SUNDAY MORNING CLASSICS ON TBP

A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
Anthony Aaron, 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.

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade – Celibidache, RSS (1982)

Hans Kalafusz, violin

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

Sergiu Celibidache, conductor

Recorded live at the Studio Villa Berg, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Stuttgart, November 1982

This Next Piece Comes To Us Thanks To James.

Cows love classical music!

Thanks as always Sunday Music Crew!

My contribution today is cows listening to classic music,I never seem to be able to contribute something more normal on these threads!

The Next Two Pieces Come To Us Thanks To Anonymous.

Yuja Wang, Gustavo Dudamel, LA Philharmonic – Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2: II.Adagio sostenuto

A Sunday without a Yuja performance is a no no. This short piece will sooth your soul!

Dana Winner – One Moment In Time live

“Not strictly classical, but classy”, description fits this performance, IMHO.

Anthony Aaron

Bela Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106

The Oslo Philharmonic, Vasily Petrenko conducting.

I. Andante tranquillo 0:08
II. Allegro 10:28
III. Adagio 18:24
IV. Allegro molto 26:03

Mari Samuelsen, Scoring Berlin & Jonathan Stockhammer – Meredi: White Flowers Take Their Bath

This is taken from here Deutsche Grammophon album ‘Lys’ (Norwegian for ‘Light’) – music by thirteen female composers.

Mari Samuelsen – Moonlight (Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’)

“When listening to the ‘Moonlight Sonata’,” she explains, “I feel my soul getting detoxified. It’s like an internal cleansing of my emotional and mental system, a dream or a fantasy where you’re invited into a different world for some five minutes. I think it’s impossible to define if it’s dark or light. It gives me a feeling of hope and enlightenment, and of reflection and consciousness.”

Mari Samuelsen – Einaudi: Una Mattina (Arr. Badzura)

After presenting a wonderfully dreamy version of Beethoven’s Moonlight, Mari is back to let the sunshine in! This full-bodied arrangement of Ludovico Einaudi’s ‘Una Mattina’ for solo violin, string orchestra and piano really let’s Mari’s violin soar to new emotional heights.

“These have been some of the most remarkable months of my entire life. When we recorded these pieces towards the end of last year, I could never have predicted the times we’d be in when sharing these pieces of music with everyone. Earlier this month, we released Moonlight – the epitome of the night – and now we continue with Una Mattina – the morning.” – Mari Samuelsen

Steve C.

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 | Claudio Abbado & the Orchestra Mozart

Claudio Abbado and the Orchestra Mozart perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 at the Teatro Municipale Valli in Reggio Emilia, Italy (2007).

00:00 I. Allegro
03:49 II. Adagio
06:55 III. Allegro
10:48 IV. Menuet – Trio – Menuet – Polonaise – Menuet – Trio – Menuet

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 | Claudio Abbado & the Orchestra Mozart

Claudio Abbado and the Orchestra Mozart perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 at the Teatro Municipale Valli in Reggio Emilia, Italy (2007).

Of the six Brandenburg Concertos, this is likely the most well-known – with its wonderfully ceremonial, blaring trumpet in the first and third movements. In Bach’s day, the trumpet was generally reserved solely for military music. This makes the use of trumpet in this second Brandenburg Concerto an anomaly, shaping the direction of the piece in striking fashion. Unusual in and of itself is the combination of the four solo instruments; alto recorder, violin, oboe, and trumpet – which compete in a virtuosic fugue in the outer movements. The most beautiful moment of this concert recording comes as a surprise, at its close.

During the applause – which itself lasts more than two minutes – the stage is being showered with flowers. Euphorically, the musicians strike up an encore, repeating the last movement – the Allegro assai of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 – this time faster and with more intensity. The sopranino recorder plays the part of the alto recorder, and the last trumpet note of the stunning piece is played an octave higher – the triumphant finale to a magnificent concert.

00:00 I. Allegro
04:45 II. Andante
08:30 III. Allegro assai
11:11 Applause
13:25 Encore: III. Allegro assai

Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major BWV 1048 – Sato | Netherlands Bach Society

The ‘Brandenburg’ Concerto no. 3, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, is remarkable for its unusual form and instrumentation. Bach composed it for three violins, three violas, three cellos and basso continuo. In other words, 3×3, which is a rational choice you would expect from a modernist like Pierre Boulez, rather than a Baroque composer like Bach.
There is no distinction between solo and ensemble instruments: all the strings play both solo and tutti.

0:00 [Allegro]
5:50 Adagio
6:10 Allegro

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