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.

Steve C.

Since I am also a great fan of Alondra de la Parra I have been waiting for a version of this, my second place (and a very close second), to Beethoven’s 6th symphony “The pastoral”. In fact, sometimes I like this piece even better. That’s how close it is.

Although I was able to find a commentary of Parra while performing this piece that I featured last week, I have not been able to find a copy of it in its entirety.

So I bring you this version done by another female conductor. Although I do think that she’s pretty good, she’s no Alondra de la Parra, but that’s just my humble opinion.

See some more of her in my ‘shorts’.

Dvorak : “New World” Symphony No. 9 (Marzena Diakun)

The Symphony No.9 in E Minor opus 95 by Antonin Dvorak is performed by the Orchestre Phiharmonique de Radio France conducted by Marzen Diakun.

Live recording on 15 March 2018 at the Radio France Auditorium (Paris)

00:36 1st movement : Adagio – Allegro molto
13:30 2nd movement : Largo
25:57 3rd movement : Scherzo Molto Vivace
33:27 4th movement : Allegro con fuoco

This One Comes To Us Thanks To James.

Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky (Official Audio)

Thanks as always Sunday Music Crew.

A nice Sunday tradition with a home made smoke and cups of coffee!

As folks know,I always push the edge to get a rock song in,but……,not in this case,posting ELO,ya know,Electric Light Orchestra!

I saw them in 1978 @ the Boston Garden,was a great show,had a great seat(no friends wanted to see this one for whatever reason),found some paper before the show and got a bunch for upcoming shows in area!All in all great music/lighting ect. and five days later on Oct. 6th&7th(Friday/Saturday) Tull did their typical 2 night stop there,was one hell of a fun week for a 15 year old!

Anyhow,one of me favorites from them:

The Next Three Come To Us Thanks To Anonymous.

DEBUSSY – The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Harp Twins) Camille and Kennerly

Debussy’s “Girl with the Flaxen Hair” on Trumpet

J.S. Bach: Prelude No. 1 From Well-Tempered Clavier

J. S. Bach: Prelude No. 1 From Well-Tempered Clavier, transposed for guitar

And Finally, This One Comes To Us Thanks To Leah.

Passacaglia – G.F. Handel/ Arr. by J. Halvorsen

This sounds so peaceful. Thanks for music.

Anthony Aaron

I put Mahler’s 1st Symphony on my SMC submission last September 10th, hoping to begin a cycle through the entire Mahler Symphonic repertoire – but I somehow got sidetracked.

So … I’m going to try to continue that symphony cycle, specifically with the Leonard Bernstein recordings of the 1970s and 1980s … arguably not just Bernstein’s best, but THE best according to some experts.

Mahler Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”

Without further ado …

The “Resurrection” Symphony is Mahler’s first to pair orchestral writing with voice and language. Fittingly, for a work about life and death, inspiration came in the form of a hymn read at the funeral of the composer’s friend and fellow conductor Hans von Bülow, where he heard a setting of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock’s poem “Die Auferstehung” (“The Resurrection”).

Mahler did not give his symphony the “Resurrection” subtitle, but the theme was present from the work’s inception—so present that he even initially considered including a narrative program around the vicissitudes of life and death. He ultimately scrapped this more didactic approach to the work, yet even beyond the vocal and literary components, the symphony’s musical representations of death and rebirth are legible.

Gustav Mahler Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”

Sheila Armstrong, soprano

Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano

Edinburgh Festival Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Leonard Bernstein, Conductor

J.S. Bach Harpsichord Concerto in E major BWV 1053

This is the 2d of Bach’s 13 Harpsichord Concertos … Dobrinka Tabakova. She is a Bulgarian composer who now resides

J.S. Bach Harpsichord Concerto in E major BWV 1053

1. Allwgro
2. Siciliano
3. Allegro

Zuzana Růžičková, Harpsichord

Prague Chamber Soloists

Václav Neumann, Conductor

Rec.: 1966 at Prague Rudolfinum

Tabakova Suite in Old Style

Returning to a favorite 21st Century composer, Dobrinka Tabakova. Born in Bulgaria, she studied music and composition there and in England, where she now resides.

Maxim Rysanov (viola & conductor)

Spanish Radio Television Symphony Orchestra

Teatro Monumental, Madrid

November 13th 2015

Tchaikovsky – Fatum – Symphonic Poem, Op.77

Fatum, Op. 77, is a symphonic poem by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was written in 1868 and performed in 1869, but Tchaikovsky later destroyed the score, and it was published only three years after his passing, with a posthumous opus number.

G.Ph. Telemann: Concerto for Traverso and Recorder in E minor, TWV 52:e1

Fantasia: 0:00
Largo: 1:34
Allegro: 5:19
Largo: 9:13
Presto: 12:38

Traverso: Felipe Egaña

Recorder: Anninka Fohgrub

1st Violin: Stéphanie Paulet, Tomoe Badiarova, Meelis Orgse

2nd Violin: Andrea Vassalle, Luis Pinzón, Valeria Caponetto

Viola: Benjamin Lescoat

Violoncello: Néstor Cortés

Bass: Felix Görg

Continuo: Hugo de Rodas, Nadine Remmert

Steve C.

4’33 with Marzena Diakun

A short question and answer session with our featured conductor this week Marzena Diakun.

Smetana: Sárka – Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie o.l.v. Marzena Diakun

And now a few pieces of her work.

Smetana: De Moldau – Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie o.l.v. Marzena Diakun

‘Het Zondagochtend Concert’ (Sunday Morning Concerto) of Sunday the 29th of March 2022, in Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Mahler, Symphony No 4 in G Major I Mov – Marzena Diakun

Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid

Marzena Diakun, Conductor

Marzena Diakun: Tchaikovsky Fifth – 1 mov

P. Tchaikovsky V Symphony e-moll op. 64 – 1 mov.

Marzena Diakun – conductor

Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid

Dress rehearsal – Auditorio Nacional de Musica en Madrid

2022

Marzena Diakun – Tchaikovsky Fifth – 2 mov.

P. Tchaikovsky V Symphony e-moll op. 64

2 mov – dress rehearsal

Marzena Diakun – conductor

Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid

2022

Antonín Dvořák: Othello Overture, Op. 93 | Marzena Diakun | HRT Symphony Orchestra

And finally, something from our feature this week’s composer Dvorak.

Izvedeno 8. prosinca 2022. u Koncertnoj dvorani Vatroslava Lisinskog u Zagrebu

Recorded December 8, 2022. at Vatroslav Lisinski

Concert Hall, Zagreb

Simfonijski orkestar HRT-a

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

Marzena Diakun, dirigentica / conductor

Antonín Dvořák: Othello, koncertna uvertira, op. 93
Othello Overture, Op. 93

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

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