138:11
17: Beethoven: Consecration Of The House CDB4257
NAXOS7 74616-2 (track 6) 11:08 149:19
18: Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite CDE4180
EMI 7 62527 (tracks 10-11-12-1) 13:22 162:41
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Sounds like a very interesting program :)
Sounds like a good program. I will join you bubble.Have my Cup of Tea and Lunch at same time.
All set and ready to go. Things are not in good order here at the studio though; WeAre :off air" and I have got us running manually.
I am here. I hope there won't be any other problem...
Well, here is am almost late. Lucy found some plastic to chew on so I had to chase her off and rearrange things again. Cats! One likes to shred cardboard boxes and chew wiring and the other goes after plastic.
Hi, Bubble.
Hi MarsGal, Hi Bubble
wow That is so fascinating! Spiegel Im Spiegel- have you seen the movie? As enthralling as the music?
When I first learned the piano, I had a music volume titled "Clementi". I suppose it was easy transcriptions of his compositions, but it is the one I liked least of what I had to practice.
I have seen the movie---twice actually. If you only see one movie for the rest of your life let it be this one.
I imagine most childhood pieces are unpleasant to whomever is practicing. I quite like his works.
I actually never heard of the movie, Wit, before (and no wonder, it was an HBO movie). The only time I hear the piece is right here. It appears the music was used in a number of films and TV shows, none of which I've seen except for the Trailer for Gravity. I guess it didn't make it into the full movie though.
Finally here. Had company and I do not have the PC or TV on when anyone is here. Now I hope I have nothing to interrupt the rest of the program.
Hi Gloria.
MarsGal I think the HBO connection is what many experts feel is what prevented it from winning an Oscar
Interesting Don. I know a bunch connected with the Cannes Arts Festival wasn't happy when some of the made for HBO, NetFlix, etc. movies were submitted. Snobs!
Hi Gloria!
MARS GAL hope you are enjoying this afternoon as much as I am.
DON I heard some other songs that must have been taken for the Mississippi Suite. I enjoyed that one very much.
This concert is really most enjoy able. I am swinging to the Polonaise :)
Always good to hear. It makes the time fly
Layla tov!
Very good program today. Very relaxing.
BUBBLE I was swinging along with you to the Polonaise/Waltz. Beautiful.
DON thank you once again for a wonderful Sunday afternoon.
Back again with more good music for a Sunday afternoon.
Reid’s Records: June 4/2017
1: Ippolitov-Ivanov: Geogian March.CDI5562
Naxos 8.553405 (track 8 05:27 5:27
2: Murcia: Spanish Baroque Guitar Music CDM5679
Harmonia Mundi 2907212 (tracks 1-3-4) 12:10 17:37
3: Boieldieu: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra CDB7737
London 425 723-2 (tracks 4-5 13:17 30:54
4: F. and K. Doppler: Rigoletto Fantasy CDD5680
Naxos 8.57378 (Track 1) 09:55 40:49
5: Schubert: The Four Year Sentry Duty CDS2681
Naxos 8.570328 (track 6) 07:22 48:11
6: Strauss: Rosenkavelier Waltz Sequence CDS8527
Naxos 8.550182 (track 12) 12:05 60:16
7: Gassman: One Madman Makes Many CDG1795
Naxos 8570421 (tracks 25-26-27) 05:08 65:24
8: Bizet / Callas: Habanera/Segudilla CDC1682
Allegro OPD-2007 (Track 8 04:00 69:24
9: Chopin: Andante Spianato & Polonaise CDC3069
Philips 438 338-2 (track 5) 15:09 84:33
10: Bellini Oboe Concerto CDC7633
Naxos 8.553433 (Track 5) 08:34 93:07
11: Chopin/Fleisher: Nocturne D-flat major CDC3683
Vanguard 1551 (track 5) 06:59 100:06
12: Gershwin: Cuban Overture CDG9630
Naxos 8.559107 (Track 3) 10:07 110:13
13: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade CDR6109
DG 419 063-2 (track 3) 10:39 120:52
14: Khachaturian: Valencian Widow Suite CDK3740
ASV 85102 (tracks 9-10-11) 12:26 133:18
15: Verdi: Il Vespri Siciliani Overture CDW2619
Amadis 7140 (Track 60 09:19 142:37
17: Blodek: The Rising Of The Moon CDS7211
Supraphon DC-8064 (track 11) 06:25 149:02
18: Britten/Rossini: Soirées Musicales CDB9674
Ondine 8252 (tracks 6 to 10) 11:04 160:06
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Hey Gloria, did you see? 2 Chopin for you to enjoy! :)
BUBBLE just got here and checking Don's picks for today. I did see 2 by Chopin and many others I will enjoy. Better get things done here so I can sit back and enjoy.
DON thanks for including 2 from Chopin.
Hi Gloria Hi Bubble
I am here... all ears! :)
I am already enjoying the march. I visualize settings of music and I can see a military parade with this one. With some march music I imagine a huge ballroom and the grand march.
I love that Spanish music - very intense!
Bubble that was to stimulate your Spanish roots :D
BUBBLE I am enjoying the Spanish music. too. Reminds me of when one of my nephews played Spanish music on his guitar and his brother played the piano along with him.
DON not long ago I saw on youtube a young girl playing the harp. She looked like she could hardly reach the further strings. She was good.
Gloria as beautiful as it sounds I don't see a great future for harpists
DON I agree with you. It would not fit in with the music popular these days. The sound of a harp to me is beautiful.
Oh that haunting tune from Rigoletto! Strangely enough it was in my sub conscience 2 nights ago, in the dream that I could not remember afterward.
DON loved the Chopin. Always enjoy his music. Love the piano anyway but there is something about his music I can always recognize. How I look forward to your second one by him.
Looks like Bubble and I are the only one commenting today.
Where was Fleischer born? What a story! How did he lose the ability to use his right hand?
Quite a story about Fleisher, the right hand carries the hardest part of any piano composition, the melody.
The music stopped, and I don't seem able to get it again!!!
Gloria, can you still hear it?
I dropped out for a bit, but now I am back. I am, but the station stream dropped. It just says it can't find any playable stations. Huh?
exactly the same as for me!
Hopefully Don will be able to fix it...
It appears the cyber transmission has been compromised. The transmission is fine through regular radio
In the meantime, I just tried my local PBS station through TuneIn. It works. The program moderator said they would be talking about Gertrude Bell - eventually. The program sucks! Probably designed to attract the younger set. Don't think can stand to wait for that. Hope you are back up soon Don.
It's back now
I thought my speakers died. Darn we are missing some good music Don has scheduled. Everything just stopped and now it is much too quiet.
Hurray! My favorite bit too, the very end. I just love the drawn out violin at the end.
Still nothing here.
Gloria, did you try getting completely out of the program and than back in again?
Gloria you may have to click on the link again as if you were logging in.
Hi MarsGal
DON that is what I just did. I shut the station off and clicked on and now I hear Sheherazade.
That's good Gloria, you are back in the loop.
Bubble Fleishman was born in San Fracisco in 1928. I'm not sure if he is still living
I am glad we did not lose Khachaturian. I was waiting for thaT
Bubble I had a moment to look it up and Fleisher's disorder was neurological. He even underwent brain surgery as part of his treatment
Lovely ending to the show. Thanks Don.
THIS WAS A GREAT FINALE. Thanks for a relaxing end and layla tov!
BUBBLE like you I am glad I did not miss Khachaturian, first I heard of him was the Saber Dance many years ago.
DON thank you for another wonderful Sunday afternoon. See you next week.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1538 June 11/2017
1: Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto CDA3156
London 417 688-2 (track 7) 10:49 10:49
2: Mozart: Sonata - 2 pianos M6.0236 CDR214
DG 2530 285 (side 1, track 1 10:00 20:49
3: Beethoven: 1st Symphony CDB4058
Nimbus NIM 5005 (track 1) 10:05 30:54
4: Boyce: 5th Symphony CDB7896
Argo 478 6950 (track 5) 08:02 38:56
5: Bellini: E-flat Oboe Concerto CDC7628
Naxos 855391 (track 16) 08:31 47:27
6: Baermann: Adagio For Clarinet & Strings CDB3897
Argo 478 6888 (track 3) 05:10 52:37
7: Mouret: Fanfares CDR3860\
Erato 5685-2-6 (tracks 1-2-3-4) 05:20 57:57
8: Chopin / Szpilman: C-sharp minor Nocturne CDC3748
Sony (Track 1) 03:25 61:22
9: Mahler: 2nd Symphony (2nd mvmnt) Box Set
Radio Netherlands CD2 track 1 10:27 71:49
10: Paganini: Guitar/Violin Variations CDP2038
CBS MK34508 (tracks 13- 14 - 15) 11:28 83:17
11: von Winter: Flute Concerto #1 CDL4747
Naxos 857093 (Track 1) 11:44 95:01
12: Rossini: La Calumnia (Hao Jiang Tian) CDR8751
Naxos 85557442 (track 8 04:41 99:42
13: Schubert: Trout Quintet CDS2065
EMI CDC 7 47009 2 (tracks 3-4) 12:03 111:45
14: Mozart: Adelaide M6.0380 CDR81
Angel RL 32015 (side 1, tracks 2 & 3) Tr 2-3 13:34 125:19
15: Kreisler: Liebeslied CDL2651
Telarc 80402 (track 8 03:42 129:01
16: Haydn: Harpsichord Concerto H4.0106 CDR-164
Seraphim S-60299 (side 2, tracks 4-5-6) TR 9-10-11 09:54 138:55
17: Josef Strauss: Music Of The Spheres CDS8059
London 411 932-2 (track 3) 08:26 147:21
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I am looking forward to today's program!
I have been listening to the Jazz music while waiting for the best program of the week and the sound went off. I closed it off and it is still out. Hope it is back by 1.
We are having our first hot humid summer day here. Sure not my favorite time of year. I hope my AC will not block the music Don has picked for us today, especially since I noticed another Chopin in the list.
Hi Gloria. We are off air but are working on
Yes it just came back.
Hooray, now hope the sound stays on.
Hi Bubble
Greetings, all!
Hi Marsgal. Glad to see you join us here.
Hi MarsGal
hello MarsGal
Hello!
I don't remember that piccolo. Pleasant.
I forgot to hit "reply!"
Yes, I thought the Vivaldi was nice even though I missed more than half of it.
DON loved the Chopin, quite a story before you played it.
Gloria try and see the movie if you can. "The Pianist"
Paganini, I love you! lol
I'm glad I play the violin, ;D
Ha ha ha I bet you could not play this piece... Neither could Tany.
You better practice until you return to visit.
Adelaide and Casadesus are to be remembered and played again. I enjoy it.
Going to my I-Pad and there I have problem accessing S@F, so I'll say my good bye and thanks in advance. So many I appreciated today :)
Layla Tov!
Layla tov Bubble
DON if the Pianist gets on TV I will make sure I watch. I love the waltz music and loved dancing to it. Hard to believe at one time it was a scandal.
Have a good week and will see you next Sunday, the good Lord willing.
Bye Gloria, bye MarsGal
This week's proramme pays tribute, in part, to that age-old institution the June wedding and some of the musical manifestations that it has engendered. There's a short piece that's been mistakenly attributed to Haydn, and a couple of choral works to glorify the soul.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1539 June 18/2017
1: Davies: Butterfly Dance CDD1212 CANCON
Water Lily WLCD 5995 04:10 4:10
2: Haydn/Hofstetter: Serenade Op. 3 CDM6083
Philips 412 712-2 (track3) 03:22 7:32
3: Trad: Red Army Chorus -2 songs CDE9781
Analekta 2 9770-5 tracks 1 & 2) 05:29 13:01
4: Liadov: Polonaise In C CDB3204
EMI 7475052 (track 1) 06:19 19:20
5: Anton Rubinstein: Bridal Procession CDM8370
Naxos 8550328 (track 10) 03:51 23:11
6: Grieg: Wedding Day At Troldhaugen CDG9587
Vox CDX 5048 ( track 14) 05:14 28:25
7: Grieg: Bridal Procession CDG9587
Vox CDX 5048 (cd-2 track 13) 03:28 31:53
8: Goldmark: Rustic Wedding CDG8590
Naxos 8.550745 (Track 5) 09:06 40:59
9: Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream CDM4089
Nimbus 5041 (disc 1,cut 1, disc 2, cuts 6-7) 20:20 61:19
10: Saint-Saens: Wedding Cake CDS1595
EMI 575871 2 (Track 17) 06:48 68:07
11: Handel: Largo CDH2383
CBS WMLK (tr 11) 05:54 74:03
12: Grainger: Husband And Wifey CDG9541
Naxos 8554263 (track 4) 08:21 82:24
13: Mendelssohn: Elijah CDM4933
Philips 478 4821 (track 2-3-20) 12:36 95:00
14: Verdi: Variazioni per Oboe CDV3635
Decca 473 767-2 (track 6) 11:40 106:40
15: Haydn: C-major Cello Concerto 3rd mvmnt CDH4304
Naxos 8.550059 (track 3) 06:32 113:02
16: Canteloube: Songs Of The Auvergne CDV3098
EMI CFP 9009 06:49 119:51
17: Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass G8.0132 CDR-89
DG 139111 (side 1, tracks 1 & 20) Tr 3 12:59 132:50
18: Offenbach: Harp Transcriptions
Naïve 05297 (track 6) 07:50 140:40
19: Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances CDR4034
Mercury 416 496-2 (track 7 & 8 10:46 151:26
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Hubby and I are non-celebrating our 56th Wedding Anniversary today/tonight! I got a beautiful red rose and baby's breath flower arrangement.
Hubby and I and oldest daughter did our "what we call our yearly celebration" last weekend. We have so much happening last day of May and Month of June, that we put them all together and go out to eat at "The Lobster" - - our favorite place to eat! His B'day last of May, our anniversary 6/16, daughter's B'day the 21st with Father's Day on the 18th. So we do "pig out" for that celebration! Wishing all the Dad's a Happy Father's Day for Sunday.
Happy celebration Tomereader! Then "Wedding Day" is just right for your celebrating :D.
Offenbach: Harp Transcriptions sounds intriguing. Somehow I would not associate O. with harp.
TOMEREADER CONGRATULATIONS on 56 years of marriage.
Thank You, Gloria! We are as different as night and day, but were wise enough to give each other free rein to do the things that were important to us. Very few squabbles throughout these many years, and none that were "union busting"!
TOMEREADER small disagreements are all a part of living together no matter how many years.
A wonderful milestone Tome Reader; Congratulations!
and here we start!
Hi Bubble
Greetings everyone!
Tome, sounds like a lot of fun. Congratulations on your 56th. I don't know how it is with the young ones these days, but it used to be a big deal to hit 21 way back when. PA has long since lowered the drinking age. Hope you all have many more such triple celebrations.
Hi MarsGal
I am being lazy today, laying on the couch enjoying the music. That is what lack of sleep does to me.
Gloria you'll have to stop burning the candle at both ends, :D
beautiful romantic music today. weddings seem to be an inspiration!
DON burning the candle at both ends would be OK if I was having fun. Just not able to sleep at times. I am just enjoying today's music.
this last largo is beautiful - oh thanks for reminding me of it.
Joined you a little late today but enjoying what is left . Just about 45 min.
I am having a hard time with this heat we are having. Up in the 90s for almost 2 weeks now. Use to be able to take heat but never this long and high. They are promising up only 81 tomorrow. A/C not taking care of it as good. Say it is going to be all summer and so may look into a larger unit or take a trip someplace cooler.
Don. I was listening to a book on tape the other day. Man had such a beautiful voice. Was thinking that you would be perfect for that. You ever thought about doing it?
How very special this Offenbach is. So gentle too.
Most pleasing program - I'll have sweet dreams after that.
Thank you and Layla Tov.
Hate for you to leave us today Don. Thank you. Music makes me feel so much better. I may now take a nap. I can't seem to settle down to anyone thing right now. Hardly been on the computer at all.
You enjoy "Fathers day". Doing anything special?
Jeanne I did a private assignment for a client and recorded a very long book for him. It took up 22 cassette tapes.
Don. Could all be done on one of the little things you can carry in your pocket now. They hold so much. I remember when had to save things on a cassette. I have boxes of them around someplace. Nothing to play them on.
I was watching something the other day on what is to come. Say within next 5 years. True by people working on them.
Soon you can have a robot of say wife,partner. Mother .Father made in their image. So should taping all conversations . anything you did together. It will be placed in the Robot and it will be like they are still with you. Can sit and talk. Sounds weird but after what has been done in the last 50 years I can see it. I know people now have their pet done after they pass. Have barks put in them. People are ready to do anything now.
Weather had better get colder or I will be reading and watching anything.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1540 June 25/2017
1: Handel: Let the Bright Seraphim CDK3471
London 436 286-2 (track 1) 05:54 5:54
2: Wagner: Flying Dutchman CDB7476
MSB 2-8711-1 (track 5) 10:32 16:26
3: Shostakovich: Tahit Trot CDS5626
Naxos 8,555949 (track 20) 04:10 20:36
4: Shostakovich: Gadfly CDV3098
CFP 9009 (track 9) 06:34 27:10
5: Shostakovich: Bolt Suite & Jazz Suite CDS5626
Naxos 8,555949 (tracks 3-4-7 & 9) 10:27 37:47
6: Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar CDG9587
Vox CDX 5048 (CD-1, track 14) 08:17 46:04
7: Grieg: Norwegian Dances CDG9587
Vox CDX 5048 (CD-2, tracks 9-10) 09:43 55:47
8: Sibelius: Karelia Suite CDS6127
Philips 412 727-2 (tracks 1-2-3) ` 16:03 71:50
9: Sibelius: Finlandia CDS6461
Vox 8734 (track 1) 08:32 80:22
10: Sibelius: Valse Triste CDS6461
Vox 8734 (track 6) 05:16 85:38
11: Copland: Fanfare CDC6463
RCA 60983-2 (track 1) ` 02:44 88:22
12: Copland: Rodeo CDC6062
EMI 7-47382-2 tracks 2-3-5) 14:55 103:17
13 Barber: Adagio CDV1042
Telarc 80059 (track 4) 07:28 110:45
14 Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite CDG9614
` Naxos 8.559007 (track 7) 07:39 118:24
15: Fry: The Breaking Heart CDF8636
Naxos 8559057 (track 4) 10:48 129:12
16: Williams: Born On The 4th Of July CDC6330
Sony SK 64147 (track 8 06:21 135:33
17: John Rutter: Beatles Concerto
Decca 28947 (tr 18) 07:53 143:26
18: Dulcimer Gospel Songs medley CDD9679
Wood n Strings 103 (track 1) 04:55 148:21
SUNDAY afternoon 1:00 P.M. -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
Looks like a super selection for Sunday, Don.
One of my Dad's favorites - The Flying Dutchman
One of my favorites - Finlandia
I look forward to the last one. I had a friend in highschool who played the dulcimer. She was so good that she was also invited to play at weddings.
Finely perfect weather this weekend. In the 70s. Will try to stay home to listen. Good lineup.
Yes, Jeanne, and tomorrow morning I get to mow the front yard. Yay! :P
I am reading Elizabeth Moon's Speed of Dark. The main character and narrator of the novel is a high functioning autistic man. A number of classical pieces are mentioned in the book. This is one of them Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXMTlwcKs0Y
Perlman, such an expressive musician. I never tire of this piece.
I am here getting comfortable to sit back and enjoy today's program. No AC running and windows open to the first day of refreshing air in over a week. If all summer days were like this I might learn to like summer.
Hi Gloria, here I am as well. But here tonight is dreadfully hot 86F when sun has already set.
The windows are open, but no breeze :(
Hi Gloria Hi Bubble
MMmm... the little one does not like this piece: he asked why is the woman crying/shouting? what is she mad at?
I sent him back home to bed. It could give him nightmares!!! lol
Sorry, a little late.
Hi MarsGal
Okay, now I have Charles Boyer in my head.
What inspired thoughts of Charles Boyer?
Shostakovich: Tahiti Trot
Think Tea for Two.
I see after Valse Triste is Copeland's Fanfare. One of my best friend's favorites is the Fanfare for the Common Man
MarsGal the Fanfare and also the opening to Thus Spake Zarathustra are the most stirring fanfares you'll ever hear.
Sorry I did not reply Bubble and Don. I was laying on the couch and if the phone didn't ring I might have fallen asleep.
BUBBLE today is the best day we have had in a week or so. First time in that time I have not had the air conditioner running. It is down to 80° and the humidity dropped to a comfortable level. How in the world can you sleep with it that hot at night? I still prefer winter to summer except for the bulky coats to keep warm when going out.
That grand canyon makes me nervous! Never been to a site like that...
DON after being at the Grand Canyon and seeing the burrows and people riding down that trail that GC choice brought it to mind. Only way I would think of going down would be by walking. Fascinating place.
BUBBLE the GC is quite a place and I enjoyed seeing it. The way the sun changes the colors from purple shadows to red at different times of the day. My daughter, SIL and 2 grandsons and I walked a long way around the south rim. That was back in the 1980's before the Native Americans thought of that glass bottom platform going out over an area. That I would never set foot on.
Just turning on. Nice out and windows all open but so much dust coming in. A/C off. Just can't win for loosing.
Oh! Charles Boyer. Just hearing him speak turn me on.. Not seen one of his movies in a long time. going to have to search. (Not been turned on for awhile) I have always gone for voices.
Bubble even thinking about it gives me the shakes.
Gloria that must be a terrifying ride. Certainly not for me.
Hello Jeanne
DON I would not trust any animal to take me safely down that trail. Not very wide. I would not trust any animal to carry me down and even walking I would stay as far from the edge as possible. Do not care for heights.
DON another wonderful Sunday afternoon. Will miss you next week.
Gloria, no program next week, so a big rest for Don and maybe just tune in on Radio Swiss Classic. They are always reliable for good programming.
Remember? no program on the air. But we can create our own...
Gloria, here is for you.
http://uk.ask.com/youtube?q=The+best+of+Chopin+%2B+U+tube&v=wygy721nzRc (http://uk.ask.com/youtube?q=The+best+of+Chopin+%2B+U+tube&v=wygy721nzRc)
BUBBLE I remembered no program today but came in to check anyway. Thanks for the link. I can sit back and enjoy this all the time I want. Love it.
Thanks Bubble. Chopin,my favourite. I can keep it playing while on this desktop trying to catch up.
Did Don celebrate this weekend? Canada yesterday, here in the USA Tuesday.
They love their fireworks. I hate them. Going off all night.
https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=80.msg91200#msg91200 (https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=80.msg91200#msg91200)
It's an eclectic blend today featuring, amongst others, Mexico's unofficial 'national anthem' (one of two so designated) and delightful soundtrack music by Shostakovich. You'll also hear a hauntingly beautiful child's song as part of Mahler's 1st symphony.
So join the fun this Sunday for another edition of Reid's Records. It's on Sunday at 1 pm eastern time in Canada, 6 pm in the U.K, 8 pm in Israel.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1541 July 9/2017
1: Fucik: Marinarella Overture CDF9681
Apex 487522 (track 2) 10:16 10:16
2: Dvorak: 6th Symphony D7.0415
CBS 36708 (side 2) 17:28 27:44
3: Offenbach: American Eagle Waltz CDO3162
MMG MCD 10022 (track 5) 06:07 38:15
5: Barsanti/André: Trumpet Concerto H2.0212
Angel DS-37905 (side 2,last track) 10:47 49:02
6: Dvorak: Polonaise From Rusalka CDs7736
Supraphon 31632011 (track 4) 04:19 53:21
7: Sarasate: Magic Flute Fantasy CDS1855
Naxos 8572275 (track 1) 12:58 66:19
8: Mahler: 1st Symphony CDM2063
London 411 731-2 (tracks 2-3) 19:18 85:37
9: JS Bach: Air CDB2536
CBS M31262 (side 1, track 4) 05:11 93:04
10: Chopin: Op 27 #2 Nocturne CDM6895
KCE 071 (track 30 05:28 98:32
10: Marquez: Danzon #2 CBM3569 CANCON
Dorian 90254 (track 1) 09:55 108:27
11: Saint Saens: Organ Symphony CDS1070 CANCON
London 410 201-2 (track 4) 07:45 116:12
12: Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien CDT2049
London 417 300-2 (track 2) cANCON 15:14 131:26
13: Shostakovich: Movie Soundtrack Medley CDS5670
DG 477 6111 (tracks 16 & 17) 08:38 139:14
15: Gottschalk: The Dying Poet CDG8233
Nimbus 5014 (track 12) 06:43 145:57
16: Handel: Royal Fireworks CDH2106
MCA MCAD 6186 (tracks 1-2-4) 11:38 157:35
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
What a fun program this will be :D
Pierre Henry, Composer Who Found the Music in Sounds, Dies at 89
Mr. Henry abandoned notes in favor of ambient sounds - dripping water, car horns, bird calls, locomotive engines - which he manipulated with a tape recorder in surprising ways.
That sounds quite intriguing! Anyone heard one of his compositions?
Ready to go
Hello Don
I am here and all set to enjoy today's program.
DON thanks for including a Chopin selection.
Here!
hi Bubble, Hi Gloria, Hi MarsGal
DON rock the park and your comment would make me stay miles away from it. That is noise and not the kind of music we enjoy.
Gloria the stage is literally below my window. The only escape is to leave town which is what I am doing. So next week's show will be a rerun.
:thumbup: Actually, I should give your escape two thumbs up, Don.
DON do not blame you. You would not enjoy one note of that noise.
MARSGAL add my 2 thumbs up, too.
Here are another two thumbs :)
Sarasate is beautiful!
BUBBLE I enjoyed that one, too.
I wonder why they are called Nocturnes.
BUBBLE whatever it is called I love all Chopin's music.
This section of the Organ Symphony always give me a thrill.
MarsGal I get the same reaction
Ahhhh the Capriccio ... That one grips me always anew
I guess PatH is not able to join us again this week. She was in the middle of a move cross-country (to Portland, I think) a week or so back.
We would dearly love to see PatH again; it's been months since we have seen herr. Likewise JoanK
JoanK has been rather sparse on SeniorLearn too. PatH has been taking so many trips west that it was inevitable she would end up moving there. She was back and forth more than usual this year, first looking for a place and then getting it set up for her needs and desires. I imagine she still has some unpacking to do and other sundry things associated with a big move. Now she will be much closer to her family and won't need to travel such distances to see them.
