A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
Anthony Aaron, 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.
Steve C.
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7 in C major, Leningrad (1941). Conductor Valery Gergiev
This symphony was translated on radio during Leningrad siege. Some of the German troops was listening this in their tranches. At this moment a lot of them realized, that they will lose the war. If blockaded, under constant bombardment, starving city can produce such music, they thought, this Russian spirit can not be broken, no matter what.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwqZRhPXElQ
This One Comes To Us Thanks To Muscledawg.
Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells Full Album
This One Comes To Us Thanks To Anthony Aaron.
Mike Oldfield – Tubular bells
Excellent … an amazing album that I used to have on vinyl decades ago …
Here’s a live version of it — both tracks of the album …
This One Comes To Us Thanks To ursel doran.
Yuja Wang & Wiener Philharmoniker – Rhapsody in Blue (George Gershwin)
Yuja Wang performs a well-known piece but the difference is the time and effort made at the venue to enhance the video!!
Anthony Aaron
Garbarek, Morales: Parce Mihi Domine
‘Officium’ is a 1994 album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek and early music vocal group Hilliard Ensemble. Based on 12th- to 16th-century liturgical works by composers including Cristóbal de Morales and Perotinus Magnus, the album was recorded at the monastery of Propstei St. Gerold in Austria.
Richard S. Ginell’s review says: “Recorded in a heavily reverberant Austrian monastery, the voices sometimes develop in overwhelming waves, and Garbarek rides their crest, his soprano saxophone soaring in the monastery acoustic, or he underscores the voices almost unobtrusively, echoing the voices, finding ample room to move around the modal harmonies yet applying his sound sparingly.” Marius Gabriel remarked that Officium is “what Coltrane hears in heaven.”
Garbarek’s sax – a “fifth voice” – weaves soaring, swooping lines around the polyphony of the vocal quartet, creating effects that are as entrancing as they are unexpected.
First released in 1994, Officium was truly ground-breaking in so many aspects, particularly its marrying of jazz and contemporary music with 12th to 16th century liturgical works by composers Cristobal de Morales and Perotinus Magnus. Today, it remains a modern classic and an ode to restless musical imaginations.
Brought together by Manfred Eicher, this collaboration has become one of the most successful releases on the ECM label, achieving sales of more than 1.5 million.
Parce Mihi, domine is the opening track on this album … it is NOT a live performance.
OFFICIUM DIVINUM. Parce mihi, Domine. Cantar Lontano, Gavino Murgia, Marco Mencoboni
Alternatively, here is a live performance as a tribute to Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble by Gavino Murgia, Cantar Lontano and Marco Mencoboni. Parce mihi, Domine by Cristòbal de Morales (1500-1553) was recorded in Cagliari on the 18th december 2015. The concert was performed in Cagliari, on Sant’Anna Church.
Parce Domine is a Lenten lament. It is one of the responsories designated to be sung by the choir during the imposition of the ashes on Ash Wednesday.
It has been prescribed universally for the Latin Church by the Missale Romanum of Pope Pius V since 1596 as the hymn to be sung during the imposition of the ashes which was to be done before the celebration of the Holy Mass on Ash Wednesday.
Jan Garbarek – Molde canticle (1991)
Some additional pieces by Jan Garbarek …
Jan Garbarek – Molde canticle (1991)
Jan Garbarek – Twelve Moons (Garbarek)
Max Richter – On The Nature Of Daylight (Entropy)
… and something peaceful by Max Richter …
Max Richter – On the Nature Of Daylight – Symphony of the Kootenay
… or this version of the same piece …
nkit
This Incredible Music Was Written by 11-Year-Old Boy – Loved by God
This Sunday we’ll hear some W.A.Mozart.
First on the spindle is :
Symphony No. 6 in F major, K. 43, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1767. According to Alfred Einstein in his 1937 revision of the Köchel catalog, the symphony was probably begun in Vienna and completed in Olomouc, a Moravian city to which the Mozart family fled to escape a Viennese smallpox epidemic.
The symphony is in four movements. Its initial performance was at Brno on 30 December 1767. The autograph of the score is today preserved in the Biblioteka Jagiellońska in Kraków.
The instrumentation for the first performance was: 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 horns; a bassoon; strings and a keyboard continuo. The flutes are used in the second movement in place of the oboes. For the first time in a symphony, Mozart uses two obligatory viola parts.
Performed by Slovenian Philharmonics
Concertmaster: Miran Kolbl
Director: Matej Šarc
Slovenian Philharmonics is the greatest musical institution in Slovenia. This orchestra is one of the oldest in this part of Europe. Honoured Members of the Philharmonic Society of Ljubljana (Philharmonische Gesellschaft) was: Josef Haydn (1800), Ludwig van Beethoven (1819), Nicolo Paganini (1824) in later Johannes Brahms (1885). The interesting conductors and music teachers were among many legendary names a young Franz Schubert and young Gustav Mahler.
W.A.Mozart: Clarinet concerto in A major, K.622 with Nadja Drakslar
Next we’ll hear Mozart’s “Clarinet Concerto in A major” with Nadja Drakslar, first seat Clarinet player for The Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Drakslar is a teacher at the Gimnazija Kranj School and she has three children enrolled there. She is nearly legally-blind and not so much in this video because she is featured and not sitting in front of a score, but it becomes quite evident in some videos.She is incredibly talented.
