A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
Anthony Aaron, nkit, and Steve C.
nkit has informed me that he is leaving us. His last posting will be on April 16th which I already have from him.
I want to take this time to personally thank him for all of his hard work in making this submission to TBP what it has become over the last three years.
nkit is one of the four ‘originals’ of our ‘Music Mafia’.
SMC left early, then came back briefly, then left again.
Austrian Peter was with us until a year ago last October.
It has been just nkit and me for the last year and a half until Anthony Aaron graciously joined us a few weeks ago.
nkit believes Anthony to be a good replacement for him.
We will miss nkit’s contributions greatly, but we will continue.
Sooooooo. If there is anyone else out there that wants to join us please send me an email to that effect at: [email protected]
I will need to have your offerings at least by the Wednesday before they are due as it takes me a while to compose all of this. A few weeks in advance would also be nice although not necessary.
I will re-post this for the next few weeks.
So now, on with this weeks offering…
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.
Shostakovich – Symphony No 11 in G minor, Op 103 – Søndergård
1 Adagio (The Palace Square)
2 Allegro (The 9th of January)
3 Adagio (Eternal Memory)
4 Allegro non troppo (Tocsin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Live recording. London, Proms 2013
The Next Three Come To Us Thanks To Stucky.
Shostakovich 7th Symphony
This short video below features: excerpts of Valery Gergiev conducting Shostakovich’s 6th and 7th symphonies; ….. footage of the Siege and Blockade; Dmitry Shostakovich speaking briefly and playing part of the first movement of the Seventh Symphony (in 1941); statements of Shostakovich’s colleagues and survivors of the Siege.
Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony was written in 1941, primarily during the Siege of Leningrad by the Nazi forces. When it had its premiere in the war-torn city on 9th August 1942 – performed by the emaciated, surviving musicians of the Leningrad Radio Orchestra that was supplemented with military performers, before a starving but euphoric audience – it was hailed as a universal beacon of resistance to barbarism.
Anastasiia Tiurina (7 years) “Valenki” balalaika
Just found this literally 5 minutes ago …hope people see it. Talented little girl and ADORABLE!!!
André Rieu & 150 dancers – Lara’s Theme & Light Cavalry
Speaking of the Balalaika, wouldn’t be fair to not include “Lara’s Theme” from the movie Dr. Zhivago …. set beautifully to dance.
This Next Piece Comes To Us Thanks To ursel doran.
RADETZKY MARCH – JOHANN STRAUSS I – ORGAN SOLO ARR. JONATHAN SCOTT
This very short organ solo piece is a superb demonstration of the performer’s skills.
The comments below the video are spot on with proper praise!
I am always in awe of the creative genius necessary to create these fabulous instruments.
The Next Two Come To Us Thanks To Anonymous.
Concerto antico: I. Alborada
Concerto antico: III. Cantilena
The Next Two Come To Us Thanks To Eddolen ap Efallach
Wintergatan – Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)
Beautiful tone:
Why 99% is NOT Enough – Marble Machine X Accuracy test
Crazy cool engineering:
Anthony Aaron
Jacqueline du Pré – Dvořák Cello Concerto – London Symphony Orchestra cond. Daniel Barenboim
My musical offering a while back featured cellist Jacqueline du Pre performing the Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.
This week’s musical offering features the same cast of characters performing the Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104.
Dvorak composed this Concerto in 1895 — rather late in life — and it has been performed and recorded by almost every major cellist world wide: Rostropovich, Yo-Yo Ma, Fournier, Piatigorsky, Harrell, Casals, Tortelier, Wallfisch, Gendron and Starker … truly the great cellists the past century.
This recording was long thought to be lost until its rediscovery and remastering about 2020 … when it was then posted to YouTube for widespread viewing.
It is a true work of masterful performances by both Ms. du Pre and the LSO under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, her husband.
A note on the performance: very early into the 3d movement everything stops … Ms. du Pre’s cello suffered a broken string, which was replaced and the concert continued.
nkit
These Are For The Kiddies…
Edward Yudenich (8 years old) conducts Liszt “Les Preludes”
Today, I’ll introduce you to a child prodigy conductor by the name of Edward Yudenich. He also plays the violin.
Edward Yudenich (or Ioudenitch) was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and since a very early age displayed a genius for classical music. A brief bio published in his hometown describes him as a born symphony orchestra conductor but gives no exact date of birth. Apparently though, and beginning at the age of seven, Edward would masterfully conduct a full symphony orchestra with remarkable aplomb.