The Dying Poet - so moving. I didn't remember that.
And I will depart soon. The Handel is not one of my favorites, so layla tov and Thanks for those enchanting three hours.
DON thank you once again for an enjoying 3hours.
Don, you had wonderful selections in your program yesterday (of course that is normal). I particularly liked the Organ Symphony and the piece by the Mexican composer. Enjoy your time away from home.
Larry I appreciate your kind comments.
Reid’s Records: July16/2017
1: Ippolitov-Ivanov: Geogian March.CDI5562
Naxos 8.553405 (track 8 05:27 5:27
2: Murcia: Spanish Baroque Guitar Music CDM5679
Harmonia Mundi 2907212 (tracks 1-3-4) 12:10 17:37
3: Boieldieu: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra CDB7737
London 425 723-2 (tracks 4-5 13:17 30:54
4: F. and K. Doppler: Rigoletto Fantasy CDD5680
Naxos 8.57378 (Track 1) 09:55 40:49
5: Schubert: The Four Year Sentry Duty CDS2681
Naxos 8.570328 (track 6) 07:22 48:11
6: Strauss: Rosenkavelier Waltz Sequence CDS8527
Naxos 8.550182 (track 12) 12:05 60:16
7: Gassman: One Madman Makes Many CDG1795
Naxos 8570421 (tracks 25-26-27) 05:08 65:24
8: Bizet / Callas: Habanera/Segudilla CDC1682
Allegro OPD-2007 (Track 8 04:00 69:24
9: Chopin: Andante Spianato & Polonaise CDC3069
Philips 438 338-2 (track 5) 15:09 84:33
10: Bellini Oboe Concerto CDC7633
Naxos 8.553433 (Track 5) 08:34 93:07
11: Chopin/Fleisher: Nocturne D-flat major CDC3683
Vanguard 1551 (track 5) 06:59 100:06
12: Gershwin: Cuban Overture CDG9630
Naxos 8.559107 (Track 3) 10:07 110:13
13: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade CDR6109
DG 419 063-2 (track 3) 10:39 120:52
14: Khachaturian: Valencian Widow Suite CDK3740
ASV 85102 (tracks 9-10-11) 12:26 133:18
15: Verdi: Il Vespri Siciliani Overture CDW2619
Amadis 7140 (Track 60 09:19 142:37
17: Blodek: The Rising Of The Moon CDS7211
Supraphon DC-8064 (track 11) 06:25 149:02
18: Britten/Rossini: Soirées Musicales CDB9674
Ondine 8252 (tracks 6 to 10) 11:04 160:06
Thanks to Bubble for posting my list. I'm out of town and don't have my files with me. So tomorrow it will be a rerun, but I'll be listening.
HERE'S THE LINK:
Sunday afternoon 1:05 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
BUBBLE thanks for posting Don's list for today. I always copy it so I can follow.
DON enjoy your time away from home.
Listening and relaxing
DON like you I listening and relaxing and enjoying. I Like the sound of the harp.
Hi Gloria.
I am on. relaxing and listening. It is 90 deg out and going to be the same all week. Awful summer we are having.
Hope you are someplace cool Don. Enjoying the day off. Great to have Bubble as you Assistant now. She did good.. Are you making any of the dishes she taught you to make?
Hi JeanneP. Yes I have found her kitchen hints to be very helpful.
Just listening to Maria Callas. One of my favourite to be in Carmen. I think I have now seen that Opera 8 times. Mostly in UK.
Now this week on one day the Movie of Carmen will be on for one show only .They do a Metropolitan Opera Summer Encore of Carmen. Every year.Last over 3 hours. It will have Elina Garanca as Carmen. They have the big lounge seats and I will just take a snack. Sit back in the A/C. ( have to take a jacket). they keep the shows so cold. Perfect way to spend the day.
DON you know I enjoyed the selection by Chopin most of all so far and I have enjoyed all your choices.
JEANNE P we got lucky today, mid 80's and lower humidity. Nice without the noise of the AC to spoil Don's program.
Oh, I do like oboes.
Hi MarsGal
Chopin on again. Beautiful. I think it is getting me ready to take a nap this time. All seem to have been so soothing today. I have to keep awake for the rest.
Fleisher is a genius.
All favorites today, the oboe, Bizet, Chopin, Murcia. I just forgot to post here!
But I had a long day and I might fall asleep listening...
Hi Bubble
Bubble. Join me in sleep. My eyes are closing also. You will be in for the whole night. Sleep well.
DON a second Chopin, wonderful. Fleisher is the definition of determination. Thank you for 2 choices of my favorite composer. Now I look forward to Sheherazade. Every time I hear that I think of the movie in the 1940's about Rimsky-Korsakov.
That's strange; it's running overtime. I wonder if it started late.
DON yes the program started almost 10 minutes late. was beginning to wonder if they weren't going to have your program on. Thank you for 3 hours of wonderful music once again. See you next Sunday.
Thank you Gloria. When I'm not there things tend to get out of hand. See you next week.
It's an eclectic blend this time around from the sublime (Massenet) to the ridiculous ("Jackie Bear"). Gershwin's Porgy is always a pleasant listening experience, and with the youthful exuberance of the Bizet work combined with the excitement of the Paganini work plus all the others it appears a good show is in store.
Reid’s Records: Programme #1542 July 23/2017
1: Rossini: Thieving Magpie CDG7453
Madacy MSB-2-8711-3 10:35 10:35
2: Weber: Der Freischtz CDW4230
Nimbus NI 5154 (track 3) 10:03 20:38
3: Tchaikovsky: June CDS1446
Sony IDK 85054 ( track 10) 05:30 26:08
4: Gershwin: Catfish Row CDG3305
EMI CDC-7 49278 2 (tracks 1-2-5) 18:40 44:48
5: Beethoven: Triple Concerto (largo) B4.0063 CDR-155
DG 2535153 (side 2) Tr 4 04:49 49:37
6: Bizet: Symphony in C (3rd & 4th mvmnt) CDB7013
Philips 416 437-2 (tracks 3 & 4) 11:52 61:29
7: Ibert: Divertissement R2.0412 CDR-150
MHS 7002M (side 2, track 2) Tr 17 15:08 76:37
8: Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody #1 CDS8299
EMI CDM7 63662 2) (track 2) 11:49 88:26
9: Schubert: Trout Quintet CDS2065
EMI CDC 7 47009 2 (tracks 3-4) 12:03 ` 100:29
10: Josef Strauss: Music Of The Spheres CDS8059
London 411 932-2 (track 3) 08:26 108:55
11: Paganini: Guitar/Violin Variations CDP2038
CBS MK34508 (tracks 13- 14 - 15) 11:28 120:23
12: von Winter: Flute Concerto #1 CDL4747
Naxos 857093 (Track 1) 11:44 132:03
13: Rodrigo: Adagio (Aranjuez) CDR7066
DG 415 349-2 (track 2) 11:13 143:15
14: Massenet: Last Sleep Of The Virgin CDM3543
Klavier KCD 11007 (track 4) 04:32 147:47
15: Bellini: E-flat Oboe Concerto CDC7628
Naxos 855391 (track 16) 08:31 156:18
16: Delibes: Coppelia CDG8150
EMI 7625152 (track 5) 04:20 160:38
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
DON looks like a good program today. Just turned the station on and no sound. Hope my speakers have not died on me. OK now I can hear the music while waiting for the best part starting at 1pm.
Hi Gloria. I just loaded one of my own cds to get us going for now. I hope you are getting it.
Hi Gloria, Don :)
Hi Bubble. Are you getting any sound?
Sure I do. Piano... and more
I love the way you rrrroll your "r"s: Rrrrrrrrossini! ;D
DON loud and clear.
BUBBLE I think you like everything Don says. Like you I love the way he says all those names I would not try to say.
Not, Gloria. There is something he says everyday that I would prefer him to abstain, but... he is stubborn! :D
Don... that was ONE :rofl:
:D Bubble I neglected to close my microphone :-[
and I missed TWO and THREE. I won't be able to sleep soundly now lol
I just enjoy that Porgy and Bess. I had it all on a LP that I bought when I saw it in NY long ago. It's lost now, who knows in what country.
This Beethoven is special. I don't remember hearing it. Delightful!
BUBBLE Don stubborn? Nah, who ever heard of a stubborn Canadian? Not me.
DON loved the story about Beethoven. Just picturing it ad me laughing.
Bubble it's part of a bigger work and often gets lost when the whole work gets played at one time.
Gloria you are correct; Bubble is portraying an inaccurate image of a very compliant Canadian.
Sorry I'm late.
Hi Marsgal
Hi MarsGal
I neglected to post the last paragraph when I posted my playlist in which I made the painful announcement that August 20 will mark the last broadcast of Reid's Records. More to follow later
DON I cannot say anything bad about Canadians. My Dad was born in Canada and on my Mom's side she had relatives in Canada. They did live in Quebec at one time and some of my siblings were born there. My Mom was born in Rhode Island and that is where I live and my children were born here.
I do not like what I read at the end of your last message. Looks like bad news for us. Could be you are going to move?
Don, I hate to ask but what will they replace your show with? (Getting read to cringe). We will all miss your program.
Gloria there is nothing to read into that other than I am retiring, so to speak.
Each week I have found it more demanding to prepare and produce the programme. Over the past months I noticed a deterioration in my own performance which, while probably not noticeable to others is noticeable to me, and being a perfectionist, if I can't do it right I won't do it all. I have agonised over this for a long time, but the harsh reality is that ii's time to move on while I'm still at the top of my game.
MarsGal there is a pool of college broadcasts available and they will draw from that.
DON I wondered if you were planning to move across the pond. I understand about retiring at the top of the game. I know we will all miss you and your wonderful program every Sunday. In some ways it reminds me of my Mom listening to the Longine Wittnauer hour on Sunday afternoon. All classical music. That is where I got my first taste of wonderful classics.
Don, I expect you will still be posting here.
I'll just have to listen to some of my own neglected CDs and continue to watch the concerts posted on YouTube.
Oh, BTW, my sister went to see Carmen at one of the theaters the other evening. She enjoyed it. I think she said the program included English subtitles. Sue is big on broadway shows, but I am not sure whether or not this was her first opera. I'll have to ask.
Aranjuez - goes right to the heart. Melodic and poignant at the same time.
BUBBLE I am enjoying this one too.
Layla Tov and thanks
DON thank you for another wonderful 3 hours of beautiful classical music.
Now I still have my LP record of "Porgy and Bess. I saw the show years ago in the UK also. I don't see them doing the Stage show anymore. It surprises me as lots of good people now could play the parts.
Don . Is this going to be another big Surprise you are going to be giving us. Does Bubble also know?
Been doing it a long time. Should get a Watch
I think that I have been to the Opera and seen. "Carmen" About 5 times. Only one time was it done. Here in the US in English and that was the only time I left at the Interval. Was so bad.....
Don, say it isn't so! I appreciate that you need to retire, but whatever will we do without you?? I can play my collection of CD's and records, but how can we manage without the narrative about each composer and your mellifluous voice? We should
insist that you do a "book"-type tour and come to each of our towns and speak! BTW, will you be Santa this year?
Guess I will have to just put the last one onto a tape. Will miss Don for sure. Have to hear his voice. Wonder what else he can get into. Sure he is not going to retire and join the Senior Centre. Although they may have a good one in his town.
Yes Don, we are speculating on you. When are you going to fill us in.
The last Sunday in July, no broadcast next week which will give me a bit of time to prepare the last two programmes of Reid's Records.
This week's programme includes a Christmas melody so I guess I'm first off the mark in that regard. Benjamin Britten keeps it simple and Beethoven provides some interesting variations. An early work by Puccini provides an interesting preview of his future works and we end with a delightful tune from that mindless world of television.
Reid’s Records: Programme 1543 July 30/2017
1: Berlioz: Rakoczy March CDK3259
Naxos 7 74653-2 (track 11) 04:38 4:38
2: Albinoni: F-major Oboe Concerto CDA3300
Naxos 8.550739 (tracks 4-5-6) 10:34 15:12
3: Rutter: What Sweeter Music CDR9936
Decca 61242 (track 2) 04:02 19:14
4: Giuliani: Theme &Variations (Flute & Guitar) CDG6610
Naxos 8.55460 (track 10 & 11) 09:06 28:20
5: Kuhlau: William Shakespeare Overture CDD7637
Sterling 1018-2 (track 3) 09:57 38:17
6: Copland: El Salon Mexico CDK3455
RCA 74321 (track 9) 10:10 48:27
7: Catalani: Ondine CDD6579
London 452 767-2 (track 10) 07:00 55:27
8: Beethoven: Kakadu Variations CDB4339
Naxos 8.550949 (track 5, 4:10 in) 11:50 70:17
9:: Handel: Israel In Egypt CDH2790
Brilliant 93131 (cd 1, tracks 15-16-17-18) 09:45 80:02
10: Puccini: Cappricio Sinfonico CDP8667
Sony SK63025 (track 6) 13:08 93:10
11: Lanner: Court Ball Waltz CDS8693
Telarc 80547 (track 12) 05:36 98:46
12: Britten: Simple Symphony (Pizzicato) CDB9291
Virgin 91080 (track 2) 03:25 104:11
13: Offenbach: Les Brigands Overture CDS9788
Albany TROY952 (track 4) 03:20 107:31
14: Haydn: Piano Concertino in CDH4791
Naxos 8557660 (track 2) 06:52 114:23
15: Schubert 9th Symphony CDS2002
Telarc CD-80110 (track 4) 11:43 126:06
16: Gillis: Symphony X-Big D CDG4804
Albany TROY933 (tracks 1-2-3-4) 13:10 139:16
17: Suppe: Poet and Peasant CDS9450
Marco Polo 8223647 (track 1) 10:22 149:38
18: Fraser: Green Acres CDM6568
Delos DE 3222 (Track 8 04:06 153:44
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. -5 GMT (Canada)
http://tunein.com/radio/1069-The-X-s12279/
we have serious issues. We're off the air and cannot get back on but I'm working on it
Super! And I even got here early today.
I am here ready to enjoy the next 3 hours.
Hi MarsGal, Hi Gloria
I am filling in a few minutes with music from Two Steps from Hell.
We're doomed. I finally managed to get here, but I must be jinxing things.
Where is BUBBLE today? Not like her to miss this program. Hope she is not ill.
Upbeat music for a nice sunny day with a break in the heat and humidity.
Now I'm getting music. Nice.
Hi PatH.
I suspect that Bubble is fighting her grandson for control of the computer
right you were, Don :D But here I am now
Hi Gloria, Pat, MarsGal and Don.
I am glad I did not miss the Christmas melody: I was curious about it.
Hi Bubble
BUBBLE I am happy to see you got here. Like you I enjoyed What Sweeter Music.
MARSGAL today is about perfect here for a July day. Last night it was quite cool, felt more like October.
Theme &Variations Oh so enjoyable! I love that single high note after a silence :) cheeky!
I like the Handel.
Don, MarsGal was pretty accurate as to why I haven't been around lately. All the stuff I'm having to do somehow results in my never being near somewhere I can listen at the right time. I'm still nothing like moved, and have been on the road about a third of the time.
PatH I knew you were occupied elsewhere and hoped you would return soon.
Just in time to hear an unfamiliar Offenbach, too. And, alas, not many broadcasts left.
We have such a wonderful group here I want to keep it alive with quizzes and other items.
Maybe our classical corner here can become a concert corner on Sundays? Wouldn't that be great?
I would gladly be a part of that.
a concert every Sunday here? Now that would be great. I have gotten so used to being here every Sunday afternoon I am wondering what I will do when we no longer have this wonderful 3 hours every week.
Grand finale WOW for these peasants!
and now the treat of Joplin :)
Thanks Don - splendid selection on this quiet Sunday - I will have some melodious dreams...
DON great ending to today's program. Thanks.
Darn. A visitor came and I missed the last bit, but anyway, I got most of it. Great program, Don. Thank you.
Good afternoon all: good evening Bubble.
Hi! quiet jazz...
Hi Bubble
Reverie et caprice... I love the title!
Pity, we do not have a printed program for today's concert... so it is all surprise :)
.
I can't believe I Forgot to post the playlist :sorry:
Reid’s Records: Programme #1544 Aug 13/2017
1: Strauss: Fledermaus: Overture CDB8309
Virgin VC 7 90716-2 (track 2) 08:37 8:37
2: Lalo: Cigarette Waltz CDL1601
ASV DCA 878 (track 6) 05:31 14:08
3: Wolf-Ferrari: Susanna’s Secret CDP8333
Naxos 8.550240 (track 4) 03:04 17:11
4: Berlioz: Rêverie Et Caprice For Violin CDS1770
DG 437 737-2 (track 11) 06:58 24:09
5: Haydn: D-major Piano Concerto CDH4377
Naxos 8.550713 (tracks 10-11-12) 19:44 43:53
6: Glazunov: Concert Valse CDG7364
Vox PVT 7202 (track 4) 07:10 51:03
7: Shostakovich: The Bolt CDS5626
Naxos 8.555949 (tracks (tracks 3-4-7 10:27 61:30
8: Graun: Horn Concerto CDR7255
London 417 406-2 (tracks 13-14-15) 10:02 71:32
9: Schroeter: Piano Concerto CDM6047
CBS MK39222 (tracks 8-9-10) 13:03 84:35
10: Donizetti: Pour Mon Ã,me (La Fille Du Régiment) CDR-223
London PAV 2003-4 TR 06:42 91:17
11: Bellini: Casta Diva (Piano arrangement) CDS1701
Decca B0008431-02 06:58 98:15
12: Mackerras/Verdi: Lady & The Fool CDS9341
EMI CD-CFP 4618 (tracks 11 & 12) 12:45 111:00
13: Haydn: 48th Symphony CDH4157
DG 419 607-2 (tracks 3-4) 09:33 120:33
14: Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol CDT2081
CBS 36728 (tracks 4 to 8 15:00 135:33
15: Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italiene CDT2692
Telarc 80640 (track 2) 15:13 150:46
16: Blodek: The Rising Of The Moon CDS7211
Supraphone 817580642 (track 11) 06:25 157:11
Sunday afternoon 1:05 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
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Thanks!
Ahhhhhh! It is Sunday? I am a day off. Wiill be back with you in a minute or two.
Hi MarsGal
Hello, finally made it. I was outside talking with some others and did not realize the time. I did not want to miss anything because there are not many programs left to enjoy. Feel bad because I missed the first hour.
quite pleasing that horn concerto.
Hi Gloria and Marsgal
Hi Gloria
pour mon ame...WOW!
It is mind blowing isn't it
Capriccio... I was waiting for that :)
Which one? There are 2 today.
One after the other... they are both favorites, but maybe the Italian more.
Illy's plane is delayed, not taking off yet, and no reason given on line :(
I hope she can keep Aviv entertained.
Bubble, I actually like Capriccio Espagnol a little better.
Oh, this is pretty. I never heard of Blodek.
It is the sad fate of East European composers that they live in relative obscurity
Layla Tov! The last was an unknown that deserve better. Thanks!
Not much on his history. He died at 40 after committing himself to a mental home permanently in 1871. Did say what he died of.
I enjoyed everything for the last 2 hours. Next week I better make sure I am here on time. Have a good week.
I couldn't make it again, and I'm sure you put in The Bolt just for me. Darn.
Pat, next week is your last chance... you better plan for it!
We miss you here, you know?
I miss being here too, but sometimes it's physically impossible to be around during the broadcasts.
I have the same problem. Get up late on Sundays. Takes so long to read the big Sunday papers. Then start making lunch. I look at the clock and realize the Concert has been on for a hour.
I its going to be missed as I seem to always hear it all in the later months.
Just cant it. Thinking that Don will not be on. How are you going to spend that time Don that doing this for all these years and taken a lot of it I know. You have enjoyed it though. Whats lined up
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You better all put the alarm clock on for next Sunday as it will be the last chance to hear that program. No more Don Reid's record after that.
This is sure going to give lots of free time, with no need to research for a program.
You are so lucky Bubble. You can still hear Dons Voice daily.
Maybe he could put a vocal message here in the heading lol, an audio message to those missing him too much :o
Bubble. Now that is a good idea. In this age of Technology should be a way for Don to have his own little program out there on UTube that we can just play when we want. He need his own Web Page. They can put books on CD. Must be a way for Music and Don talking. That is all we ask for.
Just been watching this, this pair go hand in hand for pairing, their voices compliment each other......Caballé, Horne - Barcarolle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DVkGTbIBR0
Thanks Vanilla - that is a treat.
He wouldn't need a web page if he had a YouTube channel but he would probably need a program such as Patreon which acts as donations or purchase conduit for small musical programs, groups, and acts.
Here it is; the one I have been dreading, the last show ever of Reid's Records. I included as many of your favourites as possible: a kind of parting gift to you. There is going to be a big void in my life on Sundays now, but I can fill it with the memories of joy and satisfaction I received from sharing my music with you. Thank you all.
PS there are podcasts available of my shows at this site: http://www.1069thex.com/podcasts-reids-records/
Reid’s Records: Programme #1545 Aug 20/2017
FAREWELL
1: Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture CDR8331
CBS MLK 39449 (track 4) 7:34 7:34
2; Bruch: Romance For Viola and Orchestra CDB9902
Apex 8573892229 2 (track 12) 07:37 15:11
3: Dowland/Battle: Medley CDD2256
EMI CDC-7 47196 2 (tracks 1-2-3-4-5) 09:07 24:18
4: Berlioz: Death Of Ophelia CDB6166
Philips 416 431-2 (track 6) 07:36 31:54
5: Beethoven: Für Elise CDM44456
EMI 5 68388 2 (track 2) 02:55 34:39
6: Gilbert/Sullivan: Mikado Overture CDG5087
EMI 77738 (disc 1, tr 1) 08:29 44:08
7: Massenet: Neapolitan Scenes CDM3369
Naxos 8.550087 (tracks 2-3) 08:08 52:16
8: Chopin: Minute Waltz CDC3059
Telarc 8.43056 (track 6) 01:46 54:02
9: Chopin: 2nd Piano Concerto (larghetto) CDC3069
Philips 438 338-2 (disc 2, track 2) 10:07 64:09
10: Ponchielli: Dance Of The Hours CDV3094
DG 415 856-2 (track 1) 10:27 74:36
11: Hovaness: Prayer Of St Gregory CDH7503
Delos DE3700 (disc 1, track 1) 4:52 79:31
12: Turlough O'Carolan Continental Waltz. CDA9511 CDR-1215
Dorian 90007 (track 13) Tr 5 05:37 85:08
13: JS Bach: Coffee Cantata CDV2647 CANCON
Analekta 90082 (Track 4) 06:37 91:45
14: Peter Maxwell Davies: Yellow Cake Revue CDD2723
Sony SK60274 (Track 16) 04:18 96:03
15: Ignacio Jerusalem: Matins For the Virgin of Guadalupe CDJ9887
Teldec 3984 21829-2 (tracks 1-2-22) 09:59 106:02
16: Moncayo: Huapango M5.833 CDR227
Radio Netherlands 8817 (Tr 1) 09:05 115:07
17: Vivaldi: Baroque Banjo V5.417 CDR234
CBS 36687 Tr 8 02:38 117:45
18: Ray: The Farmhand’s Dance. CDC8655
Albany 10582 (track 4 & 11 ) 08:12 125:57
19: Shostakovich: 2nd Piano Concert0 2nd mvmnt CDM6726
Chandos 10565 (disc 1, track 13) 06:01 131:58
20: Lanchberry: Mouse Waltz CDL1672
CFP 93230 (tr 7) 04:33 136:31
21: Master Singers: Weather Report CDR6577
CBC GA002 (Track 10) 03:03 139:34
22: Davis: Pride & Prejudice CDD1589
Angel 8 360902 (tr 1) 03:30 143:04
23: Joplin: Treemonisha Finale CDJ4287
DG 435709-2 (disc 2, last track) 05:47 148:51
Sunday afternoon 1:00 P.M. D.S.T -5 GMT (Canada)
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Don...what can I say...I know how much this programme means to you - has meant to you...it has been part of your life so long...I shall do my best to be part of your last show...I hope we can give you the send off you deserve...
Don, I tried and Now put that Podcast onto my desktop. Will now still be able to listen anytime I need to listen.
That is a good line up for Sunday. Will try hard to hear it all. Are they giving you a big sign off party? You will find a way to keep you Sunday busy. Are there any other small radio stations in your town. Maybe they could help you have some way of keeping your hand it. With you voice may have another type of show during the day. This University town has a number of them where seniors get to read Newspaper over the stations for people no longer reading. Also recording Books on tape.
I will be here in a few hours. I would not be happy if I missed any of today's program.
DON I wish you the best for however you fill in the time you have spent bringing us the wonderful Sunday afternoons with beautiful music. I see 2 Chopin selections and enjoy both.
I see 6 selections I particularly like.
It's hard to believe this is the last one. We'll miss it, and go to the podcasts for consolation, but we won't have the feeling of all being together.
So true, the togetherness was a special bonus.
Many favorites today. Don must have thought about each of us and chose accordingly as a parting gift.
BUBBLE I think you are so right. Either the music or composer seems like all our favorites. Maybe we should continue to meet here at this time every week and play a different podcast every week. I just saved the site all over, even on my external drive, do not want to lose it.
Hi Everybody. Bubble you are right. Every piece I selected was done with a specific person in mind either here in S&F or elsewhwere
Ready to roll. I obviously overlap in favorites, there are so many.
Hi DON just heard the goodbye from the others at the station. So nice but so sad.
Don, you sounded overwhelmed... emotional.
Don...
...I am here, you are coming through loud and clear...I hear and sense your pain and sadness... :(
BUBBLE sounded like Don had tears in his voice, all choked up.
Romantic indeed-very nice.
Sorry I missed the very beginning. I am here now.
I was determined I would not be emotional or let it show. I guess I failed.
Romance is, just for the mood today. I did not remember it.
Don - I'm truly thrilled! After all these years, I finally have a new computer, and I'm listening to your program for the first time! I'm loving it, and only wish I had been able to enjoy each and every broadcast over the years.
You wouldn't be human if you didn't... ;)
...I will enjoy...Peter Maxwell Davies: Yellow Cake Revue...
DON after all the years how could you not be a bit sentimental and sad about your last program?
