SUNDAY MORNING CLASSICS ON TBP

A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
nkit, Austrian Peter, and Steve C.

Every Sunday morning we present selections for our TBP family to enjoy.

We present symphonies, ensembles, quartets, octets, etc.

Not all of our music is strictly ‘classical’. We may stray a little, but we strive to make all of our selections ‘classy’.

We offer tips on proper ‘symphony etiquette’ and even some selections that are a bit light-hearted and fun aimed at a younger audience. Those pieces will be so designated, and might be a good way to introduce kids to a world of music that they might not have been exposed to or think of as old and ‘stuffy’.

A full symphony will run as long as it will. We don’t want to cut a symphony short. However, we also include some shorter pieces that we try to keep under fifteen minutes in length. You can sample each and hopefully find one or more that pleases you.

We hope that you enjoy our Sunday selections.

Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony in F Major, Opus 68 – ‘The Pastoral’

We introduce our Sunday Morning Classics with Beethoven’s beautiful and soothing ‘Pastoral Symphony’.

First performed in 1808, Beethoven composed it expressly to initiate images of a peaceful natural setting and it seemed an appropriate choice for our first Sunday Morning Classics.

Sit back and prepare yourself to enjoy some of the most beautiful music ever written.

The famed “Anvil Chorus” from “ILTrovatore”, an opera by Guiseppe Verdi.

The opera premiered at the Teatro Apollo in Rome on January 19, 1853.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSJQ1KKOQr4

Translated from Italian:

See! The huge vault of heaven
discards night’s dark mantle,
like some widow who sets aside at last
the weeds in which she wrapped herself.
To work, to work!
Go to it, hammer away!
Who is it cheers the gypsy’s days?
The gypsy girl! (la zingarella)
Pour me a draught, wine lends
body and soul courage and vigor.
See, a sunbeam sparkles
more brilliant in your glass.
To work, to work!
Who is it cheers the gypsy’s days?
The gypsy girl!

In Honor Of Brexit

Edward Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance Marches – Land of Hope and Glory

Conducted by Mark Elder with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus – backed up by the enthusiastic & lively audience at the Royal Albert Hall, and nationwide at the Proms in the Park.

Very stirring for us true Brits!

Mi-Bemol Saxophone Ensemble

A wonderful saxophone ensemble from Japan.

You might recognize the melody as the popular song “Going Home”. It actually originates in Dvorak’s Symphony No9 “From the New World” sometimes called the “New World Symphony”.

Note the conductor siting among the performers third from the left and actually playing during the piece.

The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.

Heaven help us…