SUNDAY MORNING CLASSICS ON TBP

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.

Tomorrow is my 70th birthday and I would like to celebrate it with some selections from the Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. They are Slovenian. (Slovenia is a small country at the northern end of the old Yugoslavia and is by all accounts a very nice place)

I also listed them in our offering of shorts on June 26th playing Grieg: Peer Gynt and Fauré: Pavane, the second of which I think was absolutely lovely. I didn’t know what the hell they were singing about, but it was wonderful.

A search found: The words were inconsequential verses, à la Verlaine, on the romantic helplessness of man, written by the Countess’s cousin, Robert de Montesquiou.

You can access it here.

Regardless of the inadvertent crashing of the cymbals at 2:12 these kids didn’t miss a beat. The whole thing is only 5½ minutes long.

I find that I really like this simple song. The optional chorus does a great job.

They are absolutely delightful. You will love them…

Steve C.

Beethoven: Symphony No.9

This recording of Beethovens 9th Symphony, 4th movement is particularly legendary.

Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra

Maestro Nejc Bečan is a conductor

concert master Matjaž Bogataj

sopran: Kristina Bitenc

mezzo: Monika Bohinec

tenor: Martin Sušnik

baritone: Rok Bavčar

The Next Four Come To Us Thanks To ursel doran.

Yuja Wang & David Fung: Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals

Thanks very much again Sirs for all your Superb notes and selections.

Here is a fascinating one.

Boogie Woogie Queen Shows Up For An Epic Jam

Here is a really fun uplifting work to get your toe tapping going.

Márquez: Danzón No. 2

New composer to me, and a great piece worth sharing.

Notes under the video of interest.

Verdi Opera Aida – Gloria all’ Egitto, Triumphal March

This Classic popped up just now. I had the blind luck to see it in London many decades ago when young and inexperienced so all need to see this FABULOS production!!

This One Comes To Us Thanks To Ghost.

Алые паруАлые парса 2022 года. Самые красивые моменты. Санкт-Петербург. Scarlet sails.

I think Steve et al should change the title of the weekly offering to something more enticing to those of the gloom and doom ilk.

Perhaps “Performing the Classics while TBP Fans Flames” or something similarly snazzy with a slight hint of panic.
Which most of us should be feeling about now.

What can anyone tell me about the Russian celebration of the Red Sails?

I told Admin in an email I’d send TBP fifty bucks for a post about this really interesting tradition Russia started in 1968. From the various videos I’ve watched, Russia is closer to America in the 1950s, with national pride and promotion of family a high priority.

Glenn Gould – Beethoven, Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major op.73 “Emperor” – Part 2

Well, I promised to play more of Glenn Gould playing Beethoven, Mozart and others, so that’s where we are headed today.

We’ll start with Gould playing “Beethoven Concerto No.5 in E-Flat Major, op.73”

To celebrate the 200th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven, Glenn Gould performed “The Bicentennial Concert“, produced by Mario Prizek and originally broadcast on 9th December, 1970.

Part 2

00:00 Adagio un poco moto – attacca
07:35 Rondo. Allegro

Mozart Piano Sonata No.13 in B-Flat Major K 333

We’ll follow that great piece with Gould playing “Mozart Piano Sonata No.13 in B-Flat Major K 333”

Shostakovich, Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor op. 57

We’ll conclude with Gould playing a piece written by the great Russian composer and pianist, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975).

Sunday Concert: Music In The USSR, January 14th, 1962. Dmitri Shostakovich, Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor op. 57. Gould appears as performer and commentator, tracing the development of style in Russian music.

I hope you have enjoyed these works, and have a relaxing Sunday.

Bizet – Carmen suite

And now back to the Gimnazija Kranj And chorus…

Gimnazija Kranj Great Christmas Concert 2009. Carmen suites is wonderfull and sweet orchestra piece. Very well played in sung. Great Symphony orchestra and all Gimnazija Kranj Choirs perform in a brilliant manner. It is hardly believe, that these kids are so young and so talented.

Conductor: Nejc Bečan,

chorus master: Primož Kerštanj;

arrangements: Marjan Peternel.

