SUNDAY MORNING CLASSICS ON TBP

A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
Anthony Aaron, 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.

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – The Kirov Ballet

This is the whole ballet, so if you like ballet, this is for you.

If you’re like me and don’t particularly like it, you can just listen to the beautiful music, and it is quite beautiful, and go and do something else while you listen.

So here it is:

In this production of the best loved classical ballet ‘Swan Lake’ the naturally gifted Yulia Makhalina dances the challenging role of Odette/Odile while the part of Prince Siegfried is danced by Igor Zelensky. This classic Kirov production includes the familiar happy ending in the final act where Siegfried fights and ultimately defeats the evil magician von Rothbart and at dawn is reunited with Odette.

Act I, Scene 1 – A park near Prince Siegfried’s castle
0:00 Introduction: Moderato assai – Allegro non troppo – Tempo I
2:35 1. Scène: Allegro giusto
5:47 2. Waltz: Tempo di valse
11:37 3. Scène: Allegro moderato
15:23 4. Pas de trois
22:27 6. Pas d’action: Andantino quasi moderato – Allegro
24:00 8. Dance with Goblets: Tempo di polacca

Act I, Scene 2 – Beside a lake
27:15 10. Scene: Moderato
29:51 11. Scene: Allegro moderato, Moderato, Allegro vivo
34:26 12. Scene: Allegro, Moderato assai quasi andante
38:22 13. Dances of the Swans
50:15 IV. Dance of the Little Swans
58:06 14. Scene: Moderato

Act II – The ballroom in Siegfried’s palace
59:55 15. Scene: March – Allegro giusto
1:02:39 16. Ballabile: Dance of the Corps de Ballet and the Dwarves: Moderato assai, Allegro vivo
1:04:14 17. Entrance of the Guests and Waltz: Allegro, Tempo di valse
1:08:22 18. Scene: Allegro, Allegro giusto
1:10:07 21. Spanish Dance: Allegro non troppo (Tempo di bolero)
1:12:05 22. Neapolitan Dance: Allegro moderato, Andantino quasi moderato, Presto
1:13:56 20. Hungarian Dance: Czardas – Moderato assai, Allegro moderato, Vivace
1:16:37 23. Mazurka: Tempo di mazurka
1:19:32 05. Grand Pas d’action (The Black Swan Pas de Deux)
1:30:47 24. Scene: Allegro, Tempo di valse, Allegro vivo

Act III – Beside the lake
1:32:40 25. Entr’acte: Moderato
1:35:15 Valse des Cygnes (a.k.a. Waltz for White and Black Swans, orch. by Drigo from Tchaikovsky’s Op.72 for Piano -No.11 “Valse Bluette”)
1:40:29 28. Scene: Allegro agitato, Molto meno mosso, Allegro vivace
1:43:57 29. Scene finale: Andante
1:45:04 Scene Dansante (orch. by Drigo from Tchaikovsky’s Op.72 for Piano -No.15 “Un poco di Chopin”)
1:49:03 29. Scene finale: Allegro, Alla breve, Moderato e maestoso, Moderato

1:53:20 Credit.

This Next Piece Comes To Us Thanks To Former Mafioso nkit.

The Dave Clark Five – Do You Love Me

One for prepper cat…

The Next Two Submissions Come To Us Thanks To ursel doran.

Ana Vidovic plays Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tárrega on a Jim Redgate classical

One last submission for today is these two favorite classical guitar pieces.

Concierto de Aranjuez – Pablo Sáinz Villegas – LIVE in Het Concertgebouw

The Next Two Pieces Come To Us Thanks To Pogrom.

Mario Mariani – ROSSINI – La Gazza Ladra: Ouverture (Arr. for Piano)

Thank you for the usual awesome Sunday! I really enjoyed the Rossini on flute, I shall answer with Rossini on piano!

Mario Mariani – ROSSINI – William Tell Ouverture part IV

This Next One Comes To Us Thanks To Anonymous.

Funk No.1 – TOKYO GROOVE JYOSHI

Alrighty, then, not strictly classical (and I am currently, and usually, listening to classical), here ya go:

These girls are actually very good. They kind of remind me of the Japanese girls playing in the movie “Swing Girls.” – Steve C.

This Next One Comes To Us Thanks To Russ.

Brahms : Concerto pour violon (Hilary Hahn / Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France)

Thanks for the selections today.

This Next Selection Comes To Us Thanks To TN Patriot.

Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood “Summer Wine” on The Ed Sullivan Show

Thanks, again for bringing this wonderful respite from the doom porn of the 24/7 news cycle. It is a highlight of the week for me.

Steve – Here is a Nancy Sinatra song that I enjoyed much more than “Boots” and was also on Ed Sullivan’s show. He really had some talent come across his stage.

The Next Two Come To Us Thanks The Central Scrutinizer.

Randy Travis 01 Shall We Gather At The River

This stuff is more my speed to lift my soul up…

The Old Rugged Cross by Alan Jackson

…and a little of this…

Anthony Aaron

Mahler: Symphony No. 1

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) composed his Symphony No 1 from the end of 1877 to early 1888. It was a symphonic poem’ in 4 movements.

It was originally performed in 1889.

Mahler: Piano Quartet in A Minor

Mahler composed this piece when he was 17, though most of it has been lost. This is what remains … his only chamber music composition.

Paul Horn: Mahabhutas

From the album Inside the Taj Mahal

Keith Jarrett — Over the Rainbow (Tokyo 1984)

I saw Keith Jarrett in concert once in LA … never forgot how beautifully he played – or, rather, improvised …

This is an old standard …

Steve C.

Shostakovich Symphony No 10 Mvt 2

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in the second movement of Shostakovich Symphony No 10, filmed live at the Barbican Centre in London on Sunday 24 June 2018.

Shostakovich // Symphony No 5, IV. Allegro non troppo

Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 in D minor (4th movement) conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. Taken from MTT’s 70th birthday gala concert in 2015.

Mahler – Symphonie n°2 « Résurrection », 1. Allegro maestoso – COGE

Concert anniversaire des 40 ans du COGE – 1er juillet 2023

Formation Symphonique.

Chef : Nicolas Agullo

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

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