Paradoxically, there is little biographical information about him online, but rumor has it he is now, at the age of 18 (?), a full-time symphony conductor in St. Petersburgh. His older brother and sister are apparently brilliant classical musicians as well but, again, there’s little detail about them either in the English-speaking online world.
We’ll start with him conducting Franz Liszt’s “Les Preludes” at the ripe old age of eight.
Edward Yudenich – 7 years old conductor.mpg
From there we’ll watch him conduct (at age 7) Johann Strauss’s overture to “The Bat.”
Edward Yudenich conducting Mozart
We’ll follow that with Edward conducting Mozart’s ‘Eine kleine Nachtmus.
Edward Yudenich plays the violin
I’ll close with a short video of Edward playing the violin. “Genius” seems to be the best word to describe this young man.
I hope you have enjoyed watching this young man.
Have a great Sunday.
Steve C.
Danny boy by Méav Ní Mhaolchatha
And in honor of this Friday being St. Patrick’s Day we have this from Celtic Women…
Celtic Woman – The Butterfly (Live from Destiny)
Nova versão de The Butterfly por Máiréad Nesbitt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqgZ9Lr1wUU
Méav, Yulia, Rita – The Wild Mountain Thyme: Live At Chambord Castle
Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Yulia e Rita cantam ¨The Wild Mountain Thyme¨, também conhecida como ¨Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go¨ , no castelo de Chambord, França. É a música de abertura do especial da TV americana PBS ¨Divinas¨.
Curta nossa página CELTIC WOMAN BRASI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wrQxgLj7Oc
Celtic Woman | Going Home
Celtic Woman Going Home, official video as featured in the Ancient Land DVD.
Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears by Celtic Woman
This is phenomenal. These four women were an incredible group in the history of Celtic Woman: Lynn, Alex, Chloe, and Lisa.
It doesn’t get much better.
Celtic Woman – Somewhere Over The Rainbow & Sailing.
These two songs really need no introduction…
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCBDlC0N8Rc
Well,goodbye Nkit (from Sunday tunes)and as always thanks for pieces to listen to while I peruse the world imploding/helps avert suicidal feelings!
As always,will while listening to loud/over the top pieces while adding guitars and vocals in me mind!
Thanks, James. You and Kitty keep rockin’ on…Happy Sunday.
Going to miss your contributions here, nkit … hopefully you’re just moving on to better things in life.
Thanks, Anthony. I know that you and Steve will keep SMC on TBP going strong. Carry the fire, my friend.
Now the marvelous fantastic NKIT will have more time to gather more eye candy for the Friday Fail?
How’d you know Ursel?
Did she tell you?
“A man should be able to appreciate all the beauties of the world, ladies, paintings music, et al.”
Haaaarrrr. Matey they all speak loudly to us geriatric ex-womanizers.
Keep them coming good Sir.
Willie Nelson’s “All the Girls we loved before” comes to mind sometimes.
Ahhh to be 25 years old once more.
That’s a sucker’s bet! Didn’t you fuck up sufficiently the first time?
Lovely treatment for ‘Sailing’ guys, well found – beautiful. I am drifting over the waves already and listening to the BBC shipping forecast which always started with “Sailing By”. at 2400 when we were often mid-Channel and I was on the ‘Graveyard Watch’ – 0001 – 0400 – the worst Watch of all! (Skipper always is expected to do this to keep crew morale rising for landfall!)
But maybe you don’t realise what ‘Mid-Channel’ implies: “Bloody great tankers bearing down on us at 20 Knots – every 20 mins! My log records some hairy moments! The comments here are reminiscent of those wonderful days, expecting the French coast to come up at dawn, and then figuring where the hell we are!
Figuring out where we are????
Surely you have one of the new modern colored presentations big screen GPS navigation instruments?
No way, ursel – too vulnerable to damage and outages and beyond our budget anyway. We stick to dead-reckoning (DR), estimated position (EP), ex-RN handheld compass & gimballed bulkhead compass, Charts and Sextant. The tides are strong and unpredictable so the Tide Tables are useless for a sailing yacht and the winds create leeway, which if favourable, we can ‘lee the tide’, otherwise we are off to nowhere (which is often)!
Also the winds, more often than not, are off the bow so we have to close-haul most of the time which creates even more leeway. Otherwise, when running before the wind, the Channel chop causes a rolling motion which creates seasickness (not often and I don’t suffer anyway). Seasickness can be really bad and sometimes we have clipped a crew to the guard-rails to stop him jumping overboard!