I used to think I didn't like Fur Elise, but I finally realized what I didn't like was how it sounded when I tried to play it. Now I like it a lot, but I don't try to play it.
Come Again and Fine Knacks for Ladies are two of my favorite Dowland songs, and I doubt they're ever sung better than that.
HI Marilyne! I guess it's more Hail and Farewell seeing as it's my last show. You can still get podcasts of my show though
I always liked the Minute Waltz before I knew the name Chopin.
When I was young I took piano lessons, could read the music good and as I got better I bought a Polonaise by Chopin. There were places in it I could not do. His hands must have been big and mine small because no way could I stretch my hand to do the chords.
Dance Of The Hours is a record I played often in childhood. It talked to me! :)
we had one of those old gramophone that you wind with a handle, and it had a huge head holding the thick needle.
Haunting O'Carolan . Now it will twirl into my sleep the whole night. The harp is just right for it.
Bubble I had one of those gramophones
Coffee Cantata--another favorite.
Don I have a UK friend from another forum linked up to your programme now, her name is Sandy, she can hear your programme...she is very much a classics fan...
My first and my last time listening to Don's program. I'm enjoying it so much, as I knew I would! :)
So far my favourites have been.. Berlioz: Death Of Ophelia and Peter Maxwell Davies: Yellow Cake Revue...another eight to go... :) I am really enjoying this programme..
Jackie please extend a warm welcome to Sandt.
Don, I also gave Sandy this link...I will check to see she saw it.. :thumbup:
Edited: yes she has, she says " thank you very much.."
Maybe you could revive that poetry program, by choosing favorite verses... It is years I haven't read any.
I know who this one is for. Didn't realize the grandson was a musician too.
Yes PatH; everything I played was for somebody
that mouse waltz is fun!
Weather report--what a hoot.
It is very much like a Barbershop Quartet... :)
Wonder what we would think of hearing a weather report like this one on out TV or radio. Love it.
feeling these verses... oh, the end of an era...
You made history here Don. I am sure the X will remember you.
bye bye Treemonisha.
Bye bye Don on the radio, Layla Tov.
I really like this one...Joplin: Treemonisha Finale...
And thank you Don, for your wonderful last show...yes an end of an era...
DON I know you will fill the time you spent preparing for your weekly program with something you enjoy doing, especially with no schedule to keep. I will not say goodbye, I hope to see you posting in the Soda Shoppe and elsewhere, I wish you the best.
I know we all have tears now running down our faces. Just keep in touch. I now have you Pod on my desktop. Will think about you on Sunday at noon and just turn it on. Not the same but better than silence.
I'm wiping away a tear or two. Thank you, Don for so much good music. I'll see you here still. Great last program.
Don, it has been wonderful. I am looking forward to seeing your posts and quizzes even if we don't have Reid's Records on Sundays. Lots of memories to reminisce over.
May I suggest something? On the site of the X, in "news" you can leave a message. I have just typed an appreciation of Reid's Records program. They should know we were listening from all over the world!
Now I hope that we who have always been in this Forum with Don and his show will just still be someplace in S and F. Will look out for you.
Need to keep up with Dan and Bubble.
Thank you for a final program, filled with both sadness and happiness. I enjoyed it so much, and regret that it's taken me so long to be able to listen. I will be looking forward to those podcasts!
Hopefully today's program will make it to the Podcasts. I almost never was able to make it to the live show but as I do my computer thing tonight I have last weeks "cast" playing in the background. I don't know much about classical music, the terms, and what the names of pieces are (with a few exceptions), - but I very much enjoy listening.
Don - Thanks for those years of entertaining and educating.
Quote from: so_P_bubble on August 20, 2017, 04:05:54 PM
May I suggest something? On the site of the X, in "news" you can leave a message. I have just typed an appreciation of Reid's Records program. They should know we were listening from all over the world!
HOW - Give some steps (Please ;) )
I have not been a part of these programmes for some considerable time but so so thankful I sat through the whole three hours of Don's final radio show....Agree, Don was very entertaining with the stories behind every composer he was about to play...Don, you are-were, the master of the classics...
Quote from: RAMMEL on August 20, 2017, 09:58:46 PM
Quote from: so_P_bubble on August 20, 2017, 04:05:54 PM
May I suggest something? On the site of the X, in "news" you can leave a message. I have just typed an appreciation of Reid's Records program. They should know we were listening from all over the world!
HOW - Give some steps (Please ;) )
go to http://www.1069thex.com/ (http://www.1069thex.com/),
then contact us and then News.
http://www.1069thex.com/contact-us-news/ (http://www.1069thex.com/contact-us-news/)
This something they put together as I was working.
https://www.facebook.com/1069TheX/videos/vb.138862670968/10154744340200969/?type=2&theater
That was beautiful, Don. You, and the lovely music you play, will be sorely missed. I know that in your heart you know how much love we, your faithful listeners, have for you!
Lovely, Don. I missed the very beginning yesterday. It is hard not to tear up along with you.
Don. That was nice on Facebook. made me cry again. See if they have any photo of you going back these years. Could post them on S and F Photo.
That little few minutes of the Irish music teared me up also.
You won't leave us.
Don. did find you on Face book. Didn't know could get into Canada. Will keep checking on it. I don't do to much on there. Mostly in the UK.
Jeanne I am registered on Facebook as Don Reid Sr. If you want, locate it and send a Friend request.
Yes. I did that yesterday Don. Did you see it. I was able to see some of your Facebook. A few photo but not many. I remember your brother passing away a couple of years ago. Saw his picture. You both looked so alike. Big smiles.
Here is a YouTube video to start your day and keep it going for awhile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtkBqV9Er0
I don't get why they included Eine Kleine Nachtmusik but I guess someone thought it good for morning as well as night.
Thanks MarsGal, it was just what I needed this morning, to lift me up.
MarsGal, what a nice site. I am enjoying the music as I write.
Marsgal that's a great link.
This morning I was reminded of the conductor, Fritz Reiner. Here he is with a Handel piece to begin another upbeat morning. I think this one works best for a sunny day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUHFLnRNwM Reiner's style seems a bit "laid-back" compared to some of the other conductors who look like they are putting their whole body into the exercise.
Good music.
You think it is a requirement of that orchestra to be all or partially bald? ;D
Excellent choice Marsgal, although I prefer a much faster tempo.
Anyway, Reid’s Records may be gone but Don Reid is still alive and kicking. And to keep our group together I’ll try to craft some quizzes such as this one. Also, whatever you can contribute would be welcome as well. Do you have a favourite or interesting piece you’d like to share with our group please post it here. My thanks to MarsGal for leading the way in that regard.
QUIZ 1, 2017
1: In the Nutcracker ballet what creature was killed after being hit with a shoe.
2: In what opera was a man-eating serpent defeated by three ladies
3: In what epic opera was a dragon slain by the hero.
4: Chopin created a short work which was inspired by watching a dog chase its tail. Name that work. If you heard my programme last week you should know this one.
5: When he was a child of six he told Marie Antoinette that he would marry her. It may or may not be true, but it has entrenched itself in the legends of music. Who was this composer.
6: Name this work and the composer. https://www.normalesup.org/~glafon/musique/Quizzmp3/extrait02.mp3
For now let’s limit our answers to two.
#1: The Mouse King?
5. Mozart
4. Minute Waltz.
The only one I knew the answer to was #4 the Minute Waltz. I mostly listened to the music and did not remember about all you told us about the composers and operas, Don.
BUBBLE thank you for the links. I left a message.
Hi Gloria
on the X news I found this: http://www.1069thex.com/ (http://www.1069thex.com/)
Many people don't know, that for 106.9 The X to broadcast using it's CRTC issued campus license, we are required to play a certain percentage of special interest music that is outside of our general playlist.
Time travel back to 1983 when an eager volunteer broadcaster responded to an article written about CIXX-FM. His inquiry offered his knowledge of a symphonic format to assist the station in meeting the promise of performance requirements stipulated in the CRTC license. Armed with triumphant, inspiring and crisp ready to be spun vinyl, a special program hit the airwaves on Sunday, January 9, 1983 at 9pm.
Originally the program aired for two hours and then based on its strong following was extended to three.
Today, over 34 years later, the license requirement of "special interest music" is still being fulfilled every Sunday at 1pm by, Mr. Don Reid, the host of the classical music show Reid's Records.
It is with mixed emotion, on his behalf, that I officially announce his retirement from the 106.9 airwaves. With over 1,545 shows, his last show will air today from 1-4pm EST. Don, who is now 83 years old, is the epitome of the true volunteer. His dedication to the radio and journalism students of Fanshawe College is second to none. Never one to turn down a learning opportunity for them, even if that meant "sacrificing" his meticulous programmed show, he truly supported the live learning environment. Right down to his retirement date Don stated his decision is based on "whatever serves the best interest of the radio station and the students". Don will be returning to Israel for three months in February to be with his "lady love". "I have been part of a broadcast family, an experience that will linger forever in my memory". We will no doubt miss his love and passion for life, the students and the entire broadcast operation.
There was a time when the station would sign off daily at midnight. Don would do so every Sunday by playing a famous Roy Rogers song and, with that, we wish him "Happy Trails". Thanks for all the memories, Don.
For those who would like to listen to his final show, you can do so by visiting the website (http://www.1069thex.com/) or by downloading the Radioplayer Canada.
Regards, Michael Stoparczyk Broadcast Properties Programming Advisor
Anyone listening to the new classical format on the X?
Quiz results:
#1 Mouse King Marilyne
#5 Mozart Bubble
#4 Minute Waltz. MarsGal
Quote from: so_P_bubble on August 27, 2017, 01:05:07 PM
Anyone listening to the new classical format on the X?
I am. It's not the same is it.
No it is not at all "it". The voice even is not attractive :(.
After today I probably will move on to Swiss Classic.
He has a good radio voice and is technically well suited as an announcer. I think the main thing lacking is a feeling of warmth
Maybe I have to get used to his voice, I did not find it pleasant, sounded bored to me.
Good news: I saw the landing of the plane and called. They were still on board but we could talk. All is well.
I saw the landing as well and was relieved.
I'd like to suggest KDFC Classical, out of San Francisco, CA. It's a great 24 hour FM station, with friendly hosts throughout the day. Diane Niccolini, on midday here, is my favorite.
https://www.kdfc.com
Marilyne I listen to that station frequently and I agree with you. You recommended that station many years ago and it has been bookmarked ever since
Thanks Marilyn. Just in time to hear my favorite Peer Gynt in there! I am smiling again :)
MARSGAL thanks for that site, I have been getting my Chopin fix all afternoon.
DON did not mean to ignore you. I have a one track mind. One son came for a visit and I went back to Chopin. Of course I have 2 disks of Chopin music I often play during the week. Guess I will have to try listening to the X next week. No one can ever take your place there. You really enjoy the classical music you play.
MARILYN I copied that link and will check it out soon.
I will just be going back and forth playing the station having Don's past shows
I think that Don's voice did sort of change in the Last 4 years. Got much deeper. Really became a professional. Think maybe Bubble had something
to do with it.
I put KDFC onto my destop. Seems to be a nice station. (Just not Don Talking)
2) Mozart's The Magic Flute
For once I got in before someone guessed all the ones I knew.
6) My most favorite composer, and a piece I can actually play. Prelude #1 from Bach's Well Tempered Clavichord.
I suppose some people wouldn't understand why I had 4 different LPs of the WTC, and now have at least that many versions on CD. But my story is that they're all different.
PatH both your answers are correct. I was particularly impressed that you got #6. I expected that anyone who attempted to answer would have said Ave Maria which I suppose would have been nearly correct. For those who don't know, Charles Gounod wrote the melody to Ave Maria the superimposed it on the prelude by Bach. This you tube clip demonstrates what I mean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoMg141ud04
I will post a recap of the quiz later
Don, thanks for reminding me of the Gounod. I had forgotten who wrote it.
I know the dragonslayer too, but you had a 2 answer limit. If someone gets it, I want to listen to the music while they forge their sword.
Oh, I forgot that #3 was not answered. This is Act III - Siegfried of Wagner's opera, Der Ring des Nibelungen, often referred to as The Ring Cycle.
MarsGal your answer to #3 is correct. Here's a recap:
1: In the Nutcracker ballet what creature was killed after being hit with a shoe. MOUSE Marilyne
2: In what opera was a man-eating serpent defeated by three ladies MAGIC FLUTE
PatH
3: In what epic opera was a dragon slain by the hero. SEIGFRIED MarsGal
4: Chopin created a short work which was inspired by watching a dog chase its tail. Name that work. MINUTE WALTZ - MarsGal
5: When he was a child of six he told Marie Antoinette that he would marry her. It may or may not be true, but it has entrenched itself in the legends of music. Who was this composer. MOZART - BUBBLE
6: Prelude in C-major. JS Bach PatH
Well done folks! I'll start on another one soon.
Don. I can never remember who wrote what when it comes to classical. If I hear it playing then I can remember the name on lots.
Love the Ave Maria you just posted. Now can anyone read the music. Something else I never could do. read notes. Quit piano early.
Now we did take Latin in school and our church was Latin when I was little and I did learn Ave Maria in Latin. Not all of it in my head now. Surprising just how much we spent time learning in School as now slipped on buy.
I think that schools have now realized that and not long teaching many things here in the US.
Fredell Lack, Admired Violinist and Teacher, Dies at 95
Ms. Lack began touring the world as a teenager, cited for a warm and intimate style. She later elevated music studies at the University of Houston.
Today, September 1, is the birthday of Englebert Humperdink born in 1854. His only claim to fame is the music he wrote for the opera Hansel and Gretel which in turn was a play written by his sister which is based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.
This the overture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqeI6zvP2C4
It was also my Dad's birthday yesterday. This was one of his favorites: the Overture to The Flying Dutchman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNg07c0Mocg
André Rieu & His Johann Strauss Orchestra performing "I Will Follow Him" live in Maastricht....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqN9aS2S3L0
Now it was in our paper about a month ago that it was Humperdink's birthday. Wonder which one right.I will look it up. Love that Overture also.
Just googled and he was Born in India May 2, l936 so both times wrong. I remember reading and surprised to see In India but his name really is Arnold James Dorsey.
Jeanne, there are two of them.
Engelbert Humperdinck (composer) (1854â€"1921), German composer
Engelbert Humperdinck (singer) (born 1936), English pop singer
The composer is this one
http://www.52composers.com/humperdinck.html (http://www.52composers.com/humperdinck.html)
Got too used to studying with Don's program. Soooooo, YouTube it is now. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no.2 op.18, Anna Fedorova on the piano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEGOihjqO9w&index=20&list=PLVXq77mXV53-Np39jM456si2PeTrEm9Mj
Bubble. I had forgotten about there being 2 of them. I was thinking of the Singer.
Let's see if this works, and if so, I can do something similar from time to time just to keep our group happy and connected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTKsHwqaIr4
Thank you, Don; The Moldau is one of my favorite pieces.
Incidentally, Happy Retirement and I hope you enjoy yours as much as I've enjoyed my 31 years of retirement.
Mary Ann
Hi Mary Ann. I'm happy I picked something you like. And I forgot to mention in my original post that I can do requests as well. My only limitation is whether or not it's on You Tube or if I have it in my own collection and can record it.
Don. That is a great idea. So much to listen to on YouTube and so each can let us know about special ones they have heard and post them. You can sort of be the DiskJocky. may even get a Christmas Show put together. Can ask you. "Santa" to find us something we want to hear. You know the best ones.
When I was in second through fourth grade, it was an era where the music teacher traveled around the school with her big phonograph that was an old battered tan color. While the regular teacher had an hour's break, the music teacher sat at her desk in front of the room and played opera records while we sat quietly and listened.
I don't recall much more than that, don't know if there were questions, answers were given or quizzes. Not after fifty-nine years. But I still remember the stories of Peer Gynt and Peter and the Wolf. How the music brought the worlds to life and brought depth to the tale. I had been reading since I was three. But music somehow added another dimension that I really enjoyed. I hadn't thought of Peer Gynt in years, Bubble.
I like to listen, sometimes, to a group that produces "Epic" music called Two Steps from Hell. Lovely name isn;t it? Anyway, their motto is "Music Makes You Braver". If some of their music sounds familiar, it is because they specialize in movie and gaming music. I could swear I heard one of their compositions in an ad once.
Here is recording session footage of their "High C's" with the Cappellen Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGh4FcZKekA and another called "Freedom Ship". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu7kChDaySM I thought you might like to see what a recording session is like.
The room itself, while a concert hall, is optimized for recording. Check out the back wall and the fabric casing on the balconies. Also, I noted that, in most of their recording footage, the choir is in a separate room from the orchestra. What I don't know is whether they were recording at the same time or at separate times. The other thing that interested me is that all or almost all have earphones. Don, do you know what exactly they are using them for?
If you can stand it, here are two of my favorites
Heart of Courage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRLdhFVzqt4
Victory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHjFIwbvzo8
These two are, I think, uplifting and inspiring.
MarsGal thanks for posting this. The operative phrase here is
Quote from: MarsGal on September 06, 2017, 07:12:02 AM
If you can stand it,
To me it is strident and overpowering and perhaps would better be appreciated if it were accompanied with a visual sampling of the movie for which it is the background. I have several recordings in this genre that require a little context in order to appreciate them better.
Angel I'm quite taken by the vision of your teacher going from one class to another with her phono player in tow. I'm sure that even if no lesson accompanied the music everyone absorbed by osmosis a smattering of some form of music appreciation.
Here is a piece that so many of you commented on in the past. It's from the one-act opera In The Well by Vilem Blodek and is entitled The Rising Of The Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjkmJJ9TLyg
Yes, Don. You definitely need to be in the mood to listen to more than a piece or two of Two Steps from Hell. My sister also pointed out that the music is somewhat repetitious, but she probably never notices that original movie music themes tend towards that.
I was surprised, when I just checked IMDB, to see that the only listing for the group is the 2014 title music for the Rugby League: Challenge Cup. Their website lists a number of movie credits as well as trailers including the latest remakes, Ben-Hur and Mad Max.
Right! Back to classical interests and speaking of strident.
Wagner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGU1P6lBW6Q
Bizet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4U7wNZu-CU
I always thought of the term strident as something forceful, like some works of Wagner and Tchaikovsky, some opera pieces, etc. Examples above. However, the definition includes screechy, discordant, raspy, grating. Well, I'd have to name some Mahler bits there.
Well, I just run across one of my childhood favorites: Franz von Suppé : Light Cavalry - Overture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF5nhMIyeqI
Don I am with you about that music, I must be old fashioned, but it was too thumping on my ears.
After that, even the Rising of the Moon could not be enjoyed.
Franz von Suppé : Light Cavalry was also one of my childhood favorites. Thank you for finding it MarsGal.
Don, I am sure there was some sort of lesson involved because as a second grader I learned the stories behind the music. However, what I remember to this day is that I could literally hear the words and the gestures and movements in the story from the music. What a large and enjoyable realization to a seven-year-old!
Angel, remember Peter and the Wolf? I wonder if this is one of Leonard Bernstein's Young Peoples' Concert series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9AnkErkCfU
I had a 45rpm with the story of Diana and the Golden Apples using Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite for the background. And here it is, oh my. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GUzJ7fQBtg Instant second childhood here.
Angel, I love the Peer Gynt Suite, but am ignorant of the story! I really should research that.
Aviv has a CD of Peter and the Wolf with music in Hebrew. It is strange to hear that after being used to another language.
Peter and the Wolf was one of my stories from the little Golden Books, (Remember those?); so hearing the music was so much for me as a young child. Peer Gynt was what I thought of after reading Rip Van Wrinkle later on. If I remember correctly, he had a family and left them, traveling, only to return many, many years later to find his children grown. I will have to research that to see if my memory is right.
MarsGal, the first part of your Youtube video reminded me of what that long ago teacher explained for Peter and the Wolf. This was back in 1958 when we only had the radio.
I have to say I was really mistaken in my memory of Peer Gynt!?! However, I'm sure my second-grade music teacher in the fifties either didn't know the full story or it was romanticised for young ears. Here is what I found;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_Gynt
Thank you Angel. What a complicated plot that PG is!
I don't think I would want to see a production of it, it is just too enjoyable to follow the music and just add imagination. :)
Bubble, the Mountain King and the very long time away certainly resemble Rip Van Wrinkle. Or perhaps it is the other way around? Now that I'm thinking about it, the shiftlessness and procrastination of Peer Gynt strikes a chord or memory so I'm sure my teacher said something but I know she wasn't telling the whole story to second graders!
I also don't think the story would have been a favorite if I had read that as a child. But the music is beautiful.
All those childhood favorites--most of them still favorites. Bob particularly liked Peter and the Wolf, because he played clarinet in high school orchestra, and got to play the cat.
Actors seem to love doing the voice for Peter. Peter Ustinov was particularly good. Once I tuned in halfway through a version with a very impressive, elegant, cultured female voice. Turned out to be Eleanor Roosevelt!
I think one of the most impressive works involving the spoken word by actors and other celebrities is Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait.
Dozens of celebrities have recorded this work, of which my two favourites are Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda. This is Hepburn's version,, but try and sample as many as you can; it is moving and inspirational.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCFYsyLAljE
Hepburn was an actress of great elegance and class, an excellent choice for this. No matter how many thousands of times I read or hear that bit of the Gettysburg Address, it still brings tears to my eyes. Maybe I'm just an old softie.
If I'd stayed in Portland a week longer (just got back) I could have heard George Takei do it with the first-class Oregon Symphony
There are three actresses I greatly admire. One is Kate Hepburn and the others are Meryl Streep and Dame Judi Dench. And a lot of that respect is how they live their lives off-screen.
Today is the birthday of Henry Purcell, or at least an educated guess as to when he was born; no one knows for sure. He served in the royal courts and one of the ways he could ingratiate himself was to compose birthday odes for the royalty. This one was for Queen Mary: Come Ye Sons Of Art.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mozilla&p=purcell+come+ye+sons+of+art+youtube#id=82&vid=c2d4078480c6fc4e5ea703d279e0e57c&action=view
Marsgal, I kind of like Two Steps from Hell. Did you notice that "High Cs" ended with a whiff of The Firebird? It starts at 4:49.
Here's the Stravinsky, conducted by the composer. The theme starts at 9:56.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrMGqAmjbug (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrMGqAmjbug)
Not a fan of Firebird, so no, I didn't notice Pat. I am kind of surprised that Pirates of the Caribbean isn't among their movie credits. That is exactly what I thing of when I hear it. They include Cloud Atlas, Ender's Game, Interstellar, The Help, Avatar and Wall-E among their movie credits.
Dvorak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZTeavJ9frA Nice and relaxing, Romance for piano and violin, Op.11
Marsgal, you're right there's a problem with the repetitiveness necessary for a movie background not being good for solo listening. I was listening to Strength of a Thousand Men (it shows up as a link on some of the clips you posted) when something struck a chord. Here's a 1938 prototype. The rhythm is there, starting at 1:29. It doesn't last very long before we get off into good old Russian patriotism, but it comes back from time to time.
Alexander Nevsky, music by Sergei Prokofieff--the battle on the ice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyDKezDLGTM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyDKezDLGTM)
By the way, those are the bad guys in the picture--the evil Swedish knights trying to conquer Novgorod.
Good ear, PatH. I haven't heard "Battle on the Ice" for a while now. Prokofiev sure does well protraying the clash of weapons and the rush of battle. The real battle must have been something to behold. I first read about it in William Urban's book "The Teutonic Knights". It was a major loss for the Teutonic Knights during their Northern Crusade which was directed at pagans and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
I generally read some of the comments below and noticed this one from Steve J.
QuoteListening to this makes me genuinely sad that Prokofiev wasn't around to make movie soundtracks for more modern movies.
I just discovered a book on Amazon that I may order. https://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Russias-Epics-Chronicles-Tales/dp/0452010861 which includes an early account of the battle.
There's a lot of good movie music kicking around. Does anyone else have favorites?
It's been years since I heard Alexander Nevsky so I sat down yesterday and gave it my undivided attention.
Shostakovich has many soundtrack works to his credit which I often played on my show. Of course he had a good start in that genre because he used to play the piano at the cinema where they screened silent movies, so he certainly knew how to capture the moment in his music.
A memorable treat for me is the soundtrack music from Gone With The Wind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra6ShThMnGk
It's a been a long, long while since I've heard Exodus. It has a tendency to choke me up on hearing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsmZeo1Tc9A
Does the same for me. Such Touching Music. Been years since I watched it. Just ordered it again at the Library.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y75RYb92gts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y75RYb92gts)
Time for another quiz to test your skill and knowledge. As usual limit yourself to two correct answers for now.
1: Which composer was known as the Velvet Gentleman?
2:This opera featured a stocking weaver, a furrier and a cobbler.
3: What opera shares the same name as a gentleman’s hat?
4: In terms of attire what do all of these operatic characters have in common: Cherubino in Mozart’s Marriage Of Figaro, Count Ory in Rossini’s Comte Ory and Octavian in Strauss’ opera Der Rosenkavalier
5: Which composer started designing his own clothes such as jackets, togas and leggings. And for his girlfriend Karren he designed what may be the first version of a sports bra.
6: Name the work and composer from which this excerpt was taken. https://www.normalesup.org/~glafon/musique/Quizzmp3/extrait01.mp3
#5 was Percy Grainger who was in my mind, totally nuts. I know this because I subscribe to Atlas Obscura.com which is all about the oddities of life.
#6 is Bizet's L'Arlesienne.
Percy Grainger liked to whip himself and others. He had a room totally surrounded in mirrors so he could whip himself and then admire his artwork....
PatH and Angel you are both correct.
Yes, Percy Grainger was heavily involved in S & M. I can't recall where, but there is a museum in Australia where many of Grainger's instruments of pain and torture are on display.
Speaking of oddities or oddballs, that might be an area to explore for #1
3. Fedora opera in three acts by Umberto Giordano
https://www.youtube.com/embed/d1m2HKAEmuQ?rel=0&autoplay=1 (https://www.youtube.com/embed/d1m2HKAEmuQ?rel=0&autoplay=1)
That's a lovely aria, Bubble. I never heard of Fedora before.
Grainger shows that the ability to make music isn't correlated with personal character.
Bubble you are correct, and I agree with PatH; that's a beautiful aria.
Don, since I looked up #1 I won't list it here but after your clue, I had to check. Do you agree with the notion that a creative or artistic temperament tends to be a little more unusual?
