Classical anyone?

That may well be the case. However, it's rather naive. If you listen to the entire suite, from the "Morning Mood" opening to the end, you will hear the melody and harmony lines repeated in every portion of it. "Anitra's Dance" is a portion of the suite in which Peer Gynt imagines an Arab dancing girl. If you saw the movie Ice Age, the music which is playing when the characters go through the ice cave is "Anitra's Dance." I think it is easiest to see the repetition of the main themes of the suite by comparing "Anitra's Dance" and "The Hall of the Mountain King."

Personally, i suspect the "dire sound," and the thumping kettle drums and roaring tubas in "The Hall of the Mountain King" have the most to do with it.

Found a cool fugue

Quintessence Saxophone Quintet - Fudge Fugue in G minor
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nqzsf7SXQ2o

From the "something I thought I'd never see" files: Aretha Franklin singing "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's Turandot.

A good way to start the day

Rastrelli Cello Quartett Piazzolla - Oblivion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I26V_CeC2ak&feature=related

Joshua Bell [Violin] - Tambourin Chinois
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUN9vswQQAw&feature=user

not exactly classical but close enough

For friends and family who are traveling this weekend.

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiyc9Ak3EtQ

Part II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOcuvv01nO4

In the same vein: Leonard Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

wonderful, shapeless. Thanks!

Heard that the NY Philharmonic played in No Korea today. One of the pieces was An American in Paris. This was also part of the program for Kim's European orchestra tour last year

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dytAAxqQGzA

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzGbqmCHAK8&feature=related

Yup. As one of their encores, they also played Bernstein's Overture to Candide. They played it without a conductor, no less... quite a difficult feat given this rollicking score.

Here's Bernstein himself conducting it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422-yb8TXj8

Lots of music to listen to today...

Last night joefromchicago and I spent a very nice evening enjoying Yo Yo Ma alone on the stage at Symphony Center playing three of the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Bach (#3, #2, and #6). Here's Suite No. 2 in D Minor BWV1008 - my favorite of the three.

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A7Uwp8IVus&feature=related

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee5V4lz9-74&feature=related

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6wQlku1o7M&feature=related

Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkmQBzXEXf8&feature=related

Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEZ_ONqVgyk&feature=related

Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAwQNLOb3LQ&feature=related



We're back there again tonight for:

Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
John Sharp, cello

Saint-Saëns - Cello Concerto No. 1
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben

Strauss' sensational musical self-portrait Ein Heldenleben has long been one of the CSO's showpieces. With its tender love music and sonic fireworks, this is Strauss at his showstopping best. CSO Principal Cello John Sharp is the soloist in Saint-Saëns' popular and tuneful First Cello Concerto.

Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto Part 1 - Rostapovich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inLlNdjKgTQ

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp0KguwCGw4&feature=related


Ein Heldenleben - Part 1
http://youtube.com/watch?v=C2APg0fEFio

Part 2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XIdjscp5vWA&feature=related

Part 3
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lgHUT0IgDFw&feature=related

Part 4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9zQPkbHJXTg&feature=related

Part 5
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J0KlAHd7dGI&feature=related

I stole this from Miss Letty.

I haven't the background, but I miss this thred.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyi3C4gNnE

RH

A friend is sending me some Dudamel cd's. Word is beyond good on him. Still, roads aren't easy. I wish him very well.

One of my close friends (an aspiring conductor) saw Dudamel in concert recently and was blown away. Whether my friend was "buying into the hype," I don't know, but in any case he said it was a mesmerizing experience.

I've been following him for ? two years, but I'm not musically savvy. People whom I know who are, all are glad to see him show up - ah, anecdotal.

Just found this on YouTube: Dudamel conducting Bernstein's "Mambo" from West Side Story.

i love classical!


too bad i dont know about it vurry much.

I started by listening to the 4th movement earlier. Here's the entire piece.

Dvorak's New World Symphony

1st Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmZ25MDvzNU&feature=related

2nd Movement - Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYl4Xb4cDQ8&feature=related

2nd Movement - Part II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=229MtHJRvUw&feature=related

3rd Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pLIBWyFBIg&feature=related

4th Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlci-kCEaKE

I'm more partial to Dvorak's Eighth.

First Movement
Second Movement
Third Movement
Fourth Movement

Listening now and enjoying it very much. Thanks, shapeless!

Some Vivaldi to start off the day.

Violin Concerto in A minor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPba-i26YNA