SUNDAY MORNING CLASSICS ON TBP

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

Steve C / Classic Music Mafia: Here is the image depicting “The Classic Music Gangsters,” a whimsical and imaginative group of classical musicians with a playful gangster twist. The scene is set in an old-world music hall with rich, vintage decor, where the musicians are performing in stylish 1920s-era gangster attire. The atmosphere is mysterious yet sophisticated, capturing the unique blend of classical music and a lighthearted gangster theme. – aka.attrition

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.

Anthony Aaron

Continuing with C. P. E. Bach …

C.P.E. Bach – 5 Berlin Symphonies

5 Berlin Symphonies

Symphony in E flat major, Wq.179, H 654
For 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings & continuo

01. Prestissimo (00:00:00)
02. Larghetto
03. Presto

Symphony in F major, Wq.181, H 656
For 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings & continuo

01. Allegro (00:11:17)
02. Andante
03. Allegro assai

Symphony in C major, Wq.174, H 649
For 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings & continuo

01. Allegro assai (00:22:14)
02. Andante
03. Allegro

Symphony in F major, Wq.175, H 650
For 2 flutes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings & continuo

01. Allegro assai (00:31:19)
02. Andante
03. Tempo di menuetto

Symphony in E minor, Wq.178, H 653
For 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings & continuo

01. Allegro assai (00:41:39)
02. Andante moderato
03. Allegro

Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra

This Next Piece Comes To Us Thanks To m.

Rachmaninoff-Piano Concerto No.3 ( Cadenza ) – Yefim Bronfman-Piano

Bronfman playing the long cadenza:

That is the best recording of it I have found so far.

Yuja played it similarly and even edged out a few improvements over it, when I heard her live at the SF Symphony in 2012.

These Next Two Pieces Come To Us Thanks To Ursel Doran.

Song: No Surrender(1983) Festival Bruce Springsteen tribute in Spain(7.2017)

Springsteen is one of the most prolific and worldwide known and traveled for his concerts.

When you write and produce a song that gets this sort of following you have done something bug.

John Henry (Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2006)

A huge favorite of mine. “John Henry”

The Next Four Come To Us From Former Mafioso nkit.

Dmitri Schostakowitsch: Eyes Wide Shut – Waltz No. 2, Boian Videnoff – Mannheimer Philharmoniker

A few more from Boian Videnoff and the Mannheimer Philharmoniker: First, a Shostakowitsch piece.

Hans Zimmer: Gladiator – Suite, Boian Videnoff – Mannheimer Philharmoniker

Next a Hans Zimmer piece…

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 / Boian Videnoff – Mannheimer Philharmoniker

And finally, Beethoven Symphony No. 5

I hope that you enjoyed…

Junior Brown “Highway Patrol” – Bohemia Afterdark

The Next Two Come To Us Thanks To Texas Khaan.

Junior Brown – Surf Medley

Jamieson “Junior” Brown is an American country guitarist and singer. He has released nine studio albums in his career, and has charted twice on the Billboard country singles charts. Brown’s signature instrument is the “guit-steel” double neck guitar, a hybrid of electric guitar and lap steel guitar.

Junior Brown performs Surf Medley, This instrumental guitar medley consists of the songs “Pipeline” (Chantays, 1962), “Walk, Don’t Run!” (Johnny Smith, 1954), and “Secret Agent Man” (The Challengers, 1965).

Junior Brown performs “Hang Up And Drive” Live on the Texas Music Scene

Junior Brown performs “Hang Up And Drive” Live on the Texas Music Scene

More About Junior Brown

Brown was born in Kirksville, Indiana. He first learned to play piano from his father (Samuel Emmons Brown Jr) “before I could talk”. His music career began in the 1960s, and he worked through that decade and the next singing and playing pedal steel and guitar for groups such as The Last Mile Ramblers, Dusty Drapes and the Dusters and Asleep at the Wheel while developing his astonishing guitar skills. By the mid-1980s he was teaching guitar at the Hank Thompson School of Country Music at Rogers State University, in Claremore, Oklahoma.

