SUNDAY MORNING CLASSICS ON TBP

A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
nkit, 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.

Schubert: Große C-Dur-Sinfonie

Franz Schubert:

Große C-Dur-Sinfonie D 944

I Andante – Allegro ma non troppo
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Trio – Scherzo
IV. Allegro vivace

hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Dirigent

hr-Sinfoniekonzert

Alte Oper Frankfurt, 14. Dezember 2018

This one comes to us thanks to ‘m’.

Rachelle Ferrell Autumn Leaves

As a continuation from last week.

Do you know Rachelle Ferrell?

I had first heard Rachelle in 1999 live at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland).

Afterwards I walked out in a daze – all my comparison scales were completely overshot.

That was probably her professional debut. We are so lucky it was recorded, even in inferior video quality.

This one comes to us thanks to Stucky.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Mozart/Figaro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-_u-HAR5oQ

This one comes to us dedicated to EC from SMC.

Michael Bublé Duet With Thalia – Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad – Live From NBC New York

Ahh, what the hell.

Let’s put one up for EC today.

Tis the season.

George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, Maja Babyszka (15 years old) – piano

Today, I will post the first of several weeks worth of classical music composed by some of the world’s great composers. These pieces will all come from the 3rd Polish Nationwide Music Schools’ Symphonic Orchestras Competition.

A youth orchestra generally has to have an average age of no greater then 24 years old. These young folks in all the orchestras are all extremely talented, and dedicated to their art of playing classical music. I dare say that they don’t sit around staring at their smart phones, and listening to hip-hop all day or other hits from Wakanda. These are prestigious music schools.

This first piece will be played by The Arthur Rubinstein School of Music Symphony Orchestra in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The conductor is Henryk Wierzchon and the piece features 15 year old Maja Babyszka on the piano. Maja plays effortlessly and flawlessly without the aid of sheet music. The entire orchestra plays beautifully as they give us George Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue.

Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46

I’ll follow that with a piece composed by the great Norwegian composer and pianist, Edvard Grieg (6-15-1843 – 9-4-1907) The music is Peer Gynt Suite No.1 Op 46. It is played beautifully by the Polish Youth Symphony Orchestra in Bytom, Poland, and recorded at Frederic Chopin School of Music Concert Hall in Bytom, July 08, 2015. The orchestra is conducted by Maciej Tomasiewicz.

This concludes today’s edition of the competition. I hope you have enjoyed the music put out by these young people, and that you will tune in next week for more of the competition.

Have a great Sunday.

Stravinsky: Petroesjka

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

16 november 2011,

Concertgebouw Amsterdam

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

Heaven help us…

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