I'll go to a few, what with it being round the corner. Haven't looked at the programme for this year yet though. Any particular highlights?
Music Mockney's Classical Music Thread
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The Promenades, the biggest classical music festival in the world with something like 80 performances by fifty orchestras over eight weeks at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which takes place from July to September every year.
You won't be able to get a live tv feed outside the United Kingdom but you can get a live radio feed through the BBC iplayer website worldwide.
It is difficult to pick out anything as it is so comprehensive, looking at the listings all day tomorrow is Wagner's 'Mastersingers of Nuremberg' with Bryn Turfel at the helm which should prove to kick proceedings off with a bang.
The easiest way to search the listings is to look by composer.
BBC - Proms - Composer Index
I've just looked at the last night schedule, it includes a certain 'You'll never walk alone' followed by the theme from the Pirates of the Caribbean whilst the British sea songs have been omitted.
I'm currently in love with 'Madama Butterfly'.
I love Struass' Emperor Waltz.
Renata Tebaldi singing 'Un bel di vedremo' under Leinsdorf --
Wonderful to see so much activity here.
Lots I want to comment on (and despite my own words about the impossibility of a recommended canon for the newbie, I can't let it go), but first of all, regarding the Proms, I'd urge you not to miss Sir JEG, the EBS & the Monteverdi Choir performing the Monteverdi Vespers on September 10.
Details here --
BBC - Proms - 10 September 2010
And hopefully some of you are on your way to hear Terfel's Sachs while I'm stuck in a clammy little room writing this! Lucky bastards!
(Although we all know the greatest living bass-baritone is of course Terje Stensvold. Sadly it seems we won't ever hear him as Sachs, so Terfel will have to do...
)Post of great Sachs performances through the ages (as far as they can be found on YouTube) coming up.
Some great interpreters of the role Hans Sachs from Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
(I've used Nani Nana's great idea about vids behind spoiler tags to reduce the loading time of the thread.)
Fliedermonolog
Hans Hotter --
Friedrich Schorr --
Wahnmonolog
Hans Hotter --
Friedrich Schorr --
Joel Berglund --
(I've used Nani Nana's great idea about vids behind spoiler tags to reduce the loading time of the thread.)
Fliedermonolog
Hans Hotter --
Friedrich Schorr --
Wahnmonolog
Hans Hotter --
Friedrich Schorr --
Joel Berglund --
Are you aware this opera is the focus of the proms tonight?
Yes, hence the post.
Sadly I've not even been able to listen to the live radio broadcast. Hopefully it'll be available online later.
BBC - Proms - 17 July 2010
Terfel's Fliedermonolog (from the recording under Abbado) --
BBC iPlayer - Breakfast: Saturday - Martin Handley
A quick bump to let you know that the Meistersinger performance from yesterday (Welsh National Opera; Lothar Koenigs conducting; Terfel as Sachs) is now available online. (7 days only)
BBC - Programmes - BBC Proms - Episodes available now on BBC iPlayer
BBC - Programmes - BBC Proms - Episodes available now on BBC iPlayer
More Meistersinger!
One of my favourite 'Fanget an!' of all time -- Knappertsbusch at Bayreuth '60, Windgassen as Walter. It ought to get you swinging from the curtains & jumping out of the windows!
One of my favourite 'Fanget an!' of all time -- Knappertsbusch at Bayreuth '60, Windgassen as Walter. It ought to get you swinging from the curtains & jumping out of the windows!
Sorry for killing the thread.
*bump!* with something spine chilling - Hotter's Jochanaan
(LOL so much at one the YouTube comments: "He rocks! He rules! He kicks ass!"
It's not just funny, it's true.)
*bump!* with something spine chilling - Hotter's Jochanaan
(LOL so much at one the YouTube comments: "He rocks! He rules! He kicks ass!"
It's not just funny, it's true.)Can someone put me out of my misery and tell me what the name of the classical piece being used in this remix is? (I know it's famous and I should be ashamed not to know who wrote it, but I don't
). Thanks in advance.
Industrial Revolution Innaspace Remix
). Thanks in advance.Industrial Revolution Innaspace Remix
Montagues and Capulets by Prokofiev
Thanks a lot Mr.Mockney, much appreciated
This has run dry recently, get back to posting in it
And after the summer hiatus we're back - crowd goes wild!
- with one of the true classic performances -- Jussi Björling & Robert Merrill singing 'Au fond du temple saint' from Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de PerlesWierd one, I stumbled upon this wrongly labeled youtube video of what I think is a performance by some Benadictine Nuns, is there anyone with an idea of what the piece of music is that starts at 1:06 on the video? Thanks in advance.
Yes, it's Gregorian plainchant by the Benedictine nuns of St. Cecilia's Abbey. 1:06 is the Salve Mater.
Here's their website. They've got a section about their tradition of Gregorian plainchant --
St Cecilias Abbey
Here's something you might enjoy --
The Monteverdi Vespers [Vespro Della Beata Vergine]; The Monteverdi Choir & EBS under Sir John Eliot Gardiner
And a propos St. Cecilia's Abbey, here's a great programme from Arte --
Hail! Bright Cecilia
With Love of thee and thy Celestial Art;
That thine and Musick's Sacred Love
May make the British Forest prove
As Famous as Dodona's Vocal Grove.
[...]
