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.
Dvořák Cello Concerto – London Symphony Orchestra
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191 by Antonín Dvořák
A recently re-discovered recording of a concert held in tribute to the people of Czechoslovakia days after the Soviet Union invaded. Filmed live at the Royal Albert Hall in September 1968.
1. Allegro 0:00
2. Adagio, ma non troppo 16:10
3. Finale 29:01
The Following Two Pieces Come To Us Thanks To ursel doran.
Mozart Concerto no. 23 in A major k. 488
WOW double WOW and huge THANKS for your SUPERB efforts to compile this monster list for today!!
Here is a young prodigy bringing us some Mozart!
Young prodigy musicians are certainly to be celebrated for the coming years of their production for the world.
The transformative power of classical music | Benjamin Zander
One more light and humorous clip of a great guy on “The Transformative Power of Classical Music”.
Most informative, entertaining, and further testimony to your efforts here every Sunday.
The Following Piece Comes To Us Thanks To Leah.
Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson (‘Film Noir’ Style Cover) ft. Aubrey Logan
Love this new channel I found. Can finally understand the words to this song.
She also plays a mean sax.
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite – Alondra de la Parra & Staatskapelle Dresden
This week I’d like to revisit the work of the Mexican conductor, pianist and cellist, Alondra de la Parra.
The first piece is Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Suite.
Stage@Seven: Copland: Appalachian Spring – Alondra de la Parra
I’ll follow that up with Ms, de la Parra conducting the Frankfurt Radio Symphony performing Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring.
Ravel – ‘Rapsodie espagnol’ | Alondra de la Parra
I’ll close this out with Ms de la Parra conducting the Queensland Symphony Orcdhestra performing Ravel’s “Rhapsodie Espagnol.”
I hope you have enjoyed watching and listening to Alondra de la Parra’s work.
Have a pleasant Sunday.
Johann Strauss: Wiener Blut – Revijski orkester Gimnazije Kranj
Once more we travel twice to the world of the Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra.
Gimnazija Kranj spring Concert 2010. Strauss meets Avsenik.
Conductor: Nejc Bečan
Kazachok from Russia – Awesome Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra Medley
I think these kids are great!!!
Rossini: Ouverture “La Gazza Ladra” / Videnoff – Mannheimer Philharmoniker
And now two from the Mannheimer Philharmoniker.
This conductor is a hoot to watch.
Boian Videnoff, conductor
Mannheimer Philharmoniker Rosengarten Mannheim,
June 2012
Georges Bizet: Carmen – Suite No. 1 / Boian Videnoff – Mannheimer Philharmoniker
Georges Bizet: Carmen – Suite No. 1
Mannheimer Philharmoniker
Boian Videnoff, conductor
Live from the Rosengarten Mannheim,
31. March 2019
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
I’ll always be grateful to Steve and Nkit for their tireless efforts to keep the tradition going once a week each Sunday.
Today, however, some well deserved kudos to Ursel Doran, for easing in as a regular contributor to these Sunday morning breaks from the storms.
And to see young musical prodigies are always amazing to some of us.
Wolfgang’s work will always grab my attention, and his piano concertos are great, but also just a few examples of his vast talent.
Reco: piano concertos 20 & 21.
They were instrumental to my journey of discovery of all that the man has done. I like to think God gives us other rare humans who act as channels of His, to provide glorious works of creative, enjoyable gifts to the ears and soul.
One ‘Atta Girl!” to Leah today as well.
When new submissions come to Steve and get posted, the works are typically enjoyable, and audience participation increases.
…A good thing.
Hear, hear to that! 🙂
Thank you SMC. This is one of my must see weekly posts even if later than Sunday. I apologize for the delayed response.
Thank you! I played bassoon and clarinet for several years and was responsible for 6 hours of pre-recorded classical “Overtures & Encores” at the student-run, 5000-watt radio station at a large religious university in Waco during the mid-80s. We also played jazz, gospel, rock and punk. That’s where I really learned to appreciate all forms of music.
But, to me, “classical music” is the ultimate musical expression. Thank you for posting these videos. I have been keeping myself in the dark when it comes to new additions for my classical playlist.
I’ve been wondering if there was a young conductor who could fill Sergiu Celibidache’s shoes. Boian Videnoff might surpass the superlative Romanian conductor… if he starts making audible, emotive utterances at unexpected moments.
The first time I heard somebody making a vocal sound during a concert recording, I was surprised. The second time it happened in the same recording, I was embarrassed for whoever released such a “tainted” performance.
By the time I heard the third, very emotional vocalization in that concert, I was mad!
