Classical Music II - Page 7

Mercutio · 07-21-2006, 04:53 PM

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Mercutio · 07-21-2006, 07:39 PM

Picture!!!

My debut

I played J.S. Bach's Fantasy & Fugue in C Minor, and the Adagio (mvt. IV) from Widor's Symphony no. V (You probably know it's toccata, the movement directly following the Adagio).

hectorberlioz · 07-22-2006, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercutio

Picture!!!

My debut

I played J.S. Bach's Fantasy & Fugue in C Minor, and the Adagio (mvt. IV) from Widor's Symphony no. V (You probably know it's toccata, the movement directly following the Adagio).

That IS a magnificent Organ....

Awesome choices to play, btw. Who's the guy?

Well, I've been thinking about buying Louis Vierne's Organ Symphonies. Have you played or heard any of those Merc?

Mercutio · 07-22-2006, 09:43 PM

"the guy" is Professor Alan Morrison, organ faculty at Curtis.

Vierne is good. Organist at a huge church in France (Paris?). He wrote lots of stuff.

trolls' bane · 07-23-2006, 11:10 PM

Can you think of anything with a good "boom" in it? Something I might not have heard of?

Oh, I just found (in Napster) Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Patrick Stewart.

hectorberlioz · 07-26-2006, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercutio

"the guy" is Professor Alan Morrison, organ faculty at Curtis.

Vierne is good. Organist at a huge church in France (Paris?). He wrote lots of stuff.

I think he was at Notre-dame wasn't he? Or Sainte-trinite, Messiaen's church, later on.

Quote:

Originally Posted by trolls' bane

Can you think of anything with a good "boom" in it? Something I might not have heard of?

Oh, I just found (in Napster) Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Patrick Stewart.

That Stewart guy is just the best when it comes to narrating

. He apperantly narrates "The Last Battle" of Narnia, on audio.

Mercutio · 07-26-2006, 09:40 PM

TB (and others)--what can you tell me about the classical music at Napster?

At college this fall, I'd be able to pay a small fee per semester for unlimited "tagged" downloading off Napster. But do they have much in the way of classical music?

hectorberlioz · 07-27-2006, 02:36 PM

For those of you who missed it in the previous Classical Thread, here's a great comedy piece I wrote. Enjoy!

" A recommendation for P.D.Q. Bach"
From:Screwtape
To: Slubgob

Dear Slubgob, I hope you're doing well and are in good health. You're busier now then ever I hear, so I don't expect you to be up-to-date on artistic matters. Which is why I sent you the enclosed disc. And please don't think you "owe" me anything, except maybe a good reply.
Now, about the composer; PDQ Bach is quite the rock among pebbles, and after hours and hours of Mozart, quite a relief. The overall mood of this disc is joyous, the Liebeslieder Polkas bieng great examples of his "festivities" music. Think "Carmina Burana" goes to high school.
Honestly, If I were to rank composers, I'd put him at the top. For me at least, his music is the beginning and end of [many] things. I ought, one of these days, lend you a copy of his 41st Symphony, nicknamed the "Stupider". He shatters you in the last movement with one of the most astonishing bring-down-the-house endings ever concieved.
But here on a smaller sclae you can witness his genius. Especially in the song "farewell, ungrateful traitor" you should note his witty piano.
Now Slubgob, it has come to my attention that as a young student, you were greatly influenced in your musical tastes by George Bernard Pshaw. I do appreciate his views on the music of Richie Wagner and Johnny Brahms, but the man had a warped idea of PDQ. And since he spewed ideas unfounded and opinions totally biased, I pray you keep his methods of thinking out of your head while you listen to this sub-lemon recording. You have only to listen to "Who is Silvia?" to see just how wrong Pshaw was.
In the second song cycle on the disc: the "Zodiac" songs, we meet PDQ the poet. "Water Bearer" is a great example of this.

Now I should mention a common error among music historians. They hold that the late 1800's saw the birth of Jazz; but they are wrong! P.D.Q. Bach was writing Jazz way before it was "invented" by the french and americans. Similarly modern music; there is a piece called "Fantasia on an Ostinato theme" by American composer John Corigliano. He himself may not want to admit it, but he was most definitely influenced by PDQ..for his piece screams of PDQ's keyboard music. In some way or other, all musical forms can be traced back to him.
Well, thats all I have to say for now, keep in touch!

as sincerely as possible,
SCREWTAPE

P.S. an interest idea is that PDQ's name is Peter, or Petey, hence PD, and that maybe Q stands for Quinn?

hectorberlioz · 07-27-2006, 03:34 PM

Hector's All-Time Favorite Choral/Vocal works

in no particular order...