Quote from: angelface555 on September 16, 2017, 03:55:12 PM
Don, since I looked up #1 I won't list it here but after your clue, I had to check. Do you agree with the notion that a creative or artistic temperament tends to be a little more unusual?
No, I don't agree with that. I would say that most of the great composers had idiosyncracies of one form or another just like us. Mozart, Haydn, Handel,Mendelssohn all seemed to have well ordered lives and also wrote beautiful music. Schumann also wrote beautiful music and he was insane.
Okay. I have a friend who works with welding tools for large sculptures and a friend who specializes in stained glass and they say otherwise. But as you pointed out, it isn't always that way. I went back to look up Schumann and he was a tragic haunted figure.
1. Satie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj_UETbqHuI&feature=player_embedded (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj_UETbqHuI&feature=player_embedded)
Bubble, thank you. I feel I should explain that I wasn't saying all those who are creative are crazy. Simply that it, a creative mind, needs a little different from normal. Mozart and Mendelssohn, both being child prodigies, had some creative quirks.
Many professions need people of certain moods and talents. Salesmen are a different breed from engineers, for instance. I worked with salesmen and as the company was an electric utility, we had engineers. One day a woman in the Personnel Department remarked that she wished my salesmen could be more like the engineers. I told her if they were like engineers, they'd be engineers. I don't recall her reaction, but different professions demand different types of people.
Mary Ann
Bubble you are correct re #1.
Mary Ann it's an interesting topic which is difficult to resolve. Many of our famous composers started out in different professions. Handel, Sibelius, Stravinsky for example studied law before taking up music. Berlioz was in med school. We can only wonder what turned them around to become such great composers.
Quiz Clues
A hint for #2: These characters are in a German opera which in part is about a contest.
A hint for #3: the characters' names are Octavian, Cherubino, and Isolier. Cherubino in Mozart’s Marriage Of Figaro, Isolier in Rossini’s Comte Ory and Octavian in Strauss’ opera Der Rosenkavalier
I knew immediately what Cherubino and Octavian had in common. They are trouser roles--male characters sung by women. But I'm totally unfamiliar with Comte Ory, and didn't want to look it up.
Good morning all!
I am woefully knowledgeable regarding opera in general, much preferring the music only. Saint Saens produced one of my favorites in Samson and Delilah, The Bacchanale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbkCfxnoY4A
I much prefer imagining Arabian horses racing across the desert with a brief stop at an oasis, and a clashing of swords.
Final clue for #2 it was written bt Wagner. It's an open quiz so anybody can answer
Die Meistersinger.
PatH you are correct. And that concludes the quiz.
MarsGal that's a memorable piece as is this aria from the same opera. My Heart at Thy sweet Voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI4LfJsrx8Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI4LfJsrx8Q
Here is a summary of Quiz#2:
1: Which composer was known as the Velvet Gentleman? Eric Satie Bubble
2: This opera featured a stocking weaver, a furrier and a cobbler. What’s the name of that opera. Die Meistersinger PatH
3: What opera shares the same name as a gentleman’s hat? Fedora by Giordano Bubble
4: In terms of attire what do all of these operatic characters have in common: Cherubino in Mozart’s Marriage Of Figaro, Count Ory in Rossini’s Comte Ory and Octavian in Strauss’ opera Der Rosenkavalier They are male characters but performed by women. PatH
5: Which composer started designing his own clothes such as jackets, togas and leggings. And for his girlfriend Karren he designed what may be the first version of a sports bra. Percy Grainger Angelface
#6 Musical clue: is Bizet's L'Arlesienne. PatH
That was an enjoyable quiz. The clothing theme was fun.
MarsGal, I like that Saint-Saens a lot--it's familiar, but I'd forgotten what it was. That's Dudamel at his most subdued. Usually you're afraid he's going to fall off the podium, and I've seen him with both feet in the air, jumping with enthusiasm.
Bubble, I didn't know about Satie and velvet, but it fits his posing. That long session to study by was also good for Sunday morning background music.
1: Which composer refused to relinquish the conductor’s podium to his friend Johann Matheson’s at a performance of the latter’s opera. The refusal resulted in an almost-fatal duel.
2: In Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess there was an argument which resulted in the fatal stabbing of one of the characters. Who was arguing with whom and what was the argument about. (If I recall correctly there are two valid answers to this one, so give them both if you know.)
3: In 2011 there was a heated disagreement between a famous conductor and a rising pianist that became so heated that the scheduled concert had to be cancelled which also resulted in the cancellation of a recording contract. The disagreement was over how a cadenza, of all things, should have been played. The conductor is more famous than the pianist, but try to name one or both.
4: In the 1980 Chopin Piano Festival a very famous pianist resigned from the panel of judges because of what she claimed to be an unfair and biased decision when the panel awarded the first prize to someone she deemed unworthy over whom she reckoned was superior to anyone in the competition. Name the judge who resigned and pianist whom she felt should have been the winner.
5: The duo of Gilbert and Sullivan were constantly at war with one another throughout their entire artistic collaboration. But the final straw that broke them up was a disagreement over what?
6: These operatic titles have been translated to Latin; see if you can untranslate them.
(a) Tibia Magica -1791 (b) Sucus Amoris - 1832 (c) Crepusculum Deorum
7: Name this tune and composer: https://www.normalesup.org/~glafon/musique/Quizzmp3/extrait05.mp3
6. [a] Amadeus Mozart - The Magic Flute
Donizetti - The Elixir of Love
[c] Richard Wagner - Le Crépuscule des Dieux
5. Gilbert accused Richard D'Oyly Carte (play producer and builder of the Savoy Theatre) of financial malfeasance after Carte charged new carpet for the theatre to Gilbert and Sullivan rather than an expense to the theatre. For some strange reason Sullivan supported Carte in the matter. I don't know the particulars of the contract between Gillbert and Sullivan, but on the surface I'd have to agree with Gilbert.
Bubble your Latin translations are correct. For those unfamiliar with the answer for (C) it's the Twilight of The Gods,or Götterdämmerung from Wagner's Ring Cycle.
MarsGal you are correct; the dispute was about carpet. I would hazard a guess that Sullivan supported Carte just to spite Gilbert.
Musicians sure are a quarrelsome lot. Question #1 intrigued me so much I had to look it up, but i won't tell unless it fits the rules to research. It's a funny story, though.
And question #3 has me tearing my hair. I keep up with current musical gossip, and I'm sure I would have read something about it at the time, but it doesn't ring a bell.
PatH please use any means at your disposal to arrive at an answer. I often use Google to prepare the questions, so it's more than fair if you use Google to solve them.
I think there has been sufficient time for all to answer, so I'll throw it open and let you answer as many as you can.
#1: It was George Frideric Handel who refused to give up the podium during a performance of Mattheson's Cleopatra. During the duel which followed, Handel's life was spared by a large button on his clothing, which deflected his opponent's sword. They were later reconciled.
So I guess the fancy clothing of the time had some point after all.
In Porgy and Bess, Crown stabbed the winner of the dice game, over the money he wanted to take for himself. I forgot the name of the victim :(
Later on there was a fight between Crown and POrgy, as Crown wanted to force Bess to go with him and Porgy killed Crown.
#4: with the aid of Google, this was easy, but I'm pleased that I guessed who the pianist-judge might be before looking it up.
Pianist Martha Argerich resigned as judge when her fellow judges didn't think well of contestant Ivo Pogorelich. Here's the whole story, rather amusing, with a clip of Pogorelich playing Chopin. It's fun to watch his hands--I'm sure he can make Chopin sound any way he wants it to--but I'm with those who didn't care for his interpretation.
http://radiochopin.org/episodes/item/524-radio-chopin-episode-65-etude-in-f-major-op-10-no-8 (http://radiochopin.org/episodes/item/524-radio-chopin-episode-65-etude-in-f-major-op-10-no-8)
That one was a bit of a challenge, wasn't it?
The answers given were all correct, so well done to you!
1: Which composer refused to relinquish the conductor’s podium to his friend Johann Matheson’s at a performance of the latter’s opera. The refusal resulted in an almost-fatal duel.
Answer: #1: It was George Frideric Handel who refused to give up the podium during a performance of Mattheson's Cleopatra. During the duel which followed, Handel's life was spared by a large button on his clothing, which deflected his opponent's sword. They were later reconciled. PatH
2: In Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess there was an argument which resulted in the fatal stabbing of one of the characters. Who was arguing with whom and what was the argument about. (If I recall correctly there are two valid answers to this one, so give them both if you know.) ANSWER: In Porgy and Bess, Crown stabbed the winner of the dice game, over the money he wanted to take for himself.
Later on there was a fight between Crown and POrgy, as Crown wanted to force Bess to go with him and Porgy killed Crown BUBBLE
3: In 2011 there was a heated disagreement between a famous conductor and a rising pianist that became so heated that the scheduled concert had to be cancelled which also resulted in the cancellation of a recording contract. The disagreement was over how a cadenza, of all things, should have been played. The conductor is more famous than the pianist, but try to name one or both. Nobody got this one; ANSWER: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/arts/music/helene-grimaud-and-claudio-abbado-part-ways.html
4: In the 1980 Chopin Piano Festival a very famous pianist resigned from the panel of judges because of what she claimed to be an unfair and biased decision when the panel awarded the first prize to someone she deemed unworthy over whom she reckoned was superior to anyone in the competition. Name the judge who resigned and pianist whom she felt should have been the winner. ANSWER: Pianist Martha Argerich resigned as judge when her fellow judges didn't think well of contestant Ivo Pogorelich. Here's the whole story, rather amusing, with a clip of Pogorelich playing Chopin. It's fun to watch his hands--I'm sure he can make Chopin sound any way he wants it to--but I'm with those who didn't care for his interpretation. PatH
5: The duo of Gilbert and Sullivan were constantly at war with one another throughout their entire artistic collaboration. But the final straw that broke them up was a disagreement over what? ANSWER: Gilbert accused Richard D'Oyly Carte (play producer and builder of the Savoy Theatre) of financial malfeasance after Carte charged new carpet for the theatre to Gilbert and Sullivan rather than an expense to the theatre. For some strange reason Sullivan supported Carte in the matter. I don't know the particulars of the contract between Gillbert and Sullivan, but on the surface I'd have to agree with Gilbert. MarsGal
6: These operatic titles have been translated to Latin; see if you can untranslate them.
(a) Tibia Magica -1791 (b) Sucus Amoris - 1832 (c) Crepusculum Deorum
6. [a] Amadeus Mozart - The Magic Flute
Donizetti - The Elixir of Love
[c] Richard Wagner - Le Crépuscule des Dieux (Twilight Of The Gods) BUBBLE
7: Name this tune and composer: https://www.normalesup.org/~glafon/musique/Quizzmp3/extrait05.mp3 Nobody got this one either.
Answer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSE15tLBdso
That was a hard quiz, but it was a lot of fun. It's not surprising that spending your life totally wrapped up in the emotion and meaning of music, and figuring out how to say it the way you want to leads to tensions, low flash points, and quarrels. More amusing to watch that to be in the middle of.
#7 was driving me nuts. It's one of those themes you've heard so often you forget what it is. I could anticipate each note, but couldn't remember it was Boccherini.
Here is a brief clip to represent an opposite approach to Chopin from that of Pogorelich.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0TN8VkmqvE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0TN8VkmqvE)
Same here PatH! So familiar and still... mystery :)
Don experienced the same when I sent him a card with music and he could hum it but not identify - so even the experts have these blanks. That is reassuring: not Alzheimer.
https://biggeekdad.com/2017/05/awesome-violin-solo/ (https://biggeekdad.com/2017/05/awesome-violin-solo/)
unusual?
https://biggeekdad.com/2016/12/hallelujah-killard-house-school-choir/ (https://biggeekdad.com/2016/12/hallelujah-killard-house-school-choir/)
10-year-old Kaylee Rogers, who has autism and ADHD, leads the Killard House School Choir in the singing of “Hallelujahâ€.
Gosh, Bubble, the Kaylee clip is so nice. I don't think I have ever heard the song before. As for the other, it's a good thing I listened to Kaylee second otherwise my ears would still be cringing.
Start your search engines; here's another quiz for you.
1: Composers Peter Warlock and E.J. Morean totally shocked the citizens of the village of Eynsford when they drove through on a motorbike. Why?
2: What famous ballerina died in 1927 when her trademark scarf got tangled in the wheel of her sports car and strangled her.
3: Name that tune (and composer) https://www.normalesup.org/~glafon/musique/Quizzmp3/extrait08.mp3
4: Which composer fathered his first child, Catherine Dorothea in 1708, and his last child, Regina Susana in 1742, and eighteen others in between?
5: In Prokoffiev’s Peter And The Wolf, which instrument portrays the grandfather?
6: Which composer was a co-guardian of his nephew Karl when the lad’s father died, and then got into struggle with his sister-in-law for full custody?
7: What operetta character is joined in everything he does by his sisters and his cousins (he has them by the dozens) and his aunts.
#3 The Moldau by Smetana.
I hope I'm right because my knowledge of composers and their compositions is almost nil.
Mary Ann
#2: Isadora Duncan was easiest for me as she was an innovative woman and not just in dance. Other than newsworthy, I'm really not that familiar with the subject.
1. I remember reading about that a few years ago. I believe they went through town naked on their motorbike. I actually thought this was a relatively recent occurrence, but no. One died in 1930, the other in 1950.
4. Bach
#7, the Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, in Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore.
You folks have proved to be an outstanding group!. All of you answers are correct.
#6 is unsolved so here is a clue: Several court cases ensued and the composer won all of them and was awarded custody of his nephew. The child then ran away to rejoin his mother on these occasions. He had no affection for his uncle.
Karl run away to his mother Johanna van Beethoven. The composer is Ludwig von Beethoven.
I didn't see it listed but the Grandfather part in Peter and the Wolf was played by a basson.
I am following the news on CNN - I am in shock.
Why, oh why???
No amount of security could have stopped or prevented such an insane act. My heart hurt for all the hurt people, the trauma of those in the audience who just congregated for a fun evening. :'(
Bubble, I have no words. It makes a person afraid to go to anything where there would be crowds. How horrible and shocking.
Mary Ann
Sometimes I think the whole world has gone nuts.
I agree PatH2. the whole world is decidedly getting less and less civil. It does not bode well for the future.
I agree with you both. Will it ever stop?
Mary Ann
There have been no words for quite awhile and when those we look to are looking to their own selves above humanity, little will change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFYxRp9K9L4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFYxRp9K9L4)
Unusual Operatic Aria
Bubble, such talent!
Mary Ann
About Lang Lang
HERE (http://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/injured-pianist-lang-lang-literally-lent-a-hand-by-his-teenage-protegee-for-concert/ar-AAsVFtM?li=AAdfeCr&ocid=spartandhp)
We had a wonderful treat at our Church service yesterday when we had a guest organist, a Dr. Elliott, who is and has been the principle organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for many years and is the organist for their TV broadcasts. He is in the Augusta area to give a concert on Tuesday at another local church. At the end of the service we were asked to sit back down after the Benediction and he played a fabulous piece by Bach, one of the Andante compositions. Our Church has a nice pipe organ and he really got the most out of it with his playing. His doctorate is from the Eastman School of Music. Needless to say he got a standing ovation.
That does sound wonderful Larry. What a treat.
Larry your congregation is truly blessed to have had such an organist in your midst. I doubt if many people would argue that Bach created the most beautiful organ music the world has ever known.
The spooky season is upon us. My neighbor put up her Halloween decorations this weekend. She is big on Zombies. The whole front yard is covered with grave stones, zombies, black cats and skeletons among other things. To celebrate:
Tim Burton's version of Danse Macabre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3DOCTWoBM8
The Vampire Masquerade | Waltz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUNOfNad59Q
Two of my favorites:
A Night on Bald Mountain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUNOfNad59Q
Isle of the Dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbtmskCRUY
wow really spooky! Thanks :) I'll have nightmares!
Great selection MarsGal. I should have used your talents when I was doing my halloween show.
Here's how you synchronise line drawing and music.
http://www.classicfm.com/composers/grieg/news/mountain-king-line-rider/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral
What a fantastic creation! I had to watch it twice, it was so well done :)
Time for another quiz.
1: What is the oldest music institution in America?
2: Mistakenly thought to be the oldest music institution in Americaâ€"it’s actually the second oldestâ€"and it is based in Boston. By what name is this organization known?
4: Name a composer who had two funerals.
5: This composer was caught up, but did not participate in a barroom brawl which inspired him to include a similar brawl scene at the end of the second act of one of his operas. What is the name of that opera?
6: What famous composer/performer was the prime minister of Poland?
7: Name this tune, composer and where one is likely to hear it. https://www.normalesup.org/~glafon/musique/Quizzmp3/extrait09.mp3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAV0av2SHTg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAV0av2SHTg)
to help while thinking about the quizz answers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHZvMAJUN5g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHZvMAJUN5g)
I bet you never heard the bumble bee that way!
1. Oberlin College, 1856
Bubble, I have heard Conquest of Paradise before, but didn't realize it was a Vangelis, nor that it was the theme song for a movie.
Don, I never heard of Line Rider. I thought it might be a really old compter game, but no, it was created in 2006.
Bubble, my dad (Norman Sr) and brother (Norm Jr) both played the organ. Both had the small organs that homeowners have. Both took off their shoes when playing the pedals and Dad had the music for "Flight of the Bumble Bee". Neither could play as well as Dr Williams.
Mary Ann
I bet you don't get to take off your shoes in church when playing the organ.
Question #6: Paderewski.
Apparently he wasn't very successful as PM.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ignacy-Jan-Paderewski (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ignacy-Jan-Paderewski)
PatH2, in our church, the organist could remove his/her shoes because the foot pedals are not visible. I am sure they keep their shoes on, however.
Mary Ann
who was the gal who in the '40's played the organ (beautifully) in high heels?
Norm used to watch an organist named ? Bliss, who was always dressed to the "ultimate" (can't think of a better word). She played an organ with many manuals.
Mary Ann
Jeanne Lee You might be thinking of Ethel Smith
MarsGal your answer re #1 is incorrect. And as an indirect clue to question 2 it is not the SECOND oldest in America either.
PatH #6 Paderewski is correct.
Re the audio clue, just provide the name of the opera from which it comes
Mary Ann I wonder if you are thinking of Diane Bish
Don, you are right, Diane Bish is the organist I was thinking of. Norm's favorite.
Mary Ann
Don, you're right, I was thinking of Ethel Smith! Thanks!!!
Don, I knew there had to be a military institution in there somewhere, but when I went to check I couldn't find it at first. So.....
Here is my updated list.
1798 - The United States Marine Band was organized
1833 - Boston Academy of Music. best I can tell this was not continuous, but revived several times.
1856 - Oberlin College - established the first continuously operating conservatory in the US.
1857 - Peabody Institute of Music - established in 1857 and opened in 1866, also lists itself as the oldest conservatory in the US. This season it is celebrating its 160th year in existence and its 40th as part of Johns Hopkins University.
Others of interest
1766 - St. Cecilia's Society of Charleston, SC. began as a private subscription concert organization. While the society still exists, it ended its music patronage in 1820.
1790 - First known singing contest in the US was between the choir of the First Parish Church in Dorchester and the male singers of the Stoughton Musical Society.
1815 - The Handel & Haydn Society was founded. It is now the oldest continuous performing arts organization in the U.S.
MarsGal that's an impressive piece of research.
#1 United States Marine Band 1798
#2 The Handel and Haydn Society 1815
My new kitty inspired me to go looking for classical music about cats. I am positive there are one or two, but I can't think what right now. Aaron Copeland's Cat vs. Mouse doesn't appeal. I did find a piano playing cat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTshIvDM0ME and, of course, the Siamese cat song from Lady and the Tramp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG5mOd8Ubsk
Ha ha Lovely! I never saw Lady and the Tramp!
Great idea! Do you have anything about dogs?
The Siamese Cat song is one of those that can stick in my head for days, so I won't play your clip, though if it's from the movie it's pretty cute. What kind is your new kitty? A gorgeous plump sleek pale grey cat with snowy white face and bib just moved in next door.
Eureka! The cat in Peter and the Wolf.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qjracXGTtDU (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qjracXGTtDU)
I went from the first piece by Nora to another, then from the Siamese cats I went to The King and I, listening and watching familiar scenes. Now I'm visiting S&F while listening to Classical Masterpieces on TV. I guess I went on a musical journey.
Mary Ann
I have been listening to Radio Suisse Classic the whole day. I miss the X programs of Sundays.
It's been a hectic week and I have been terribly remiss in neglecting my quiz: my apologies.
The remaining clues are:
3: There was no number 3; I just noticed lol
4: Name a composer who had two funerals. Hint: there are two actually that I know of. One was German and the other Italian.
5: This composer was caught up, but did not participate in a barroom brawl which inspired him to include a similar brawl scene at the end of the second act of one of his operas. What is the name of that opera? Hint: The composer was German and the setting for the opera was in Germany
7: Musical clue: This is from an opera and it's a collaboration of soloists and chorus. If you can identify the opera that will suffice.
It's wide open now so answer as many as you like.
One of the most popular operatic duos involving cats is the short work wrongfully attributed to Rossini entitled DUELING CATS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNyR6rsGDyg) Some of the greatest divas have performed this.
PatH, Shan is a five week old, long-haired ginger. This is from the litter that Mom cat had parked by my garage for a few weeks. She and three of the kitties took to off and left little Shan behind. I told him to be brave the other day. Well, not only is he being brave, but he has graduated to bold. When I went to feed him this afternoon, he barreled through my legs and the door like a little runaway freight train. Lucy and Oscar just sat there and stared with wide eyes. I have to keep him out on the back porch until he gets his shots and de-fleaing. Right now, he is too young. Doc assures me that he will be okay out there (it is unheated and uninsulated, but enclosed).
MarsGal, two pounds and 8 weeks is what now is advised altho some older vets adhere to the five-month rule as they haven't learned the newer procedure. I have been watching a YouTube Live about a kitten and her mother who had been dumped two previous litters before in or around Everett, Washington.
Lizzie, kitten, will be eight weeks on Tuesday but he took both mom, Shelby, and Lizzie for first vaccinations and flea treatments yesterday. Here is what was posted which I think you might find interesting. Lizzie was born on 08/29.
"Vaccines: Lizzie received her first set today (Oct 20) and Shelby got her boosters. Side effects of the vaccines are soreness & tiredness which can last anywhere from 12-48 hours. A rarer side effect is developing a limp and that could happen at any time over the seven days after. Any soreness could cause limping but limping kitten syndrome is a separate issue. Depending on the degree of soreness, they may be reserve against moving or cry out in pain when they move. If it does get bad enough that they cry out, the best (and really only) option is to let them cry themselves to sleep and they'll feel better when they wake up."
I think this quiz has died on the vine so I'll give it up and start work on a new one.
ANSWERS:
#4 (a) Carl Maria von Weber: he died in London 1826, and 4 years later his remains were transferred to Dresden and buried there where Richard Wagner delivered the eulogy.
(b) Giuseppe Verdi died on 21 January 1901. Verdi was initially buried in Milan's Cimitero Monumentale. A month later, his body was moved to the "crypt" of the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti. An estimated 200,000 people attended
#5 Die Meistersiger by Wagner
#6 https://youtu.be/9_XD-zN3Jg8 from La Traviatta by Verdi
Thanks for the answers, Don. They were driving me nuts, and I was traveling, without my usual resources. Especially true of #s 5 and 6. The answers were buried somewhere in my brain and I couldn't dig them out.
Don't give upon the quizzes. They're fun, and maybe sometimes we need to stretch for answers.
Sorry I can't figure out most of the clues, Don. I have never been up on the backgrounds of composers or their compositions. I just listen to the music and create my own interpretation. Often, my interpretation clashes with what the composer actually intended. The best example I can give is the Bacchanale from Saint-Seans' Damson and Delilah where I always think of Camel and horse troops racing across the desert with an interlude at an oasis, and of course, a clash of swords.
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Is Halloween something big where you live? It is unheard of here.
Bubble, Halloween is a really big thing in my block, because someone in the next block is a theater lighting professional, and he has fun by setting up his front yard and that of the willing next door neighbor with special effects, lighting, spooky creatures, a raised dance floor, music, etc. People come from all over to look and dance. In my very short block the neighbors put an elevated fire pit in the middle of the street to keep warm, and sit around eating and talking, and the trick or treaters have to get their treats at that one station.
But it's big everywhere.
From the quiz before last:
4: In the 1980 Chopin Piano Festival a very famous pianist resigned from the panel of judges because of what she claimed to be an unfair and biased decision when the panel awarded the first prize to someone she deemed unworthy over whom she reckoned was superior to anyone in the competition. Name the judge who resigned and pianist whom she felt should have been the winner.
The answer was Martha Argerich, and Wednesday I was lucky enough to hear her perform. No personnel dramatics here, but with the help of the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia â€" Rome, she brought great dramatics to Prokofieff's 3rd piano concerto. It's not a familiar piece to me; it makes huge demands on both pianist and orchestra, and is very impressive when, as here, they rise to the challenge. For encore she played a four hand piece from Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, with music director Antonio Pappano as partner.
I hadn't heard of the orchestra before, but they're very good indeed. After intermission they did a great job on Respighi's Pines of Rome and Fountains of Rome, then several short encores, ending up with the rousing end to Rossini's William Tell Overture to send us off into the night.
That sounds like a real treat, Pat.
Please do take some pictures of your neighbor's front yard, I am most interested to see that art work. If you have a problem posting them, I am more than willing to resize and post for you. :)
Is there any specific Halloween music? Dance Macabre... lol
Don't miss this one!
https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=80.msg107088#msg107088 (https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=80.msg107088#msg107088)
One of the many pieces I used to play on my show on Halloween was the FUNERAL MARCH OF A MARIONETTE" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1uVwYjv7Rs)
by Charles Gounod. It also served as the signature tune for Alfred Hitchcock's Sunday night show.
Bubble, your Ghosts put a smile on my face.
Don, I loved the Funeral March - and I also enjoyed a couple of pieces after that. Some people are very clever!
I think Bubble has had more fun with Halloween than anyone else. Very cute creations!
Mary Ann
I save the Funeral March for Aviv, I am sure he will love it and thus acquire some taste for classical music.