Soul of the World! Inspir'd by thee,
The jarring Seeds of Matter did agree,
Thou didst the scatter'd Atoms bind,
Which, by thy Laws of true proportion join'd,
Made up of various Parts one perfect Harmony
Hail! Bright Cecilia
With Love of thee and thy Celestial Art;
That thine and Musick's Sacred Love
May make the British Forest prove
As Famous as Dodona's Vocal Grove.
[...]
Soul of the World! Inspir'd by thee,
The jarring Seeds of Matter did agree,
Thou didst the scatter'd Atoms bind,
Which, by thy Laws of true proportion join'd,
Made up of various Parts one perfect Harmony
Thanks Waltraute, now I can download a version with decent sound quality. It's strange because I had a bit of an obsession with Vivaldi's Stabat Mater (again this was unlabeled so I had no idea what it was). I seem to be drawn towards music associated with the Virgin Mary and I'm not even Catholic.... The suggestions you posted also seem to be right up my alley, I'll give them a proper listen when I need cheering up next.
In honour of Eric's new Sky Commercial...
Shostakovich's Jazz Suite No 2, Second Waltz
Shostakovich's Jazz Suite No 2, Second Waltz
Shostakovich doesn't get any better than this, I swear I know every note by now.
Wonderful posts, Mockney & evra!
Continuing the theme of sacred music and Russian music, here are
The Rachmaninov Vespers
USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir under Valeri Polyansky
(15 vids, so they'll take some time to load.)
Continuing the theme of sacred music and Russian music, here are
The Rachmaninov Vespers
USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir under Valeri Polyansky
(15 vids, so they'll take some time to load.)
Brilliant, Nani! I adore Oistrakh.
Here are some favourites from the mighty Mark Reizen --
'Song of the Viking Guest' from Sadko by Rimsky-Korsakov
'Here, on this holy spot' from Khovanshchina by Mussorgsky
Act 2 monologue from Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky
I adore Oistrakh.Here are some favourites from the mighty Mark Reizen --
'Song of the Viking Guest' from Sadko by Rimsky-Korsakov
'Here, on this holy spot' from Khovanshchina by Mussorgsky
Act 2 monologue from Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky
This thread is amazing, I've never really considered classical music before.This is crazy, I should never have discovered this thread, it's going to push my broadband download limit over!
That in particular is amazing. I guess I am of the 'classical music is for posh people' brigade, and although I have noticed its 'calming' effect at times, it for me was always just background noise in movies or adverts. It's great though, right now I'm just admiring the unpredictability of it all - not knowing what happens next in a certain piece - because I'm so new to it all. Of course there are classics which I have heard before and never knew the name of.
That in particular is amazing. I guess I am of the 'classical music is for posh people' brigade, and although I have noticed its 'calming' effect at times, it for me was always just background noise in movies or adverts. It's great though, right now I'm just admiring the unpredictability of it all - not knowing what happens next in a certain piece - because I'm so new to it all. Of course there are classics which I have heard before and never knew the name of.
easily the best thread on redcafe
there are more and more middle class teenagers going to watch pianists live. the internet has somewhat abolished the bond between culture and social classes.
Today, August 28th, marks the 150th anniversary of the premiere of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin, conducted exceptionally by his great friend Franz Liszt in Weimar. Liszt chose August 28th for the premiere as a reference to the city's most commendable citizen, Goethe.
here's to another 150 years
here's to another 150 years
Read this extraordinarily pretentious article a couple of days ago. An attempted treatise on classical music that manages to say nothing whilst telling you how little you know about classical music (not a genre).
Classical music - it's more than Led Zeppelin for the newly posh - The Irish Times - Thu, Aug 26, 2010
I haven't really sold the article to you, have I?!
Classical music - it's more than Led Zeppelin for the newly posh - The Irish Times - Thu, Aug 26, 2010
I haven't really sold the article to you, have I?!
Hard to find any that haven't already been mentioned such as been the overwhelming depth of knowledge on display from Nana and Waltraute.. but I'll just try to post some classics.. think the second one has already been posted, and a LOTR score
Nicolas de Grigny died in 1703 aged 31. His music, and especially this piece from 1 minute onwards, sounds to me as it encapsulates all the music that followed, until today's Daft Punks and Crystal Castles.
Bach was a fond admirer of this much underrated composer
Has anyone else been following the Mikhail Pletnev arrest story?
While he's struggling to clear his name it's worth remembering that he is/was an amazing pianist.
This is the dog's balls. I can't think of many musicians who can combine musicality and techniqe to this extent...
While he's struggling to clear his name it's worth remembering that he is/was an amazing pianist.
This is the dog's balls. I can't think of many musicians who can combine musicality and techniqe to this extent...
browsing this thread again... waltraute is my poster of the year
No! No.As soon as I post here this wonderful thread dies...
*tiptoes out of thread*
See?
Didn't even help that I tiptoed out, did it?
Here's Varnay and Hotter from the mighty '53 Elektra --
Didn't even help that I tiptoed out, did it?
Here's Varnay and Hotter from the mighty '53 Elektra --
dont worry Waltraute, there must be one single visitor who has discovered classical music thanks to your contribution which makes it all worthy. I personally enriched my own knowledge of the matter thanks to you as well
I think Matti Salminen's rendition of Boris' Monologue was worth its piece of glory, alongside the one of Mark Reizen you quoted.
A Finn interpreting a patriotic Russian piece, goes to show music is spaceless as well as timeless
I think Matti Salminen's rendition of Boris' Monologue was worth its piece of glory, alongside the one of Mark Reizen you quoted.
A Finn interpreting a patriotic Russian piece, goes to show music is spaceless as well as timeless