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.

Beethoven : Piano concerto No.3

The pianist Alice Sara Ott plays the Piano Concerto No.3
She is truly marvelous. You will love her.

Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.

With the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra.

Conducted by Mikko Franck.

Live recording on January 27th 2018 in the auditorium of Radio France (Paris).

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no.3 was first performed in Vienna on 5 April 1803, the same day as the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives and the Symphony no.2.

Composed in c minor, a key dear to the composer, the work is divided into three movements.

The Allegro con brio begins with a long orchestral exposition of the two principal themes, in turn played by the soloist. During the development, a dialogue is established between the soloist and the orchestra. The movement closes with a piano cadenza, inspired by the initial theme.

At the heart of the Largo, the piano arpeggios accompany the serene melody performed by the flute and the bassoon together. Gérard Condé describes this as “a musical transposition of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet”.

Finally, in the Rondo, the orchestra and soloist dialogue with vigour.

“This is without a doubt Beethoven’s “great” concerto […], marking a subtle change in the balance between the soloist and the orchestra, finally considered as equal partners”, explains François-René Tranchefort.

Be sure and stay for her encore at 42:50.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM0HqmptYlY

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Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau) – Stunning Performance

I would like to add another piece by the same crew from last week in their Christmas Chorus just three years later.

It should be noted that Smetana wrote this piece while being deaf. Just amazing…

It is also conducted by the highly animated (both physically and facially) and talented Nejc Becan.

Gimnazija Kranj Great Christmas Concert 2015 – Slavic Night.

Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra performed Bedřich Smetana symphonic poem: Moldau from a symphonyic poem set: Má vlast (My homeland).

Concert was sold out in record time of two days (1500 seats, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev dom, Slovenia). Our kids played stunningly and set a new standard of playing and performing. This is first real film based best Moldau performance on youtube.

Conductor: maestro Nejc Bečan;

concert master: Nejc Avbelj;

flutes: Aleksandra Pleterski and Anja Kišek;

sound design: Mitja Krže;

head of production: Grega Jeraša;

sound mastering: Iztok Zupan (Klopotec production);

concert and film director: Primož Zevnik

Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2

Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, originally written for solo piano comes to much life in its orchestral version in this fiery performance by the Cologne New Philharmonic.

Conducted by Volker Hartung.

Recorded live at Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Germany in March 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNi-_0kqpdE

This One’s For The Kids

The Mebius Saxophone Ensemble

I have been watching these kids for years. They have been playing together since they were very young. They are now young adults.

They play here still young.

Let this be a lesson to your kids not to take their cell phones to practice.

I will post some additional samples of their work at various stages of their development. I hope that your kids will accept them as their own.

The saxophone. The one instrument that can replace all of the others