Chopin's Funeral March played by the Polish Army Orchestra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NKMk8IpcV8
Edward Greig composed this Funeral March in honor of the death of his friend, Rikard Nordraak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJi_rb9D8I4
Otto Nicolai composed this on the death of Bellini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_srQ2z_oo0
None of the above are spooky, but in keeping with All Hallows Eve (All Saints Day) for remembering the dead.
Then there is Bach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuq9PXbywA Always a favorite this time of year along with
A Night on Bald Mountain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5pnoSgIuVo
Ahhhhhhhhhh such great music. The Bach especially. I put its short cut on my desktop. I miss the Sunday's concert.
MarsGal there were a couple of works that were unknown to me: Grieg and Nicolai. Excellent choices.
Bubble I miss my Sunday show as well.
I love that Bach, never get tired of it.
Don, those were the only two unfamiliar pieces for me too.
We were discussing magpies on the Wildlife photos site, and this led to Angelface describing the thieving habits of their relatives, the ravens, to Rossini's Thieving Magpie overture, so since I posted the overture there, I thought I'd share it here too. Nice rousing piece for the gloomy rainy evening here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYfaKAIf-SU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYfaKAIf-SU)
wow, that conductor is really expressive!
Fantastic music for starting the day here. Thanks!
Rossini: scintillating as always.
Here's another quiz for you.
NOV 8 2017
1: Verdi’s opera Aida is set in Egypt, but Aida is not Egyptian. What is her nationality?
2: Still on the subject of Verdi, in what opera of his does the main character proclaim himself to be a god and then is promptly struck down by a thunderbolt and rendered senseless?
3: In what cities were the following operas set: (a) TOSCA, SICILIAN VESPERS (C) GIANNI SCHICCHI
4: What famous conductor who spoke against fascism was beaten up my Mussolini’s thugs?
5: Donizetti composed an opera about the daughter of Pope Alexander vi. What was the name of the opera.
6: NAME THIS TUNE: https://www.normalesup.org/~glafon/musique/extraits/extrait17.mp3
1. Ethiopian
#5 Lucretia Borgia
#4 Arturo Toscanini
Don..If it is o.k. to answer another question, #6 that had been driving me crazy all afternoon, suddenly came to mind.
Chia, I prefer this composition to other Romeo and Juliet compositions. Is this what you came up with?
6. Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture
I don't know the rest.
Marsgal..I would rather have an o.k. from Don rather then post the answer I came up with for #6 :)
#2: Nabucco
That's a fantastic response; well done!
1: Verdi’s opera Aida is set in Egypt, but Aida is not Egyptian. What is her nationality? 1: Ethiopian: Bubble
2: Still on the subject of Verdi, in what opera of his does the main character proclaim himself to be a god and then is promptly struck down by a thunderbolt and rendered senseless? 2: Nabucco,
PatH
4: What famous conductor who spoke against fascism was beaten up my Mussolini’s thugs?
Toscanini Chya
5: Donizetti composed an opera about the daughter of Pope Alexander vi. What was the name of the opera. Lucrezia Borgia: Tomereader
6: Name this tune (and composer) https://www.normalesup.org/~glafon/musique/extraits/extrait17.mp3 # Romeo and Juliette: Tchailovsky MarsGal
Only #3 left. The only clue I can give you is that they are all Italian cities. It's open now so answer if you know it.
Question 3
a Rome
b.Palermo
c. Florence
The final answer was correct and the quiz is complete. Good job everyone! Here's a recap.
1: Verdi’s opera Aida is set in Egypt, but Aida is not Egyptian. What is her nationality? Ethiopian: Bubble
2: Still on the subject of Verdi, in what opera of his does the main character proclaim himself to be a god and then is promptly struck down by a thunderbolt and rendered senseless? 2: Nabucco,
Nabucco: PatH
3: In what cities were the following operas set: (a) TOSCA, SICILIAN VESPERS (C) GIANNI SCHICCHI (a) Rome, (b) Palermo(c) Florence, BUBBLE
4: What famous conductor who spoke against fascism was beaten up my Mussolini’s thugs?
Toscanini: Chya
5: Donizetti composed an opera about the daughter of Pope Alexander vi. What was the name of the opera. Lucrezia Borgia: Tomereader
6: Name this tune (and composer) https://www.normalesup.org/~glafon/musique/extraits/extrait17.mp3 #6 Romeo and Juliette: Tchaikovsky: MarsGal
Good quiz, Don, thank you.
Yes, a very good quiz and perhaps next time I will know an answer or two :thumbup:
Thanks! For once I was not totally ignorant :)
I am trying to find some modern classical Thanksgiving compositions and found these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14GCvbINy4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA05aiIvl20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFpOjYEUTnE
I am not sure if they are composed for Thanksgiving Day or just thanksgiving compositions. None of them seem to fit the day, to my thinking.
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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlGkhpcvm_Q)
Simple Gifts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMtCh0VuoKg) 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.
The composers I mentioned above are on a cd called Music For Thanksgiving on the Albany label.
Eugene Ormandy conducting Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ratrmdqWgoE
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
About Chopin whose music so many of us enjoy listening to
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pickled-cognac-chopins-heart-gives-secrets-030201005.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/pickled-cognac-chopins-heart-gives-secrets-030201005.html)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmlQSxK3J6o&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmlQSxK3J6o&feature=youtu.be)
so sooting and peaceful...
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
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
Superb both for eyes and ears. Thanks so much Vanilla, I needed that today.
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
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
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
Thanks MarsGal. I never heard of that Rhapsody before, not the composer.
Don has been mighty quiet in here lately. Is he still doing his yearly Santa stint?
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
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.
3. Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky - very evocative!
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.
MarsGal, I believe that Don meant THE MISSION, and not Mission Impossible...
There was an oboe piece he often played on his show.
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
I did MarsGal: "Gabriel's Oboe" is the main theme for the 1986 film The Mission directed by Roland Joffé.
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
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.
# 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.
PatH you are correct. I bought my first copy of Harold In Italy back in the 50s as well. William Primrose is the soloist
I have feeling this is a tough quiz so answer as many as you like: no limit
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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhh0wBazHzQ)
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.
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.
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.
Bubble, I couln't tell you who conducts any of those orchestras now. The conductors seem to switch around, especially with all these guest conductor appearance. Not to mention I don't buy any CDs anymore. Now-a-days, I just browse YouTube or look for a specific composition and then choose from the resulting list. I think there a lot of good orchestras and conductors who don't get the publicity that the biggies get.
Hello Don...Just came across this final quiz of yours and please if I am wrong, Question #6 was not answered.. Any hints...it is almost on the tip of my ear..
Chia, I used to play #6 often, with and without chorus, so has Don. It is from an opera unfinshed at the composer's death, but finished by another famous composer. I've never seen the opera nor heard the whole thing. I understand the Met performed a "reimagined" version in 2014 in the composer's native tongue.
And the answer is... ?
I still don't know the answer but just a wild guess..Something .by Richard Wagner....
Nope! Try again Chia. The composer was Russian.
Tchaikovsky is too obvious... I will go out on a limb and guess Borodin..Is that the best hint you can give Marsgal???
I rarely remember names of musical pieces, composers or conductors in any genre. Yet #6 is very familiar, almost a cavalry or martial piece?
Yes, Chia - Borodin.
ps: I just discovered that the Bolshoi Ballet has a segment up on YouTube. Interesting, but I the presentation didn't impress me nearly as much as the music.
Morning, PatH.
Heather Menzies-Urich, 'Sound of Music' Actress, Dies at 68
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in NYT of today
She began her movie career by playing Louise, the third-oldest of the seven singing von Trapp children, in one of the biggest movie hits of the 1960s.
So, MarsGal, was it a cavalry or martial piece or was that just my interpretation? What is the name of the composition?
#6. The Polovtsian Dances from the opera Prince Igor.
This one includes the chorus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGNObWgU2Qw
Here is what the Bolshoi Theater did with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLMbf7E5Uxo
The Met's synopsis of Prince Igor. http://www.metopera.org/Discover/Synposes-Archive/Prince-Igor/
Angel, I gather that most or all of the battles are not in the opera but are referred to. It makes the opera seem a bit disjointed to me.
Thanks for the synopsis MarsGal. I knew I remembered it or parts of it from somewhere. I'll go back and listen to the chorus.
I hadn't know that her Husband Robert Urich had died a few years ago. He was only in his 50s. Was still showing up in a lot of shows.
And most of this music was used in the movie, "Kismet". The first song on the link you gave, was
"Stranger in Paradise". I can't think of the English title of the second song. If you have the album "Kismet" that's probably why everyone was so familiar with the music!
Marsgal..I took you up on your choices given and watched the Bolshoi version of Prince Igor by Borodin and I can't tell you in enough words how much I enjoyed it...Being from the Bolshoi and its wonderful dancing, should not have been much of a surprise, but the all round production was most captivating..
MarsGal you have done a magnificent job in handling all these responses. Thank you!
My most recent setback is from a car collision in which I totalled my car and will probably lose my licence. But life goes on.
Kismet yielded several fine fine songs base on Borodin's works: Stranger In Paradise, Baubles Bangles and Beads, and This Is My Beloved.
As for the 5 most popular Symphony Orchestras, the BBC poll listed them as follows: : New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony. This was more of a trivia question than a quiz item but interesting nonetheless. Happy New to all of you!
Don, I'm sorry about your accident. My deceased nephew's wife just totaled her car and is in the hospital and it will be months before she is able to go back home and to work. I hope you were not hurt.
It is interesting in the BBC poll that all of the symphonies are from US cities.
Mary Ann
Marsgal, I finally had time to watch the great selections you offered here. I can only second Chia's words. Thank you.
Thanks, all.
Don, I am not happy to hear about your accident. I hope you are okay.
Dan. Glad that you did not get hurt. Now is your area set up with good Public Transportation? I always think about when no more get a license but this area Fantastic as it is a big University area. We also get a free pass after age 65. I use it once in awhile in nice weather and do enjoy riding them. You will learn a new way . We are spoiled with our cars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45-P4q4WF58 For your New Year's Eve listening pleasure.
Don, I'm sorry about your accident. You didn't actually say you were unhurt, but I hope that's the case.
I stopped driving 2 years ago, and as you said, life goes on, only it's more cumbersome. I hope you're near public transportation; that helps a lot. You can figure out that no car hasn't stopped my concert-going, but alas, my favorite bookstore is hard to get to.
MarsGal, that concert was most enjoyable. I went to listen a second time. Thanks. You have a talent for discovering great links.
PatH for me my favorite bookshop (second hand) closed five years ago and none replaced it :(
As for driving, in town it is a real nightmare because of too much traffic, so my car is mostly idle except for the day I volunteer at the library. But the idea it is there should I need it is comforting.
Don will have to get used to the idea of using taxi services. It is not the end of the world, even is costly at times; one does save on gasoline and insurance + repairs!
I thought this video and concept interesting!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/london-symphony-data-visualization?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5c3ffe30ae-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-5c3ffe30ae-66166565&ct=t()&mc_cid=5c3ffe30ae&mc_eid=0dde8b9251
How intriguing!
I had to watch three times to take most of the intricacies in.
Thanks Angel for introducing this new concept to music.
Somebody has combined two fo my favorite subjects, classical music and space.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdxJgpn31U0
I'm going to have to put this up on the big screen. It is over three hours long. Should be good while reading my SciFi this evening.
Quote from: MarsGal on January 27, 2018, 10:18:22 AM
Somebody has combined two fo my favorite subjects, classical music and space.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdxJgpn31U0
I'm going to have to put this up on the big screen. It is over three hours long. Should be good while reading my SciFi this evening.
I'm going to have to put this up on the big screen.------ Oh, you said that. Kidding aside, that is beauty both to the ears and eyes. This is my laptop and it handily connects to the TV with an HDMI cable.
MarsGal, finally had time to go to your link - so dramatic and powerful. Thanks!
And this week is the anniversary of the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster. I could only think about that while watching.
These are the times when I deeply miss doing my radio show. I had a 3-hour show dedicated to Robbie Burns Day, and as Bubble mentioned, this being the anniversary of the Columbia disaster, I would commemorate the occasion by reading the poem
High Flight
John Gillespie Magee, Jr
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
I have a tear in my eye...
Don, a beautiful poem and very timely. I would love to have heard you read the poem.
I remember I was still working that year (1986?) and I was the only one in the room who had a radio. We all listened to the commentary that day.
Mary Ann
That is a lovely poem and I also would have enjoyed hearing you read it.
John Morris, Composer for Mel Brooks’s Films, Dies at 91 John Morris, Composer for Mel Brooks’s Films, Dies at 91
Mr. Morris’s long list of movie, theater and television credits included the melodies to the songs “Springtime for Hitler†and “Blazing Saddles.â€
https://uk.ask.com/youtube?q=u-tube+Giulio+Caccini%3A+Ave+Maria&v=T2HTn1oN2Tw (https://uk.ask.com/youtube?q=u-tube+Giulio+Caccini%3A+Ave+Maria&v=T2HTn1oN2Tw)
Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria
The Lithuanian soprano Inessa Galante was the singer captivated everyone's heart with her performance of it in the 1990s
Sheku Kanneh-Mason - No Woman No Cry (Cello Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiwamfDAYJo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiwamfDAYJo)
Aside from Scheherazade being one of my very favorite compositions, I put this up for you to see the conductor, Valery Gergiev. This guy seems so totally immersed into the music that he becomes a part of it rather than presiding over it. By the time he is done, he is soaking and dripping all over his papers and himself, a sight to behold. Adding to the scene is the sheer concentration and seriousness on the faces of the musicians, no smiles or eyes wandering between their bits. Check out the harpist. I think she should be painted; what a lovely face and hairdo. By the way, she is only one of two women I was able to count in the orchestra. First violin is Rainer Küchl, who retired from the Vienna Philharmonic in 2016. He held the post of concertmaster for 45 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQNymNaTr-Y A superb performance, although I would have liked the violin to draw out the ending a little longer.
I think it's fair to say that the Vienna Philharmonic has a less than stellar history. Its exclusion of female musicians since it's founding has been a constant source of irritation for many years. They actually believed that women musicians were inferior to their male counterparts and it is only in recent years that they have bowed to public pressure and and allowed a small minority to join their ranks.
The orchestra's wartime involvement bring it no glory either. They were actively involved with Nazi activities which included expelling all Jewish members of the orchestra. To cite one particular example, there was , a trumpeter in the orchestra named Helmut Wobisch with a deep Nazi past. As a member of the SS, Wobisch spied on and denounced colleagues; he was ousted from the Philharmonic after the war but returned in 1947, became its manager in 1953 and played in it until 1968.
They have no doubt cleaned house by now, but it demonstrates the dark history that has been glossed over by the glitter and glory of the Vienna philharmonic.
Don. Now I can't miss listening to the Vienna Orchestra at the end of each year. No matter where I am. If I remember when living back in UK. Would go to listen to some of the Large ones that would be in Manchester. You saw very few women playing in them back in the 40s 50s.
When Opera season was on for 7 weeks would try to go to at least 3. Would maybe be about 2 women playing in the large orchestras playing in them.
Did not take long for the Nazi when they went into Vienna to pick up most of the Jewish people . I don't think they got expelled but just shipped off to the camps. Got to play there for awhile. Musicians on big demand.
It as amazing how soon after the war that the people who where in the Nazi Party . Denouncing people ended up getting back in to their good job within a short time of war ending.
I didn't (and still don't, really) know a whole lot about the German occupation of Austria and other countries. I did read, some years ago, a book about a wealthy Viennese family and what happened to them, their city, and their art collections. The book focuses on the history of their netsuke collection which the author inherited. The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal. I am sure there are books about the musicians' harrowing experiences, too, but I can't think of any off-hand.
That book was about the wealthy cosmopolitan Ephrussi family, a totally different view of the period. Was your book illustrated as well? These netsuke figurines are fascinating.
Oh boy! Brain drain. I don't remember. There were some old photos, but I may have seen them when doing searches on the net to supplement what I was reading. We did a book discussion on it back in 2013 on SeniorLearn.org. I do remember checking out his studio in England, which I just checked again. He has since written another book called The White Road. It is a travel book of sorts where he traces porcelain (his specialty) from its origins in China and history across the continents.
This has nothing to do with the Vienna Philharmonic, and I do enjoy watching them on New Years Day on PBS, but years ago I watched a piece on Sejia Ozawa (I know I've murdered his name) and it showed him conducting several orchestras, at that time mostly in Europe. He went to Japan and conducted an orchestra there - all male, but what really struck me was they all had black hair. None of the US orchestras, male or mixed, have hair of one color!
Mary Ann
I think everyone will enjoy this!
"The 'unstoppable maestro' Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Brahms' challenging and emotional violin concerto in Rome, featuring the legendary South Korean violinist Kyung Wha Chung."
http://www.euronews.com/2018/03/08/antonio-pappano-conducts-violin-virtuoso-kyung-wha-chung?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=en&utm_content=&_ope=eyJndWlkIjoiZjQ0ZGZmMGExM2NhODFiMzgyMTQyYjA2MDFlYjNmZDgifQ==
The world's oldest known melody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBhB9gRnIHE
The Epic of Gilgamesh sung in Sumerian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUcTsFe1PVs I think this is just the opening, not the whole poem.
And, i found this. Psalm 104 Sung in Ancient Hebrew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--UABwqW9Sg
MarsGal those were truly remarkable presentations
Today I am treating you to some of Gustav Holst's other works.
A piece called St. Paul's Cathedral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRRtmrjWsPE
This is lovely. Japanese Suite, Op.33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xpZs0j2RK8
This is the one I was listening to last night, Ode to Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73rX1AfaHz0
Today, April 30 marks the birthday of Franz Lehar in 1870.
Franz is often regarded as the greatest Viennese composer since the Strauss boys ruled the roost; which would have come as a surprise to Lehar because he was Hungarian. This piece is one of the most popular he ever wrote
https://youtu.be/kCdVcdZDXzM
Nice, Don. I've heard the music before, but never knew who wrote it. IN fact, I think that piece was on an old 33rpm series called something like "The 100 Greatest Classics". Of course they were the short pieces, not the whole works they came from. Don't know whatever happened to that set.
MarsGal it has a special charm to it that has made it so popular. It is, of course, an opera not a ballet but Lanchberry's transcription lends itself nicely to the ballet setting.
Don, I seem to remember hearing words to The Merry Widow, in fact, I was singing (what I could remember) after you played it earlier, but I can't remember any of the words now.
"Boats obey the faithful helm and hearts are true" (all I can remember).
Hi Bubble!
Mary Ann
Mary Ann the opera was very popular so there must be sites that will provide the lyrics for you.
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/5176905
Thanks Don, obviously my lyrics don't fit in with the lyrics you posted. And your lyrics were the only ones I found. I have no idea what I heard that included my remembered lyrics. It is a beautiful song and I love to hear it.
Mary Ann
I love that waltz, thanks for posting it, Don.
QuoteFranz is often regarded as the greatest Viennese composer since the Strauss boys ruled the roost; which would have come as a surprise to Lehar because he was Hungarian.
He might have been irritated too. I think the Hungarians are touchy about their past relations with Austria.
This isn't new news, but it's new to me. We lost Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky last November, at age 55, from a brain tumor. I only found out a week or so ago, when I went to a concert that had originally meant to include him.
Here's a clip of him singing Mozart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICyFxaMlfII (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICyFxaMlfII)
And here's his last public appearance, a surprise cameo at a Met gala after he was already sick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZtaEInqOos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZtaEInqOos)
I was lucky to hear him several times. He had a tremendous stage presence, which only partly shows in these clips, and a striking appearance, over 6 feet tall, with rich golden skin set off by prematurely white hair, and, of course a gorgeous voice.
If you haven't already had enough, this "eri tu", after a slow start has some showing off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVPNC3A-Ttg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVPNC3A-Ttg)
Quote from: Mary Ann on April 30, 2018, 01:55:16 PM
Thanks Don, obviously my lyrics don't fit in with the lyrics you posted. And your lyrics were the only ones I found. I have no idea what I heard that included my remembered lyrics. It is a beautiful song and I love to hear it.
Mary Ann
I recall the words you posted. I think we sang that in a school music class. (A while back).
Rick, I've been out of high school so long and I didn't take much music there. I do have a book from 6th grade and I might see if the song would be there.
I'm glad someone else is familiar with those words.
Mary Ann
PatH, truly outstanding performances! How I envy that you heard him in person.
Today marks the birthday of Johannes Brahms born on May 7 1833. Arguably, the most popular song that Brahms ever wrote is The Cradle Song or Lullaby originally known as Wiegenlied. And there’s an interesting background to this work and it starts with his time as the director of a Women’s Choir, a post he took in 1859. That, incidentally was three years after his friend Robert Schumann had died. It’s well known that Brahms had great affection Robert’s wife Clara which would then perhaps make it a bit surprising to learn that Brahms also was enamoured of a singer in his choir: a lady by the name of Bertha Faber. However, Bertha did not reciprocate his feelings. Bertha eventually got married and to celebrate the birth of her second child, Brahms composed his famous Wiegenlied a work incidentally, based on a song that Bertha used to sing to him. But to ensure that decorum and propriety were properly observed, Brahms sent the song to Bertha's husband Artur Faber with the note: "Frau Bertha will realize that I wrote the 'Wiegenlied' for her little one. She will find it quite in order... that while she is singing Hans to sleep, a love song is being sung to her." So Bertha was the first person to sing this famous lullaby and Brahms in his own way got the last word.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t894eGoymio
Don, that was fun. I found someone singing the lyrics to Lullaby but didn't like her version and noticed Shirley Temple down further, singing Animal Crackers in my Soup, so I checked that - and sang along with her. I found I knew most of the words yet. Shirley Temple shared my birthday but she was four years younger. I know she died several years ago.
Thanks for the memory!!!
Mary Ann
Close your eyes and feast your ears on this wonderful piece of magic........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLhvMgucWns
If like me you've never been to Portugal, this is a lovely video which gives us a glimpse of that lovely country.........the music is superb too......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MPkzqIh1LQ
Will you be watching the International Eurovision song contest Finals in Portugal tonight, Ferocious?
Quote: Will you be watching the International Eurovision song contest Finals in Portugal tonight, Ferocious?
No, so_P_bubble, I won't, it's all a bit too modern for me. Old fashioned and a sucker for songs with lovely melodies and nice words, that's me.
May not fit into our typical classics but a beautiful song, a beautiful sound all the same...hope you enjoy....
Link...( St.Bernadette Eddie Calvert 1965..)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvhRZNbdti8
Loved it Jackie.
If I remember right, Bernadette was a peasant girl in Lourdes (France) where many medical miracles happened after her death. She was often given as an example of piety by the nuns of my school.
Bubble...yes, you are right...what struck me as Interesting was this piece...scrolled near the bottom...
" "What struck me during this examination, of course, was the state of perfect preservation of the skeleton, the fibrous tissues of the muscles (still supple and firm), of the ligaments, and of the skin, and above all the totally unexpected state of the liver after 46 years. One would have thought that this organ, which is basically soft and inclined to crumble, would have decomposed very rapidly or would have hardened to a chalky consistency. Yet, when it was cut it was soft and almost normal in consistency. I pointed this out to those present, remarking that this did not seem to be a natural phenomenon."
Link...
https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=147
The nuns in my school were from the Sisters of Charity! So that is one of the reasons why Bernadette was looked at with such favor.
Found this interesting and it does sound a little different than I am used to. From Barber's String Quartet Op. 11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKrxPTePXEQ
Here it is with full string orchestra: Adagio for Strings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV37qZki31U
Quote from: Vanilla-Jackie on May 17, 2018, 06:06:32 PM
May not fit into our typical classics but a beautiful song, a beautiful sound all the same...hope you enjoy....
Link...( St.Bernadette Eddie Calvert 1965..)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvhRZNbdti8
The man with the Golden Trumpet.........loved it Jackie.....thank you.
Quote from: MarsGal on May 18, 2018, 05:47:29 AM
Found this interesting and it does sound a little different than I am used to. From Barber's String Quartet Op. 11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKrxPTePXEQ
Here it is with full string orchestra: Adagio for Strings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV37qZki31U
Beautiful, absolutely magic to my lug-'oles.....thank you MarsGirl
Don's last day in Israel... and a holiday here for Shavuot, the first crop celebration.
The weather is nice although a bit hot and people are enjoying the free day by going to the beach and visiting national parks for picnics.
Don, have a good trip back home. I know you and Bubble will miss each other's company. We will miss the interesting pictures you have taken and shown.
Mary Ann
I like to say that arms are not for killing. They are for hugging.
Betty Williams, peace activist, Nobel laureate (b. 22 May 1943)
The magical fingers of Ernesto enchant us with this lovely piece.... :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AMisl3M-sw
https://www.last.fm/music/Ernesto+Cortazar/+wiki (https://www.last.fm/music/Ernesto+Cortazar/+wiki)
Great composer!
Thanks Ferocious
For those that don't enjoy this.......I can recommend a good doctor.... ;D....but I'm sure a doctor won't be necessary... ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPYHy8k9Z34
From that superb and 'raw' film 'Brassed Off', set in a coal mining community that put together their own brass band.
They found a new band member (Tara Fitzgerald) and.......well just watch the video, it's beautiful and quite moving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo8hIc7DpuE
I have some not too good news to report about Don - Radioman.
I am in daily contact with him and on Monday, when I did not see him online, I presumed it was because of an appointment with his doctor that morning. However when he did not show up the next day and my phone calls did not get answered I really got worried and contacted his son.
Don was found on the floor of the kitchen, having fell and being unable to get up.
As he said "lying there without food or drink all those hours was not a picnic, even with nothing broken".
His son called an ambulance and Don is now in hospital. They are doing all kinds of tests but found he has a UTI that needs treatment.
Don asked me to inform his friends in S@F explaining why he is not posting.
Bubble, I'm so sorry to hear about Don and I hope he has a complete recovery soon. I remember my friend Jim fell in his kitchen in the late evening and it was early morning before he was discovered by his son, Tom. I'm glad you are in daily contact with him, as it's hard when you live alone. I think he wrote recently that he was going to go into a retirement home, or such, has he made the move yet?
Best wishes to Don.
Bubble, I just sent you a couple of pictures and if you don't have the time right now, please send them to someone else to monkey with.
