SUNDAY MORNING CLASSICS ON TBP

A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
SMC, 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.

George Frideric Handel’s ‘Water Music’

The Water Music is a collection of orchestral movements, often published as three suites. It premiered on 17 July 1717, in response to king George I’s request for a concert on the River Thames.

You might recognize some parts of this work as they have been utilized in everything from Disney World’s ‘Electric Water Pageant’ to the popular TV show ‘The Frugal Gourmet’.

Don’t miss the encore at 49:00. It’s delightful.

The Lord’s Prayer performed by Andrea Bocelli and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Albert Hay Malotte composed the music in 1935.

Malotte was a renowned American pianist, organist, composer and educator.

The famous hymn “Holy, Holy, Holy” performed by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

They hymn was written by Reginald Heber. The musical composition is by John Bacchus Dykes (1861) originally titled “Nicaea”.

Jacques Loussier Trio – Air On The G String (J.-S.Bach, arr. A.Wilhelmj)

When Loussier began applying jazz improvisation and swing to Johann Sebastian Bach’s exquisite symmetries, some jazz pundits and fans dismissed it as a betrayal of an African-American music’s expressive earthiness and blues roots, aimed at an audience that preferred its jazz pretty rather than passionate. And from the classical angle, observers were liable to perceive the young Frenchman’s work as little short of vandalism.

Nonetheless, the success of concerts and recordings by Loussier and his Play Bach trio (originally formed with the eminent Paris jazz sidemen Pierre Michelot on bass and Christian Garros on drums) took off almost overnight from the group’s first appearances in 1959 – shifting millions of Play Bach recordings in the almost two-decade life of the original band.

Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Overture.

Performed by the Soai University Saxophone Ensemble in Japan.

Mozart and saxophones. What’s not to like?

Next week, one for ‘The Kiddos’ – “Peter and the Wolf”

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

Heaven help us…

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