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Post by snookyjojo on Mar 8, 2006 16:42:36 GMT 1
O lala! Bahc, and Beethoven and Vivaldi and Grieg, and wow! You know quite many composers!....haha, about C J...yeah I know...I am sooooo great! SO MIGHTY! *in egositic mood today*...haha ;D thanks hihihi. *joke* ;D But I am shocked that no one of you mentioned Bedrich Smetana! AH! "Vlatava"? Ok...better known as "The Moldau" "Die Moldau" HHEHEHE! I suppose you know that one! Or what about Beethoven's 5th Symphony? Everone knows that one! DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAAMMM DA DA DA DAMMMMMM!!!hihihi...it's a masterpiece of classical music! hehehe. Oh, btw, just on Monday we were watching "West Side Story" in class and again I have to say: WOW!!!! ;D To everyone who hasn't seen that musical yet: GO AND WATCH IT! WOW! I mean those song: "one hand oneheart" "maria" "I feel pretty" "Toniiiiight" those are really a must for everyone!!! And I fell in love with the music again! hahaha ;D
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Post by Brownie on Mar 9, 2006 1:22:24 GMT 1
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Post by snookyjojo on Mar 9, 2006 17:18:55 GMT 1
WOW, I had a look at all the tracks this CD contains! WOW! That's quite a lot! I'd say the pieces that are on it are kind of the creme de la creme, aren't they? hehe But by the way, did anybody of you hear who got the Acadamey Award (Oscar) for best soundtrack?
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Post by Sabine on Mar 11, 2006 11:07:37 GMT 1
The Oscar for the best music in a movie went to "Gustavo Santaolalla" for Brokeback Mountain and the Oscar for the best song in a movie was for the song "It´s hard out here for a pimp" from the movie Hustle & Flow.
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Post by snookyjojo on Mar 12, 2006 16:16:59 GMT 1
oh really? cooL! I'll have an ear for the music when I'm gonna watch the movie in the cinema hehehe ;D
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Post by Brownie on Mar 17, 2006 23:27:35 GMT 1
DazedOblivion: thank you for the link ! Wings of hope : that's the one I was looking for. I've finally found a page where I could have it in mp3 : www.muchmusic.net/danny_wright_healer_of_hearts_mp3_download_2290I was looking for it for years ! Actually I recorded Woetzel/Steuer's ice skating program on a video tape, and I erased it by mistake I'm so happy now ! ps: the first track is "Forrest Gump Suite" so I really thought the Forrest Gump music was from Danny Wright.
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Post by DazedOblivion on Mar 20, 2006 6:08:16 GMT 1
Danny Wright is a great pianist. I have a Christmas album by him, which I enjoy a lot.
I like a lot of classical music from many different periods. My grandfather, who played the violin, kind of influenced me into liking it. I enjoy so many pieces that I can't even begin to mention them all. What I listen to depends a lot on my mood. For example, on a dark grey day in November, I'll often listen to something like Fantasia On A Theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams. On an evening in April, I will enjoy something like On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring by Frederick Delius or Nuages by Claude Debussy. When I used to study, I would prefer Baroque music, such as by Bach, Vivaldi, Corelli, or Albinoni. I am a big fan of symphonies and concertos, especially the ones for piano (Mozart, Beethoven, Hummel, Chopin, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Schumann) and violin (Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bruch, Tchaikovsky). I'm not real big into opera, though. There a lot of gems to discover in classical music.
I read that Sharon Corr is particularly fond of classical music, in large part because of her violin teacher, Father McNally. When she was in the ages of 7 to 14 she was member of the Redeemer Youth Orchestra, the Orchestra which Father McNally founded. I understand that Sharon Corr is actually a professional violin teacher. Jim Corr has been quoted as saying, "My parents played classical music, Bach and Beethoven and Chopin, but also Fats Domino and Thelonious Monk."
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Post by Brownie on Mar 22, 2006 0:50:05 GMT 1
In France (anywhere else too ?) we're celebrating the 250th Mozart's birthday and his whole work (170 CDs) is sold in 1 box.
I discovered that the lovely "Ah vous dirai-je, maman" is from him.
And I love so much the Piano Concerto No. 21 : so beautiful !
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Post by DazedOblivion on Jun 18, 2006 6:00:38 GMT 1
I remember listening to the Symphony No. 4 (Op. 98) by Johannes Brahms as part of a class that I took in college. The first time I heard the First Movement (Allegro non troppo), I was bored by it - REALLY bored. I listened to it again; still, it did nothing for me. Then, all of the sudden, the opening theme "caught" in my brain. Once it did, I came to think of this movement as one of my favourite of all times. It's so engrained now inside my brain that I tend to hear it in my head in the proper key of E minor (E moll). I recommend it, but understand that it might take some time to fully appreciate the theme and variations. Listen to the first several minutes (the "exposition") several times to learn the opening theme and the second theme. Once you do, you can recognize these as Brahms takes you through all kinds of variations of these themes.
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Post by snookyjojo on Jun 18, 2006 16:28:44 GMT 1
Wow, Steve, thanks for tellin' me, I'll keep my eyes open for that piece Yes, Mozart's 250th birthday was celebrated here,too. Actually it is the whole here. We call this year the "Mozart year". There are loads of documentaries on TV and so on, it's really interesting. And here in Berlin and I also guess in whole Germany many Orchestras play his music for celebrating his Birthday. Hey, this evening they show the last concert of the Berlin Philharmonica before the summer break. And do you know what the theme will be? It'll all be under the theme of "1001 night". They'll be playing parts of Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt" and Carl Nielsen's "Aladdin Suite". WOOHOO! Really looking forward to that! ;D Has anybody of you actually been to a classical concert?
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Post by Brownie on Jun 20, 2006 22:06:11 GMT 1
No, but I saw Turando from Puccini (Opera) at the Stade de France. That was beautiful.
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Post by DazedOblivion on Jun 21, 2006 3:48:47 GMT 1
Has anybody of you actually been to a classical concert? I've been to concerts of the Santa Barbara Symphony and the Fresno Philharmonic. It's really amazing to hear a symphony in a live setting - really powerful! What are other classical pieces that you recommend?
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Post by Sabine on Jun 21, 2006 19:39:40 GMT 1
Yes, I´ve been to a few classical concerts, but the orchestras that have played aren´t really famous. I´ve visited concerts of the orchestra of our local music school, of the orchestra of our university, etc. All the classical concerts have been played by local orchestras, but nevertheless they have been really good.
And, I´ve played some concerts myself, as I´ve played in an orchestra myself for several years.
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Post by SingleTunePoet on Jun 21, 2006 22:49:30 GMT 1
On the 21st of August they´re going to have "Die Zauberflöte" (The Magic Flute) (Yes, yes, Caro´s so right about the Mozart year.) here at the Schlosspark in Oldenburg. I´d so love to go and see it but the tickets are potentially pricy. One for about €40! Plus, even if it was less expensive, I can´t seem to convince people of the fact that it´d be great to go and see it!
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Post by SingleTunePoet on Jun 21, 2006 23:03:39 GMT 1
Re-reading this whole topic again, I come to realize that I did not tell you yet that I always sing "Ode to joy" when I take a shower (Well, almost always.)! Now, the folks in the bathrooms of the flats above and bellow my one can most likely hear my singing. I figure, because I can hear whenever they sing or talk in their bathrooms. So far, no one rang my doorbell yet but I am waiting for the day when they´ll finally knock at my door to complain about the fact that I am always singing the same song!
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