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.
Mahler – Symphony No. 9
Gustav Mahler Symphony No.9
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, 2010
0:00 – Opening
1:04 – 1. Andante comodo
28:10 – 2. Im tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb
44:00 – 3. Rondo-Burleske: Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig
56:55 – 4. Adagio: Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend
1:27:29 – Ending
Alexander Borodin – Prince Igor: Polovtsian
Dances, conducted by Andrzej Kucybała
I would like to submit a beautiful piece of music written by Alexander Borodin (1833-1877).
Borodin was a Russian doctor and chemist that also composed very beautiful Romantic music.
This piece is titled “The Polovtsian Dances from his opera titled “Prince Igor”. The underlying melody is one that most will recognize, if even unwittingly.
Once again, I give you conductor Andrzej Kucybala conducting the Stanislaw Moninuszko School of Music Symphony in Bielsko Biala, Poland on 6-1-2015.
The orchestra is a group of incredibly talented teen age musicians. You have to love European kids that probably don’t give a rat’s butt about #BLM and other such rubbish. They care about their music first and foremost. May they be blessed. We need more of them.
So without further ado, here is Borodin.
I hope that you enjoy this as I do.. Kids are the future..Thank God there are some wonderful ones. What would the world be without them?
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 – “Choral”
Beethoven Cycle — Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’ Friday 27 July
Royal Albert Hall Anna Samuil (soprano)
Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano)
Michael König (tenor)
René Pape (bass)
National Youth Choir of Great Britain West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
GLAZUNOV Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra with Joseph Lulloff, saxophone
JoAnn Falletta conducts soloist Joseph Lulloff and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra performing Glazunov’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 109.
Recorded on June 24, 2012, at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium in Brevard, NC.
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
SUPERB selections as usual Sirs!!
THE STRUCTURE OF MAGIC for some much needed cultural sanity in these times of rampant INSANITY.
The Ode to Joy selection is a keeper, as being familiar with the very famous piece, had never heard any translation of the words! Why it is the Ode to Joy recognized!
I see Admin has his cash counter up to about half way for half way through the year, so buck up mates, my pittance is enroute, with much gratitude for all the hard work for these Sunday pleasures.