Mary Ann
I was just thinking about Don yesterday, and wondered why he had not posted lately. Best Wishes for his speedy recovery, and I'm so glad "nothing was broken". Bubble, please keep us aware what is going on with him. I so miss his radio program, as I'm sure we all do.
Oh dear. I do hope Don is soon up and about again. The older I get, the more people I know who have or had falling problems, my Mom and Uncle being two of them. When Mom went into assisted living, they tried to get her to wear one of those necklace fall monitor things, but she wouldn't. Do they work well, I wonder?
Hoping Don is doing OK and back with us soon.
There are those Emergency Service devices that people can subscribe to but it entails an expense many can't accept. A handy thing in my opinion is to be sure a phone is in a position that is grabable from floor level. Old "land lines" have a wire that can be pulled. Other phones, if one thinks about it ahead of time, can be placed where they can be reached or dumped to the floor.
Enough --- off the soapbox
Bubble...
...I am saddened by this news of Don having a fall when being by himself...thank heavens his son came to his aid ( re, your quick thinking responsive alert ) and phoned for that ambulance...
...my thoughts also go out with you Bubble, that you live so far apart where this is adding to your feeling of helplessness...you just want to be there with him by his side...
I am so sorry to hear about Don! And I'm glad no bones were broken or else happening! I know you must have been anxious about Don, Bubble and I hope some system such as a MedicAlert can be used.
I have one, and while it is expensive, I tend to fall if I lean too far one way or the other and often there is nothing in reach to pull up on or with. This disc is merely a pendant with a center recessed button. Once pushed, you hear a message from the receiver that it is activated, someone comes on the line to speak to you and according to your response or nonresponse things happen quickly.
Oh, dear, Don and Bubble, scary for both of you. I'm hoping that things will resolve OK, once rehydration and antibiotics have their effect. All my love and prayers to the two of you.
I have only one of Heitor Villa-Lobos works. This isn't it. Please be sure to read the description. It is rather interesting.
Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 2 Complete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaNoiKuJFQg
this you mean "written for various combinations of instruments and voices"?
Not exactly what I would choose to hear for pleasure...
I have now begun the second month of my respite care and quite frankly I dont see a lot of improvement, but I remain hopeful. My boys are working diligently to expedite my move to a permanent home where I can settle in. Hopefully I will be in my new digs before the month is over. The reality of my situation is starting to sink in though. As of now I will be uable to carry on in my role as Santa, something Ive been doing close to 20 years. Likewise my partcipation in the Standardized Patient Programme must come to an end and stage participation is no more as well. I am happy that my last performance garnered me an award.
The main hope that sustains me is that I will be able to continue to visit my Israeli Sweetheart.
So that is all I have for you now. I am so grateful for your thoughts and prayers and I,ll try not to be so negative in my next communication .
Oh, Don, you have really been through it! See, you should never have retired from the radio show!! Along with everyone else, I have been very worried about you since we heard about your fall. Please recover so you can visit the Israeli Sweetheart soon.
Don...
...whenever there is a negative, there is a positive...just keep right on looking for it, it wont be too far from you... :)
Don, thanks for the update, we've been worrying about you. Negative or positive, keep us posted. We care.
Please push Don to be more positive, to look for new hobbies, to KEEP ACTIVE at least intellectually! Nothing worse than becoming a couch potato, right?
Don - Bubble...
...well said...always remember..." When One Door Closes, Another Door Opens..." :thumbup:
I think that maybe because Don is on the go so much when with Bubble in Israel and so happy that when he comes back him he feel sort of Let down. (yes Don, Talking about you). I also have got to get back to doing more. My problem is that I had friends that were active for past 10 years. Game to go or do anything. Now I find some have gotten health problems. 3 gone into Senior living and 4 past away. It is not that easy now to find new friends. Once the hot weather goes away I do have a couple of things I am going to look into doing. My family a far away in Other countries and States. Wanting me to move but not ready for that yet....
For Don and his move to a new place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AVSL5I5wtg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNytfGrzQE4
From the Allied Van Lines Music to Move Families album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVMDikItg7c
Been watching our Songs of Praise...the group Blake was singing Nimrod...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH1Kymp-k1k
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Could someone identify this piece of music?
You need to download to be able to listen to it.
Bubble, that sounds very familiar. I think someone set words to it, but I can't quite pull it out of my memory.
How is Don doing. I haven't seen any posts from him in a while.
Don is busy getting settled down... he promises every day that tomorrow he will post an update, but -or he is forgetful, -or he is too busy with the new schedule of meals, meeting new people, etc. Who knows? He barely finds a few minutes to chat these days.
Thanks for the update on Don, Bubble. I wish him well.
Ah, I found it: It's Impossible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKQ9--_ZgB4
Read the blurb for info on thw songwriter, etc.
Thanks MarsGal.
The melody was familiar but I never heard the words.
You are a genius!
Aw shucks! No, not a genius. I just liked Perry Como - a lot - when I was a youngster. I rated him higher than Elvis. As good as he was, I never cared much for Elvis.
MarsGal is the queen of finding things on the internet.
Thanks for the update, Bubble. Keep up the good work, Don, we're all pulling with you.
Hi Pat! Long time no seen. What have you been up to?
Once again I have proved remiss my promise to keep you all up to date in the goings on in my little world. What the problem is is that these series of blackouts I've been have experiencing have resulted in short term memory loss where, on occasion I have no recollection of what I want to write. But other than that I'm fine and many things are coming back to be. So please bear with me. I am also heartened to see the posts from Bubble MarsGal. PatH, Vanilla- Jackie and all those gone from my memory. Let us keep these memeories alive
https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/leisure-activities/classical-corner/?action=dlattach;attach=7507
I just heard this version of Over the Rainbow and loved it.
I'd love to try that instrument...
https://youtu.be/K6KbEnGnymk (https://youtu.be/K6KbEnGnymk)
Mesmerising, a very clever instrument...
Hi, Don, it's so good to hear from you. It must be really frustrating waiting for the memories to come back, but they do eventually.
I can fill you in on my twin. JoanK hasn't been posting much lately, but she has kept up on news of you, and is full of good wishes for you.
More news later.
Katherine Hoover, Flutist and Composer, Is Dead at 80
Ms. Hoover, whose “Kokopeli†is a frequently performed piece for flute, made significant inroads into the male-dominated world of classical composition.
https://uk.ask.com/youtube?q=Kokopeli&v=585LxK7zmYw (https://uk.ask.com/youtube?q=Kokopeli&v=585LxK7zmYw)
Don, I was thinking of the many good conversations we've had here about music. One time you went to Poulenc's opera "dialogues of the Carmelites", and described how moving it was. So a year or two later, when I had a chance to see it, I did. What a powerful and moving thing the bravery and religious fortitude of the nuns was. By the end, I had tears in my eyes, and was glad I didn't have to move for a few minutes while I recovered.
Pat, the final class of high school always had to prepare a play from start to end, open to all the parents and students of our school (2.000 from grade school+ HS). We chose Dialogue of the Carmelites by Bernanos. I had exactly the same reaction at each rehearsals and the gala evening was a roaring success. Even "Blanche" (whose real name was Carmela) was overwhelmed by emotion. One of my strongest memories.
Of all my classical music experiences, none have had the same profound effect on me as Dialog Of The Carmelites. As matter of fact this is the only opera I have seen twice.
I am going to a local movie theater tomorrow with my sister and a friend of hers to see a broadcast of Aida that was performed at the Met.
wow lucky one!
I always wanted to see that opera.
One year it was produced at the pyramids in Egypt, with sounds and light effects and it was out of this world I heard.
Opera report: Aida
Wonderful sets, costumes were generally good. The best singing was Anita Rachvelishvili playing the part of Amneris. The music was good. Did not recognize the conductor. I thought the story/dialog had some holes in it. First Radames says he is disgraced and he betrayed his country, a little later he says "I am innocent" and that he still has his honor, lastly, he flips back again. I objected to the use of "angels" with "golden wings" when Egypt didn't have angels. They did, however, have some gods with wings. The two intermissions were loooooong. Overall, I enjoyed the production.
I think I'd like to see the Dialogs of the Carmelites (done in French) and Mefistpfele, and maybe, just maybe, La Fancuilla del West. The whole Ring Cycle is there too, with a similar setting as we say on TV a few years back.
According to the intro, Met Opera Live pervormances are shown in 70 countries. Here, the Regal Theater offers the season showings. They are a lot more expensive than the regular movie price though not near the expense of going to see one at The Met. Oh, and it is a lot less crowded. If you like opera, maybe one of the theaters in your area shows them.
https://www.metopera.org/season/2018-19-season/
I have a question. One of the opera singers that the hostess interviews during intermission mentioned Bohemian opera, not La Boheme, but Bohemian opera. I never heard of it as an opera genre. Do I think of it as opera set in the Bohemian age or in that style?
Forgot to mention that one of the upcoming operas is Marnie. I cannot imagine Marnie being turned into an opera. Can you?
MarsGal, how great to see the Met's Aida, it must gain a lot from watching, not just listening.
There are several movie theaters around here that broadcast the Live from the Met series, though they tend to be completely booked up much farther in advance than I ever think of trying to go. A few years back I did manage to see all but the first of Wagner's Ring cycle. It was well worth the effort. I have very mixed feelings about these operas; the music and storytelling are so magnificent, but the background mindset of the story has the seeds of evil.
I have no idea what Bohemian Opera is. Does anyone know?
no idea - but have you heard of
MUSIC
10 Operatic Facts About “Bohemian Rhapsodyâ€
http://mentalfloss.com/article/70634/10-operatic-facts-about-bohemian-rhapsody (http://mentalfloss.com/article/70634/10-operatic-facts-about-bohemian-rhapsody)
That title reminds me of the operetta, The Bohemian Girl. First performed way back in the late 1800's, and then off an on until it was made into a movie in the 1930's. I saw a performance by a musical theater group about 30 years ago, and really enjoyed it. Famous for the aria, I Drempt I Dwelt in Marble Halls. Here it is, sung by Jessye Norman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbRYEvZVoag
Marilyne, I have not heard that song in years and I am sure I have sung it (to myself) many times. I had no idea where it came from. It was good to hear Jessye Norman too. She used to sing on one of the musical radio programs that used to be on and I always enjoyed her singing. Thanks for posting it.
Mary Ann
Glad you liked it Mary Ann. I just listened to it once again, to hear Jessye Norman's gorgeous voice singing that beautiful song. I also noticed that I misspelled "Dreamt" by removing the a and adding a p, and ending up with Drempt! ::)
Marilyn, I never noticed but I knew what song she would sing and I knew the melody before she got started. She does/did have a wonderful voice.
Mary Ann
I had heard it by Enya before but this version's voice is crystal clear, so I enjoyed it much. Thanks!
I have a CD of Carmen with Jessye Norman singing the title role; her wonderful rich voice is perfect for the part. This youtube clip must be a rehearsal, since it's the same people and orchestra. The singer who appears for a moment as Don Jose is Niel Schicoff, an underappreciated singer I like a lot. He did an amazing job in Tales of Hofmann.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkADJFzJW28 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkADJFzJW28)
Thank you Pat! I never tire of listening to that particular tune... and that voice is beautifully well suited for it.
Some Fall themed music:
This one is kind of dark and dramatic: Arnold Bax - November Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWooGjw28Wg
Fanny Mendelssohn wrote Das Jahr which represents each month of a year.
September: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_zZw0p5Tv8
October: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMn5-QmwhWQ
November: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8YjWpdZQCw
Fanny is the elder sister of Felix Mendelssohn. She wrote around 466 compositions.
This is a sad commentary on how women were suppressed in the arts as with other professions. https://medium.com/@tdrks/fanny-mendelssohn-in-the-shadow-of-felix-4c3782ba8576
Music for this weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdh7OdOo3fU
MarsGal, that was creating a scary atmosphere that inspired me with new Halloween compositions! Thanks!
I really enjoy your posts even if I am remiss in commenting. Sorry about that.
Thanks, Bubble.
Posts on this discussion sure have taken a dive since Don has been unable to participate much. I try to remember to post something once in a while. I've been remiss at posting anything in the are discussion. Shame on me.
Concert season started for me Monday, with a performance by the Czech Philharmonic, with cellist Alisa Weilerstein. As befits an orchestra whose first conductor was Dvorak, the only non-Dvorak piece was a 9 minute opener by modern Czech composer Lubos Fiser (never heard of him). They played really well, and Weilerstein did a great job on Dvorak's cello concerto. Here's the trailer of her record with the same orchestra, different conductor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgbPnmFBwNU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgbPnmFBwNU)
In a more restrained setting, here she plays a bit of one of the killer Bach suites and some Golijov:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuiQ5tt0iI8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuiQ5tt0iI8)
On Monday her appearance was more subdued, though her fire-red gown did have a deep though narrow cleavage.
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Happy Birthday, Don!!
Wishing you a Happy Birthday, Don.
Don * Sending * Belated * Birthday * Wishes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S75gYhODS0M
WOW!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY7sXKGZl2w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY7sXKGZl2w)
music from "Once upon a time in the West" played using a Teremin.
That is not an instrument that I hear played very often, Bubble.I was looking at a picture of its component parts. It looks like a good instrument for a do-it-yourself kit.
Right after that, this one played. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orL-w2QBiN8 Zamfir and Rieu. They still weave their magic.
Thinking of Don this morning. Hope you are well.
I liked Rieu with the music from Zorba the Greek.
https://youtu.be/qIvrpQ4DLeE (https://youtu.be/qIvrpQ4DLeE)
Interesting link
Lisa Stoll and her AlpHorn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFqUDHIM5MM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFqUDHIM5MM)
A new kind of concert...
https://youtu.be/5SYorweedGw (https://youtu.be/5SYorweedGw)
That is really neat. I passed it on to my BIL who is a jazz pianist.
Bubble, I learn something new every day, ice instruments are something I had never thought of.
It's a shame that come warm weather, the instruments melt.
Mary Ann
Bubble...
...Skid Row was very emotional and uplifting, these people are human too, they show emotions and feelings the same as the rest of us, just watching their facial expressions says it all when they were listening to these powerful orchestral musics when bringing the music to the them, to their neighbourhoods...
Wow, Instruments made from Ice, guaranteed to melt everybody's heart..What an ingenious Idea...Short lifespan though, where would one keep it, in the freezer compartment of ones fridge?
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.
-Abraham Maslow, psychologist (1 Apr 1908-1970)
I like this quote, I find it very true
The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea. -Isak Dinesen (pen name of Karen Blixen)
Thanks for that, Bubble. I like it too.
Hi Pat! Long time no see... Have a happy celebration!
You know I am a sucker for melancholy music. This is a cut from Mari Samuelson's first solo album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3PDoxrsE48 I had to look up Nordic Noir. This is what I found. https://www.lifeinnorway.net/nordic-noir/
Something a little lighter. Here she is with her bother, Hakon for Beethoven's Triple Concerto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVlECss7Zzg
Most of her YouTube feeds seem to be unavailable here.
WOW! Most unusual presentation! I loved it.
An old favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbjPQ3gIYQQ
Interesting. But I think one has to grow used to it with repetition to be able to really appreciate. Too new for me!
Not quite under the classical's heading but...the best place to post it...
....a lesson to never judge a person...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Udb0pX2jU
Wow - that was a powerful voice and a powerful message.
A lesson learned...never judge a person by the way they dress, the way they act nor the way they look...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObbAc4WaAq4
Wow, Jackie, that's good. I wonder how he got along with his congregation after that.
Bubble - Pat H
...that would be interesting to find out...at least he taught them a valuable lesson...
Bach gave us Gods Word.
Beethoven gave us Gods Fire.
Mozart gave us Gods Laughter.
God gave us music that we may
pray without words.
Time to drag out one of the season's favorites and one of the best and most famous cartoons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLCuL-K39eQ
Now for a little fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0glOYQBlSA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk9walOQI44
Now for something a little more serious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbtmskCRUY
WOW! what a wonderful selection - for all tastes! The second one was mesmerizing.
Thank you MarsGal. I wish you would post more for our delight.
Enjoyed all 3. Am m l lazy today. Cold out and no sun yet. Bet I don't even get out of pj. Just play around.
I hope you don't get an un-expected visitor... in your pj ;D
For your enjoyment: the Russian Dance from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
https://youtu.be/KkLrhTlZcdE (https://youtu.be/KkLrhTlZcdE)
Barb over on SeniorLearn put up some really lovely Gregorian chants with a little history to go with it in our Mabiginion discussion for anyone who might be interested. See post 197 https://seniorlearn.org/forum/index.php?topic=5440.0 Be sure to click on Show More because some of them have history and translations to the Latin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkoL-XCwVX0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkoL-XCwVX0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG5gEzymh5c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG5gEzymh5c)
other great voices.
I could not login nor reregister in SeniorLearn
Bubble - I'm not a member of Senior Learn, and never have been, but I sometimes go there to read the Library posts, and to follow along with some of the book discussions. I'll take a look later, and see if I can click on the link for the Gregorian Chants.
Bubble I will have to listen to yours when I get upstairs. Can you put up some Hanukkah music, please?
I was hoping not to have to retype these, but here goes:
Christmas Gregorian Medieval Christmas music in plainsong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuvWMNXn6vI
Christmaqs Mozarabic chant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg6g8rpAu04
Old Roman Christmas chant from the 6th century
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Ez91zGm4Y
Three versions of Salve Regina showing three different kinds of chants for the same song.
Carthusian monks chant Salve Regina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiSqIg4Hxn8
Hear the difference... the Gregorian, Salve Regina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLMeHBkLQJo
And here is the Templar knights version of Salve Regina (rah rah no ad)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uj8h4SCsnE
I did not copy over Barb's additional info about the songs. However, if you click on Show more some of them have further info and translations into English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgFyCPs2XmE&list=RDP-vuxLH82Ro&index=3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgFyCPs2XmE&list=RDP-vuxLH82Ro&index=3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtlLHwk9_Rw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtlLHwk9_Rw)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-vuxLH82Ro&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-vuxLH82Ro&feature=youtu.be)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-vuxLH82Ro&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-vuxLH82Ro&feature=youtu.be)
Thank you Bubble. The Children's Choir was especially lovely to listen to first thing in the morning.
MarsGal asked for Hanukkah music. This is hardly classical, but people do like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od4PRmAeD7Q
THIS however is classical, or at least classicalized:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCUEHCP4Vtg
Thank you so much, MSG, and Welcome.
A bit of classical fun...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxgm27oWu3s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxgm27oWu3s)
That was fun, Jackie. I ended up in Valencia Spain with the 1812 Overture by a Flash Mob.
Mary Ann
That MozART group reminds me of Victor Borge.
Playing the classical harmonica...i could not keep up with him at the end...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoauBe465qQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoauBe465qQ)
original Pas de Deux - wait until about after the first minute and half for the fun to begin!
https://youtu.be/8iS4Yj_84Co (https://youtu.be/8iS4Yj_84Co)
I watched the first two and both were funny. I have never been too interested in ballet but I've seen quite a bit nevertheless. I don't think I've ever seen comic ballet before - I enjoyed both of them.
Mary Ann
Inspired by Bubble's choice of names in the Follow the Name section:
Alicia de Larrocha on the piano playing Isaac Albeniz
Suite Española Op. 47 (1886)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pssZnVi_h2I
Pavana-Capricho Op. 12 (1882)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8hm3jouhYk
I am not much for piano, but I do like Alicia de Larrocha. My favorite album of hers is Manuel De Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIenFNUUNfI
Thanks so much MarsGal. I so enjoy Spanish music. But best on guitar.
https://youtu.be/V3QfwMvYEmY (https://youtu.be/V3QfwMvYEmY)
I have to look for the Fire Dance (de Falla), it's been ages since I listen to it. I used to play that record as lot as a teenager.
https://youtu.be/JVbA70FCpgA (https://youtu.be/JVbA70FCpgA)
Paganini - The 37 guitar sonatas
I love this. It is over an hour and half long, and I have it on when I create with my PaintShop.
You can listen only to the first sonatas if this is too long! :)
I used to listen to guitar much more when I was young. My favorite is and was Andre Segovia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCeebWgjrrU
A friend of mine was fond of Julian Bream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HerXDKeesCY
Same piece. Which do you like best?
My very favorite Flamenco piece is Malaguena. Found this one. Charo has still "got it". From a live concert in 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmNPXqG6ovg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0u7mXr9vgw can't say I am fond of the background accompaniment though.
Okay, now you have me listening to 101 Strings Soul of Spain. I wore those two albums to death. I see someone else did too. This still has the old needle scratches in it. Just like mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehdWQtkWVJg&list=PLfTPGil9t9hygaP3SjxQvDYBTayV1tIgi&index=3&t=0s
Another old favorite I tended to play over and over again; Ante el Escorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G4SL1kc9Ic
I always thought this a bit "dark" or mournful. Just love it.
And here is the inspiration for that piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=618U4D7aTfg
Click on show more for commentary in Spanish and English.
This one shows some of the gardens, courtyards and interiors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0pyafDqnFU
Enjoy!
MarsGal, I liked Segovia better, but there was more of his playing. I like to listen to John Williams, especially Classical Guitar.
Bubble, I enjoyed your link and when I had something to do, I played the link so I could listen to it while I did the other.
Great-nephew James, Tom's son, plays the guitar. He did take lessons, but I doubt he'll ever convert to classical music; he plays for his own enjoyment and for church but I'm going to send him Bubble's link and Segovia from MarsGal's link.
I was brought up on classical music and listen to light classical on the Music Choice on TV. It is relaxing, I have it on "low" and I hardly know I have background music.
Mary Ann
Segovia by far! It has more "character".
Today I have been enjoying this one
https://youtu.be/C_GW8XnEyY0 (https://youtu.be/C_GW8XnEyY0)
https://youtu.be/UN6tcdiqELk (https://youtu.be/UN6tcdiqELk)
MarsGal, thanks for the interesting guitar comparison. It's not quite fair, because we only hear Bream playing the first bit, which is more stylized and abstract. So I went back and compared just the first minute. I still like the Segovia better. He's more vigorous and the different voices are clearer, so it's easier to hear what the piece is saying. But Bream has a gentle softness that's appealing too.
Pat, what is your favorite Guitar composition?
I don't have a favorite, Bubble. I've been enjoying your Paganini, which is totally unfamiliar to me.
Ode to Joy
https://youtu.be/a23945btJYw (https://youtu.be/a23945btJYw)
A Cellist's Nightmare - The Piano Guys "Rockelbel's Canon"
https://youtu.be/xV1mZ1BjKa8 (https://youtu.be/xV1mZ1BjKa8)
"A Cellist's Nighmare", put a smile on my face, first thing this morning. Nice way to wake up! :)
"Ode to Joy" - Always a pleasure to listen to, no matter who is playing or where.
Thanks Bubble
The birds are migrating a bit early I think. Seeing the birds and the sunshine has put me in a happy mood, so I found this to express my joy this morning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuy-1_3ThA0
LOvely! I reminded Don to come and visit/listen!
I found this one very peaceful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFVyvrSH0HM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFVyvrSH0HM)
It was fun having the music to the flutes and trying to keep track of which flute was doing what.
Frybabe, the birds are getting serious here. The mourning doves are checking out my windowsills as possible nesting sites--first solo, and now in pairs. It's fun to watch them if they pick a spot. You see the whole story: courting, sometimes the mating, building the nest, which is just a scattering of stems to keep eggs from rolling off. But I hope they change their minds, because when the weather warms, the sill is too hot, and the eggs never hatch. Usually they realize this and nest elsewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw7ME9O0vxg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw7ME9O0vxg)
Neil Rutman, piano performs Francis Poulenc (1899 -1963) Melancolie
on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at San Francisco's Noontime Concerts at Historic Old St. Mary's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED38oz6Nouw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED38oz6Nouw)
Francis Poulenc The Story of Babar the Little Elephant
I recall the "Babar the Little Elephant" stories from earlier days in school. I think they were used to get us interested in reading and understanding what we read. --- So long ago.
We all need something to take us away from this C-Virus doom and gloom, and i think i have just found it...enjoy...ten minutes of fun with Victor Borge.... try watching it to the end, you might just be surprised..a man of many talents...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtDX1Vl-Jxk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtDX1Vl-Jxk)
I went to one of Victor Borge's concerts, many years ago. Lots of fun and lots of laughs!
These two seem to be gaining a following --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVH1Y15omgE
MSG...
....absolutely brilliant...
Marilyne...
...oh how lucky, memories to cherish...
From us to you, the Rotterdam Philarmonic playing together from their separate homes;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eXT60rbBVk&feature=youtu.be
Rammel, when I read Babar in school, the book was written in SCRIPT. We plowed through the script for the story. When my children read it (not in school) it was no longer in script, but you could see bits of script in an occasional picture. Of course now they aren't even teaching script in a lot of schools.
Guess...
https://slippedisc.com/2020/03/antonio-pappano-says-guess-this-tune/ (https://slippedisc.com/2020/03/antonio-pappano-says-guess-this-tune/)
He stumped me with that one--don't know it.
Neither do I!
What talents, what a joy to listen to
https://youtu.be/_kDDljSlka4 (https://youtu.be/_kDDljSlka4)
https://youtu.be/4H6BitFb9zw (https://youtu.be/4H6BitFb9zw)
Bubble...
...this is what life is all about, finding something, that one thing in life that gives us pleasure...whether it be playing a musical instrument or something else..
Oh that smug look on that young male judges face as if she ( Himari Yoshimura, such young talent, ) is going to be another " no good " another waste of time..just seeing his expression changed was a joy..
Growing up is often a challenge for child performers, especially boy sopranos.
Aksel Rykkvin, age 13:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9rvyvssvuI
Two years later, grown up. Not quite Fischer-Dieskau, but he can still sing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TphscdLJ504
Such talent from children so young. Imagine them when grown up.
Now I live by the large univ .here with many Asian children's parents. We have lots of concert and telant children shows. Classical mostly. Mostly Chinese enter. such talent. Wonder why other races do not encourage our children , and they do not have same talent . we do seem to get singers and they don't.
My fondest greetings to all of you! I have been absent for far too long and I will try to make amends as I get my life together. I can't tell you how delighted I am to see how you have kept the Classical Corner together and I promise to try and contribute in the same way you have. It has many happy memories for all of us.
Don...
... it is good to see you back where you belong...back in our classical room...
Thank you Jackie, and to mark my return here is a classical quiz!
