How is it even better than Satie? But it is.
Classical music...
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Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Still watching the Proms from earlier, I absolutely adore this cellist - rather than wearing the usual orchestral formal black tie he's sat there in this gorgeous embroidered shirt and bright yellow socks and playing his cello so beautifully that it almost makes you fucking cry and it's fantastic.
(Just to add, there is a bit of history for me in terms of involvement in stuff like choral societies, orchestras etc. in terms of dress code - which if you grow up in a working class background where people don't typically have a formal gown or dinner suits, it can exclude you from participating - we had a fight on our hands to be able to be included in local competitions when I was growing up, purely due to exclusionary dress codes - we did get those dress codes changed, but it was a difficult fight - and just to put it into context, we are talking about village choral societies here - so seeing someone just busting all that wide open and performing like a god in a classical orchestral/choral setting and not dressed like a penguin still fucking thrills me to the core of my being. Just to give a little bit of context to why his shirt and socks gave me so much pleasure).
(Just to add, there is a bit of history for me in terms of involvement in stuff like choral societies, orchestras etc. in terms of dress code - which if you grow up in a working class background where people don't typically have a formal gown or dinner suits, it can exclude you from participating - we had a fight on our hands to be able to be included in local competitions when I was growing up, purely due to exclusionary dress codes - we did get those dress codes changed, but it was a difficult fight - and just to put it into context, we are talking about village choral societies here - so seeing someone just busting all that wide open and performing like a god in a classical orchestral/choral setting and not dressed like a penguin still fucking thrills me to the core of my being. Just to give a little bit of context to why his shirt and socks gave me so much pleasure).
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How are you defining modern?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Yes, Satie saw his music exactly as ambient composers do. Eno is the perfect example: “Music For Airports” is what Satie would have called his music if there had been airport lounges at the time.
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He was promming in the arena at the Chineke prom with some mates.
Haven't seen the Last Night on TV yet.
I couldn't work out why Sheku had to start the 2nd half on a platform in the middle of the audience - for a mere 2 or 3 minutes.
Seemed to make Marin Alsop's job rather more difficult - she had to keep looking round.
Then of course Sheku had to get up and make his way to the main stage.
Maybe this is explained on TV - must watch and see.
I thought the Villa Lobos Bachianas Brasilieras was fantastic by the way.
Made everyone wear light bands round their wrist for the last night this year - then had the job of trying to collect them back at the end.
Waving lights must in a darkened auditorium must de rigueur for 2023.
It happened in the Portuguese Fado concert and Anna Lapwood's plus Lata Mangeshka of course. (I mentioned this before)
Anna Lapwood (organ)
Not classical! Still waiting to discover why it's modern though.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Er... because he was a surrealist and dadaist and that is typically in visual arts referred to under the heading of Modern?
I wasn't wanting a debate and was pulling your leg. I mentioned Sartie in the spirit of the the thread but you decided to argue with me about it and are now unhappy about arguing about it.
If you don't like arguing you could have just left it? IDK.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I actually don't understand what is going on here or what the point of this dig is
You're bringing up a post I made a day ago and claiming that I wanted to continue arguing about it? OK, you loon
You wanted to pull me up on a pedantic point about classical music and then said you don't like arguing?I actually don't understand what is going on here or what the point of this dig is
You're bringing up a post I made a day ago and claiming that I wanted to continue arguing about it? OK. you loon
I think Sartie belongs here. So what?
Don't be involving yourselves in discussions folks unless you have a PHD understanding of the details.
Or, you know, just discuss music.
Or, you know, just discuss music.
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Have you come across this? I like Satie's piano music very much - and I once saw the ballet music for Parade at the QEH conducted by Marin Alsop (who did last night of the Proms this year).
"Satie's score for the surrealist ballet Parade, with its percussion section of typewriter and pistol, came over vividly" LPO/Alsop, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Parade is here in a student performance from Ukraine 7 years ago. The typewriter is visibly being played - but not too loud.
There is a 1971 LP recording which has the QE2's fog horn in it (which I have)
I wasn't sure what you meant by Satie's music being disappointing for you on a "deep dive".
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Just love this wistful and evocative piece by Aaron Copland.
Ignore the clickbait title of this video...
This....Alexey Mikhailov and Glinka choir-piece: Sviridov: Pushkin's Garland, No. 7: Reveille...is beautiful. I got such a surprise when the soloist started to sing. It actually affected me...brought me to tears
Eta..person with camera should have been towed away...
This....Alexey Mikhailov and Glinka choir-piece: Sviridov: Pushkin's Garland, No. 7: Reveille...is beautiful. I got such a surprise when the soloist started to sing. It actually affected me...brought me to tears
Eta..person with camera should have been towed away...
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Recently watched this again..
Beautiful film..
Beautiful music..
Composer Shigeru Umebayashi
Beautiful film..
Beautiful music..
Composer Shigeru Umebayashi
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Tired and unemotional
The Vivaldi Gloria's a lovely bit of music. Especially that aria. Although, for my money, the Et In Terra Pax takes some beating.
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That souunds good. In Streatham there is a rival econo offering (though possibly longer concert)
Petite messe solennelle — Streatham Choral
Rossini Petite messe solennelle To open the 2023-24 season, Streatham Choral performs Gioachino Rossini’s choral masterpiece. Written near the end of his life, this extended work is scored for choir and soloists alongside piano and harmonium. The ironically titled work is neither little, solemn
www.streathamchoral.com
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I got notification of this event, but didn't attend for reasons kenny g might undertand
However the idea of a Mahler symphony in a small Unitarian chapel intrigued me. Turns out this was a chamber version produced by Klaus Simon, a German arranger and pianist. He seems to have lots of these reductions: Mahler symphonies 1, 9, Das Lied von der Erde.
Here is the 4th symphony as it may have been as Brixton Unitarian Church last Sunday
However the idea of a Mahler symphony in a small Unitarian chapel intrigued me. Turns out this was a chamber version produced by Klaus Simon, a German arranger and pianist. He seems to have lots of these reductions: Mahler symphonies 1, 9, Das Lied von der Erde.
Here is the 4th symphony as it may have been as Brixton Unitarian Church last Sunday
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Super nostalgic programming tonight on BBC Four TV.
Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martins in the Field doing Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony Proms 1983 - audience looking unusually well behaved
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Next up - Schubert's 10th Symphony (never heard of that one)
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Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martins in the Field doing Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony Proms 1983 - audience looking unusually well behaved
BBC Four - Sir Neville Marriner at the Proms: Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony
The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields perform Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony.
Next up - Schubert's 10th Symphony (never heard of that one)
BBC Four - Sir Neville Marriner: Schubert's Symphony No 10
Neville Marriner conducts Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Schubert's Symphony No 10.
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I tried listening to this this morning. What a man
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