NOTICE:
Austrian Peter has notified us that he will no longer be able to contribute to our offering, as he is very busy with his other contributions to TBP.
That leaves just nkit and me and we need some help.
We need one or preferably two more people.
So anyone that thinks they would be interested in contributing to our weekly offerings please let me know.
You can contact me at: [email protected]
Thank you.
Steve C.
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.
Brahms: 1. Sinfonie
I. Un poco sostenuto – Allegro
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Un poco Allegretto e grazioso
IV. Adagio – Più andante – Allegro non troppo, ma con brio – Più allegro
hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Dirigent
Alte Oper Frankfurt
22. März 2013
Sudden Ascent
This week, we’re going to pay a listen to the music of the unbelievably talented Mathias Heise.
Mathias Heise is one of the world’s leading harmonica players. He was born in 1993 in Rødovre, just outside Copenhagen, Denmark. He started playing harmonica at the age of seven, and a few years later he also took up piano and keyboards.
He attended the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen for a year, being the first student with the harmonica as his main instrument.
At the age of 20, Mathias Heise won the 2013 Chromatic Harmonica World Championship.
In 2015, he was awarded ‘New Jazz Star of The Year’ in Denmark. The same year his band Mathias Heise Quadrillion was nominated ‘Best New Jazz Act’ at Danish Music Awards.
In 2016, he received The Danish Crown Prince Couple’s prestigious Stardust Award – an award that is given to honor and highlight young Danish artists about to make an international break-through.
We’ll start with a personal favorite titled “Sudden Ascent” with his band, Quadrillion.
Para Mi Madre
This boy can flat out tear up a Chromatic Harp.
In this next piece he teams up with The DR Big Band to play his own composition titled “Para Mi Madre.”
Gloomy Breeze
After that Mathias and his band play “Gloomy Breeze.”
Bad Luck
They follow that with “Bad Luck.”
Damn Good Coffee
I’ll close it out with Mathias and his band playing “Damn Good Coffee.”
I hope you have enjoyed Mathias and his band. Have a great Sunday!
Sibelius: Finlandia (Prom 75)
Music by Sibelius marks the 100th anniversary of Finnish Independence.
Performed by the BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Conducted by Sakari Oramo.
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Chief Conductor Alan Gilbert and the NDR
Elbphilharmonie Orchestra perform Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio Espagnol” at the closing concert of the 2020/2021 season.
A recording from June, 18th, 2021.
NIKOLAI RIMSKI-KORSAKOW Capriccio Espagnol op. 34
I Alborada: Vivo e strepitoso 0:47
II. Variazioni: Andante con moto 2:05
III. Alborada: Vivo e strepitoso 6:56
IV. Scene e canto gitano: Allegretto 8:17
V Fandango asturiano 13:33
Alan Gilbert, conductor
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Concert recording from June, 18th, 2021,
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
I believe that the Symphony orchestra is, and has been one of the most wonderful fabulous contributions to all of mankind. Just think about it for a second.
Genius works of all the long gone composers, and a few current ones, preformed and presented by the several dozen talented group of dedicated performers with all the marvelous instruments manufactured to such precision, on the stage of an always very well done auditorium, to an adoring appreciative audience.
Agreed, UD.
Acoustics play an important role, but what’s always blown me away
is how so many talented musicians can blend their skills as you say, with such precision,
which is to say timing, with flawless execution.
Even more so, that a composer can write scores for EACH different instrument,
to accompany the others at given times.
My love of Moat’s Art stems from the scene in Amadeus, where Hulce’s trying to educate and dictate
to F. Murray Abraham the beautiful harmonies of the different instruments in the Confutatis section of the Requiem, while Mozart is on his deathbed.
Saliere is just flummoxed, unable to comprehend the difficulty of how complicated, yet brilliantly
Wolfie’s mind worked, when creating tunes that are so pleasing to the ear that they deliver goose bumps, or tears of joy to those few who can truly appreciate such magnificence.
The writer or producer of that scene separates out the instruments and voices, heard individually,
then collectively at the end.
It really teaches listeners how to try and hear all the different instruments and sounds within.
A link to that piece please sir?
A separate post for a superbly well done piece for the enjoyment of all.
Very nice ursel.
We will use it on January 2nd, 2022 and credit you for it.
Many thanks again.
Howdy, fellas.
Long time, no contributions, on my end.
Hope all is well in your worlds.
I stumbled across one that jogged my memory, when my local classical station played it,
and I don’t recall ever seeing it featured in these weekly offerings.
IIRC,
this (like quite a few classical pieces) was featured
in one of the Looney Tunes episodes of Bugs, many many years ago.
Give it a listen.
Have some patience, ‘cuz the recognizable tempo comes at just before the 4:00 minute mark.
Maybe someone can even ID the cartoon story where it was used.
The Poet and Peasant Overture.
Composer: Franz von Suppe
Enjoy.
Have a great Thanksgiving Day, with your closest family members.
And for those spending the day alone, you’re not really alone, for He is always with you.
Cheers.
Just beautiful SMC.
We will use it on January 2nd as well.
Be well my friend.
Just as Steve and I miss your participation, we will miss Peter’s input. You two are founding members, and any input that you have from time to time is always appreciated.
Speaking of Loony Tunes, stay “tooned.”
Yours and Steve’s ability to come up with new material each week is impressive, to me at least.
And, it’s cool that we have other listeners and commenters stepping up from T2T, too.
Peace be with you and yours, fren.
I assume you need people who are not tone deaf and have good taste. With that in mind, I must decline to help. I have about as much culture as Sponge Bob.
THANK YOU for introducing me to Mathias!! Nobody this good since Toots and I really appreciate the melodic and airy style of fusion he’s creating, there haven’t been many carrying that torch so high since the decades that birthed it.
Glad you enjoyed Mathias and his music, ATarese. Having played harp for 50 years
I know how difficult a Chromatic harp can be. I am envious of his talent. Just incredible.
Gentlemen – So sorry to see AP leave your group, but I know he is a steady contributor in other ways that help us understand what is going on across the pond.
The Brahms symphony is absolutely fabulous. It is so serene and calming that I am going to save it for those times when my nerves are frayed.
Thanks for providing a little respite from the doom porn each week. You guys are going above and beyond the call. I wish I could help you, but my musical abilities are sorely lacking and my knowledge of music even worse.
Thank you, AP.
Can’t get enough of Mathias and his harmonica. Thank you for posting.
Been in a different mood lately.
Hope to see you next week.
Thank you Leah.
And we will still be here. We’re just asking anyone if they want to help.
Understand. Life has reminded me that nothing is definite. So I’m going to add “Hope to” to the “See you next week.” Morbid, yes. It’s how my mind computes when reminded about the literal.