AC Benus Posted April 12, 2023 Author Posted April 12, 2023 Korngold's "Mother and Son" a Piano Rhapsody 1
AC Benus Posted April 15, 2023 Author Posted April 15, 2023 Music that premiered on April 15th many springs ago. Do such feelings as we experience in the blood this time of year mark opportunists for renewal, or hopelessness that one can never, never really participate in what others feel is natural? Andre Previn and Kathleen Battle perform one of human art's greatest testaments to love, Mozart's L'amerò, sarò costante from his opera Il re pastore
AC Benus Posted April 22, 2023 Author Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) Pierre Amoyal and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra perform the adagio from Louis Spohr's 8th violin concerto Edited April 23, 2023 by AC Benus
Zombie Posted April 29, 2023 Posted April 29, 2023 George Frideric Handel, born in Halle (Saxony) in 1685, travelled widely around Europe as a young man developing his craft, especially in Italy. He settled in England in 1712 where he lived more than half his life (until his death in 1759) and studied carefully the music of Henry Purcell to develop a musical style tailored for English tastes. He became a prolific writer (opera, concertos, sacred, ceremonial) and composed much of the music that became central to British life and culture including for the London theatre and State occasions. In 1727, by a special act of Parliament, Handel was officially made a British citizen. Four months later King George I died suddenly and Handel was commissioned to compose music for the coronation of George II. He composed four “anthems” for orchestra and chorus and the most famous of these, Zadok the Priest, has been used at every British / Commonwealth coronation since and will be again next Saturday (6 May). The long instrumental introduction, with its subtle modulations, chord inversions (“slash chords”?) and unexpected harmonic shifts creating a gradual, suspenseful and uniquely memorable buildup to the eventual and deeply satisfying arrival at the home key (tonic) with the dramatic entry by the chorus, is explained here: https://realstrings.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/zadok-the-chords/ Annie Lennox plays the intro (almost) and I just love this joyous version 1 1
Backwoods Boy Posted May 10, 2023 Posted May 10, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 4:13 AM, AC Benus said: Naumann Te Deum Expand Thanks for the exposure to lesser-known composers. I think I hear influences of Bach and Handel. 2
AC Benus Posted May 10, 2023 Author Posted May 10, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 3:32 PM, Backwoods Boy said: Thanks for the exposure to lesser-known composers. I think I hear influences of Bach and Handel. Expand Thanks ❤️ I just bumped into this recording last night and thought it was worth sharing
Backwoods Boy Posted May 13, 2023 Posted May 13, 2023 (edited) S.Rachmaninoff. Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30. Soloist Alexandеr Malofeev (17 y.o.). Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Dimitris Botinis. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, 30/12/2018 Edited May 13, 2023 by Backwoods Boy 2
AC Benus Posted June 2, 2023 Author Posted June 2, 2023 Joanne Polk performs "Autumn" from Amy Beach's Four Sketches
Backwoods Boy Posted June 3, 2023 Posted June 3, 2023 On the topic of Autumn - a quite different perspective : 1
AC Benus Posted June 10, 2023 Author Posted June 10, 2023 Savva Zihs performs Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor
Backwoods Boy Posted June 10, 2023 Posted June 10, 2023 On 6/10/2023 at 12:01 AM, AC Benus said: Savva Zihs performs Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor Expand Fascinating, as were the suggested follow-on classical performances and further exploration into the history and wide uses of an instrument I had always associated with folk music - primarily polkas. Thanks for triggering an hour's worth of education. 1
AC Benus Posted June 10, 2023 Author Posted June 10, 2023 On 6/10/2023 at 1:00 AM, Backwoods Boy said: Fascinating, as were the suggested follow-on classical performances and further exploration into the history and wide uses of an instrument I had always associated with folk music - primarily polkas. Thanks for triggering an hour's worth of education. Expand There are some amazing concert artists out there, and youtube introduced me to the art of this instrument too. Bach sounds great on a powerful accordion, and there is so much artistry in the "breath control" to boot. The other instrument that opens up the true music-making abilities of Bach is the guitar. I'll look for some of the pieces I rolled into the final Secret Melville script. They're awesome
AC Benus Posted June 16, 2023 Author Posted June 16, 2023 Salieri's gender-bending Il mondo alla roversia (The World in Reverse) caused a sensation when it hit the stage in 1795. Here's a truly theatrical rendering of its rollicking overture
AC Benus Posted June 16, 2023 Author Posted June 16, 2023 Bach on guitar: Flute Sonata BWV 1034, Movement 3, Andante (Russell transcription for guitar): https://youtu.be/Qvg6B3qU55A Violin Sonata BWV 1003, Movement 3, Andante (transcribed for guitar): https://youtu.be/p7yJ7G05GRw Flute Sonata, BWV 1034, Movement 3, Andante (transcribed from flute and guitar): https://youtu.be/6tUnHDgB2ko
AC Benus Posted June 25, 2023 Author Posted June 25, 2023 Marian Anderson performs "Es ist vollbracht" [This mournful night] from Bach's Johannespassion
AC Benus Posted June 28, 2023 Author Posted June 28, 2023 Viva il dramma per musica! Maayan Licht reminds us gloriously that Alexander was a Great big queen This entire 4 hour production from last year of Leonardo Vinci's Alessandro nell'Indie is awesome, with plenty of Metastasio camp and queerness built right in!
AC Benus Posted July 5, 2023 Author Posted July 5, 2023 More of Maayan Licht's performance as Vinci's Alexander the Great. Giant, honking phallus, anyone . . . ? lol
AC Benus Posted September 19, 2023 Author Posted September 19, 2023 (edited) Franz Lehàr - Wiener Frauen Overture The writing starting at min. 4:00 is so modern in harmony; amazing orchestral control as well Edited September 19, 2023 by AC Benus 1
Parker Owens Posted September 20, 2023 Posted September 20, 2023 On 9/19/2023 at 2:52 AM, AC Benus said: Franz Lehàr - Wiener Frauen Overture The writing starting at min. 4:00 is so modern in harmony; amazing orchestral control as well Expand Wow. Shades of Williams and Sousa, and such lush orchestration. This made my morning. 1
AC Benus Posted September 22, 2023 Author Posted September 22, 2023 Since we had Lehàr last time, now for his rival Franz von Suppé. Jonathan Scott's arrangement and performance of the Dichter und Bauer overture for organ. Bach, eat your heart out 1
AC Benus Posted September 30, 2023 Author Posted September 30, 2023 What virtuoso playing! Break-neck tempo too 2
Parker Owens Posted October 1, 2023 Posted October 1, 2023 On 9/30/2023 at 11:47 PM, AC Benus said: What virtuoso playing! Break-neck tempo too Expand Enchanting! He has his dancing shoes on, it seems, as his fingers fly across the keyboards. 1
AC Benus Posted October 8, 2023 Author Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) Waldteufel78 performs "Samt und Seide" (Velvet and Silk) from Carl Michael Ziehrer's operetta Der Fremdenführer (The Vagabond). A rendering like this shows how late-era waltzes smoothly contributed to the formation of Ragtime in the 1890s (in Saint Louis, its birthplace. The first Rag was printed there in 1896). Edited March 25 by AC Benus 1
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