Pretentious Crap
 

BBC Third Programme (now snazzily entitled Radio 3)
is currently playing my favourite piece of music, Mozart's G minor quintet.

Not good enough apparently.

It's billed as:

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Quintet for strings (K516) in G minor.

.....
Sorry for posting now :blush:
That's exactly how I like to see an item informatively described.

BTW If you haven't heard it, [B]DO![/B]

David

Thank you for sharing. I've always been more partial to J. S. Bach, although lately, I've been moving towards more modern composers (e.g. Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and Arvo Part's Te Deum).

[QUOTE=imwithid;268476]I've always been more partial to J. S. Bach[/QUOTE]

Yep. When I said "favourite" I really meant "of that genre and/or vintage".
But if you learn to play an instrument (violin in my case), playing
music is in a different league from listening to it. I have played 1st,2nd
violin/viola in this piece which is partly what singles it out from the
abundance of glorious Mozart.

J.S.Bach is the Daddy of course (literally).

Have you heard Brahms sextet in B flat?
Mozart or Brahms clarinet quintets?

If you browse the "Music" thread in the lounge, you will see
that I can hardly attempt to summarize the breadth of my taste
in music in one post!

David

[QUOTE=davieddy;268469]BBC Third Programme (now snazzily entitled Radio 3)
is currently playing my favourite piece of music, Mozart's G minor quintet.

Not good enough apparently.

It's billed as:

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Quintet for strings (K516) in G minor.

.....
Sorry for posting now :blush:
That's exactly how I like to see an item informatively described.

BTW If you haven't heard it, [B]DO![/B]

David[/QUOTE]

Do you like Mozart?

[URL="http://www.marcoalbrizio.com"]Listen[/URL] to my friend Marco...

Luigi

We particularly enjoy Baroque music, usually in its original form. Vivaldi in particular, although Bach, Handel and Pachelbel are favorites as well.

We have taken a liking to modern variations, from blistering mainstream guitar leads with endless arpeggios, "metal" neo-classical electric guitar such as but not limited to Yngwie Malmsteen ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_%28Yngwie_J._Malmsteen_album%29"]Odyssey[/URL]) and Tony Macalpine ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Insanity"]Edge of Insanity[/URL]) and even "symphonic metal", best exemplified by Nightwish. (But only with Tarja Turunen on vocals. A similar "vocal" situation exists with Van Halen and David Lee Roth.)

Here are three "Baroque" videos worth watching. Search YouTube for them. There are a lot of poor videos but if you look a bit you can find a good version.

1 - Vanessa Mae - Storm
2 - Vanessa Mae - Bach Street Prelude
3 - Vanessa Mae - Toccata & Fugue

My kids and I have always enjoyed watching this version of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=ATbMw6X3T40[/url]

In it, the piece is illustrated as a moving bar graph. It really helps them, and me, to see elements of the music that were not apparent at first.

-Don Leclair

[QUOTE=dleclair;268562]My kids and I have always enjoyed watching this version of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor:

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=ATbMw6X3T40[/URL]

In it, the piece is illustrated as a moving bar graph. It really helps them, and me, to see elements of the music that were not apparent at first.

-Don Leclair[/QUOTE]

Loved this post.
Sorry to take so long to respomd, but it rang too many bells for me!

See how your kids like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWakfufLMbQ]this[/url]

David

Or [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKKlhYF53w"]this[/URL]. (I love Igudesman, specially the part with "I will survive", when he uses the dental drilling machine, or screwdriver, whatever it is, his Russian accent, and I also like the "Riverdancing", this guy is a genius!).

[QUOTE=LaurV;268746]Or [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKKlhYF53w"]this[/URL]. (I love Igudesman, specially the part with [b]"I will survive"[/b], when he uses the dental drilling machine, or screwdriver, whatever it is, his Russian accent, and I also like the "Riverdancing", this guy is a genius!).[/QUOTE]For that classic, I like this [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLDbaLvGEM8&feature=related"]one[/url]....

Yeah, I knew the animation. Gloria Gaynor rulz! Nobody ever beats her for this song (voice, mimics, drama, everything).

Hi,

[QUOTE]davieddy: See how your kids like this.[/QUOTE]

Thank you, that's marvelous. I haven't had a chance to share it with the kids but I'm sure the older of the two will enjoy it.

This performance by Kurt Ison was our previous Bach favourite (Toccata and Fugue again):

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXoyr_FyFw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXoyr_FyFw[/URL]

[QUOTE]LaurV: Or this. [/QUOTE]

Thank you as well! My wife, a classical pianist and big Rachmaninoff fan, thought it was hilarious and forwarded it to friends. Coincidentally, Igudesman (who I not heard of before) performed here in town just a few weeks ago.

-Don Leclair