An eyecandy and earcandy also. Amazing. Like pros…

What A Girl, A Hungarian Girl!

Gimnazija Kranj Great Christmas Concert 2018 – The Last Journey Home. Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra under the baton of maestro Nejc Bečan and chorus master Erik Šmid did it again an amazing job. The Orchestra sold out the Gallus Hall in Cankarjev dom Slovenia in short seconds. This perfomance is a milestone. Primož Zevnik, the director, recorded it with 17 cameras. Gimnazija Kranj kids play amazingly. Just enjoy this powerful musical spectacle.

A Hungarian Girl is a song from German musical Victoria and her Husar, written by composer Paul Abraham. Paul Abraham (Hungarian: Ábrahám Pál; 2 November 1892 – 6 May 1960) was a Jewish-Hungarian composer of operettas, who scored major successes in the German-speaking world. His specialty – and own innovation – was the insertion of jazz interludes into operettas. Abraham was born in Apatin, Austria-Hungary (today Serbia), and studied at the Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music in Budapest from 1910 to 1916. He studied cello with Adolf Schiffer and composition with Viktor Herzfeld.

Arrangement: Jaka Pucihar

Tu vuò fà l’americano

Gimnazija Kranj Great Christmas Concert 2013. Postcards from Italy.

Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra and Choirs performed italian musical blockbuster. You pretend to be an American.

Arrangement: Jaka Pucihar;

Conductor: Nejc Bečan;

Chorus master: Primož Kerštanj;

Amazing performance in Gallus Hall, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from opera Prince Igor

Gimnazija Kranj Great Christmas Concert 2017 – Invitation to the Dance. Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra and United Choirs performed this stunning music under the baton of maestro Nejc Bečan. The Orchestra sold out two consecutive nights, december 18th and 19th, 2017 in Gallus Hall, Cankarjev doma, Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU. They played as usual with great spirit and musical excelence.

The Polovtsian Dances, or Polovetsian Dances (Russian: Половецкие пляски, Polovetskie plyaski from the Russian “Polovtsy”—the name given to the Kipchaks and Cumans by the Rus’ people) form an exotic scene at the end of Act II of Alexander Borodin’s opera Prince Igor.

assistant director and editorial: Juš Hrastnik

concert director: Primož Zevnik

Bacharach Medley

Gimnazija Kranj Christmas Concert 2016 – American Night. In sold out Gallus Hall (Cankarjev dom, Slovenia)

The Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra and United Choirs perfomed biggest hits of legendary American composer Burt Bacharach and lyricsts Hal David and Carole Bayer Sager.

1. The Look of Love;
2. Walk on by;
3. Never Fall in Love Again;
4. Do You Know the Way to San Jose;
5. This Girl’s in Love;
6. That’s What Friends Are For

Concert and film director: Primož Zevnik

arrangement: Tine Bec

solo singer: Dina Arapović, Neža Čadež, Eva Štirn, Žana Robič, Anja Kleindienst

solo saxofon: Jan Kus

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You

Gimnazija Kranj Great Christmas Concert 2017 – Invitation to the Dance. Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra and United Choirs performed this stunning music under the baton of maestro Nejc Bečan. They played as usual with great spirit and musical excelence. Concert master is Nejc Avbelj. Our youth orchestra set another musical milestone.

“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” is a 1967 single credited to Frankie Valli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a gold record and reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week.] It was co-written by Bob Gaudio, a bandmate of Valli’s in The Four Seasons. It was Valli’s biggest solo hit until he hit #1 in 1974. The song was written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio.

Solo vocal: Ana Bertoncelj, Ana Koprivnikar, Regina Selan

Arrangement: Marjan Peternel

sound design: Mitja Krže

assistant director and editorial: Juš Hrastnik

concert director: Primož Zevnik

Muppet Show – Don’t Worry Be Happy

Gimnazija Kranj Great Spring Concert 2012 in Gallus Hall, Cankarjev dom. 20th concert anniversary. Music, Rhytm and Dance. 10 years of Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra and United Chorus. Final moments of concert.

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

Heaven help us…

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