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.
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
The Radio Filharmonisch Orkest en Groot Omroepkoor
Part 1 00:00.
Part 2. 31:02
Part 3. 42:15
Borodin – Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
This week we return to the 3rd Polish Nationwide Music Schools’ Symphonic Orchestras Competition.
We’ll start it off with the music of Russian composer and chemist, Alexander Borodi (11/12/1833 – 2/27/1887).
The piece is from his lone opera titled “Prince Igor” and is titled Polovtsian Dances.
It is performed by the Stanisław Moniuszko School of Music Symphony Orchestra in Bielsko Biała, Poland, and recorded at Stanisław Moniuszko School of Music Concert Hall, June 01, 2015.
The conductor is Andrzej Kucybala.
Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite Op. 20a
We’ll finish this week with the classic Swan Lake by Pyotor Tchiakovsky.
It is performed by the Symphony Orchestra of the Feliks Nowowiejski Music School in Gdansk, Poland, and is conducted by Sylwia Anna Janiak.
I hope that you have enjoyed this edition of the competition, and that you’ll check it out again next week.
Have a great day.
More of Brendan Kavanagh
This is the guy in London that likes to play the piano for unsuspecting listeners.
He gets dressed up as a UPS guy, a pilot, A cop, whatever goes then up to them pretending to be a nobody and asks them where middle C is and then tries to teach them how to play ‘Boogie-Woogie’ music.
It’s actually a lot of fun to watch him.
Japanese Girl Hears Boogie Woogie For The First Time
Faking Einaudi Prank Stuns Serious Piano Girl
Music Girls Get Pranked At A Public Piano
How To Excite Soviet Homegirls At A Public Piano
American Girl Gets The Shock Of Her Life
Swiss Girl Teaches Me Improvisation
How To Chat Up Random Girls With Middle C
Mom Is On Her Way To Buy A Keyboard…Then THIS Happens
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
That was a lot of fun (the pranks)… now I will go back and listen to the love music you’ve offered today.
I featured Brendan Kavanagh on December 12th too.
You didn’t leave us a comment that week so you might have missed it.
Heeeeeeeeeere ya go…
The Borodin piece is one of my all-time favorites and the Stanisław Moniuszko School of Music Symphony Orchestra did a fabulous job. There is also a choral arrangement that goes with it which is wonderful, especially when performed in Russian. Thank you for this selection.
Fascinating dual piano work by two great performers.
THANKS HUGE for all your efforts to gather the selections for this the much anticipated breath of sanity in our insane world!!!
A little change of pace, something that is quite classical done by one of the most talented singers there is. Back in the day when the French were a different mind set than now.
As always thank you ursel.
The second one seems a bit out of place here, but we’ll use them both and credit you for them on March 13th.
Something a bit different.
A little story about side bars.
I’ve gone to a destination, with a target media as the focus.
But then, off in the side bar margin of additional links, something draws me in.
A dozen selections later, with some intriguing discoveries adding up, I find it interesting
how that progression of discovery happens.
Case in point.
Yesterday, I’m on TFI’s site.
In the side bar, one of his blog site contributors posted 2 artists doing the same song.
Ed Sheeran was one version of “Make It Rain”, and upon clicking that music vid, appreciation for
Sheeran’s vocal talents, but…
up pops a slew of offerings on the YT side bar margin-right.
Hmmm.
Take a look and a listen at whatever catches my eyes & ears.
New discoveries. Whoa. Some that just blow me away, with their talents and for me, new material,
or familiar older material done with new improvisational renditions and techniques.
Love classical but have plenty of room and appreciation for almost all musical genres. Rock? Absolutely.
Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” has always been a good one to listen to, IMHO.
Finding that its wide appeal has attracted a variety of worldwide musicians, here are 3 of those
discoveries yesterday late night, where the same song cover is done by 3 different artists / groups.
With apologies to metal purists,
1. A classical guitarist and a cellist (Mozart Heroes); {2 favorite instruments to hear-here}
2. A group of young Polish ladies (Tulia) in full cultural dress outside in Winter in the homeland,
doing their rendition; and
3. a young lady (Canadian, I believe, Julia Westlin) who does it A Capella, with recording overlays.
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Excellent SMC.
We’ll post all three of these on March 13th.
Thanks again.
Thanks to you, I subscribe to Brendan. He is a joy to watch. The stress flees when his videos cross my mail.
Einaudi helps me sleep.
Thank you for all of the work put in for our listening enjoyment.