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Wotan's Abschied und Feuerzauber Musik = Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music - played by Peter Richard Conte at the Wanamaker Organ in Philadelphia.
What classical music did you listen to today?
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Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Tchaikovskii's Piano Trio in A-minor - What a work of love and reminisce.
Phillip Wilcher
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Liberace actually recorded ND's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" and spoke the words as a monologue as he played it. It was very moving - he spoke it with a subtle drama - and where it says "You taught me how to cry, you even taught me how to lie" (whatever the words are exactly) the low register of his voice resounding like a cello was heartbreaking. He also did a monologue to Dvorak's "New World" called "The Strangest Dream" about the futility of war:
"Last night I had the strangest dream
I never dreamed before,
I dreamed the world had all agreed
to put an end to war......." etc etc....
Well worth searching out these things if you can find them. "The Strangest Dream" is on a recording from the 70's called "The Great Liberace" and I would think the ND song as a monologue is on the "Liberace Now" album - or perhaps one called "A Brand New Me" - not sure.
Phillip Wilcher
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Mat, do you mean the earlier C minor Funeral March or the March Funebre from the Bb minor Sonata? I'm assuming you mean the Bb minor....
What a work! When I first heard it in my youth I loved it so much I slept with the score under my pillow. The C# minor notation of the opening bar is interesting - how it allows for greater contrast both visually and aurally. Karasowski said of the Marche Funebre movement :
" Such a funeral march could only have been written by him in whose soul the pain and grief of the entire nation resounded as an echo."
And then, how beyond despair is the beautiful cantilena - pp - in Db!
Who hav you playing it?
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Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Elgar's *Cockaigne Overture* transcribed for organ by Peter Richard Conte and played on the Wanamaker Organ
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Just finished listening to *Vesti La Giubba* - quite a heartrendering piece of music. Leoncavallo really knew what he was doing when writing this aria. Gee, it's easy to feel like the clown Canio who sings this aria, when Harlequin steals the girl - to be able to swallow the pain, the angst, the heartbrokenness and continue on with the show as if nothing had happened.
Yes Phillip, I mean March Funebre from the Bb minor sonata. True, this is a masterpiece. I have Artur Rubinstein's recording. And honestly it is the best I ever heard. So, do you like his other works? I love the F minor piano concerto. I think it's a little bit neglected, isn't?
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Shostakovich's *Execution of Stepan Razin*
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Bach's *Goldberg Variations*
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Brahms' Variations on a theme by Handel.
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If I were to include Flamenco Guitar in Classical music, yes, then I have been listening to the artistry of Paco de Lucía this whole morning.
Phillip Wilcher
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The B minor Sonata is also an extraordinary thing - how it starts - the depth of sonority he gets just from the opening descending semiquavers - all single notes, yet they move mountains.Only Chopin can do that and that's the very wonder of him: the sheer beauty of his sound.
I adore Chopin. I think he almost reaches heaven in the middle movement of the F minor Concerto. It's so very beautiful. Actually, thinking about it, his most sublime works seem to me to be in F minor - the Fantasy, the F minor Ballade, the Prelude and the Etudes etc etc.........I wonder if anyone has ever thought of devoting an entire concert to the F minor works of Chopin? I've also wondered why it is that Chopin never wrote a Rhapsody - was the genre a tad too "theatrical"?? Nor do I think I know of him ever using shakes/tremolos a la Liszt. Surprisingly I've not heard Rubinstein's performance of the Bb minor sonata. My "idol" was/is Cortot. The Preludes rank the choicest amongst his works for me. It's as if collectively they represent the very heart, mind and soul of him. I've always viewed the Op 28 as one work in 28 movements. I'm perhaps wrong in doing this, but I can't help it. Incredible things for their passion and poetry - I think it was Schumann who referred to them as a "wild motley of pieces" - I like to think he meant the wildness of Chopin's genius. Take care.......
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Wilhelm Middelschultes' Passacaglia in D-minor for organ.
Today I was at the philharmonic. I listened to Grieg piano concerto, Prokofiev symphony and the Coriolan ouverture
. To be honest the pianist was awful but symphony- mmm, just wonderful. I am already waiting for Makowicz to come and play on November.
. To be honest the pianist was awful but symphony- mmm, just wonderful. I am already waiting for Makowicz to come and play on November.
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Holst's *The Planets* transcribed for and played on the organ by Peter Sykes.
The organ is in the Girard College Chapel - E.M. Skinner
It blows away the orchestra version anyday of the week, imho.
The organ is in the Girard College Chapel - E.M. Skinner
It blows away the orchestra version anyday of the week, imho.
methodistgirl
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Maple Leaf Rag!:grin: This Scott Joplin piece is a real joy to listen to. It
makes me think about the real old days when the Model T Ford was new,
the first of the malt shops, saloons, and more things like that. Even the
victorian styled cloths people wore. I'm glad we can wear cloths that are
not so drab! Are you?
judy tooley
makes me think about the real old days when the Model T Ford was new,
the first of the malt shops, saloons, and more things like that. Even the
victorian styled cloths people wore. I'm glad we can wear cloths that are
not so drab! Are you?
judy tooley
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Hello Judy,
Gone are the days when you could order a Ford in any color you wished as long as it was black.
:grin::grin::grin::grin::grin::grin::grin:
Cheers,
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Gone are the days when you could order a Ford in any color you wished as long as it was black.
:grin::grin::grin::grin::grin::grin::grin:
Cheers,
Corno Dolce
methodistgirl
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You sound as if you live from down under. I know that you guys are
getting ready for summer. We are getting ready for winter. Burr!
I much rather have spring and fall all year than summer and winter.
One is too hot and the other is too cold. The temperature got up
to 104 last summer and last winter it was down to below three degrees!
Burr! :shake:On holidays it's boring here. One year we had a mild winter.
I like that but the bugs were swarming later that summer.
judy tooley
getting ready for summer. We are getting ready for winter. Burr!
I much rather have spring and fall all year than summer and winter.
One is too hot and the other is too cold. The temperature got up
to 104 last summer and last winter it was down to below three degrees!
Burr! :shake:On holidays it's boring here. One year we had a mild winter.
I like that but the bugs were swarming later that summer.
judy tooley