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.

Berlio’s “Symphonie Fantastique”

The Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Myung-Whun Chung performs Berlioz’s “Symphonie fantastique”.

Live recording on September 13th 2013 at the Salle Pleyel (Paris)

00:35 1st movement: Rêveries – Passions. Largo – Allegro agitato e appassionato assai – Religiosamente

15:08 2nd movement: Un bal (A Ball) . Valse. Allegro non troppo

22:09 3rd movement: Scène aux champs. Adagio

39:53 4th movement: Marche au supplice. Allegretto non troppo

00:00 5th movement: Songe d’une nuit de sabbat. Larghetto – Allegro

P.I.Tchaikovsky: Capricho Italiano op. 45 – Sinfónica de Galicia

Jesús López Cobos – director

By Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia. The Orchesta was created in 1992 and is Spanish.

Tchaikovsky is of course, the most popular Russian composer of all time. Born 5-7-1840 and he died 11-6-1893. His cause of death to this date is still disputed. Some claim he died from cholera from drinking unboiled water at a restaurant, while others attribute his death to suicide. There are others that claimed he died from smoking and alcohol consumption. The truth is unknown and probably always will be.

So, without further comment:

7 Famous “Spectacular” Classical Pieces:

ESP – Chaconne – Bach

Eastman Saxophone Project Fall Concert November 16, 2014 Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

Johann Sebastian Bach Chaconne from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004

arr. Matthew Evans

Personnel:

Matthew Amedio, soprano

Kevin Zhao, soprano

Matthew Evans, alto

Lauritz Eller, alto

Katherine Weintraub, tenor

Tyler Wiessner, tenor

Stephanie Venturino, tenor

Dan Stenziano, baritone

Khanh Nguyen, baritone

Tyler Wiessner, bass

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

Heaven help us…

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