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
We want to wish everyone a very happy St. Patrick’s Day
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.
Celtic, Irish and Scottish Music with Beautiful Views of Ireland, Wales and Scotland
Enjoy over an hour of moving and uplifting music as you soak in incredible views such as the Cliffs of Moher, Isle of the Sky, Scottish Highlands, Castles and many more throughout Ireland, Wales and Scotland popular with so many tourists from all over the world who travel great distances to see these spectacular sights.
Anthony Aaron
We interrupt our special programming today to bring you a special show: the Double Whammy – Sunday Morning Classics and Saint Patrick’s Day, in honor of the Irish wherever they may be …
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Symphony No. 3 (1883)
The Symphony No. 3 was composed six years after No. 2, and with good reason: Brahms created several of his most masterful and enduring works during the period in between the two, including his Violin Concerto and the Academic Festival Overture.
The symphony begins with a statement of three chords: F–A-flat–F, the source from which the rest of the symphony flows. These notes are widely thought to represent Brahms’s personal motto, frei aber froh (“free but happy”), a commitment to independence and an adaptation of violinist Joseph Joachim’s cipher F-A-E, frei aber einsam (“free but lonely”).
Composed in Wiesbaden, the symphony is often associated with the Rhine, a connection that is deepened by a secondary theme in the opening movement and its similarities to a phrase in Robert Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony. Thematically rich, the work makes use of many suggestive allusions and quotations, including nods to Wagner’s “Siren’s Chorus” from Tannhäuser, Liszt’s “Die Loreley,” and Romani folk music.
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
00:40 • 1. Allegro con brio – Un poco sostenuto – Tempo I
10:20 • 2. Andante
18:00 • 3. Poco allegretto
23:47 • 4. Allegro
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBkLOCiH8uY
Traditional: Down By The Salley Gardens
‘Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; / She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet …’ The words are by one of Ireland’s greatest poets W. B. Yeats (written in 1889). They are sung to an old Irish air called The Moorelough Shore arranged by Herbert Howells.
Traditional: Down By The Salley Gardens · Laura Wright · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Barry Wordsworth
Maritana Overture: Vincent Wallace
Wallace: Maritana – Overture · London Symphony Orchestra · Richard Bonynge
Overtures & Ballet Music of the 19th Century
(William) Vincent Wallace (1812–65) was an Irish composer, violinist and pianist, one of the most famous musicians of his day. Today he is best remembered for the first of his six operas, Maritana, which premiered at London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1845. It was immensely successful for the next half century. Its big hit number was ‘Scenes That Are The Brightest’ from Act 3.
There are two Irish songs called The Dawning Of The Day (Irish: Fáinne Gael An Lae). One is an air composed by the blind harpist Thomas Connellan in the 17th Century. The other was published by Edward Walsh (1805-1850) in 1847 in Irish Popular Songs and later translated into English as The Dawning Of The Day.
The Dawning of the Day
Celtic Woman … from their album ‘Postcards From Ireland’.
The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond
Ella Roberts …
Fill to me the Parting Glass
One of my favorite Irish tunes … from the beautiful movie, ‘Waking Ned Devine’ … by Shaun Davie who wrote it for the movie.
Steve C.
Wild Mountain Thyme – Ella Roberts
Wild Mountain Thyme Cover by Ella Roberts
Celtic Heart (PBS Special) “Kid ar an Sliabh” – feat. Harp Twins & Máiréad Nesbitt
“Kid ar an Sliabh” or “Kid on the Mountain” is a Celtic gem that is part of the national PBS Special CELTIC HEART, for which we are featured soloists! Special thanks to Tim Janis and PBS for granting us permission to post this very special treat for all of you on YouTube! Featured soloists include the two of us along with legendary Irish artists Máiréad Nesbitt, Lynn Hilary, and Eimear McGeown.
This PBS special was filmed back in April and we’re thrilled to be able to share this sneak peek music video with all of you! Let this brilliant song carry you away to the coast of Ireland!
We will continue to go where no harps have gone before
Flying Feet – LIVE Authentic Irish Music & Dance Show – 2021
Produced by Take 2 Promotions Ltd.
Music: Seán McCarthy
Choreography: Jacintha Sharpe
Celtic Woman – You Raise Me Up
Music video by Celtic Woman performing You Raise Me Up.
This is the best version of this classic song that I know of.
Traditional Celtic Song – Eleanor na Run
Eleanor na Run Linda Nic Leoid Niamh Farrell click cc for Irish or English, German or French lyrics
Danny Boy – Ella Roberts
And what would St. Patrick’s Day be without hearing “Danny Boy”…
Celtic Woman – The Voice
We’ll finish up this week’s edition with my very favorite song by Lisa Kelly.
The Voice.
It makes all the hair on the back of my neck stand up when she sings this song. It really is good…
The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.
Heaven help us…
Morning folks,thanks Sunday Music Crew!
I picked me song to contribute here,as usual a rock band with orchestra and noticed the Berlin Orchestra in this weeks selections,hmmmm….
The song I picked before coming here,Scorpions with orchestra,weird coincidence!
Enjoy the rest of weekend all,and,to you leprechauns out there,happy St. Patrick Day(like the Irish need another excuse to drink!).
The above is playing right here, right now:
https://www.classicalwcrb.org/#stream/0
Three minutes or less of NPR PC SJW DEI nonsense per hour; otherwise, perfecto.
The original orchestra regular performs . . . in trees:
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Yma Sumac claimed that the birds in the mountains of Peru taught her to sing.
Music and the Vagus Nerve: How Music Affects the Nervous System and Mental Health
https://www.musichealth.ai/blog/music-and-the-vagus-nerve
While I know different birds make different sounds wonder what kind of vocal range a particular bird has.
In the mid-Nineties I was somewhere at the top of Cape Cod, Mass., and heard the most complex birdcall repeatedly, and named this unknown bird, which I could not see in the trees, a “saxbird”. It was channeling John Coltrane with talons. Life is filled with unfulfillable desires; if only I could place a recording of it here, I would. It was breathtaking.
The late, great WGBH-FM Radio host, Robert J. Lurtsema’s intro to his 7-day-per-week classical show, which he recorded himself in the woods and multitracked in the studio, decades ago:
My humble contributions for St. Paddy’s:
And now for a little foot-stompin’. Stick with this one and you’ll be rewarded.
And from a self-made master of worldwide Celtic historical culture & music, Loreena McKennitt, at the Alhmbra Palace in Grenada Spain, in 2006. Where else can you find an assembly of such an array of seldom seen instruments played so magnificently ?? If you like this seek out the concert vid ‘Nights From the Alhambra’ and it will probably make a fan out of you.
I came across Ms. McKennitt’s music about a decade ago … absolutely magnificent … so many great songs in her repertoire.
This is one of my favorites … it has a certain ‘exotic’ quality, what with the hurdy curdy and the other arabic instruments.
Not classical but is Irish and fun to share anyway. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Thanks for everything.
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G Minor: III. Vivace
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G Minor: II. Cantabile
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G Minor: I. Allegro assai
A superior job for your usual excellent work for the Sunday temple to worship the music.
All the beautiful ladies singing so very well brings to mind this performance that will fit right in.