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.
Mozart : Requiem in D K. 626
James Gaffigan conducts the Orchestre national de France and the Choeur de Radio France in the Requiem in D minor, K. 626, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
With the soprano Marita Solberg, the mezzo Karine Deshayes, the tenor Joseph Kaiser and the bass Alexander Vinogradov.
Live recording on june 29th 2017, from the Basilica of St Denis (France).
About the Requiem : Mozart is full of issues when he began to compose the Requiem, in 1791. Afflicted by debts, the viennese maestro is also seriously sick. Moreover, his music don’t seduce anymore, and the popularity of his concerts drops.
We can’t count the legends about the creation of the Requiem. Among them, a true story : the silent partner of the opus could be Earl von Walsegg, who wants a death mass to celebrate the memory of his wife. He asks Mozart to compose anonymously. The earl wishes pretend to be the composer , a trickery he is accustomed to.
Exhausted, Mozart died on december 5th of 1791, he is 35. If he probably composed the complete two firts parts of the Requiem, the Introïtus and the Kyrie, the other part is recovery by one of his students, Franz-Xavier Süssmayr, from more or less detailed drafts.
Emmanuel
This piece was written by Michel Colombier to honor the death of his 5 year old son.
You can see Lucia’s love for the song even when Botti is playing solo. Such a beautiful lady playing heart-rending music.
I hope that you enjoy this as much as I do. She is a rock star. A gorgeous one at that.
It’s a beautiful piece of music..
Peter Bolli, the famed and acclaimed trumpeter plays it out.
“Rock Star” violinist Lucia Micarelli absolutely kills it.
Botti is great and Micarelli is great….it doesn’t get much better.
The song is titled “:Emmanuel” with Marelli and Botti in Boston…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8NN4fpdm40
Truly beautiful nkit. Truly beautiful…
The Goldberg Variations
Gould plays the first part of the Goldberg Variations.
Wonderful – I love Bach and a piano as you know:
St. Louis Blues: Trick and Alderighi at Ragtime Extravaganza 2016
The piano duo extraordinaire of Stephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi perform W. C. Handy’s “St. Louis Blues” at the River Raisin Ragtime Revue’s 2016 Ragtime Extravaganza.
This performance took place at Ann Arbor’s Michigan Theater on January 23, 2016.
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
Brilliant this week, many thanks Steve and nKit 🙂
Beautiful, particularly enjoyed that version of Emmanuel. Thanks