Berlioz Requiem
Berlioz Te Deum
Berlioz Messe Solennelle

Mozart Requiem

Bach Mass in B minor

Beethoven Missa Solemnis (Gardiner's reading!! $8!)

Cherubini Requiem in C minor

Britten War Requiem

Dvorak Requiem
Dvorak Stabat Mater

Rossini Stabat Mater

Haydn Nelson Mass

Mercutio · 07-27-2006, 04:23 PM

Oh my goodness...I love PDQ!

I ordered some cds recently (we have an old record), and was just reading through Schickele's Definitive Biography.

Absolutely hilarious. I'm just sitting there breaking into laughter again and again.

And the more you know about music the funnier it gets...just wait until I actually have a music degree!

hectorberlioz · 08-08-2006, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercutio

Oh my goodness...I love PDQ!

I ordered some cds recently (we have an old record), and was just reading through Schickele's Definitive Biography.

Absolutely hilarious. I'm just sitting there breaking into laughter again and again.

And the more you know about music the funnier it gets...just wait until I actually have a music degree!

I only have one cd, and I already love it all. I'll have to get that bio...sounds awesome.

Listening: Shostakovich: Sym No.10/ Karajan

Mercutio · 08-09-2006, 01:26 PM

Does anyone know how much classical music Napster has? (I have the option of paying $25/year for unlimited "tethered" downloads once I get to college).

hectorberlioz · 08-10-2006, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercutio

Does anyone know how much classical music Napster has? (I have the option of paying $25/year for unlimited "tethered" downloads once I get to college).

I wish I knew...but only Troll's Bane knows Napster at any length...

trolls' bane · 08-12-2006, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercutio

Does anyone know how much classical music Napster has? (I have the option of paying $25/year for unlimited "tethered" downloads once I get to college).

More than you'll ever need, though admittedly it has some major holes in it.

Mercutio · 08-13-2006, 07:11 PM

Ok. I think I will get it then.

Some of the non/classical will be helpful. The kind of thing I'd like to hear once in a while, but not buy a whole cd of.

hectorberlioz · 08-14-2006, 02:10 PM

I have a question: when you see from afar that "oh it's just one of Hector's posts", does it make you not want to post here because you think it's the same post I posted way back when...?

I't understandable to think that only one of my posts is the most recent, since I try to post after everyone else....

trolls' bane · 08-15-2006, 05:06 PM

Huh?

Mercutio · 08-15-2006, 08:03 PM

Not at all. I always check this thread regardless of whose is the most recent post.

hectorberlioz · 08-15-2006, 09:11 PM

Alright, that clears my fears a bit

How about some trivia?

Name Four Norwegian composers. (including Grieg if you want.)

BTW, I need to say something more about that Shosty No.4 with Simon Rattle. It has been a staple this past month and a half. I love it. I recently listened to the Haitink, which is still good, but...

Mercutio · 08-18-2006, 11:41 AM

Hindemith? I think not.

Nielsen...is Danish

Hmm Sinding is the only other one I know. I learned a piece by him for piano a few years back.

07-21-2006, 04:53 PM	#121
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Alert! Alert! www.arkivmusic.com : Unadvertised Clearance CDs! We have over 400 clearance titles from Naxos and Marco Polo specially priced at $3.99 and $4.99 per disc for a limited time. Browse the best selection of inventory before we break out the advertising! !!!!!!!!!! __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

07-21-2006, 07:39 PM	#122
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Picture!!! My debut I played J.S. Bach's Fantasy & Fugue in C Minor, and the Adagio (mvt. IV) from Widor's Symphony no. V (You probably know it's toccata, the movement directly following the Adagio). __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries. Last edited by Mercutio : 07-21-2006 at 07:40 PM.