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 Hilary Hahn
Lastly, we’ll feature Hilary Hahn playing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5.
Have a great Sunday!
Steve C.
Bacchanale / Camille Saint-Saëns / Sun Symphony Orchestra/ Ochanine
Full of flair, the Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila is a showstopper. Here, the Sun Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Olivier Ochanine perform it at the Hanoi Opera House.
Khatia Buniatishvili – Rhapsody in Blue
Orchestre National de Lyon
Leonard Slatkin (Conductor)
Khatia Buniatishvili (Piano)
February 11, 2017
Libertango in Berlin Philharmonic (amazing!!!)
Aydar Gaynullin – accordion
Artyom Dervoed – guitar
Sergey Shamov – cajon
David Robert Coleman – conductor
Chamber orchestra and chorus of the Staatskapelle Berlin “Aydar Gaynullin & Friends” Berlin Philharmonic hall – 12.01.2014
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
Thank You, Nkit.
Great research and reveals with your submissions.
Scouting for gems is a time consuming, yet noble undertaking.
Of Wolfie by a NCS alum. Wolves usually hang in packs, or at least not alone.
G’day, mate.
Thank you, my friend.
Gentlemen thanks very much again as usual for all your yeomans work for this assemblage!!!
Here are a couple of famous well-known pieces that are likely to have been posted sometime in the past, unknown to me, but I thought putting them up together could give some combined enjoyment for all.
Beethoven Symphony #6 & #7.
Thanks, particularly appreciated Parce Domine, wonderful piece not heard much except by seekers. Again thanks for what you do.
I remember when I first saw Garbarek’s album for sale — described as a jazz saxophone plays along with Gregorian chant … and, I admit, it sounded weird.
But the album is great …
Out of curiosity, which version did you listen to here today — the ‘album’ version or the ‘live’?
Glad you found the piece worthwhile …
Both, Thanks again!
From an article on Celia Farber’s Substack on February 24th (https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/why-do-demons-hate-gregorian-chants) … titled ‘Why Do Demons Hate Gregorian Chants And Flee When They Are Sung Or Played? An Exorcist Explains’ … is this beautiful piece of music (it’s very long – 2:02:03).
Missed it Sunday am due to watching red tail hawks in action in me view while reading news with other eye,will use for tunes on Monday morning news read,no offense intended!
You made the right choice — those red tail hawks can be an awfully fleeting vision … enjoy them as long as you can …
I guess we are blessed to see them often.
No offense taken, James. We have many hawks that often nest on our property. We love watching them..That’s why we live here..
You can’t go wrong with Hillary Hahn, but what was new and interesting to me was Max Richter – On the Nature Of Daylight – Symphony of the Kootenay. Very pretty. It had me all tense at first wondering if there was going to be a violin, but I love all the strings.
Thanks.
I came across this piece just a few weeks back … immediately loved it — glad you found it worthwhile.
Maybe the younger folks will join me, a youthful 60 year old in enjoying this brand new piece by Otyken:
Your attention is presented the title track from the album “Phenomenon”. The name does not mean the phenomenon of the OTYKEN group or its music, but the manifestation of the spiritual, true light in the heart of every person. In this song, we tried to convey the idea of the soul’s desire for the light that we need both in joy and in sorrow. We sing when we are sad and when we have fun. Human life is dynamic and consists of ups and downs. In difficult time, we need support. We are looking for someone to rely on. Sometimes true friends help us, sometimes relatives do. But there are times when we can rely only on ourselves and on the Almighty.
Perhaps the song “Phenomenon” will help you find yourself, believe in yourself and find a way out of a difficult situation. We present our songs to all people on earth. Thanks for your support and donations.
Listen to the new album “Phenomenon”. We tried to make all the tracks as harmonic with each other as possible, created a single atmosphere, sound, style and manner of performance. It was necessary so the album could be listened to in one breath as one continuous story. All songs smoothly flow from one to another. The album “Phenomenon” exquisitely combines modern genres of EDM, Rock, Pop, Techno, R&B with ethnic musical instruments, traditions and vocals of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. This music is for dancing, meditation, for the soul and vivid impressions.
OTYKEN group consists of many indigenous and small peoples of Siberia: Chulyms, Kets, Selkups, Khakases, Dolgans, Tuvans. This is the only multinational collaboration of indigenous Siberians in the Folk-Pop music genre so far. The culture of the indigenous peoples of Siberia has a close connection with the American natives, the Japanese Ainu and all Turkic peoples.
Members of the music video OTYKEN – PHENOMENON:
Producer, songwriter – Andrey Medonos
Sound – Dmitry Kruzhkovsky
Vocal – Azyan
Big Drum (barrel) – Hakaida
Drums – Maya
Vargan (Jew’s-harp) – Tsveta
Throat Singing – Ach
Igil (Ikili, Morinhur) – Kunсhari
Khomys (string instrument) – Otamay
Bass-Guitar – Aiko
Dance – Sandro