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 Leonard Bernstein’s 1970s Mahler cycle …

Mahler “Symphony No 3” in D Minor

Mahler’s gigantic third Symphony is his paean to pantheism, his great hymn to nature. According to the model’s program, its six movements are arranged in a progressive sequence from inanimate nature to the creator of the universe who Mahler equates with love.

In the Third Symphony, Mahler still seeks an answer to the troubling metaphysical questions he expressed in his programs for the second, but his philosophical orientation has changed from spiritual to humanistic God is still the goal toward which all life strives, but the focus is on life itself in its naturalistic development, not on a divine promise of eternal bliss in the hereafter, yet the essence of Mahler’s existential perspective remains tied to the theme of redemption now approached from a more worldly perspective, this theme seems to develop cumulatively, in the first three symphonies.

Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Wiener Sängerknaben

Wiener Philharmoniker

Leonard Bernstein, Conductor

1972 live recording

The Next Two Pieces Come To Thanks To SimpleMind Destroying Illusions.

Abismo de Rosas – Yamandu Costa

This is an emblematic theme of the great composer Américo Jacomino, also called “Canhoto” for the simple fact that he is left-handed and plays the guitar backwards, without reversing the strings.

Thus, in this unusual system he managed to compose some of the most beautiful melodies in Brazilian musical history.

Yamandu Costa – Sokolov Polka (Sergei Dmitrievich Orekhov)

Master Yamandu Costa playing Sokolov Polka by Sergei Dmitrievich Orekhov, his inspiration on 7-string guitar.

These Next Five Come To Us Thanks To Suds.

Blowin’ in the Wind (2004 Remaster)

As a pre-teen lad, I have some good memories of playing my older brothers’ .45 collection in the late 1960’s. Many, many of those songs are still appreciated.

With this band, their simple guitar, melodies, and harmonies hooked me instantly.

So, here are 5 of their most popular. Calling it hippie music seems unfair, but they must have been friends with Dylan in those days. IIRC, he wrote 1 or 2 of these.

As for the last one, I’ll leave that to the listeners to interpret the modern day parallel. 😉

And with cycles theory, the anti-war ones have come full circle in 2024, right?

If I Had a Hammer – Peter, Paul & Mary (1962)

Leaving on a Jet Plane (2004 Remaster)

Peter, Paul and Mary – Don’t think twice, it’s alright

Puff, the Magic Dragon

The Next Ten Come To Us Thanks To Anonymous.

Serenade to Music (Arr. for Orchestra)

The Beach Boys – All I Wanna Do (2021 Remaster)

Walk On By (2018 Mix)

Golden Brown – The Stranglers

Pop harpsichord:

Carol of the Bells on the Hammered Dulcimer

Anyone else missing Christmas toons?

Sugar Plum Fairy by Tchaikovsky – GlassDuo LIVE (glass harp)

Glass Harmonica Carol of the Bells

Carol of the Bells | Solo Hammered Dulcimer | Acoustic Instrumental Holiday Music

Carol of the Bells – Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Higher Quality

Canon in D on glass harp

This One Comes To Us Thanks Current Mafioso Anthony Aaron.

Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending | Janine Jansen, BBC Proms 2003

Delius and Vaughan Williams … beautiful music about the England of another time …

The Next One Comes To Us Thanks To Ursel Doran.

The Beach Boys – Kokomo (1988)

Thanks so very very much as every Sunday for this venue to celebrate the music Sirs!!

This Piece Comes To Us Thanks To Former Mafioso nkit.

Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations (Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk)

The following piece was composed by Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet. Edward Elgar, (1857-1934) was a British composer. Here he is Rockin’ the Stash-bah…



One of his most famous pieces was “Enigma Variations.” I find it to be quite an interesting and beautiful piece of music. It is a “fun” listen, also.

It is performed here by The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Jacek Kaspszyk.

00:00 Theme (Enigma: Andante)
02:18 Variation I (L’istesso tempo) “C.A.E.”
04:12 Variation II (Allegro) “H.D.S-P.”
05:04 Variation III (Allegretto) “R.B.T.”
06:30 Variation IV (Allegro di molto) “W.M.B.”
07:14 Variation V (Moderato) “R.P.A.”
09:55 Variation VI (Andantino) “Ysobel”
11:24 Variation VII (Presto) “Troyte”
12:37 Variation VIII (Allegretto) “W.N.”
14:46 Variation IX (Adagio) “Nimrod”
19:36 Variation X (Intermezzo: Allegretto) “Dorabella”
22:02 Variation XI (Allegro di molto) “G.R.S.”
23:09 Variation XII (Andante) “B.G.N.”
26:47 Variation XIII (Romanza: Moderato) ” * * * ”
30:19 Variation XIV (Finale: Allegro) “E.D.U.”

I hope that you enjoy this piece as I do. Thanks for listening..

Have a great week.

Anthony Aaron

Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D major, BWV 1054

Allegro
Adagio
Allegro

Aapo Häkkinen

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra

Varna Summer International Music Festival, 14.9.2022

Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto for Recorder and Viola da Gamba, TWV 52:a1

Andante
Allegro
Dulce
Allegro

New York Baroque Incorporated

September 10, 2014

(le) poisson rouge

Recorder: Priscilla Herreid

Viola da Gamba: Wen Yang

Violin: Owen Dalby, Katie Hyun, Edson Scheid, Jude Ziliak

Viola: Kyle Miller, Laura Rubinstein-Salzedo

Lute: John Lenti

Cello: Ezra Seltzer

Bass: Motomi Igarashi

Harpsichord: Elliot Figg

Saint Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Saint Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28

Violin: Ka Chun Leung

Piano: Lorena Tecu

It was dedicated to the virtuoso violinist Pablo de Sarasate, who performed the solo violin part at the premiere in April 1867.

Loreena McKennitt – Penelope’s Song

“Penelope’s Song”, from the DVD Nights From The Alhambra (2007) and the album, An Ancient Muse (2006).

Steve C.

Richard Wagner: The Valkyrie – Ride of the Valkyries

From an opera concert with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Opera in Olavshallen, Trondheim, 11 March 2021.

Conductor: James Gaffigan

Concert master: Cam Kjøll

Valkyries:

Helmwige – Sigrid Vetleseter Bøe

Gerhilde – Camilla Stenhoff Vist

Schwertleite – Siv Oda Hagerupsen

Waltraute – Åse Krystad

Ortlinde – Tonje Eero Hove

Rossweisse – Maria Nohr

Grimgerde – Nina Sætherhaug

The singer supposed to sing Siegrune had to call off the concert at the very last minute, and so the rest of the Valkyries cover this part.

Richard Wagner – Tannhäuser, Einzug der Gäste (Choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin)

From the Deutsche Oper Berlin, 5 Nov 2011

Donald Runnicles conducts the Orchestra and Choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin at the 18. Berlin Opera Night

Donald Runnicles – conductor

The Orchestra & Choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Wagner: Parsifal – Vorspiel ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Richard Wagner:

Parsifal – Vorspiel

hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Dirigent

Rheingau Musik Festival 2015

Eröffnungskonzert

Kloster Eberbach, 28. Juni 2015

Wagner: Rienzi – Ouvertüre ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Richard Wagner:

Rienzi – Ouvertüre

hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Dirigent

Rheingau Musik Festival 2017

Eröffnungskonzert

Kloster Eberbach, 24. Juni 2017

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