SUNDAY MORNING CLASSICS ON TBP

A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
Anthony Aaron, nkit, and Steve C.

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.

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons

Violin: Gabor Szabo

Orquesta Reino de Aragón

Conductor: Ricardo Casero

00:00 Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269 “Spring”
I. Allegro
II. Largo e pianissimo sempre
III. Allegro pastorale

10:28 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315 “Summer”
I. Allegro non molto
II. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte
III. Presto

21:29 Violin Concerto No. 3 in F Major, RV 293 “Autumn”
I. Allegro
II. Adagio molto
III. Allegro

33:15 Violin Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV 297 “Winter”
I. Allegro non molto
II. II. Largo
III. III. Allegro —

The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a group of four violin concerti by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year. These were composed around 1718−1720, when Vivaldi was the court chapel master in Mantua. They were published in 1725 in Amsterdam, together with eight additional concerti, as Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione (The Contest Between Harmony and Invention).

The Four Seasons is the best known of Vivaldi’s works. Though three of the concerti are wholly original, the first, “Spring”, borrows patterns from a sinfonia in the first act of Vivaldi’s contemporaneous opera Il Giustino. The inspiration for the concertos is not the countryside around Mantua, as initially supposed, where Vivaldi was living at the time, since according to Karl Heller they could have been written as early as 1716–1717, while Vivaldi was engaged with the court of Mantua only in 1718.

They were a revolution in musical conception: in them Vivaldi represented flowing creeks, singing birds (of different species, each specifically characterized), a shepherd and his barking dog, buzzing flies, storms, drunken dancers, hunting parties from both the hunters’ and the prey’s point of view, frozen landscapes, and warm winter fires.

Unusual for the period, Vivaldi published the concerti with accompanying sonnets (possibly written by the composer himself) that elucidated what it was in the spirit of each season that his music was intended to evoke. The concerti therefore stand as one of the earliest and most detailed examples of what would come to be called program music—in other words, music with a narrative element. Vivaldi took great pains to relate his music to the texts of the poems, translating the poetic lines themselves directly into the music on the page. For example, in the middle section of “Spring”, when the goatherd sleeps, his barking dog can be heard in the viola section. The music is elsewhere similarly evocative of other natural sounds. Vivaldi divided each concerto into three movements (fast–slow–fast), and, likewise, each linked sonnet into three sections.

The Next Two Pieces Come To Us Thanks To Anonymous.

Dvorak: Serenade for String Orchestra in E Major, Op. 22

Concerto In D Major For Lute, RV. 93: II. Largo

The Next Three Pieces Come To Us Thanks To Amb. Cornholio.

Pianist Ami – Амтатны Дагина (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)

Mongolia . . . a nation having a population of 3.4 million, unexpectedly seems to be blessed with much talent of the musical variety. The Mongolian State Conservatory has trained many fine musicians to be sure.

Too bad I didn’t find this one for Christmas, Alimaa Samdan who calls herself Pianist Ami.

“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Tchaikovsky

Arranged by Tseren Ganbaatar “Royal music production”

Performed by Pianist Ami

Video – We Play Media Production

Pianist Ami & Khaliunsuren ”Burte” Piano duet

Pianist Ami playing with (mother) pianist Luvsansharav Khaliunsuren. ”Burte” piano duet.

Composer; B.Sharav.

Arranged by Oki Odbayar.

Mixing and mastering Tseren. Piano 1 ; Luvsansharav Haliunsuren. Piano 2; Pianist Ami .

Video making Roll Entertainment:

”Piano Ensemble” concert. Lavignac ”Galop Marche” 8 hands 1 piano

A light hearted rendition of Albert Lavingnac’s Galope Marche by Pianist Ami, Bayarmaa,Buyandelger and Undrakh.

From Piano Ensemble Concert 2013 .Ulaanbaatar Mongolia:

Anthony Aaron

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis

Vaughan Williams ‘Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis’, is a one-movement work for string orchestra. The theme is by the 16th-century English composer, Thomas Tallis. Williams was commissioned by the Three Choirs Festival to compose a work that would be premiered in Gloucester Cathedral.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis at Gloucester Cathedral, where in 1910, it was played and conducted for the first time by composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.

This is possibly the finest ever performance of this most beautiful piece.

And now for some female artists …

Annie Lennox – A Whiter Shade of Pale

Faith Hill & Carlos Santana – Breathe

Stevie Nicks – Rhiannon

Shania Twain – She’s Not Just A Pretty Face

Lee Ann Womack – I Hope You Dance

Sarah Brightman – ‘Fly to Paradise’ from Sarah Brightman HYMN IN CONCERT

nkit

Gladiator – Elysium | Calm Continuous Mix

Today, I’ll play some easy-listening symphonic music. You won’t see the Symphony, but videos of landscape and such. It’s music to do your chores by.

Let’s start with “Gladiator – Elysium” from Hans Zimmer.

Titanic | Calm Continuous Mix

Next we’ll move to James Horner’s Titanic.

The Shawshank Redemption | Calm Continuous Mix

Next is Thomas Newman’s Shawshank Redemption.

Braveheart | Calm Continuous Mix

We’ll follow that with another James Horner piece from “Braveheart.”

Pearl Harbor – Tennessee | Calm Continuous Mix

Lastly, we’ll hear another composition from Hans Zimmer “Pearl Harbor-Tennessee.”

Hope you have enjoyed the background music.

Have a peaceful Sunday.

Steve C.

And now it’s time to revisit with Brendan Kavanagh. This guy’s great…

Subverting Communist Youth With Boogie and Blues

Chinese classical music students are subtly indoctrinated with western-style Boogie and Blues….

Extreme Punks Convert To Boogie Woogie and Blues

Extreme body modification punks start to groove to Boogie Woogie, Blues and Jazz when they hear it being played on a public piano.

Dutch Girl Ticks All The Boxes

1. She knows Boogie Woogie
2. She knows the location of ‘Middle C ‘
3. She knows Mary Poppins and can jam a few of the songs.

Beethoven To Boogie Makes College Girls Smile

Classical Girls get a surprise when Beethoven gets rocked at a public piano.

Rock and Roll Piano Makes Pretty Girl Smile

Everyone is stressed during the London Monday morning rush hour, unless they get a Rock and Roll piano lesson. Then it’s all smiles….

Health and Safety Employee Rocks Out Like A Boss

Girl who works in Safety on Television and Film sets, plays some mean piano…..

American College Girls Introduced To Boogie Woogie

Two girls from Colorado had never heard of Boogie Woogie piano….until they came to England!

The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.

Heaven help us…

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