A Classical Music Fan

[Antiquarian]

Hello.
I have always enjoyed classical music. My favourite composers at the moment are Kabalevsky, Stravinski, and Vaughan Williams. Next week it very probably will change. I came to this site from TalkClassical because an estimable fellow there named Krummhorn suggested that this would be a great alternative site, should the one that I customarily hang out at suffer a technical meltdown. Since I am not one of those computer geeks that can ease their way around a broken site, here I am. I hope I won't become a horrid gawdelpus here, and I will try to keep all my postings well mannered.

 

[wljmrbill]

Welcome to the forums. I am sure you will enjoy and learn many things here as well as exposure to many composers and musical forms.

 

[Krummhorn]

Welcome to MIMF :wave:

We have several TC'ers who regularly visit this site, so you may see some familiar names. We offer a wide variety of music discussions covering most every aspect of the musical spectrum.

We do apologize for the random outages on TC - they have been reported to the site owner and that's about all I can do. When TC is down for you, it is also down for me :crazy:.

 

[JHC]

Antiquarian, I am also a fan of RVW his synphonies are IMO fantastic no need to be too polite we are all grown up here. :grin:

 

[JHC]

Antiquarian This is a very short clip from YT.
RVW Sym#3 “Pastoral” not what it seems this is a short description by Sir Roger Norrington

[video=youtube;FWJwgmeCF5I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FWJwgmeCF5I  [/video]

 

[Antiquarian]

Antiquarian This is a very short clip from YT.
RVW Sym#3 “Pastoral”

Wow, a "requiem for the First World War". I can understand the context now. I had found #3 to be melancholic, but this does make things clearer for me. Thanks JHC!

 

[JHC]

Wow, a "requiem for the First World War". I can understand the context now. I had found #3 to be melancholic, but this does make things clearer for me. Thanks JHC!

Yes I felt the same but have since listened with fresh ears it brings tears to my eyes.

 

[BrownDanliel]

His music has always shocked me.

 

[JHC]

His music has always shocked me.

In what way? are you more in the classical period or baroque.