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: 3. Sinfonie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada
- Abteilung:
- Kräftig. Entschieden
- Abteilung:
- Tempo di Menuetto. Sehr mäßig
- Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast
- Sehr langsam. Misterioso. Durchaus ppp
- Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck
- Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden
hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra)
(Jürgen Ellensohn, Posthorn)
Nathalie Stutzmann, Alt
Limburger Domsingknaben
Frauenchor des Europachores Frankfurt
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Dirigent
Alte Oper Frankfurt, 5. Februar 2015
This selection comes to us from ursel doran.
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 (10000 Japanese) – Freude schöner Götterfunken
Here is a piece worth sharing.
10,000 Japanese singing Ode to Joy!
Brindisi
I’ve played Verdi’s music on SMC on a couple of occasions, but today we’ll hear some heretofore un-played pieces (mostly).
I’ll start with a piece from Verdi’s opera titled La Traviata. The song is titled “Brindisi” (The Drinking Song). It is performed here by the late, great Luciano Pavarotti and Japanese opera star, Atzuko back in 1995.
MACBETH – G. Verdi – – Overture
Next, comes the overture from Verdi’s opera, MacBeth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV0FltqNsOg
Va Pensiero
We’ll follow that with “Va Pensiero” (Gospel of the Hebrew Slaves) from Verdi’s opera titled “Nabucco.”
It is performed here by Matthias Georg Kendlinger – K&K Philharmoniker – K&K Opernchor – April 6, 2009 at Konzerthaus Berlin.
Aida
Next, a piece that I have played, but not by this orchestra.
Verdi’s opera titled “Aida” is a favorite – especially the Marcha Triunfal (Triumphant March).
A beautiful piece from a beautiful opera by Giuseppe Verdi. It is performed here by “Voces Para Lapaz” (Musicos Solidarios)
Directed by Enrique Garcia Asensio.
Flash Mob: Il trovatore
Finally, I’ll finish this off by playing a Flash Mob presentation of Verdi’s Il Trovatore.
The soloist is Hector Lopez (kinda looks like E.C. God Rest His Soul).
Have a great Sunday!
Creston Saxophone Concerto op. 26
Rob Burton, saxophone
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Rob Burton, BBC Young Musician 2018 Grand Finalist, performs Paul Creston’s Saxophone Alto Concerto Op. 26 with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) in Birmingham Symphony Hall, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth.
This video is taken from the televised BBC Young Musician competition in 2018. After a year of 3 great BBC Young Musician finalists, Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Jess Gillam (saxophone) and Ben Goldsheider (horn), Rob Burton competes against Maxim Calver and Lauren Zhang.
This video is his grand final performance, following his success winning the woodwind category final.
Previous winners of the BBC Young Musician title read like a who’s who of some of today’s most well-respected classical musicians, including oboist Nicholas Daniel, cellist Natalie Clein, clarinettists Mark Simpson, Emma Johnson and violinist Nicola Benedetti. Former finalists include pianist Stephen Hough, Stephen Osborne and Barry Douglas, violinist Tasmin Little, pianist, conductor and composer Thomas Adès, flautist Juliette Bausor and trumpeter Alison Balsom, to name just a few.
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Bacchanale
Conductor: Dietrich Paredes
Musical Director Simón Bolívar
Concert Hall, Caracas
Venezuela – 23/10/10
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
A. Piazzolla. Libertango
Moscow City Symphony “Russian Philharmonic”
Very classy Stucky.
Those Russians sure can dance.
We’ll use it and credit you for it.
I’m in a Tango sort of mood this morning. Who will dance with me? RiNS?
Very cool Argentine tango flash mob. Then to Budapest (3:34 mark), with bandoneon & dancing
Flash mob music is always great.
We’ll use this one too…
In the movie “AMADEUS”, Mozart insults Salieri by playing his own piece better than he did.
Great movie, great scene.
Stucky – I just re-watched this movie. It’s one of my favorites.
We’ll use this too.
Many thanks.
Of course! ALWAYS my pleasure to contribute to Sunday Classics … a thread I always greatly anticipate.
I really liked Amadeus, fwiw. LOL… Once upon a time, I played the piano once in a while.
Nicely done! Most especially the Stuckmeister👍
Thanks, Doc.
“The Mafia” once again brings Great Pleasure to my Sunday morning.
Today, my favorite selection was “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves”. My dad sang in the local German Club choir for decades. Pops would have loved this. Almost made me cry …
Sir Steve,
THANKS MUCH MUCH for another superb selection of inspiration!!
The works of the long gone fabulous composers, the amazing manufacture of the instruments in such abundance, and the much practiced efforts of all the member of the orchestras is always a treat.
The conductors are also always worthy of notice, and this lady is special, IMHO!
Her animated demonstration of her love of the work is worth sharing.
Thanks for sharing that ursel. We’ll definitely use it even though you can’t play it here. It’s available to all on YouTube.
As to your comments about conductors I find that sometimes it’s better to just let the musicians perform without being overly pushy about themselves.
A typical example would be Miho Hazama of the jazz band “DR Big Band” that nkit has been seriously getting into these past few weeks.
She seems to understand very well that she may have arranged all of the music that they play, but that each player knows his place and his part so she leaves it to them to play it without showing off to the crowd.
I like that a lot.
See nkit’s first posting of this DR Big Band on October 3rd. Hopefully he’ll post more of them as they are very good.
Thanks for the note back Sir.
Delightful
**** OTHER, not classical ****
I had a conversation with my neighbor this morning. Somehow we got to talking about nostalgic stuff … and he wondered whatever happened to Tom McAn shoes. They had a store in town (long gone), and we both wondered if the company still existed. It seems they still sell shoes in select retail stores … their brick&mortar stores are all gone.
Anyway …. in doing the research I stumbled on this ad from 1968, and guess who is singing it? Neil Diamond!
Thanks, Stucky, like I really needed another blast from the past! Mom use to take me to Thom McAn’s for those ‘cool’ shoes. Liked them about as much as flannel lined jeans. Practical, I guess, but so not cool. Neil Diamond is cool!
Thank you, Mafia. Listening is always a treat. The Ode to Joy was particularly enjoyable, along with Verdi. See you next week.
Who actually likes Mahler? I want to know who to blame