07-22-2006, 09:43 PM	#124
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	"the guy" is Professor Alan Morrison, organ faculty at Curtis. Vierne is good. Organist at a huge church in France (Paris?). He wrote lots of stuff. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

07-23-2006, 11:10 PM	#125
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Can you think of anything with a good "boom" in it? Something I might not have heard of? Oh, I just found (in Napster) Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Patrick Stewart. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

07-26-2006, 09:40 PM	#127
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	TB (and others)--what can you tell me about the classical music at Napster? At college this fall, I'd be able to pay a small fee per semester for unlimited "tagged" downloading off Napster. But do they have much in the way of classical music? __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

07-27-2006, 02:36 PM	#128
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	For those of you who missed it in the previous Classical Thread, here's a great comedy piece I wrote. Enjoy! " A recommendation for P.D.Q. Bach" From:Screwtape To: Slubgob Dear Slubgob, I hope you're doing well and are in good health. You're busier now then ever I hear, so I don't expect you to be up-to-date on artistic matters. Which is why I sent you the enclosed disc. And please don't think you "owe" me anything, except maybe a good reply. Now, about the composer; PDQ Bach is quite the rock among pebbles, and after hours and hours of Mozart, quite a relief. The overall mood of this disc is joyous, the Liebeslieder Polkas bieng great examples of his "festivities" music. Think "Carmina Burana" goes to high school. Honestly, If I were to rank composers, I'd put him at the top. For me at least, his music is the beginning and end of [many] things. I ought, one of these days, lend you a copy of his 41st Symphony, nicknamed the "Stupider". He shatters you in the last movement with one of the most astonishing bring-down-the-house endings ever concieved. But here on a smaller sclae you can witness his genius. Especially in the song "farewell, ungrateful traitor" you should note his witty piano. Now Slubgob, it has come to my attention that as a young student, you were greatly influenced in your musical tastes by George Bernard Pshaw. I do appreciate his views on the music of Richie Wagner and Johnny Brahms, but the man had a warped idea of PDQ. And since he spewed ideas unfounded and opinions totally biased, I pray you keep his methods of thinking out of your head while you listen to this sub-lemon recording. You have only to listen to "Who is Silvia?" to see just how wrong Pshaw was. In the second song cycle on the disc: the "Zodiac" songs, we meet PDQ the poet. "Water Bearer" is a great example of this. Now I should mention a common error among music historians. They hold that the late 1800's saw the birth of Jazz; but they are wrong! P.D.Q. Bach was writing Jazz way before it was "invented" by the french and americans. Similarly modern music; there is a piece called "Fantasia on an Ostinato theme" by American composer John Corigliano. He himself may not want to admit it, but he was most definitely influenced by PDQ..for his piece screams of PDQ's keyboard music. In some way or other, all musical forms can be traced back to him. Well, thats all I have to say for now, keep in touch! as sincerely as possible, SCREWTAPE P.S. an interest idea is that PDQ's name is Peter, or Petey, hence PD, and that maybe Q stands for Quinn? __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

07-27-2006, 03:34 PM	#129
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Hector's All-Time Favorite Choral/Vocal works in no particular order... Berlioz Requiem Berlioz Te Deum Berlioz Messe Solennelle Mozart Requiem Bach Mass in B minor Beethoven Missa Solemnis (Gardiner's reading!! $8!) Cherubini Requiem in C minor Britten War Requiem Dvorak Requiem Dvorak Stabat Mater Rossini Stabat Mater Haydn Nelson Mass __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

07-27-2006, 04:23 PM	#130
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Oh my goodness...I love PDQ! I ordered some cds recently (we have an old record), and was just reading through Schickele's Definitive Biography. Absolutely hilarious. I'm just sitting there breaking into laughter again and again. And the more you know about music the funnier it gets...just wait until I actually have a music degree! __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

08-09-2006, 01:26 PM	#132
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Does anyone know how much classical music Napster has? (I have the option of paying $25/year for unlimited "tethered" downloads once I get to college). __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

08-13-2006, 07:11 PM	#135
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Ok. I think I will get it then. Some of the non/classical will be helpful. The kind of thing I'd like to hear once in a while, but not buy a whole cd of. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

08-14-2006, 02:10 PM	#136
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I have a question: when you see from afar that "oh it's just one of Hector's posts", does it make you not want to post here because you think it's the same post I posted way back when...? I't understandable to think that only one of my posts is the most recent, since I try to post after everyone else.... __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

08-15-2006, 05:06 PM	#137
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Huh? __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

08-15-2006, 08:03 PM	#138
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Not at all. I always check this thread regardless of whose is the most recent post. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

08-15-2006, 09:11 PM	#139
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Alright, that clears my fears a bit How about some trivia? Name Four Norwegian composers. (including Grieg if you want.) BTW, I need to say something more about that Shosty No.4 with Simon Rattle. It has been a staple this past month and a half. I love it. I recently listened to the Haitink, which is still good, but... __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

08-18-2006, 11:41 AM	#140
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Hindemith? I think not. Nielsen...is Danish Hmm Sinding is the only other one I know. I learned a piece by him for piano a few years back. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

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