Classical Music

28 minutes of pure bliss. Originally debuted as part of a choral church service in the city of Leipzig in 1731:




[YOUTUBE]3sj-NKqR0tw[/YOUTUBE]

 

Has one of the most majestic endings I've ever heard.

1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky (Full) - YouTube

 

i love Yo-Yo Ma (inspiration to play cello) i wish i wouldve started sooner. and also love the holst suit in e flat favorite thing to play other than jazz classics

 

For some reason I've been getting back into Webern lately.

[YouTube/]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MVMxDrnSjo[/YouTube]

EDIT: Damn, never can remember how to do it. [Holds breath in anger.]

 

The less serious side of Bach. He liked his tobacco for sure:



[YOUTUBE]fkgKdVzexsI[/YOUTUBE]

 

Omg!! Im actually studying at a music conservatory in voice perfermance (opera) this is pretty insane how many classical music lovers on the site I'm so proud of this post!! I'm a big romantic period buff so anything after Beethoven especially Mahler <3. Love of my life loll! And of course numerous operas!! But yeah if any of you want to talk further about it together that would be so awseome!

Cheers <3

 

Have you seen either of Berg's operas? What did you think?

---------- Post added 16th Jul 2012 at 01:49 PM ----------

 

Ah, lucky at school your performing shosti? Hes insane!As for the berg operas I've seen lulu and damn wasn't that something crazy to witness loll... much better than woZzeck in my opinion!

 

Well, I'd like to. We'll see how busy I am with everything else.

I haven't seen Lulu yet, but I have seen Wozzeck and loved it, so I guess I'm in for a treat when I do watch Lulu.

 

Haha omg! You deffinitely are my dear, bring the popcorn it's soo entertaining! !

 

Violinists and violists: what do you do about the mark you get on your neck when you practice a lot? I'm finding it really irritating right now...

 

are you sure that's not a hickey??!! :eusa_danc lol

I'm icing my wrist right now after some vigorous octave practice. I'm assuming it's just part of the sacrifice.

 

I don't practice the viola any more, but back in the day, I always wrapped a small cloth over the chin-rest and under the shoulder-rest (my viola is big and too heavy to play without a shoulder-rest). That would stop or at least soften the rubbing effect.

In the UK we have soft yellow dusters with red stitching round the edge which were a perfect size.

 

A rare delight... Beethoven "in English". :eusa_danc




[YOUTUBE]pIPofMNHrMM[/YOUTUBE]


04. "The morning air plays on my face"
05. "On the Massacre of Glencoe"
06. "What shall I do to shew her how much I love her"
07. "His boat comes on the sunny tide"
08. "Come draw we round a cheerful ring"

 

This is one of my favourite pieces, funny story behind it.
Shostakovich was one of those composers who took forever to write anything, so one of his friends bet him a bottle of best Russian Vodka that he couldn't write a piece of music in one day. The next day Shosty went back to his friend with this piece and said: where's my Vodka?

[YOUTUBE]ZycHParRYi8[/YOUTUBE]

 

Bach- Concertos for 1 and 2 Violins





[YOUTUBE]dtuzOuR9HIU[/YOUTUBE]

 

One of my favorites is "Piano Quartet in A Minor" by Gustav Mahler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YnZuS1m9V4

 

So so hauntingly creepy:



[YOUTUBE]sIpiQ9LcVHQ[/YOUTUBE]


Wow, this really gives you the chills.

 

I led this at my music course:

[YOUTUBE]UuubTSorUT4[/YOUTUBE]

 

Some good old Medieval music from the Crusades.. An early distant precursor to the polyphony that later led to the development of choral church music.





[YOUTUBE]M0d4qM7gCH8[/YOUTUBE]



[YOUTUBE]MDxgPdOo1TI[/YOUTUBE]