SUNDAY MORNING CLASSICS ON TBP

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.

Stravinsky: The Firebird / Gergiev · Vienna Philarmonic · Salzburg Festival 2000

Great presentation of the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by the russian Maestro Valery Gergiev, in one of the most powerful and greatest presentation of The Firebird (L’Oiseau de feu) of Igor Stravinsky at Salzburg Festival 2000.

The next three come to from Stucky

Got 3 selections today (13 minutes total) from one person. This is what they say …

“Internationally-acclaimed guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy shares his musical artistry with us ….. his music must be seen to be believed, using harmonics, looping, and multiple capos to confound even the most accomplished music lovers as to how one person can do all that with just two hands and ten fingers.”

Dueling Ninjas

Trace Bundy playing “Dueling Ninjas” on acoustic guitar.

Pachelbel’s Canon

Trace Bundy playing Canon with a little twist of his own on an acoustic guitar.

Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

Filmed on April 18, 2017

Shovel Studios, Lafayette, CO

Gone With the Wind

Today, I want to introduce to you (if you are not already aware of them) The Film Symphony Orchestra (FSO). I find them as enjoyable to watch as they are to listen to. They are meticulous in every aspect of their presentations. Much can be learned about the orchestra just by watching. The cinematography in their videos (where the venue allows it) is top notch.

The Film Symphony Orchestra is a ground-breaking artistic project which was founded to address a gap in the musical and cultural industry in Spain.

This elite, professional symphony orchestra is made up of more than 70 musicians, exclusively dedicated to music for cinema and related art forms. Led by the internationally acclaimed composer and conductor Constantino Martínez-Orts, the FSO performs a rich program of film music concerts, sometimes accompanied by visual projections.

With cinema always at its core, and with a consistent preoccupation for quality, Film Symphony Orchestra launches a singular, innovative initiative which aims to bring symphonic music to a wide audience, uniting culture, art and spectacle under the umbrella of one unique experience.

We might as well get this started in typical cinema style.

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO

Most of these presentations really need no introduction, such as this:

Casablanca – “Suite”

And this:

The Great Escape

And who could forget this piece?

The Mission – “Gabriel’s Oboe”

And, we can’t forget Ennio.

Dances with Wolves

And a beautiful John Barry piece.

Have a great Sunday!

Alfred Brendel – Schubert – Four Impromptus,

What about some Schubert for a change? But still on piano!

No 1 in C minor
No 2 in E-flat major
No 3 in G-flat major
No 4 in A-flat major

Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No.1, Mi-Bémol Saxophone Ensemble

Another selection from this very fine Japanese ensemble.

1. Prélude
2. Minuetto
3. Adagietto
4. Carillon

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

Heaven help us…

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