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.
Mozart: Serenade No. 10 (K 361) ‘Gran Partita’ | Sir Colin Davis & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Would you like to experience a beautiful summer’s evening in the style of Viennese classical music? If so, then take a listen to Mozart’s Serenade No. 10 in B-flat major (K 361) which because of its sheer length has since been popularly called ‘Gran Partita’.
This beloved serenade gives the impression of a cheerful musical bouquet and is performed here by members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
This concert took place in 1991 in the venerable ambiance of the Historischer Reichssaal in Regensburg, Germany.
(00:00) Coming on stage
(00:12) I. Largo – Molto allegro
(09:32) II. Menuetto
(11:53) Trio 1
(15:12) Trio 2
(18:31) III. Adagio
(24:07) IV. Menuetto. Allegretto
(25:32) Trio 1
(27:41) Trio 2
(29:48) V. Romance. Adagio – Allegretto
(35:36) VI. Tema con variazioni. Andante
(45:24) VII. Finale. Molto Allegro
This Piece Comes To Us Thanks To James.
Jethro Tull – Bourée
So,me morning contribution is……,wait for it……,Jethro Tull(no surprise there).
That said,certainly fits in the classical music theme!
This One Comes To Us Thanks To m.
Klaus Mäkelä conducts l’Orchestre de Paris With Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang (starting at 12:10):
0:51 – Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune – C. Debussy
12:20 – Concerto en sol – M. Ravel
35:26 – Etude n°6 – P. Glass (bis)
39:09 – Concerto pour la main gauche – M. Ravel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wUvNJEMJ1I
These Next Four Pieces Comes To Us Thanks To ursel doran.
HD Yuja Wang Ravel Piano Concerto in G major ~ Lionel Bringuier
Repeating that a Sunday without a Yuja performance is like a day without sunshine, so..
Amazing Grace with more than 200 bagpipes; live in Berlin
THANKS ever so very much for this marvellous platform due to you gentlemen’s work!
I thought that some Sunday music for a Sunday would be good.
Here are two submittals.
Amazing Grace with more than 200 bagpipes; live in Berlin
“Battle Hymn of the Republic” w/ the Mormon Tabernacle Choir LIVE from West Point | West Point Band
“Battle Hymn of the Republic” w/ the Mormon Tabernacle Choir LIVE from West Point
Shania Twain – Man! I Feel Like A Woman
There is no doubt that John Denver is a treasured classic, and this lady is also.
This Next One Comes To Us Via Current Mafioso Anthony Aaron.
Shania Twain – Live In Chicago
I recall her incredible ‘Up’ concert in Chicago in 2017 … so many great songs …
Anthony Aaron
Winter Solstice is coming up on December 22nd … here is Antonio Vivaldi’s musical ‘vision’ of ‘Winter’
Vivaldi: Winter (from The Four Seasons), RV 297
English Chamber Orchestra
Stephanie Gonley, Violin and Director
Vasks: Vientulais Engelis: Meditation for Violin and String Orchestra
Mari Samuelsen
Víkingur Ólafsson – Glass: Étude No. 5
Composer: Philip Glass
Repertoire: Philip Glass: Étude No. 5, Philip Glass: Piano Works Artists: Víkingur Ólafsson
Place: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik
Philip Glass: Satyagraha (from Conclusion Act 3)
Satyagraha (from Conclusion Act 3) by Philip Glass (arr. Paul Barnes). Performed live by Michael Mizrahi, Lawrence University Memorial Chapel, Appleton, Wisconsin, September 18, 2016.
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58
Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach
Hélène Grimaud, soloist
Steve C.
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik | Gewandhaus Quartet with Stefan Adelmann (double bass)
It’s one of the most emblematic pieces of classical music ever: Mozart’s Serenade in G major (K. 525), widely known as ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’, performed by the Gewandhaus Quartet in the stunning surroundings of the Rammenau Baroque Castle in 2005.