1: Which composer was known as the Velvet Gentleman?
2: This opera featured a stocking weaver, a furrier and a cobbler. What's the name of that opera.
3: What opera shares the same name as a gentleman's hat?
4: In terms of attire what do all of these operatic characters have in common: Cherubino in Mozart's Marriage Of Figaro, Count Ory in Rossini's Comte Ory and Octavian in Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier
5: Which composer started designing his own clothes such as jackets, togas and leggings. And for his girlfriend Karren he designed what may be the first version of a sports bra.
#4 - These are "pants" roles, or trouser roles, where females dress as men.
1) The French eccentric composer... Erik Satie.....just got this answer in before my bedtime 9.45 pm...been dozing off watching the tv...
Edited: deleted my number 3) i made an incorrect answer...MSG, you are right..
You meant to say "Fedora"?
Well done Tomereader and Jackie. Jackie you are incorrect on the hat part
MSG Fedora is the correct answer
Just an aside: The Comte d'Ory is the most hilarious Opera I have ever seen! I laughed until my sides ached. The version I saw had a marvelous cast too.
5. Percy Grainger
Here is one you all may remember: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRZFuY3iUMA
I just ran across a Great Courses Audiobook that may be of interest here: Music as a Mirror of History. Don, I think we touched on the subject of how music may be a reflection of the times back in May/June of 2016. I think we were commenting on selections from one of your programs which often brought on some interesting discussions. Sorry, I don't have a post number.
It's great to to see that you have lost none of classical skills and knowledge. Now I'm off to make another quizz.
Don...
...it is good reviving our classics..it is just like old times...
Wow, I blinked, missed a day, and missed the quiz.
Don, it's so good to see you back.
musical pearl from Peru: A Maiden symphony - metal and classical music
https://youtu.be/FS6a0NWI0do (https://youtu.be/FS6a0NWI0do)
Ravel's Boléro, piece by piece
This is how the French National Orchestra does social distancing
https://youtu.be/Sj4pE_bgRQI (https://youtu.be/Sj4pE_bgRQI)
Bolero was my Dad's favorite of the small collection of records he had. Almost all were classical. I still have his 33's but not his 78's which he passed on to a co-worker before he retired. I also have two or three 45's with short classical pieces. Now you know from where I got my love of classical music.
Marsgal, if you leave out the sentence about still having some of the records, your post describes me.
I had a spot of bother with the web site in that it would not let me post. However, Bubble came to the rescue and now all is good. I have for you another quiz which may be a bit of a challenge, but that's what makes them such fun. Here it is.
1: Composers Peter Warlock and E.J. Morean totally shocked the citizens of the village of Eynsford when they drove through on a motorbike. Why?
2: What famous ballerina died in 1927 when her trademark scarf got tangled in the wheel of her sports car and strangled her
3: Which composer fathered his first child, Catherine Dorothea in 1708, and his last child, Regina Susana in 1742, and eighteen others in between ?
5: In Prokoffiev's Peter And The Wolf, which instrument portrays the grandfather?
6: Which composer was a co-guardian of his nephew Karl when the lad's father died, and then got into struggle with his sister-in-law for full custody?
7: What operetta character is joined in everything he does by his sisters and his cousins (he has them by the dozens) and his aunts.
No. 7: Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert & Sullivan.
2) Isadora Duncan, a dancer, I watched that film some years ago..
3. Johann Sebastian Bach
5. Bassoon
1. If I remember correctly, they were nude. Warlock (Philip Arnold Heseltine) and E.J. Moeran lived together in Eynsford for a few years.
Moeran: Symphony in G minor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cI58UA8wY
All of your answers are correct. Only #6 is unresolved. Answer it if you can and I'll start on another one.
# 6 is driving me nuts. I know I've seen the answer somewhere, but I sure can't come up with it.
For No. 6, it was apparent that the composer would have to have been German-speaking ("Karl") and very famous, or no one would care about the custody battle. (Would anyone care if Hummel or Thalberg had fought with his sister-in-law?) And also probably someone known to have been troubled and sometimes grouchy. So I guessed Beethoven. But I cheated and checked first before posting here. Yes, it was Beethoven.
Nice reasoning, MSG.
Come on people, we need some action here, wake up!
This in my opinion is also classic :D so, maybe come and join the fun? I am sure Radioman would love to see that ;)
https://youtu.be/exrcnq6Uac4 (https://youtu.be/exrcnq6Uac4)
No, i give up, i cant do it, cant lift my leg high enough...
Gee, I knew I shouldn't have thrown out my ruffled petticoats!
Bubble...
...Pat and i are not wearing the correct frilly underwear...and that is our excuse...
--- And it's just not my type of dancing :roflBig:
I like, and listen to, classical music. But generally have no idea of composer, era, type(classification), or titles. I just listen & enjoy. At the time I was in High School there was a favorite Mozart Quintet record I would borrow from our library but I can no longer recall its details :(
Could you hum the tune? Maybe someone here will recognize it.
Could you hum it louder please, i am in UK, bubble is in Israel..
Rammel, did it have a clarinet in it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jdFz2AK6I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jdFz2AK6I)
We'll venture into the realm of opera next and what I'll do is present the clues in the form of a headline and you take it from there.
#1
ANGRY KING PUNISHES WARRIOR DAUGHTER
"She'll stay tied to that rock until somebody has the guts to defy me and cut her loose." says irate monarch
Can you name the opera and the characters involved?
______________________________________________________________________________
#2
WIFE DISGUISES SELF AS PRISON GUARD TO HELP HUBBY ESCAPE FROM JAIL
Name the opera, composer, name of wife and husband _____________________________________________________________________________
#3
CAPTIVE PRINCESS FALLS IN LOVE WITH ENEMY WARRIOR. WARRIOR'S GIRL FRIEND NOT A HAPPY CAMPER. SQUEALS ON WARRIOR. PRINCESS AND WARRIOR BURIED ALIVE
Name the captivess
___________________________________________________________________________
#4
WOMAN'S SCREAMS FRIGHTEN WOULD-BE PROWLER. WOMAN'S FATHER ENGAGES PROWLER IN A SWORD FIGHT. PROWLER KILLS FATHER. FATHER'S GHOST REAPS VENGEANCE ON PROWLER.
#5
The last line of a famous opera. What was it
"THE COMEDY IS ENDED"
5) Pagliacci...
#2 Fidelio, Beethoven, Leonore (disguised as Fidelio) and Florestan
Quote from: PatH2 on April 12, 2020, 11:05:15 AMRammel, did it have a clarinet in it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jdFz2AK6I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4jdFz2AK6I)
It had 5 (quintet) different instruments. I'm sorry but 65 years later I can't recall the details, though woodwinds seem to come to mind Yesterday I went over many Mozart presentations at Youtube. None jumped out as the one I recall but I enjoyed many.
I am not much good with operas :(
But I seem to remember that Vivaldi was the theme for introducing our beloved Sunday concert programs.
So here is Vivaldi`s Four Seasons "La primavera": Spring I - Allegro, by Sinfonity
https://youtu.be/BJSzdKS2o8o (https://youtu.be/BJSzdKS2o8o)
Sinfonity is a band from Malaga (Spain) who takes great classical pieces on electric guitar and it's really impressive.
I love guitar music and today I found this gem
https://youtu.be/NVitgDEh_tw (https://youtu.be/NVitgDEh_tw)
I'm going to assume that the quiz rules are the same as they used to be, and that after everyone has had a fair chance at guessing we can guess another question.
#1 is Wagner's Die Walkure. The angry king is Wotan, punishing his daughter Brunnhilde for disobeying him and trying to save Siegmund. He leaves her sleeping on a rock, fated to marry the first man who finds her, but surrounds her with a ring of fire, so only a hero will have the courage to claim her.
RAMMEL: I was an Aldous Huxley fan at that age and I remember that one Mozart quintet, G minor, K. 516 was a favorite of his. Huxley stuck a performance of it into one scene in a novel and he commented on it in one of his essays. He found religious value in this movement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrhSpd74SKU
It's not what you'd call a toe-tapper but passages are excruciatingly beautiful.
I was and still am musically illiterate but on Huxley's word I had to go out and get the phonorecord. With a $1.65 a week allowance and most of my paper route earnings going into the bank toward paying for what turned out to be my first 46 or 47 minutes of college, the expenditure of $6.00 on a record in 1965 is something I remember -- along with the music on it.
I love the sound of Pan Flute...https://youtu.be/orL-w2QBiN8 (https://youtu.be/orL-w2QBiN8)
An unusual but enjoyable moment with LA TRAVIATA
https://youtu.be/qJzRzdsGhC0 (https://youtu.be/qJzRzdsGhC0)
Bubble...
...yes agree, i also like Cesar Espinoza from Ecuador...Unchained Melody is one of my favourites.....
PatH I was about to post a clue when you stepped up with the correct answer . Feel free to answer any of the remaining clues.
#4 is Mozart's Don Giovanni. The screaming woman is Donna Anna, pursuing the seducer, Don Giovanni. Her father, the Commendatore, fights Don G., and is killed.
Don G. visits the graveyard, and, seeing the Commendatore's statue, rashly invites it to dine with him. The statue accepts.
Later, while Don G. is feasting, the statue shows up, accompanied by some seriously impressive music. Don G. refuse to repent, and sinks down to Hell.
It's a gorgeous opera, full of beautiful tunes.
since we are in operas...
https://youtu.be/W3Mn_WbB0mo (https://youtu.be/W3Mn_WbB0mo)
Laura Bretan: Child Opera Singer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4eX82_Pfe0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNy5e1--Dgg I could swear I heard Haburu purring along with the music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzVFzSediQc
Bubble...
... wow, where did that voice come from, she ( Laura Bretan ) has a voice of an adult...
With todays C - Virus pandemic, i, like many, are taking comfort from the sounds of our birds that are flying free without a care in the world...Andre Rieu Nightingale Serenade...
I bet you would enjoy some ballet for a change.
Here is Swan Lake for you.
https://youtu.be/krDUAHwpSXk (https://youtu.be/krDUAHwpSXk)
My late father idolised Mario Lanza as a tenor voiced singer as father too had a great tenor voice...Father often sang in Italian as he had picked up Italian whilst fighting on the front-line in both Italy and North Africa during WW2 as a paratrooper ( the secret service ) fighting against the Germans and the Japs, and whilst in Italy dating an Italian lady for a period and being chaperoned all the time...Not sure when but my father was missing in action for a couple of months and told me as a young child, " one doesn't need a church to pray.." I am assuming he done enough praying to God when he was by himself and befriended an Alsatian ( German Shepherd ) dog and shared his food with the dog until he met up with his platoon.....
I also share the love of Mario Lanza's tenor opera voice, especially when he sings in Italian ( O Sole Mio / Nessun Dorma ) as i can hear my father singing...
Bach gave us Gods Word.
Beethoven gave us Gods Fire.
Mozart gave us Gods Laughter.
God gave us music that we may
pray without words.
" Pray without words "...yes, God knows our inner thoughts...God knows us better than we know ourselves...God gives us what we need, not, what we want...
What we need in our world today are a few more Bach's Beethoven's and Mozart's...
Amen.
Beautiful, Bubble. And Jackie, so true. I love all three of them, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart, especially. He could be so joyful and impish in his music! I need to re-watch that movie about him, starring Tom Hulce.
Here's a question for you classical music experts... What is this based on? I recognize the tune but can't for the life of me remember what it is and it's driving me crazy.
Oldiesmann ( Michael )
...i am getting close in my way of thinking it is of " The Shadows," just not sure if it is " Apache " although not under our " Classical " banner..It also has the touch of " Ennio Morrecone.." I am sure one of our classical experts will come up with the correct answer to your question..
Oldiesman, it is a arrangement of an interlude written by Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera Tale of the Tsar Sultan. Rimsky-Korsakov is one of my favorite composers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW8asBxO4oI
Ah, another one of my early favorites: Khachaturian's Sabre Dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUQHGpxrz-8
Another famous piece, the only part of Also Sprach Zarathustra that I like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szdziw4tI9o
A famous piece, it is often the only part of Carmina Burana that anyone hears. Too bad. The whole thing is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoPvtwKU-EE
Here is a laugh to get your day started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzjlmBLfrQ
Famous for daring to reimagine the piano, master piano maker David Klavins invites us to his workshop in Vác, Hungary, for a calming concert. He treats us to performances on three of his creations, including a tiny una corda piano and a massive vertical concert grand that he climbs a ladder to play because it's 15-feet tall. While the una corda delights the ears with delicate notes, the vertical concert grand strikes a chord with deep, rich tones.
https://youtu.be/X71PY_5XwZ4 (https://youtu.be/X71PY_5XwZ4)
MarsGal, what a great selection your links are. Khachaturian's Sabre Dance is also one of my favorites.
I miss those Don's Sundays programs... Playing CDs is not the same.
Quote from: MarsGal on June 10, 2020, 05:23:48 AMOldiesman, it is a arrangement of an interlude written by Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera Tale of the Tsar Sultan. Rimsky-Korsakov is one of my favorite composers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW8asBxO4oI
This isn't "Flight of the Bumblebee". I'm quite familiar with that piece. They turned that one into "Bumble Boogie", which was a big hit in 1961.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra3cN2DUxzY
Update... Someone on another site identified it as being from Tchaikovsky's
Swan Lake.
That's what I get for not listening to your clip. Yes, from Swan Lake. I didn't know those guys did anything but the Flight of the Bumblebee. I only ever heard Bumble Boogie, but forgot the name, so when I saw B. Bumble and the Stingers, I automatically remembered that one. It appears they did one called Nut Rocker too. I tried listening to a few bars of that and didn't like it at all.
They did quite a few adaptations of classical pieces. Most weren't hits though.
Something baroque. Not my favorite style, but this is very nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE2O_yfgtBU
Painting is the Piazza Novona, Rome, painted in 1699 by Casper van Wittel.
The Piazza Navona today: https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/italy/lazio/navona-square-rome.html
Ottorino Respighi has been popping up in the classical music que on my YouTube feed lately, so I've been taking to opportunity to listen to some of his works I had never heard before. Here are two of my favorite new listens:
La pentola magica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOlT19KAX9U
Concerto Gregoriano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB5KRHTPTjA
Absolutely beautiful, particularly the second one.
Gifted with such a talent...William Zhang child prodigy..
Mesmerizing
https://youtu.be/sQ2chcGOJgY (https://youtu.be/sQ2chcGOJgY)
I think my dad would roll over in his grave. Bolero was on of his favorites.
Bubble - MarsGal...
Bolero..
..well what can i say but I didn't think i would enjoy it but strangely i did...It was unique - quite a complicated and lengthy routine, 16 minutes - very seductive - and in perfect synchronise with each other, nothing like i have seen before...
Here is a Ralph Vaughn Williams piece I hadn't heard before. It is lovely as is the slideshow included with the music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R9RA_BR_p0
Here's a great piano piece I heard on a random radio show years ago. This came out in 1988.
Michael...
...thank you i am really enjoying this piece of tranquil-calming music here in UK at 6.40 am after listening to our BBC doom and gloom news on our due second wave, not the best start to a day...So thank you again for the music and video clip that for a few minutes has taken me away from our troubled world...we need more reminders of our beautiful world to come into our lives at our now troubling and uncertain times..
Michael, I have two of David Lanz's albums which I have not listened to in a few years. I believe Christofori's Dream is the cover title. It is a beautiful piece.
While rummaging through boxes the other day I found the cable I needed to hook up my 25 disc CD player to my sound bar, analog to digital. I can listen to my CD's again. Previously, the changer was hooked up to an RCA receiver with five speakers, one of which isn't working any more for some reason. It was in an out of the way place with all the speakers close together and the wiring hidden from Oscar, who liked to chew on wires when he was younger. Now I also have Shan who likes to chew on hard plastic, and Lucy likes to go after plastic bags and such. What is it with cats and plastic and wires! It has been a challenge to find and keep all this hidden away. They always seem to find something I missed. Fortunately, Oscar doesn't chew wires any more. Anyway, all my CDs are now back in my "media room" less all those wires, just the one that hooks up my changer with the sound bar.
https://youtu.be/avlOGya53IU (https://youtu.be/avlOGya53IU)
I think you'll enjoy this as much as I did!
I have seen some of those, but not this one. Thank You.
Bubble, thank you, this is what we are needing, some feel-good factor..here is another one...Apologies, not classical..
A couple of great works by Mike Oldfield. From a live performance at London's Horse Guard Parade in September 1998.
I have the first Tubular Bells album on CD. Haven't played in in quite a while.
Some of my favorite Halloween classical music:
Danse Macabre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM&list=PLG0r_4QLi0T_8Xt9Ty_mVQAiCu0fSPMUE
Be sure to click on "show more" to read about the music and the poem that inspired it.
Night on Bald Mountain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCEDfZgDPS8&list=PLG0r_4QLi0T_8Xt9Ty_mVQAiCu0fSPMUE&index=10
Funeral March of a Marionette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pOXhAF7L0I&list=RD0pOXhAF7L0I&start_radio=1
Ride of the Valkyries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDuxfqOa9c
Well that's enough. I am getting mighty tired of dealing with all the ads on YouTube lately. Need to think about going with the premium. Not only are they doubling up on ads at the beginning, but they are now cutting into the middle of clips, sometimes in mid-sentence.
Can't forget the famous Tocatta and Fugue
I think the first time I encountered Bach's Tocatta and Fugue was when I saw 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (the one with James Mason and Kirk Douglas). Dad only had a small collection of 78's and Bach was not among them.
Oldiesmann,thanks for posting the Bach. I love that piece.
MarsGal, when I saw that movie when it first came out, the only thing that stuck in my head was Captain Nemo playing that Bach on his organ. I watched it again 5 or 10 years ago and thought it was a good job, but the Bach is still almost the only thing that sticks.
Just been listening to this fine voice, think it is worthy to come under the heading of " classical."
Malcolm Vaughan - The Wedding ( La Novia )
Here's an alternate video for anyone getting a message saying "Video unavailable" on that one...
Michael...
...thank you, both links are working for me, UK..maybe my link is not opening for US, whereas your link will.....
It's a bit complicated but essentially it's because of YouTube's copyright management system known as Content ID (https://support.google.com/youtube/topic/9282364). The company that owns the rights to the song in the US uploaded their version of it (the video I posted) and told YouTube to block any other videos using it (at least for those of us in the US).
Yes, that word " copyrights " there are things we have to ask permission on for our rights to copy and post, when it comes to quoting what someone has printed...the same goes for videos from country to country as to whether allowed - blocked for usage as to who owns the rights....both are clear to understand...
With today being Halloween, here's a nice rendition of Charles Gounod's
Funeral March of a Marionette, famously used as the theme song for Alfred Hitchcock's TV show in the 1960s.
Well, that got Shan's attention. He has himself parked between the speakers. I think this is the first time he got to listen to the speakers in action. Little ears perked and twitched. Head on slow swivel wondering where the sound is coming from. He has now decided to purr to the music.
Not classical, but something to help you dream...
http://sound4u.eklablog.com/mirage-kitaro-a204159430 (http://sound4u.eklablog.com/mirage-kitaro-a204159430)
I have several of Kitaro's CD's This is not one of them. Listening to it now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOtwSirCTHo
Raymond Scott's famous "In an 18th Century Drawing Room", which is based on Mozart's 16th piano sonata. This was released in 1939 and was used in several Looney Tunes cartoons (as were numerous other pieces written by Scott).
Don ( Radioman )...
... just popped in to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY... i shan't mention the number, you are as old or as young as you feel... ;)
Happy birthday
@Radioman34 :)
:hb2: Happy Birthday, Don! :hb2:
(Sorry I am a day or two late.)
:thumbup:
As I gather my thoughts on this day, what comes into view is the sudden realisation of how many dear and cherished friends I have on Seniors and Friends. My response time has diminished, but the affection I have for all of you has not. So thank you for remembering me; I truly appreciate it.
We all miss you and wish the best for you in the coming months and years! I heard a beautiful piece of music on the radio the other day, and was going to email you about it. My old mind simply forgot was the piece was; I seem to remember Adagio in G, but not the author or orchestra. Miss your program and the pictures you used to send us of you being "Santa Claus".
Love to you, Don and big virtual hugs also.
Joanne :smitten:
Nothing else matter-Bardcore
https://youtu.be/wCUx9nOt9u8 (https://youtu.be/wCUx9nOt9u8)
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark - Bardcore
https://youtu.be/XWIGbHhSsGs (https://youtu.be/XWIGbHhSsGs)
Thank you, Bubble. Lovely for an early morning listen! Where'd you find these folk?
I'm enjoying your posting Bubble, thank you. I was never into Heavy Metal, Led Zepplin's Stairway to Heaven being an exception. I noted that the band Iron Maiden, got the inspiration for its name from Alexander Dumas', Man in the Iron Mask, a book I never got around to reading. I vaguely recall seeing Richard Chamberlain's movie version.
Just poking around the net: hidden gems there.
"William Tell Overture" like nobody else could do it. Glen Campbell was quite the guitarist in addition to being a great singer.
Wow! Thanks for posting this, Oldiesmann! I totally enjoyed it!
What a fantastic musician. Thanks Michael to introduce him to me.
https://youtu.be/IXuoh2Q7ieY (https://youtu.be/IXuoh2Q7ieY)
Philippe Jaroussky sings Lascia ch'io pianga at the Echo Klassik award ceremony 2016
What a fine voice! Thanks, Bubble.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGn-9A4mFhw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym8b3bC_Fq4
RIP, George. My friend passed away last night.
So sorry about that news, we know how you cared for him and was much attached. That music was a very nice tribute to accompany him.
One of the more prolific artists in the world of disco versions of classical music was an American named Walter Murphy, who broke onto the scene with a smash hit disco adaptation of Beethoven's fifth symphony in 1976 at the age of 23. Here's his soulful adaptation of Chopin's
Prelude No. 4.
https://youtu.be/9UTe8zQBlT8 (https://youtu.be/9UTe8zQBlT8)
something out of the usual: Peter Waldner on the Apfelregal.
This is an apfelregal (literally "apple shelf"), an organ-like instrument that gets its charming name -- and charming sound -- from the shape of its pipes.
One of several classical pieces adapted by composer/inventor Raymond Scott. This is adapted from Mozart's 16th Piano Sonata. This is one of numerous Raymond Scott pieces to be used in various Warner Brothers cartoons in the 1940s and 50s.
I just had a shock! I had no idea that
Gabriel's Oboe was written for the movie
The Mission. And now, here it is on bagpipes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_OobTmYlt0
For Valentine's Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFHHc2Wlpug
And another, my Mom's favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yri2JNhyG4k
:rose:
Gabriel's Oboe: one of my favorites! Thanks for this original interpretation.
Red Ingle and some very talented musicians tear apart some classical music in this romping fiddle tune from 1947. The only thing I recognize in this is a brief snippet of the aria from
Barber of Seville. The label credits Paganini, Rossini and someone named Mellorini (possibly a joke or pseudonym? I can't find anybody by that name but apparently there's a food called mellorine which is a low-cost ice cream alternative)
From Debussy's Children's Corner: The Snow is Dancing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mndn7ogRP6o
Proof that good music crosses national boundaries. A Greek singer doing a song originally recorded by a Dutch artist which incorporates parts of a piece of classical music written by a French composer.
and he was born in Egypt.
https://youtu.be/f4LKlOyC-To
This song is relevant these days with so many people dying from the virus
(https://youtu.be/f4LKlOyC-To)
Belgian singer Helmut Lotti turned the drinking song from Verdi's
Il trovatore into a love song.
What a delight! That performance at the Grand Place in Brussels must have been wonderful to experience
Another Verdi adaptation by Lotti. This is from his
Helmut Lotti Goes Classical II album released in 1994. This time it's an adaptation of "Marcia trionfale" from Verdi's opera
Aida.
A couple different English adaptations of "Vesti la giubba" from the opera
Pagliacci. This was also lampooned by Spike Jones, first featuring fellow comedians Homer and Jethro and later featuring Betsy Gay.
Vaughn Monroe, 1941
Joe Valino, 1960
We just lost conductor James Levine, a person of mixed good and bad. As longtime conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, he forged it into the magnificent institution it is today, and did the same for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
But it turns out that along the way, he abused many aspiring young artists, and he ended his career in disgrace.
I find it hard to see such mixtures, but here are two examples of his good side.
The Ride of the Valkyries, with a recent, very controversial mechanical staging that worked well in places, and poorly in places:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeRwBiu4wfQ
The overture to The Marriage of Figaro:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqICABDa7WE
I see one of them had a little trouble unwrapping her rag bundle. Hah!
You'd think someone whose job description was schlepping fallen heroes to Valhalla would be able to handle a rag bundle.
A little over 30 years ago American guitarist Eric Johnson hit #5 on the Mainstream Rock chart here in the US with a guitar piece called "Cliffs of Dover".
This guy takes it to a new level by covering it on cello.
I've been listening to a lot of jazz lately and ran across this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONknTGUckKc&list=PLQy9LrHz0sNnkUJacHxefkqBrINHV-PzM
A seasonal favorite: Vivaldi's Spring from The Four Seasons Concerto.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPaUtnJTMn8
BTW, I found a neat app that I now have on both my Windows and Linux machines. It is called FreeTube. What it does is strip out the ads from video clips. It works. Here is a link to their website.
https://freetubeapp.io/
Spike Jones and the City Slickers take on
Pagliacci with a little help from Homer & Jethro
Hearing this for the first time, just fallen in love with this haunting - hypnotic piece by Ukrainian soloist Anna Reker...
...translated as " Moonlight Night "
Sure miss our Don ( Radioman, ) he kept us active in our Classical Corner room...
An interesting arrangement of Monti's famous "Csardas" from 1960.
And a more unusual version from 1948, featuring Gene Conklin whistling the melody
wow, what a whistling performance!
I recently had the pleasure of listening to YoYo Ma narrating a biographical sketch called Beginner's Mind. In it, he relates various influences through his life, including encounters that lead to his Silk Roads Project. Some of his music is interspersed throughout; he is thoughtful and philosophical. It was well worth the 92 minutes I spent listening to it. It is part of Audible Originals Words+Music series. The only other audio narrative featuring classical music so far is Jonathan Biss, Unquiet: My Life with Beethoven. As of now there are still less than 20 in the series.
