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.

Bruckner: 7. Sinfonie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Christoph Eschenbach

Anton Bruckner: 7. Sinfonie E-Dur

I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
III. Scherzo. Sehr schnell
IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht schnell

hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony

Christoph Eschenbach, Dirigent

hr-Sinfoniekonzert

Alte Oper Frankfurt, 27. September 2018

Hungarian Rhapsody No.2

Today, we will present a mixture of various classical artists.

We’ll start this off with a piece composed by the great Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, and organist of the Romantic era. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time.

He was also a writer, philanthropist, Hungarian Nationalist and Franciscan tertiary.

The piece is titled ” Hungarian Rhapsody No.2.” It is performed here by the Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Volker Hartung.

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

Guillaume Tell, Overture

Next, we play Gioachino Rossini’s Guillaume Tell, Overture performed by the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice under the direction of Georges Pretre.

This is the longer version of this famous piece.

Cavallera Rusticana Intermezzo

Lastly, a piece by the great Pietro Mascagni. Pietro Mascagni (7 December 1863 – 2 August 1945) was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece Cavallieria Rusticana caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music.

While it was often held that Mascagni, like Ruggiero Leoncavallo, was a “one-opera man” who could never repeat his first success, L`amico Fritz and Iris have remained in the repertoire in Europe (especially Italy) since their premieres.

This is his masterpiece, Cavallera Rusticana Intermezzo. It is performed here by the Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Andre Colombini at the Vienna Musikverein Golden Hall in 2014.

I hope you enjoy these selections. Have a great Sunday.

Concerto for Alto Saxophone

The first of several saxophone concerts from Austrian Peter over the next few weeks.

Here’s some variations on saxophones for your delight …..or not!

Wells School is just up the road from me.

Ronald Binge – Concerto for Alto Saxophone

Performed on March 29th 2017 at the Wells Cathedral School Concerto Extravaganza.

Audio recording and vision mixing – Will Tenison

Camera operator – Dave Francis

Tchaikovsky – Overture 1812

Conductor – Manuel López-Gómez

The Bogotá Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

El Sistema 40th Anniversary concert 07 Jul 2015

Bogotá, Colombia

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

Heaven help us…

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