Midland
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Post by Midland on Apr 13, 2019 19:28:24 GMT
Hi All Yes it is true, he was a bit before our time but he experimented, see www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjXBKR4iDS8This piece is known as the Choral Fantasy, rarely performed and the tunes are a little trite but dearly loved by us classical music people. He wrote this to try out various combinations of chorus and piano in a symphony which of course led to his ninth with the Ode to Joy in the fourth movement. Only 20 minutes long and worth a look at even you are into heavy metal! The real reward is the see Martha Argerich one of the worlds greatest pianists even if the hair needs attention and of course Seiji Ozawa who I first saw at UBC many years ago. A lovely and fascinating piece, see if you can hear the beginnings of the Ode to Joy in this 'experiment'? Cheers David PS the first litle bit is tuning up the orchestra to the piano, a strange custom!! Listen to the horns and they enjoyed it did they not! |
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Post by timb on Apr 14, 2019 11:08:08 GMT
What a gift, I often wonder what it must feel like to be fantastic at something!
A very nice distraction from the normal course of these threads, thanks for sharing!!
Tim
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Post by Donald G on Apr 14, 2019 13:04:51 GMT
Hi
I agree with you, it is a wonderful piece to listen to for about 17 minutes then the vocal soloists start and the last 2 1/2 minutes the choir come in and it is short but wonderful to sing. Very uplifting.
Donald
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Post by simplyloco on Apr 19, 2019 22:43:49 GMT
I enjoyed that, especially the early part where I felt that they were playing in my front room, just for me! The choral part was definitely a practice piece for his greatest work. Meanwhile, for those of us who prefer younger (and prettier) musicians, here is the lovely Lola! Lots more on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb9YqX4iid0www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPhTVt4ZpLU |
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Post by Midland on Apr 21, 2019 21:17:59 GMT
Right the gautlet is down!! Simploco, all you like in classical music is breast and brawn. yes there are some big breasted girls who can play the cello but, you have not seen the real beauty, so feast you ears on Lucia Popp, Gundula Janowiz and the rest. This is one of the most sublime quartets ever written, and I will play it for four hours on our way to Doncaster unless you submit!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9l1wKCv9nE&list=RDA9l1wKCv9nE&start_radio=1Yours Beethovenly! |
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Post by simplyloco on Apr 21, 2019 21:29:57 GMT
Right the gautlet is down!! Simploco, all you like in classical music is breast and brawn. yes there are some big breasted girls who can play the cello but, you have not seen the real beauty, so feast you ears on Lucia Popp, Gundula Janowiz and the rest. This is one of the most sublime quartets ever written, and I will play it for four hours on our way to Doncaster unless you submit!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9l1wKCv9nE&list=RDA9l1wKCv9nE&start_radio=1Yours Beethovenly! All I can say is that if you are going to play that dirge then you can get another chaperone!  Your bosom pal... John |
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Post by Midland on Apr 21, 2019 21:40:29 GMT
For those who watched this, the boy at the end of the sequence wants to marry the girl, who starts it off. The Dad wants the boyish (stagely at least) to be his son in law and marry his daughter, the boyish girl has become the assistant jailer trying to find her unjustly imprisoned husband who is in a dungeon below ground. Even so simple really!
Yours Ludwig
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Midland
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Post by Midland on Apr 21, 2019 21:46:06 GMT
[/quote]All I can say is that if you are going to play that dirge then you can get another chaperone! Your bosom pal... John [/quote] Alternatively, how about 5 hours of Parsifal, I bet few model engineers would have heard of him, of course Roger might have converted him intio metric! D |
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Post by Midland on Apr 21, 2019 21:51:18 GMT
And may I add that this is a model engineering website, enough of this off topic drivel! You are getting as bad as the man who lost his pen, perdu la plume!! (or something like that!
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Post by simplyloco on Apr 21, 2019 21:52:05 GMT
Unfortunately, your commentary has fallen upon deaf ears... |
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Post by Midland on Apr 21, 2019 23:01:36 GMT
The point is, what do we listen to when working? Pointless drivel or inspirational ceations like what we are doing, should be self evident eh?
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Post by timb on Apr 22, 2019 10:00:50 GMT
The point is, what do we listen to when working? Pointless drivel or inspirational ceations like what we are doing, should be self evident eh? D I am usually listening to myself saying " What the f*** did you do that for your cretin, now you will have to make it again!!" or ".567 thats 67 to half inch so 33 and a half to come off." yup, I talk to myself.... only sense I get somethimes!! I don't see it as a problem as long as I dont answer myself back!!??....
Tim
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Post by steamer5 on Apr 22, 2019 20:25:33 GMT
Tim,
Glad to see someone else talks to themselves! It got worse when our dog passed on.
Answering back isn’t the issue, it’s loosing the arguments that annoys me!
Cheers Kerrin
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