A great rendition of a well-known classical piece that few know the name or origins of. From German composer Carl Orff's cantata
Carmina Burana is the epic "O Fortuna". The cantata is from the mid-1930s but this song sounds older than it is
I have the whole of Carmina Burana in my stack, but I forget which conductor and orchestra just now. Haven't listened to it in a long while.
I am listening to a book called This Tender Land by William Kurt Krueger. The title reminded me about Aaron Copland's Tender Land Suite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkDuEQKED4Y I haven't listened to many of Copland's works, many of them are too "brassy" for me. Having said that, it doesn't explain why I like The Canadian Brass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_po-KTu2Js
A fun forgotten novelty song from 1966 based on an aria from Verdi's opera
Rigoletto. I don't think it was ever a hit, but it certainly caught on internationally - I've found versions recorded in 10 different languages so far (in case anyone's wondering, I'm an editor for a website that keeps track of cover songs so I spend my free time researching this stuff for fun :P)
Sorry Michael, cant say i enjoyed that...plus the woman's singing - hollowing, would simply drive me crackers..
Funny lyrics set to the tune of Liszt's famous 2nd Hungarian rhapsody. Mel Blanc was a comic genius.
Anyone recognize anything in this fiddle tune from Red Ingle? The label mentions Paganini (pretty obvious given the title), Rossini (I hear part of
Barber of Sevill in there) and someone named "Melloroni".
The name melloroni sounds familiar, but I can't find any info on a Composer by that name. I did find, and vaguely remember reading about it before, is an ice cream like dessert by that name. Instead of using butterfat/cream it uses vegetable oil or animal fats.
Yeah, that dessert is called "mellorine".
Found this last night. A fun take on Wagner's famous "Bridal Chorus" (officially "Treulich geführt" from the opera
Lohengrin, better known as "Here Comes the Bride"), complete with square dance calls and a bit of the finale from Rossini's "William Tell Overture" ;D
Oh, good grief! ::)
They mess up some other classics on that album as well ("Flumpet Voluntary", "J.S. Bachelor Party", "Canon in D, Mostly" and "Shotgun Wedding March" [the last one being their rendition of Mendelssohn's famous piece], among other things)
https://youtu.be/1JYjcwW9MmM
J. S. Bach - Partita in C moll BWV 997 - Evangelina Mascardi, Liuto barocco
She is pouring her heart and soul into this piece of music...one can see how dedicated she ( Evangelina ) is...
Jacqueline du Pré - Dvořák Cello Concerto – London Symphony Orchestra cond. Daniel Barenboim
https://youtu.be/U_yxtaeFuEQ (https://youtu.be/U_yxtaeFuEQ)
A recently re-discovered recording of a concert held in tribute to the people of Czechoslovakia days after the Soviet Union invaded. Filmed live at the Royal Albert Hall in September 1968.
Great! A Dvorak I have not yet heard, and with Jacqueline du Pre who hasn't made an appearance in Classical Corner for quite a while now. Thanks so much for finding this Bubble.
I have been to the London Royal Albert Hall, few years back on a birthday, cant remember which one..It was a night of The Proms..A fantastic night i shall always fondly remember ( apart from the date and the year ).. I do remember at the interval the Gold medallist swimmer Sharon Davies walked past our isle with her then current partner - hubby..
We were also sitting next to a couple of our age female friends together but, i can never get it right as to whether they were visiting UK from Idaho or Ohio, they both sound so similar..sure it was Ohio as they made reference to how small it was..
Here's a fun piece from the early 60s that borrows heavily from Grieg's famous "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
Not Heard her for a longtime...Mireille Matthew..
Thanks Jackie, lovely song and singer. I could not always tell whether she was singing in Spanish, French or German. Some of the words were, to me, distinctly German. But mostly Spanish.
Definitely German. I took three years of it in high school so it's pretty recognizable to me (although I haven't used it in 20 years so I've forgotten most of it since then)
Lovely indeed. And I agree--German, though it's been more than 30 years for me.
You are all far more observant than me, apparently Wikipedia states she has recorded over 1200 songs in 11, yes eleven languages, with more than 150 million albums sold worldwide, what a talented lady..
Some rather somber music this morning. I'm adding my own little memorial for the 13 that died at Kabul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ub6uFPpkgA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMuiWZC_xSo
and my favorites:
Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5zNH6R1zsE
Richard Wagner - Parsifal Finale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCo2MIfP16Y
Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead, Symphonic poem Op. 29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON9Qz15uHSg
I didn't have time to listen when you posted, MarsGal, but I did today. Thanks for the fine concert.
https://youtu.be/TdOw6IZAS1c
Beautiful voices
I agree, Bubble.
Good voices, nice song. Thanks, Bubble.
(Of course with my unfortunate tendency toward nitpicking, I can't help thinking he's going to have an awful time trying to steer that boat standing on the prow.)
Quote from: PatH2 on October 02, 2021, 02:05:14 PM(Of course with my unfortunate tendency toward nitpicking, I can't help thinking he's going to have an awful time trying to steer that boat standing on the prow.)
LOL. Maybe an entranced angel will support him!
https://youtu.be/pRhjWdr-LAA (https://youtu.be/pRhjWdr-LAA)
Silent Monks Sing the Hallelujah Chorus
Two for the price of one...Gheorghe Zamfir - Andrea Griminelli...
Ave Maria beautifully sung, which took them all by surprise at Netherlands railway station...
I just started reading Antigone Rising by Helen Morales. We read the play way back in 2012 in one of Senior Learns' forums. I looked found the old discussion and discovered that Don (Radioman) had mentioned that it was an operatic subject. Someone else mentioned Carl Orff. So, off I went to YouTube and found it. This is Martha Modi as Antigone, sung in German. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YCsg4sU6_k Lovely voice, but not my cup of tea. I did actually listen to 15-20 minutes of it, however.
Don knows so much about music. He missed dearly his radio program and the interaction with listeners. He still has a collection of CDs that he listens to.
The hilariously funny Victor Borg....Dance of the Comedians..
Some great piano music as background or for relaxing
https://youtu.be/PJL_mVgT0Ao (https://youtu.be/PJL_mVgT0Ao)
Bubble, thank you...you have offered us music - composers that suit our individual tastes..
Something very different from what we are used to for Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Hrv58hON4
After the dance, the voices!
Shine kindly here
Let this beautiful, contemplative choral piece, "Good Night, Dear Heart," lead you peacefully into the weekend.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra's take on Johann Pachelbel's famous Canon. There are two versions of this - this version and a newer rock version (electric guitars and a female voice instead of a children's choir)
Love it Rammel!
Been watching our televised New Years Day Convert live from Vienna 2022, and just stated conductor Daniel Barenboim's age of 80...i have to admit he looks marvelous for his age...They also done an air tour around Vienna whilst playing music, and it was breathtakingly stunning...
https://youtu.be/09lljCQdzRc (https://youtu.be/09lljCQdzRc)
Leo P - BBC Proms - Amazing - Audience Reaction
That was fun to watch. Never heard of Leo P.
A soul-stirring finale to one of the greatest symphonies of all time. Let the wings of Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony carry you onward in triumph.
https://youtu.be/wGWUkD00wI8 (https://youtu.be/wGWUkD00wI8)
Quote from: MarsGal on January 11, 2022, 10:11:47 AMThat was fun to watch. Never heard of Leo P.
He's been a part of a couple different bands in New York. Probably best known for this performance of "Funkytown" with Lucky Chops. Very talented guy.
Harpo Max playing Franz Lizst's famous "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" on the harp from the 1946 film
A Night in Casablanca. This is quite impressive when you consider this piece was written for piano.
Darn, my computer sound disappeared on my yesterday evening. I did a few checks, but so far, no good. Today I am going to check the cables (better light in the daytime), replace my speakers, and whatever I else I can find. If I can't figure it out, it means a trip to the computer repair show.
Fantastic! What a talent.
The sound on this link would not play for me either, so I went to watch it on U-tube.
Oh super, the sound works now. I restarted the computer yesterday after redownloading the driver. I guess it needed to be shut down entirely. It works just fine now, and I didn't really do anything yet except get into the old control panel and check the settings.
Beethoven's 5th Symphony gets the major league sports treatment courtesy of Peter Shickele (aka P.D.Q. Bach). I'm not sure who the other commentator is (Peter Shickele is the guy on the left).
Andre Rieu - Concert Israel, Tel Aviv - 2018
https://youtu.be/j5rxWTjwXJc (https://youtu.be/j5rxWTjwXJc)
The famous 18th variation from Rachmaninoff's
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini as performed by legendary guitarist Duane Eddy. This became popular under the title "The Story of Three Loves" after the Harmonicats recorded it with that title in the early 1950s.
Fun from the always talented Red Ingle. This is known as "Pagan Ninny's Keep 'er Goin' Stomp" and is credited to Paganini, Rossini and Mellorini (whoever that is). This was released in 1947. I'm not sure which classical pieces it quotes other than a small part of "Barber of Seville". I would assume Ingle himself is playing violin but the label credits "Niccolo Piu Noodnik"
:rose: For you on this Valentines Day, my Mom's favortie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yri2JNhyG4k
Just nice. Close your eyes, lay back, and enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK8jihRMFWw&list=TLPQMTQwMjIwMjI5F0hiwzzgPQ&index=2
Lovely, Rammel.
Simply gorgeous!
Bubble brought to my attention the composer Félicien-César David. Thanks again, Bubble.
Quote from: RAMMEL on February 14, 2022, 11:23:53 AMJust nice. Close your eyes, lay back, and enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK8jihRMFWw&list=TLPQMTQwMjIwMjI5F0hiwzzgPQ&index=2
She is very beautiful and talented! :D
I'm a former musician (bassist), songwriter, DJ, and rapper from long ago. LOL I stopped playing instruments, DJing and writing songs long ago but can still rap very well at ago 60. ;)
Quote from: MarsGal on February 18, 2022, 08:28:29 AMBubble brought to my attention the composer Félicien-César David. Thanks again, Bubble.
I don't get to listen to classical music much and have almost forgotten how relaxing and calming it can be! 8)
Leroy Anderson --- another of my old Fav's. Somewhere around here I have two of his LPs, ----- but sadly no turn table to play them on. When Arthur Feidler and The Boston Pops was on TV in this area I rarely missed it. Music of all types is great.
An interesting take on Liszt's famous "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" from 1958
A fun take on Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King". This is from one of several "Stereo Action" albums RCA Victor produced to show off the new technology of stereophonic sound (and thereby convince consumers to buy their stereo hi fi equipment).
Interesting take on the Hungarian Rhapsody, sounds kind of Bossa Nova which I like.
My contribution for the day.Two of my favorites, classical and cats.
A bit of a different take on the famous "Gallop Infernal" (aka "Can Can") from British ska band Bad Manners. This hit #3 in the UK in 1981.
Right now I'm going back over this Thread. Seems that somehow I've missed some of it. They are all great selections, and now I have "Debussy | "Clair de Lune" * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yri2JNhyG4k - playing in the background. A great way to fill up my morning. I don't think anyone can listen to a Andre Rieu Concert and not get totally involved in it --- as it is with so many other performers.
Thanks everyone for those great links.
For such a big dude, he sure has the energy!
Quote from: Tomereader1 on April 09, 2022, 01:58:50 PMFor such a big dude, he sure has the energy!
Also consider he was only 23 at the time of that performance...
Roger and Romano Diederen ( father and son trumpet players...Andre Rieu concert...Maastricht )Morning at Seven...just beautiful...
The size of the audience at Andre Rieu events always amazes me. It looks like, and probably is, everyone in Town - and maybe nearby Towns. The looks on the faces of the audience is priceless.
The famous "funeral march" music played in numerous old cartoons and movies. The 3rd movement of Chopin's 2nd piano concerto.
Oldiesmann - I moved the Deep Purple I had posted here over to Just Plain Old Music. I didn't think this was the right place for it.
Fun with Pachelbel's famous
Canon courtesy of Japanese jazz pianist/composer Hiromi Uehara. I found this video through a channel I subscribe to on YouTube (look up "George Collier" - fun stuff). I don't follow jazz much but this is really impressive.
Someone put lyrics from
Carmina Burana,
Ista Mundus Furibundus, to some modern music with a lovely slideshow.
The MozART group are performing in Israel this week.
https://fb.watch/d9HbZ9PvWc/ (https://fb.watch/d9HbZ9PvWc/)
https://fb.watch/d9HhyZ7BEh/ (https://fb.watch/d9HhyZ7BEh/)
They are terrific!
Just how many 3 year olds get a standing ovation...Andre Rieu and 3 year old Akim Camara...
Another 3 year old, Joshua Tan...only he looks terrified, bless him, he looks like he doesn't want to be there...but looks proud of himself when he has finished playing...
A true champ. Any little kid is going to be scared out of his shoes to perform like that in front of a bunch of big people
They both give off the feel good factor, one cant watch it without smiling...
...Not forgetting the Romanian Folk Dance and horse parading at the end...
Thanks Vanilla! I gave the link to Don and he loved it. He said to thank you for this contribution.
Bubble...just happy to know Don ( Radioman ) is still very much taking interest into classical music and with the knowledge he has on it...oh how we miss him...his Sunday live radio show...
For those who liked the video of "Over the Rainbow" that I posted earlier, here's another performance by Tuva Semmingsen. I'm not too familiar with choral/opera pieces but this one really shows off her true talents.
An interesting rendition of Ponchielli's
Danze della hora ("Dance of the Hours") from 1966. This was in the very early days of electronic music. One of the people involved in this album composed and originally recorded the song "Popcorn", which went on to be a big hit for studio group Hot Butter in the early 70s.
Michael...your above " Popcorn " is to the tune of Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah...a funny song sang by Allan Sherman...
Well! It is our Nation's holiday this weekend, so I thought I would post something. I came across this composition from Charles Ives. Can't say that I like it at all. Like Mahler, it is way too dissonant for me. This is the first time I ever heard it.
If you have the time, check out this documentary about Aaron Copeland who composed so much music dedicated to American life. It gives me an even greater appreciation for his music.
One of my most favourite opera tunes....The Humming Chorus - from Madama Butterfly...
An interesting song from the 70s based on Mozart's 16th piano sonata. Walter Murphy is best remembered for his disco version of Beethoven's 5th symphony called "A Fifth of Beethoven" but had several other songs based on classical pieces as well. The vocalist on this is someone named B.G. Gibson.
For Lucy (my cat) who passed away yesterday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY7sXKGZl2w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY7sXKGZl2w)
KATICA ILLÉNYI - Once Upon a Time in the West - Theremin
MarsGal - A unique and fitting piece of music for a memorial. Sorry about Lucy. I know how much you miss her.
Bubble - Fascinating to watch the Theremin being played! I had only heard one played a few times over the years, but had no idea how it was done. Reminds me of a suspenseful movie I saw when I was young, starring Gregory Peck. The background theme music featured the theremin. I'll have to look that up on IMDb, and see if I recognize the title.
Thank you, Marilyne.
Nice to see a clip of the Theremin being played. It is kind of a rarity. I am always reminded of some of those old Scifi or spooky movies that sound like they use it on occasion.
Remember The Day the Earth Stood Still?
Here is a short documentary about Theremin.
One of Don's favorite piece ( he listen to it almost daily he said) is this one.
https://youtu.be/FZe3mXlnfNc (https://youtu.be/FZe3mXlnfNc)
Marsgal, he sends a special hello to you. I often forward links from here to him. Unfortunately he forgets how to get to this site.
Bubble...
...reading the comments underneath your link, how it has affected people and times and situations it was played, and even given comfort to...very touching and emotional...Please give my regards to Don ( Radioman )
"Midsomer Murders"(on PBS, BritBox) also features some theramin music. In one of their features where they explore various things about the show, i.e. cast, locale, music, etc. they did a bit about the theramin and how that music rather sets the scene for the program.
My thanks to Don and to you, Bubble, for passing it on.
Quote from: Vanilla-Jackie on August 05, 2022, 11:13:55 AMBubble...
...reading the comments underneath your link, how it has affected people and times and situations it was played, and even given comfort to...very touching and emotional...Please give my regards to Don ( Radioman )
I will! Thanks.
A new trivia game at the Clubhouse, Lead vs Led
https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?msg=221928
This may be out of sequence as I have not read all posts yet. But thought I best post it now before the brain loses track of it.
An interesting DVD, available from Amazon. Do Amazon search for "Theremin - An Electronic Odyssey (1993)". There's reading there under comments. IMHO - a good Documentary.
The worlds most valuable violin...The Messiah Stradivarius...
...Bubble, this might be something Don ( Radioman ) might be interested in...the museum...
Quote from: so_P_bubble on August 04, 2022, 06:43:13 AMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY7sXKGZl2w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY7sXKGZl2w)
KATICA ILLÉNYI - Once Upon a Time in the West - Theremin
Interesting arrangement of one of Ennio Morricone's best known works. The part performed on theremin is usually sung.
Just discovered that Simon Preston passed away in May. I remember seeing some YouTube clips of him playing. Here is one I hadn't seen before.
An interesting take on Ravel's famous
Bolero from 1961. Arthur Lyman specialized in "exotica" music and had a huge hit with "Yellow Bird" in the summer of 1961.
I have several of his albums. My favorites have always been:
I don't recall hearing that
Yellow Bird.
Well, this brings back memories of
Hawaiian Eye and Connie Stevens.
Lovely mother - daughter rendition of Pie Jesu..
Ran across this last night. It got me interested in looking for more.So I looked to find more this morening. This one is a LOT shorter, and really lovely. What a lovely instrument.
Two songs, both set to opera, from the songwriting team of Murray Kenton and Tash Howard.
"Juanita Banana", set to the tune of Caro nome from Verdi's opera
Rigoletto. It made a minor splash in the US, but was a hit in at least one European country (#1 in the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium), and spawned cover versions in close to a dozen languages thanks to its spoken-word verse and simple "la la la" chorus.
"Juanita Banana (Pt. 2)" follows up on the original story, this time set to the tune of the famous "Habanera" from
Carmen. I don't think this one made much of a splash at all.
Is that what Classical music is? I never knew.
https://youtu.be/7EYAUazLI9k (https://youtu.be/7EYAUazLI9k)
Sound of Music | Central Station Antwerp (Belgium)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZQZdg1iX1Q
Super, Rammel. I myself prefer Slaughter on 10th Avenue'
Some of the old music by Studio Orchestras was great.
A bit different ---
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Don't know if this belongs here or in the other MUSIC discussion, but decided here is more fitting. Fiedler had a weekly show on PBS and I always watched it. Usually very good entertainment.
This runs a little over an hour - Good in the background while you surf.
I saved the link - great selections
I have Radio Suisse (on the computer) as background the whole day
https://www.radioswissclassic.ch/en/reception/internet (https://www.radioswissclassic.ch/en/reception/internet)
Don too likes to listen to it.
I just grabbed Radio Suisse and have a link to it now. Of the three speeds they offer, which did you choose? I took the lesser one because the quality of my computer sound is not of high quality - nor are my ears.
I don't think it makes much difference. My computer too is not the best but the music selections are quite enjoyable, and no publicity!
I think this guy makes love to/with his music.I've seen a few of his video clips that are downright erotic. Anyway, this is a Borodin don't think I've heard before, but it does have some familiar lines.
Here is Houser with Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto #2.
The Rach 2 . . . one of my favorites! Beautifully played by Hauser, but I do prefer the piano version. On my classical channel out of San Francisco, they sometimes play the actual recording of Rachmaninov, himself, playing the piano! I think it was recorded in the 1920's or 30's? I think he lived into the 1930's?
I just looked on YouTube, and they do have the recording by Rachmaninov himself.. It didn't translate well to YouTube. Sound quality doesn't compare to the FM radio. There are much better, more current versions on YouTube. The one by Rubenstein is good, and others as well.
Marilyne, my favorite Rachmaninov remains
Isle of the Dead
I am reminded of a music teacher who, when I told him some of my favorite composers and compositions, recognized that I like music that makes use of half-notes. I had never thought of that before. I also include Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy and Ibert among my favorite composers. Here is Ibert's Escales. The most haunting bits in the composition use half-notes.
MarsGal, the Borodin music, formally known as Polyvetsian Dances, was the music for the musical, KISMET. With all those wonderful songs: Stranger in Paradise, And This is My Beloved, etc. I have the album.
A fun rendition of Jacque Offenbach's famous "Can Can" by British ska band Bad Manners, complete with a large bald guy in a dress doing high kicks and cartwheels ;D
I was starting to worry about the Big Guy . . . that he might not last through the song . . . but he's a real bundle of energy! :thumbup:
Sorry, I couldn't get through all that. My Dad had a small collection of 78rpm records when I was a youngster. Offenbach's Can, Can. The original name is Infernal Gallop and it is part of Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld" (Orphée aux Enfers). I found this interesting article about the composer and the song. https://www.singing-bell.com/jacques-offenbach-can-can-dance-for-kids/ Can-Can for kids?
Another kind of music
PERCUSIÓN CORPORAL CAN CAN. BODY PERCUSSIÓN. Richard Filz
https://youtu.be/y7V-pyb79fY (https://youtu.be/y7V-pyb79fY)
Well, this is different. I never heard of "body percussion" before.
It always fascinates me when groups (usually large) do things in unison. Many good examples at Youtube.
The latest from the Danish Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Otto Tausk.
My Dad's very favorite. With three growing girls Dad couldn't afford to buy extras like records. He did have a few, and Bolero was one of them. I don't remember who the conductor or orchestra were.
My favorite Respighi's The Pines of Rome, not so much the first piece because it is too exuberant for me, but the rest are mysterious, ghostly, peaceful, maybe even a little sinister in spots. Also included are the Fountains of Rome
Something to wake you up.
what a delight. Long, but I had to follow it to the end and keep smiling and beating the rhythm. Wow, what a performance.
Thank you Rammel!
Yes, it is long. But that's the way that piece is, an the only way to appreciate it is to listen all the way to the end. I enjoyed this particular one.
It also gave me time to appreciate all the diffèrent wind instruments. I never realized there was such a variety of them.
Hector Berlioz's
Symphonie fantastique performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. I'm not sure when this was recorded, but the conductor died in 2014 so it's probably at least 10 years old.
Never a big fan of piano solos, one pianist I do like to listen to is Alicia de Larrocha (1923-2009)
Liszt's famous
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 as performed by Vladimir Horowitz. This is often considered one of the most difficult solo piano pieces and is probably Liszt's most famous work, partly thanks to its use in several cartoons in the 1940s.
This is one of the first pieces of classical music I heard as a child. One of my Dad's small collection of 33's, but I forget who the conductor and orchestra were. It has been a while since I've heard it.
I went looking for some modern classical compositions and came up with this.
Ludovico Einaudi is known as a minimalist composer. This is a very short piece, and yes, he did actually perform this piece on a floating platform among the icebergs in Norway.
What a lovely beginning to a sunny spring morning. A bit too short though.
One for Don ( Radioman ) if he is still looking in...and anyone else who wants a piece of calm...
Can't say I care much for the high-pitched singing, but what a magnificent costume.Did you notice that she moves her mouth as little as possible while singing?
Something a little more soothing. Erik Satie, Once Upon a Time in Paris I enjoy the artwork too. At least one of the paintings shows the Palais Garnier (Paris Opera House)
Vittorio Monti's famous
Czardas - on a tuba...
Thanks, Oldiesman. Csardas is a traditional Hungarian folk song. According to Wikipedia the word is old Hungarian for tavern or restaurant. Quite a few composers have used czardas themes, but Vittorio Monti's is the best known.
Okay, time to post some of the classical music I love to play this time of the year.
I just ran across this requiem by Gabriel Faure. I do not remember ever hearing it before.
Ran across this piece, written in 1978, by Paul de Senneville who is new to me. Very nice, calming which I appreciate this early morning.On a quick search, I did not find much about de Senneville. He passed away this past June at the age of 89 and appears to be most noted for founding Delphine Records, Delphine Software International, and Adeline Software, all of which ceased to exist in 2004. He apparently composed only a few pieces including music for the movie The Bourne Identity.
Autumn is in full swing. Here is Luca Morelli with his composition, The first Leaf of Autumn.
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I've known of 2Cellos for some time, but never paid attention to who the players were. I only became aware of Hauser himself within the last year. This composition was written by Christopher Ball specifically for him and was first performed in 2010.
Less well known perhaps, Luca šulić, who loves the music of Vivaldi, took two years to adapt Vivaldi's Four Seasons for cello. Here he is performing his arrangement of Vivaldi's
Winter from
The Four Seasons.
https://youtu.be/KdmOVf8eam4 (https://youtu.be/KdmOVf8eam4)
acapella group 'Straight No Chaser' perform "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
What fun, Bubble, with a song I always enjoy listening to. I got to thinking about who wrote the sone and found this. https://performingsongwriter.com/lion-sleeps-tonight/ Sadly, stories like this are so overwhelmingly familiar. Here is Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds, the original.
I like that song, but not that particular version.
It sure has gone through a bunch of modifications since Soloman Linda wrote it.
https://youtu.be/TFsZy9t-qDc?feature=shared (https://youtu.be/TFsZy9t-qDc?feature=shared)
Now, 65 years after its release, the song has topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. That makes the song's original performer, Brenda Lee, now 78, one of the oldest artists ever to top the chart.
Good for her! :thumbup:
She looks great and sounds great. :clap:
Amy Beach came up while I was researching the poet Sara Teasdale (the composition posted in the Bookshelf section). I haven't listened to an Amy Beach composition in a long, long time, soooooo - I checked out what YouTube had in its listings and ran across this one. I am listening to it now.
Kicking off the pre-New Year's Eve celebrations and thinking of Don this morning.
Spike Jones and Homer & Jethro join forces to poke fun at opera in this recording from the early 1950s.
Related to my last post in "Just Plain Old Music". Geert Chatrou whistling Monti's famous
Csardas. Apparently he started whistling at the age of 4 in 1969 and now does this sort of thing for a living.
Peter Schickele, classical music parodist behind the fictional composer P.D.Q. Bach, died on Wednesday at the age of 88. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/01/17/peter-schickele-p-d-q-bach-dead/
https://youtu.be/WOrjcLJ2IE0 (https://youtu.be/WOrjcLJ2IE0)
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Interesting parody of the Neil Sedaka classic. I'm guessing this was posted in the wrong topic though since it has nothing to do with classical music.
Pachelbel's classic played entirely on steel guitar.