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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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I guess this should go on the Bird thread but the other night my #1 and I were having din-din in the mezquita and I had Bruch's Violin Concerto on. I swear to Allah that Mr and Mrs Black
Phoebe were sitting on the roof rapt. When it finished they went about their business of ridding
our yard of flying pests.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jul 17, 2014 - 08:46am PT
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I first heard this live, performed by a conservatory student. He did a great job, and it's become a favorite. And this is a cool video, to boot.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 17, 2014 - 08:48am PT
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BTW, Lorin Maazel passed the other day.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Jul 17, 2014 - 08:51am PT
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Lorin Maazel in Memoriam (06.03.1930-13.07.2014)
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"Adagietto" from Symphony No 5 by Gustav Mahler
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jul 31, 2014 - 02:33pm PT
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Thanks for the Ives post, Gary. I've never sung any of his solos, but I've sung a couple of his songs for chorus, and I found them surprisingly accessible, in contrast to, say, his solo piano works. "The Circus Band" I particularly enjoyed. The last time through has a fraternity drinking song as a descant. I wish we had recorded it. Here's a You Tube link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGHi4WWreOw
I know you tube has a version of "the Circus Band" for baritone solo as well, so there's hope for me, but I like the chorus version so much better.
John
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jul 31, 2014 - 05:49pm PT
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Hey, John, that's good. I like 20th century American music. It's so...America! I wish folks would program William Grant Still more often. I like his music and his story.
I just finished up a huge mind-f*#k of a listening session: Leonard Bernstein's Charles Eliot Norton lectures from Harvard. He used Ive's The Unanswered Question to bring together his thoughts on universal music and linguistics and how it all relates to what he termed a "crisis" in modern music. Fascinating, but very heavy.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jul 31, 2014 - 07:58pm PT
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Speaking of Leonard Bernstein, grab your DVD of "West Side Story" and throw it on the system with the sound coming through your #1 amp and speakers.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jul 31, 2014 - 11:44pm PT
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Cool, Gary! Back in the early-mid 1960's, when we had one (black and white) TV, my whole family used to gather in the living room and listen to Bernstein's children's concerts with the NY Phil.
John
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Ghost, my DVD of "West Side Story"? HaHaHaHa!
Mine is on a wax cylinder, don't ya know?
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Aug 18, 2014 - 07:46pm PT
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Ah, Mahler, the end of the beginning.
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Aug 19, 2014 - 06:45pm PT
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are you hating on Mahler, Gary?
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Aug 19, 2014 - 07:00pm PT
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are you hating on Mahler, Gary?
Not at all. He was the end of the beginning. The line that started with Bach and went through Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Chopin, and Wagner culminated with Mahler.
He took all that tonality could offer to the limit. Just look at the size of the orchestras needed to play his symphonies. There was no place to go but to Schoenberg.
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