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.

André Rieu “Falling in Love With Maastricht” in Cinemas – Live in Maastricht Concert 2016

This concert starts at 7:50.

Thousands of people in the audience all having a wonderful time.

Andre as usual, puts on a great show.

The intermission starts at 1:07:26 and it ends at 1:16:50.

The Next Four Come To Us Thanks To Ursel Doran.

Khatia Buniatishvili, Yuja Wang – Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 1

Yuja and Khatia on the same keyboard.

Judy Collins – Send in the Clowns (Complete version)

This is a very interesting review of much of our current “Tragic Comic Opera”.

“Send in the Clowns” “Don’t bother, they’re here.”

Joan Osborne – What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (Live)

A new to me singer with great talent.

Hoe-Down from Aaron Copland’s Rodeo

Another favourite piece!!

“Hoe-Down,” as performed by The Frederick Symphony Orchestra, is a renowned musical piece composed by Aaron Copland as part of his ballet “Rodeo.” “Rodeo” is a ballet composed by Copland in 1942, and “Hoe-Down” is one of the most well-known and recognisable movements from this ballet. The Frederick Symphony Orchestra’s rendition of this piece captures its lively and energetic style, which beautifully captures the spirit of a traditional hoedown dance.

This orchestral performance has been widely acclaimed and enjoyed by audiences.”

This Next One Comes To Us Thanks To Current Mafioso Anthony Aaron

One of Us – Joan Osborne

She’s been around for a few decades … here’s a newer recording of one of her old hits … her first recording of this song was on her 1995 album, ‘Relish’ … and this song was the theme for the TV series ‘Providence’ from 1991-95 …

The Next Two Come To Us Thanks To Anonymous.

Zuill Bailey J.S, Bach Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 Prelude

Holst – St. Paul’s Suite Op. 29 (Complete Score)

This One Comes To Us Thanks To Former Mafioso nkit.

Mandy Harvey: Deaf Singer With Original ‘TRY’ Gets Simon’s GOLDEN BUZZER | America’s Got Talent 2017

A feel good music story…

Anthony Aaron

Continuing with Leonard Bernstein’s 1970s Mahler cycle …

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor

For intense emotions and radiant beauty, nothing can surpass Mahler’s Fifth. A movement marked “tempestuously. With great vehemence” stands alongside the achingly beautiful Adagietto — a gift to his beloved wife Alma — scored for strings and harp alone, a kind of “resting place” before the grand drama of the finale. The legendary conductor Herbert von Karajan called the Symphony “a transformative experience.”

The Fifth Symphony occupies a pivotal place in Mahler’s endlessly fascinating output. It was his first purely instrumental symphony since the First, which he had worked on during the 1880s and subjected to heavy revision in 1893. He composed the Fifth during the summers of 1901 and 1902, during his annual holiday from his job as director of the Vienna Court Opera. It was in Vienna the winter prior to beginning the Fifth Symphony that Mahler met Alma Schindler, the beautiful daughter of a famous landscape painter. Mahler proposed to her in the fall of 1901, and the symphony, with its trajectory from mourning to triumph, reflects this development in its composer’s personal life.

Leonard Bernstein

Wiener Philharmoniker

Recording date: 1972

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Bach – Harpsichord concerto 5 in F minor BWV 1056

This Harpsichord concerto in F minor BWV 1056, performed here by Siebe Henstra and the Netherlands Bach Society, is in a melancholy key. Although the plaintive character is noticeable straight away, the sun does shine through in several places. “The whole concerto hangs together perfectly”, says soloist Siebe Henstra.

Siebe Henstra, harpsichordist

Harpsichord: Bruce Kennedy, 1989 after Michael Mietke

Allegro Moderato
Largo
Presto

Gioachino Rossini: Overture to William Tell

2023 TMAF Orchestra Concert

August 13, 2023

National Concert Hall

Taipei Music Academy & Festival (TMAF) is an annual teaching and performing event where young talents get to study with and to play alongside the finest musicians in the world. The festival orchestra is routinely led by principals of the Berlin Phil, New York Phil, Los Angeles Phil, The MET, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, St. Louis Symphonies as well as faculty of the Juilliard, Curtis, Colburn, Guildhall music schools.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Taipei Music Academy & Festival Orchestra

SMETANA “The Bartered Bride”

Smetana The Bartered Bride

Yannick Nezet Seguin (conductor)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Kölner Philarmonie 17.06.2018

Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26

Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26

Ukrainian Festival Orchestra

Ivan Ostapovych – conductor

Finlandia, tone poem for orchestra by Jean Sibelius, the best-known of his works. It was composed in 1899 and premiered in the composer’s native Finland, reaching an international audience the following year.

My Heart Will Go On (From Titanic)

I’m a bit of a sucker for great love stories and the songs that illuminate them … performed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra …

Titanic – My Heart Will Go On

Composed by James Horner

Performed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Andrea Lykke Oehlenschlæger & Diluckshan Jeyaratnam

Conducted by Ludwig Wicki

Moulin Rouge – Come What May

Come What May (From Moulin Rouge)

Composed by David Baerwald, Kevin Gilbert

Performed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Andrea Lykke Oehlenschlæger & Diluckshan Jeyaratnam

Conducted by Ludwig Wicki

Steve C.

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Waltz) op.66 – best of the best rendenition

My very favorite waltz of all time played by my favorite symphony – The Gimnazija Kranz Symphony Orchestra.

I think these kids are great!!!

Waltz from Swan Lake – Tchaikovsky – Westwood Ensemble

Speaking of waltzes, this one’s not too shabby either.

Try to remember that these are just kids…

Tchaikovsky: “Swan Lake” Suite / Hunjoung Lim · Korean Symphony Orchestra

And now, a version of the second one done by a professional orchestra.

Can you hear the difference between them.

I can. The first version done by the Gimnazija Kranz Symphony Orchestra is every bit as good, but the second by the Westwood Ensemble is pretty good, but it speaks of kids…

Personally, I think it was poorly composed and conducted, but that’s just me.

Korean Symphony Orchestra 194th Regular Concert: the 30th Anniversary Concert

Conductor: Hun-Joung Lim

Orchestra: Korean Symphony Orchestra

00:00 P.I. Tchaikovsky ‘Swan Lake’ Suite
00:03Ⅰ Scene, Moderato
02:41 Ⅱ Valse, Tempo di Valse
10:06 Ⅲ Danse des cygnus, Allegro moderato
18:56 Ⅳ Scene, Andante
19:10 Ⅴ Danse Hongroise ‘Czardas’, Moderato assai
22:00 Ⅵ Scene, Allegro agitato