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  1. Fisnou

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    Cool, yeah I can imagine brass playing the beginning of that! Do you also compose your own stuff?

    ---------- Post added 14th Mar 2012 at 10:15 PM ----------

    For all Lady Gaga fans, check this out:

    Lady Gaga Fugue - YouTube

    It's a fugue based on "Bad Romance"!
     
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    I do sometimes. I am doing a composition module at Uni which is kind of weird ways of composing. I'm also trying to teach myself how to write for symphony orchestra. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
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    "weird ways of composing"?? :lol: Sounds interesting! I also studied composition and one of the classes I had to do was harmony and counterpoint - not my thing! I prefer composing with my heart and ears than my head alone. Yes, writing for orchestra is also on my list... I started studying a couple of scores a while back and I've jotted down some vague ideas for some kind of symphony but that's as far as I got... I can't think straight anymore though, I've turned too gay :lol: It's all I think about! :confused:
     
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    Yeah. At the moment we're studying Berio, who wrote a Sinfonia thing, of which one of the movements is based on a Mahler symphony but does really weird things with it like adding in all this weird vocal stuff and referencing other pieces by different composers etc. It's actually quite intersting - but weird!
     
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    Oh, Berio! I'm listening to the Sinfonia now on Youtube. Lol, it IS pretty weird!!
     
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    This is the movement we looked at:

    L. Berio/S. Rattle & CBSO: Sinfonia. III Scherzo (i) - YouTube
     
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    I actually did just now! For my own pleasure, haha. XD
     
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    ^I sang that once. :grin: (Though, singing is my 3rd instrument (the 1st being violin and 2nd piano)
     
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    I LOVE classical music. A couple of my faves:

    Weber: Andante e Rondo Ungarese (specifically the bassoon part)

    Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (love the oboe)

    And many others...
     
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    I love that song. I wish I could sing like that. I have a decent counter tenor range, but nothing even close to that.

    This song reminds me of another my music ensemble performed:

    O Death, Rock me Asleep -- a musical setting of a poem written by Anne Boleyn as she was being held before her execution. This recording is not super good. My favorite counter tenor, Andreas Scholl has a really excellent recording of this and bunch of other lovely Dowland Pieces on his album Crystal Tears.
     
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    Has anyone played in a professional orchestra? I was thinking of auditioning for one and was wondering what kind of standard they would expect from me? I did my grade 8 a couple of years ago but have still had lessons since then. I would like to think that I have a chance of getting in, but I'm not sure.
     
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    Nope, I've only been in amateur/community or semi-professional orchestras... I know that the standard is really high though for professional orchestras. I know someone who despite being a really good violinist (I think she reached the highest level in terms of grades) had to audition about 5 times before she finally got in as a second violin in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra! But then again there must be professional orchestras that are not as demanding as that. May be you should ask your violin teacher for his/her opinion. In any case, it wouldn't hurt to try :icon_wink
     
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    I haven't played in one, but I know that my city's professional symphony orchestra employs a good bit of students from about two of the universities in the area. A good bit of the symphony's viola section and lower chairs of the 2nd violin section are made up of those symphony students.
     
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    Cheers for the opinions, I'll give it a go and see what they say. =)
     
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    This is another lovely specimen of English Baroque:


    Henry Purcell - King Arthur - Hither this way bend - YouTube
     
    #117 jsmurf, Apr 5, 2012
  18. Pain

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    Love classical, love romantic, love other eras too :grin:
    Favorite composers:
    Saint-Saëns
    Dvorak
    Berlioz
    Mozart
    Beethoven
    Tchaikovsky
     
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    Tchaikovsky's not exactly a classical musician, but dammit I adore him! My school orchestra just played the full 1812 Overture [amazingly well, may I add] and I can easily say that it is one of the greatest pieces ever composed.
     
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