When in doubt (which is always!) we either take a sun-sight or when overcast (which is often) we radio a passing ship! My log is a litany of disasters big and small. And we call it ‘fun’ when at last we get to a safe port, sink a few pints, and reminisce on how we have escaped death and destruction once again!
Welcome to the English Channel, which is like walking across one of your free-ways, and I haven’t mentioned the near-misses day and night as mega-ships bear down on us faster that you can command: “ship ahoy take her to starboard”!
These are for you, nkit. Everyone is welcome to come along for the ride!
Altai Kai is a world-renowned ensemble of throat singers from the Republic of Altai (Northwest from Mongolia). The throat singing group was founded in 1997 by Urmat Yntaev, with the goal of preserving and cultivating the traditional culture of the Republic of Altai, in particular the various styles of Mongolian throat singing known as kai. Their velvety kargyraa (the lowest style of throat singing), mesmerizing khoomei (middle range throat singing), and melodic sygyt (highest range throat singing) place the listener amidst forests of singing birds, gurgling brooks, and the growls of nighttime predators. Stories of nature’s beauty and mighty folk heroes are accompanied by jocular melodies, dancing rhythms, and shamanic mysteries. The narrators skillfully relate traditional, sacred tales and epics of centuries past. Throat singing and the ringing melodies of the khomus, topshur, and accordion all come together to form the sound of Altai Kai. The art form of throat singing has been passed on through generations, and the members of Altai Kai are virtuosos in multiple genres. They are laureates of numerous national and international competitions, and Altai Kai has participated in prestigious international festivals of world music, including their international debut at WOMEX 2007 (Spain) and WOMAD (Great Britain). Through their international touring, Altai Kai has introduced the world to the beauty of kai (the Altai word for throat singing). In 2003, they were inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest performance of throat singing. They are members of the Folklore Union of Russia, and the International Organization of Folk Art (an NGO accredited by UNESCO). The Altai Republic was part of the Mongolian Dzungaria Empire before the Russians invaded the region. Altaic people are Mongolian Oirat and Uriankhai people ethnically and culturally. Altaic people speak both Mongolic and Turkic languages. Turkic is a language originated Mongolia and the language migrated to West due to nomadic peoples migrations from Mongolia.
古筝【Guzheng】《行者》漠漠黄沙，绿洲古国，我心追寻 Chinese Zither Explorer:
The author takes the Silk Road as the theme, and seems to be looking for the beliefs and civilizations that have disappeared in the desert yellow sand…
The quicksand gathers and disperses, and people and birds leave no trace. A mirage and fantasy city, the hot wind is burning. The lonely monk on the white horse does not go on the Chang’an road until he has learned the truth.
Composer: Wei Jun
Art Director: Tang Bin Director: Qiu Shihao
Recording: Tang Bin, Wu Wenjun Mixing: Wu Wenjun
Performance: Guzheng by Yu Chenyao, percussion by Chen Xi
Photographer: Wang Enjun Yuan Hongliang Photographer Assistant: You Jianing
Editing/post-production: Qiu Shihao
Makeup: Liu Rui Costume: Wang Junhan
Graphic Design: Wei Wei Calligraphy: Sea Camels
Coordinator: Bai Wuxia
Produced by: Zide Piano Society
Super Immersed seeing and hearing experience, bring you back to Tang Dynasty:
Suitable for Friday & Sunday:
Alyona Vargasova – Auroras on Uranus (original song)
Auroras on Uranus from my album “To the Depths of Orion Spur”
Composer and guitarist Alyona Vargasova
Khann, it is a beautiful night here in West Central Fla., 67 degrees and clear skies. So, I decided to sit out on my deck and listen to the beautiful music that you posted for me, and whoever wanted to ride. What a great ride it was – so entertaining and enlightening. Thank you, thank you sir, for that. I can only hope that Steve C posts it again (both the music and the copy) in 6 weeks and gives you credit. That is what SMC is about….beautiful music and education. And, Alyona can pluck my strings whenever she wants. Wow! Just wow. A great post.
C Ya Friday my friend…Bring your ladies again, please.
Thanks for the compliments, enjoy that fine Florida weather while it lasts. A decent day here in Comanche County Texas, 65 and bit windy and cloudy though. Mongolian ladies are rare, I’ll bring as many as possible, I should seek out some Russian ladies too.
One for the history books!
Gershwin performs Rapsody in blue for the first time! The classic is now done over and over!
Ursel, I have played a couple of renditions of this piece over the last three years, but this version is as good as it gets. Thanks.
Steve C … thanks for the warmup for St. Patrick’s Day this upcoming Friday … it’s always been one of the most fun holidays …