(00:00) I. Allegro
(05:22) II. Romance (Andante)
(10:56) III. Menuetto (Allegretto)
(13:06) IV. Rondo (Allegro)
Mozart: String Quartet No. 19, Dissonance | Gewandhaus Quartet
Mozart with dissonances in a Baroque castle: The Gewandhaus Quartet played the String Quartet No. 19 in C major (K. 465), the “Dissonances Quartet” in the stylish ambience of the Rammenau Baroque Castle in 2005.
(00:00) I. Adagio – Allegro
(10:00) II. Andante cantabile
(17:30) III. Menuetto – Allegretto
(22:44) IV. Allegro molto
Mozart: String Quartet No. 21, Prussian No. 1 | Gewandhaus Quartet
Four strings in perfect balance: The Gewandhaus Quartet plays Mozart’s String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575, “Prussian No. 1”, in the historic surrounds of Rammenau Baroque Castle, 2005.
(00:00) I. Allegretto
(07:15) II. Andante
(11:26) III. Menuetto: Allegretto
(17:25) IV. Allegretto
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
https://www.classicalwcrb.org/#stream/0
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Wow, I’m becoming a Philip Glass fan…
Thanks for all!
Just stumbled over this (cut-out only)
Must have been the evening where she played the Turkish March encore later…
Thanks as always Sunday Music Crew!
Tis a nice Sunday tradition.
As always,do push me selection choices to the boundary but tis the season and this song does have sleigh bells and a flute(wonder who it could be!),always a favorite Christmas song for me.
Tis Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow,a song that warns of not caring for others and the potential consequences of said actions.
With that said,personally would love to hang around with Jack and crow with a fire and plenty of mead!
A few shrooms would also be a nice touch.
If you haven’t seen the movie, kindly let me set the stage for you.
A priest visits Antonio Salieri in a mental hospital, where he is recovering from a self inflicted slash to the throat suicide attempt, as a very old man, haunted by his inferiority to a man infinitely more talented, and whom Salieri envied in younger years. . . Mozart.
Wolfgang AMADEUS Mozart.
Salieri has little patience for the priest, who has no concept of the frustration Salieri had
during his influential years in Salzburg and Vienna, as court composer for the King.
So Antonio quizzes the priest, and reveals his ignorance about understanding musical genius.
Highly recommend the movie. The score is an epic movie soundtrack.
Fantastic actors, Producer, Director, etc. Won many Oscar awards when it was presented.
Thank you, mafiosos, for the extra large helping of Wolfie today. Much appreciated.
Yes … it was a most excellent movie … and not just the glorious music, but the powerful dialogue in it — especially some of Salieri’s musings on Mozart’s brilliance.
“Antonio Salieri: [reflecting upon a Mozart score] On the page it looked nothing. The beginning simple, almost comic. Just a pulse. Bassoons and basset horns, like a rusty squeezebox. And then suddenly, high above it, an oboe. A single note, hanging there, unwavering. Until a clarinet took over and sweetened it into a phrase of such delight! This was no composition by a performing monkey! This was a music I’d never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing, it had me trembling. It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.”
“Antonio Salieri: [reflecting upon Mozart’s scores] Astounding! It was actually, it was beyond belief. These were first and only drafts of music, but they showed no corrections of any kind. Not one. He had simply written down music already finished in his head! Page after page of it as if he were just taking dictation. And music, finished as no music is ever finished. Displace one note and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase and the structure would fall. It was clear to me that sound I had heard in the Archbishop’s palace had been no accident. Here again was the very Voice of God! I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink-strokes at an absolute beauty.
[he drops the pages]
Constanze Mozart: Is it not good?
Antonio Salieri: It is miraculous!”
There’s also an historical fiction (?) movie about Ludwig von Beethoven … ‘Immortal Beloved’, which involves Beethoven’s will and its contents leaving his entire estate to his ‘immortal beloved’ … and the quest to find out just who that is (was) … Lots of great music here, too …
You’ve got it, AA!
Reading those quotes verbatim brought me goosebumps.
The Director’s Cut of that DVD is the edition that’s best.
F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce are outstanding in it.
Such a contrast, to Abraham’s portrayal of Omar, in Scarface,
and Hulce in Animal House.