Who dare interrupt such a marvelous orchestra at such inopportune moments?!
Sergiu Celibidache, the Romanian conductor, that’s who. I’m not sure if this is that same recording, but it is definitely a good one:
We meet again dear Ooze – clearly we share a genuine appreciation of class when we see and hear it 🙂
Thank you!!
I have been stuck at home for a bit, and these Sunday Classics have been a Godsend, lasting all week and longer.
So much appreciated, and a big hat tip, really adds some depth and class to the site.
The du Pré/Barenboim recordings of the Dvorak cello concerto were the gold standard performance in the vinyl era … and the du Pré/Barbirolli recordings of the Elgar cello concerto were likewise the gold standard performance of that piece.
She died at the age of 42 from MS … which forced her to stop performing at age 28.
She was/is considered by some to be the greatest cellist of all time …
Thanks, sirs for the Sunday temple for our worshiping you create so very well!!
A couple of submittals.
Yuja performing Prokofiev’s Toccata
“The faces of the orchestra watching in amazement is something to behold.”
Beginnings of 12 piano concertos.
The old master composers had to get the audience going at the beginning!
Yuja has three fascinating and enlightening minutes discussing her beginnings and philosophy of being a performer.
Your two selections of this FABULOUS lady conductor, and the note on the other conductor of entertaining interest, reminded me of her performance here. She is VERY entertaining and easy on the eyes!
A young female Mexican conductor leading the orchestra in Paris. Marvelous.
intrigued. repost a valid link, plz.
Much appreciated!
Thank you so much nkit and Steve C – how do you produce so much quality, so quickly and each and every week? “Here is a young prodigy bringing us some Mozart! Young prodigy musicians are certainly to be celebrated for the coming years of their production for the world” – Copy that Red Six – as my 2ic would say amongst the chaos of a firefight..
It’s been hell here these last few weeks. I generally love “the smell of napalm in the morning” but when it hits my bunker so close, it’s not so much fun. I am slowly recovering from a 14 day fractious episode. And then you deliver this, to sooth my frayed nerves. I hate deadlines, they are stressful and unpleasant, and I try to avoid them at all costs – but my Saturday post had to be on target this week – yours, I guess is even more crucial. https://austrianpeter.substack.com/p/elizabeth-the-great-a-final-farewell?utm_source=post-email-title&isFreemail=false&utm_medium=email
Jim says you can sign up if you wish and get my scribbles FOC in your mail box each Saturday. With the PayPal shit going down these last few days and Doc Mercola losing his site, we are all glancing over our shoulders to see who’s next!
So, BRAVO guys and thank you for your soothing harmony this morning – keeping me sane as I keep my head when all about me are losing theirs – I guess I have probably misread the situation!
Now back to reality that is UK and the main task this week of optimising my power consumption to fit my budget for an October 1 tariff increase. Electricity is such wonderful magic that I have taken for granted for all my 78 years; that my good friends is a task I would rather delegate to a minion – but they have long departed – it’s only little me now!
Thanks again to the mafia, keep it up guys !!! Here’s my contribution:
From the video description,
Sedaa performs during the Serenade! Choral Music Festival Grand Finale, July 8, 2019.
Sedaa means “voice” in Persian, and it connects traditional Mongolian music with the Orient to create an extraordinary and fascinating sound. Master singers Nasaa Nasanjargal and Naraa Naranbaatar, who studied in their Mongolian homeland, join with the virtuosic Dulcimer player Ganzorig Davaakhuu and the Iranian multi-instrumentalist Omid Bahadori to bring you one genuinely exotic world between the Orient and Mongolian steppe.
The foundation of their modern composition is formed by the natural sounds of traditional instruments, as well as the use of the ancient vocal technique of their nomadic ancestors, with which a person produces several tones at the same time.
A couple of classical radio stations’ streams:
https://www.classicalwcrb.org/#stream/0
https://www.yourclassical.org/listen
They’re both basically public, so there’s a bit of National Propaganda Radio chatter for two minutes or so per hour, selling anti-racist art spaces and some such road apples, but 50-something-plus minutes per hour of savage breast soothing.
This station’s stream is very highly recommended, most of the time anyway:
https://www.wrr101.com/programs/
Believe it or not WRR is owned by the City of Dallas.
https://www.wrr101.com/history/
Unbelievable by Hilary Hahn.
And I had never heard of the piece or the composer before.
Thank you so much!!
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And The Moldau will always be a favorite of mine…
And only just now did I make the connection to this, it’s almost like a tribute:
I apologize for the delay. Am behind in reading. Thanks Steve C. and nkit for posting this. It’s fun to see how some songs can change.