In 1985, Junior invented a double-neck guitar, with some assistance from Michael Stevens. Junior called the instrument his “guit-steel”. When performing, Junior plays the guitar by standing behind it, while it rests on a small podium/music stand. The top neck on the guit-steel is a traditional 6-string guitar, while the lower neck is a full-size lap steel guitar for slide playing. Brown has two guit-steels for recording and live work. The original instrument, dubbed “Old Yeller”, has as its standard 6-string guitar portion the neck and pickups from Brown’s previous stage guitar, a Fender Bullet. The second guit-steel, named “Big Red”, has a neck laser-copied from the Bullet neck, but in addition to electric guitar pickups, both the standard and lap-steel necks use an identical Sho-Bud lap-steel pickup.

Anthony Aaron

Mussorgsky: Night On Bald Mountain

If you’ve seen Disney’s ‘Fantasia’, you’ve been exposed to a lot of classical music pieces … this one of the more memorable for me.

This is Modest Mussorgsky’s original version …

The Estonian Festival Orchestra

Paavo Järvi, Conductor

(You will need to copy and paste this url and watch it on YouTube – Steve C.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFbEUto4Ocg

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Also from the movie ‘Fantasia’ … composed by Paul Dukas … another memorable piece.

Leopold Stokowski, Conductor

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Celtic Woman – Wild Mountain Thyme

From the little pocket of a movie of the same title … performed by Celtic Woman

Harry Chapin – Cats in the Cradle

A balladeer who died too young …

Brothers in Arms

A great song from Dire Straits … given a great rendition here by The Bands of HM Royal Marines.

Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits, arranged by Capt Phil Trudgeon RM, and performed at the Mountbatten Festival of Music 2022 in the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Steve C. (via aka.attrition)

This is part two of aka.attritions emailed requests.

James Bond Theme 007 – Dr. No // The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live)

Dr. No Composed by Monty Norman

Arranged by Thomas Bryla (based on John Barry’s original arrangement)

Assassin: Natasja Voldstedlund (video + thumbnail)

Conductor/stunt: Valdimar Jóhannsson

In April 2020, The Danish Broadcast Corporation (DR) will air a concert called “Agents Are Forever” performed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra featuring music from spy movies and detective movies.

Featured composers were John Barry, John Williams, Henry Mancini, Michael Giacchino , Lalo Schrifrin, David Arnold/Michael Price, Bernard Herrmann and many more containing music from James Bond/007, Mission Impossible, Sherlock, Homeland, Dick Tracy, Pink Panther and more.

TV Director: Karsten Andersen

Sound producer: Lars Bruun

Light design: Mikael Sylvest

Executive Producer: Nicolai Abrahamsen

Recorded at DR Koncerthuset in January 2020

James Bond Theme, Danish National Symphony Orchestra:

André Rieu – The Godfather Main Title Theme (Live in Italy)

André Rieu & His Johann Strauss Orchestra performing the Main Title Theme from The Godfather movie live in Cortona, Italy. Taken from the DVD Romantic Paradise.

The Godfather Theme, André Rieu & His Johann Strauss Orchestra:

Theme from Lord of the Rings (Howard Shore) 2000

Theme from Lord of the Rings (Howard Shore) 2000, lord of the rings main theme tune, music.

Theme, lord, rings, lotr.

Soundtrack, Gandalf.

Song, lord of the rings, of,movie, film, original, the lord of the rings, Howard Shore, the fellowship of the ring, aragorn, the lord of the rings (book), frodo,ost,

Track,cinema, score, le seigneur des anneaux, theme song, piano,

Cover, fellowship, ring, Sam, Howard Shore, boromir, pippin, merry, sauron,

2001,gilles nuytens, remastered, extended,cinéma, rob radley

Lord of the Rings, Howard Shore and City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra:

Lawrence of Arabia title theme (live) – The BBC Concert Orchestra (dir. John Wilson)

Really wonderful to see this theme performed live at the BBC Proms 2007, just as if you were there at the original movie recording…

Lawrence of Arabia, London Philharmonic:

Terminator 2 Theme

Terminator 2, Brad Fiedel:

1991

The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.

Heaven help us…

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