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.

Mozart Requiem in D minor

Requiem of Mozart – John Eliot Gardiner

Barbara Bonney, Soprano.

Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-soprano.

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor.

Alastair Miles, Bass.

Monteverdi Choir

English Baroque Soloists

Filmed at the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, in December 1991.

The Next Two Come To Us Thanks To ursel doran.

7 Dynamic YUJA WANG Finales!!

A couple of performances worth sharing. IMHO. Yuja Wang’s rousing finales of some pieces:

Piano Duel – Yuja Wang vs. Khatia Buniatishvili

Yuja and Khatia one after another in a 38 minute sequence.

The Next Piece Come To Us Thanks To Pogrom.

Classical Music – Morning Song

Thanks for the morning coffee music. Though while my love of Beethoven and Moonlight is boundless I will have to counter the calming relaxation (yes I find even the last part relaxing I may be a bit odd though) of Moonlight with something a bit more… good morning!

Bach, Busoni – Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004 – Helene Grimaud (piano)

A little over two years ago I posted a singular piece by Helene Rose Paule Grimaud. I’m going to present a few more of her works this week,as she is a virtuoso pianist. She was born in France on 11-7-69.

If you will recall a couple of weeks back, I posted a piece with Glenn Gould and Leonard Bernstein playing Bach. In the piece, Bernstein talks about how Bach, like many other composers of his time, left very few hints about how to play his continual pages of black taciturn notes. Thus, Bach’s music was left to various interpretations – some that were cheered and some that were jeered. Much like Gould, Grimaud is very open to those interpretations, and is mentioned in the same breath as Gould.

“Critics have praised Grimaud’s willingness to reinterpret works and take chances, and compared her to Glenn Gould:

Grimaud doesn’t sound like most pianists: she is a rubato artist, a reinventor of phrasings, a taker of chances. “A wrong note that is played out of élan, you hear it differently than one that is played out of fear,” she says. She admires the “more extreme players . . . people who wouldn’t be afraid to play their conception to the end.” Her two overriding characteristics are independence and drive, and her performances attempt, whenever possible, to shake up conventional pianistic wisdom. Brian Levine, the executive director of the Glenn Gould Foundation, sees in Grimaud a resemblance to Gould: “She has this willingness to take a piece of music apart and free herself from the general body of practice that has grown up around it.”

In this first piece, Grimaud plays Bach, Busconi – Chaconne in D-Minor BWV 1044.

J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543 – Prelude and Fugue

Next, she plays another Bach piece : Bach Prelude/Fuguer BMV 543 transcribed by Liszt for piano.

Hélène Grimaud – Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23: II. Adagio

We’ll follow that with Ms Grimaud playing Mozart: Piano Concerto No.23 : II Adagio.

Helene Grimaud – Bach Harpsichord Concerto BWV 1052 I & II

We’ll finish this up with Ms. Grimaud playing : Bach Keyboard Concerto in D-Minor BWV 1052

I hope that you have enjoyed today’s selections.

Have a pleasant Sunday.

Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 – Radio Filharmonisch Orkest o.l.v. Canellakis

The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra led by conductor Karina Canellakis perform Richard Strauss’ symphonic poem for orchestra ‘Tod und Verklärung’ during the Sunday Morning Concert on the 1st of March 2020.
The music: Richard Strauss – Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24

Musicians: Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

Karina Canellakis [conductor]

Recording: Sunday the 1st of March 2020, live in Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

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

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