Another scene of humiliation…
Hmmmm…..,though hear of it never did see the film,you folks have got me interest going and will give said movie a shot,thanks for reviews and hope I agree with said reviews.
Feedback welcome, James.
Tip: If so desired, DVD copies are routinely available in resale stores collections of DVDs. Inspect any potential $2 buy, by looking at the cleanliness of the mirror DVD play surface, hopefully absent any scratches, smudges, or unusual wear.
You could stream it, but when hardcopy is readily available,
not bad to have if the webz go down. As long as power is still available, a DVD player, an HDMI cable, and a flat screen is all you need, save a bucket of popcorn. Good Luck hunting.
Sibelius violin concerto. Superb performance.
More really superb violins!
A Sunday without a Yuja performance is like a day without sunshine. I have posted her performing this Liszt piece before, and they are all special. I have this up on the big screen and have been playing it over and over.
Her attack of the keyboard to the gentle caress is marvellous.
Hi Mafioso Team and all the TBPers,
Just to say thank you for your smoothing vibes which I got to this evening after collecting my wife from Cape Town airport when she travelled from Joburg after visiting her family for six weeks.
I flew from UK to CT last Sunday and have been in Simons Town Paradise all week, seeing old friends and jawing at FBYC – https://fbyc.co.za/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=view_in_browser&action=view&data=WzMxMCwiYWE5NmJiZGE5MGFiIiwxNjk1MiwiMWpoN2R4Z3Zha3cwdzhjd2NnOGtva3dzc2c0ZzhvY3MiLDI4NiwwXQ
Life has now returned to normal after 14 long years on the sh**ity little island LOL – we actally ‘live’ here but only ‘exist’ in UK – the UK is a total disaster.
I’m looking out my back door on to False Bay at my mountain home and loving every moment
Have a wonderful Christmas guys – and see you in the New Year
Blessings
AP
Best of luck back in homeland,do wonder with what I read is it going to be safe home.
Guess that is a legit ? no matter where one lives these days!
No matter where we are,tribe up!
So glad to hear from you, AP! Glad you are well.. Hoping for a great Christmas season for you and yours…
Do love me some CCR… Dinosaur Victrola..
Last week I posted an Ennio Morricone piece by Boian Videnoff and the Mannheimer Philharmoniker that I felt was really fantastic.
I want to play some more pieces from these great artists, that I have previously posted by different artists.
We’ll start with a Nino Rota piece titled “The Godfather Theme.” Beware, the Angel on Mandolin is stunning in many ways.
Another beware or two: Boian Videnoff might be one of the most flamboyant and demonstrative conductors ever! He wrings out every drip that he wants from the orchestra, when he wants it. And the dude on clarinet fits the part with his Fredo physiognomy.. So, let’s go there.
Next up, a Nicola Piovani piece titled : La Vita bella.
Next up comes the well known Georges Bizet.
And finally, a personal favorite Rossini opera overture from “La Gazza Ladra.” Videnoff is especially flamboyant and theatrical in this piece. The story behind La Gazza Ladra is worth one’s time. So, without further adieu, the soul of Rossini:
Have a great Sunday..
Brilliant nkit – thank you so much – I always enjoy your exceptional knowedge of these intricate musical themes and their origins. Yes, you made my Sunday after a wonderful late lunch at one of our favourite restaurants on the way back from CT!
And thank you James for your good wishes and great pic of my favourite felines.
Happy Christmas to all our amazing TBPers 🙂
with apologies to Dwight Yoakam…”I sang Dixies, as I dined.”… Peter, I can feel a renewed and refreshed spirit in your comments since you left that dismal, dreary little island..So happy for you, my friend…Bon chance!!! Damn, I love me some damn fine seafood…Merry Christmas, buddy..
Great stuff nkit – my favourite food – seafood of all kinds. Happiness for me comes with the sun my friend and it’s sunny most of the time here. Have a fine dining Xmas to you and yours: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/k3vhsdpg9#?date=2023-12-19
You dog…go gettum..
F**king ‘A’ my man – 🙂