The 'classical' music thread

Mozrt Flute and Harp Concerto in C - 2nd movement, Andante

Overenthusiastic multiple posting but meh.

Bach - Air on a G String (stop sniggering at the back)

Our head of music at Uni once got hold of a copy of Sweetbox's Everything's Gonna Be Alright which featured this as its main accompaniment. We had to perform the Air and the rap at the same time to prove how rap could be made more accessible - and how tricky rap can be. She arranged the whole thing for us and we just took one afternoon out with a part written for each of us. We went off and did a quick study (a few minutes to get acquainted) and then came back and played it.

She wrote me a drumkit part! For Air on a G String! Bless her!

Why did we *not* record that? Dang!

EDIT: Now playing Rachmaninov's Paganini Rhapsody, var. 18.

thanks cyber, didnt realise there were two versions of ave maria.

adds song to Itunes playlist

Orchestral Version of creek marys blood (the vid i posted in now playing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7CPvY06E2E&NR=1

just went to cardiff today again and saw a free performance at the art centre the full 30 mins of pictures at a expedition, and a few other bits, even pink's party started

was a nice day out

cinder144uk wrote:just went to cardiff today again and saw a free performance at the art centre the full 30 mins of pictures at a expedition, and a few other bits, even pink's party started

was a nice day out

Nice... who performed that, then?

it looked like a local orchestra, age ranging from 5-70, there is always something cool happening down there

Excellent - local orchestras rule! I used to be in the local Light Orchestra!

*Tries to suppress a snigger*

*Fails*

*Bursts out laughing loudly*

I was was to in school for a brief time, go recorder but it was so long ago i forgotten how to play , i can tell from your post you have a funny memory from when you were in one, want to share it

cinder144uk wrote:I was was to in school for a brief time, go recorder but it was so long ago i forgotten how to play , i can tell from your post you have a funny memory from when you were in one, want to share it

Which one? LOL ^_^

1. Playing the triangle in a joint schools primary orchestra when I was 9?
2. The end of my beater flying off during a moving performance of Memory from Cats?
3. Having no cymbal stands and having to up-end a load of chairs to hang up my instruments?
4. Dashing from one end of the room to the other during Finlandia and almost breaking my neck on a cello?
5. Performing the whole of my part for The Radetsky March at half speed because my conductor couldn't be arsed spending any time with the percussion section?
6. Trying not to laugh at my increasingly pretentious conductor while he took us through his self-penned piano concerto (which he couldn't play)?
7. Trying not to laugh while we accompanied a guy in actual lederhosen singing Eidelweiss?
8. Making up my part during The Liberty Bell because at the time I couldn't read music?

Or...

... do you mean from when I've conducted them myself?

4. Dashing from one end of the room to the other during Finlandia and almost breaking my neck on a cello?

ouchy, sounds painful and i know how dangerous they can be, always remember my old school yard crush lugging one them around, i would always give my seat to her on the bus, but she only used it for the cello

(come to think of it i always fall for the musical type )

laura- cello
Emily- bassoon

my ex joy was a good singer

the list goes on

Is that the Emily I think it is?

yeah,

have not heard from her in almost 2 years though

ah well

I still can't fathom what happened to her, you know...

well she just said that her obsession with the internet was getting i the way of her music and studying, and that she hopes that i one day learn the saxaphone or pan pipes like i always said i wanted to.

du to th stress over the year though i still have not been able to follow that through

May sound strange but take a look in Private Eye magazine - they sometimes run an ad for online / CD sax tuition & hire. Worth a try?

might try that, just worried that i may find the sax heavy and awkward to use with my left hand, how heavy do saxophones tend to be ?

Alto sax? Hmm... not too heavy, really (the average 9-year-old can handle it with few problems), but most saxophonists would use a neck strap to help support it while they play. Some even go for a harness to support it.

If you're worried about your arm, most of the movement is in fingers and wrist, I think - your arm would be in pretty much the same position while you play, only slight movements, really, as the keys pick up some the slack when you change pitches.

Will ask an expert for more info for you.

cheers cyber will look in to it eventually

Ok, I spoke to one of our woodwind teachers who said pretty much the same as I did earlier. The secret's in the sling you use. Get a good neckstrap or harness and you won't have to support any weight at all. He also says the movement is all in your wrist and finger joints so it wouldn't cause too much trouble for the rest of your arm.

just heard this from a spore clip, i just had to track it down amaziness

*Sneaks in and adds video clip to Matt's post*

*Sneaks out again*

I can remember how much I liked this when I saw it at the cinema.

If you've ever had to perform this, you'll love the video...

awsome, reminded me of this

Anyone see it last night?

I wonder what was going on with the cutting-to-Clive-Anderson-in-the-studio sections? Half the time he wasn't even paying attention and at one point I saw him sit staring for a second until he realised he was on air and then he turned on the studio charm. And I wanted him to straighten his tie. That was so annoying.

Thought the conductor was quite good but brave to move away from the Fantasia on Sea Shanties. One or two Prommers looked a bit cheated (they'd brought their bicycle horns specially and everything). Apparently the Sea Songs piece played as an alternative was performed in remembrance of 50 years since Vaughan Williams' death.

I never saw the Maestro series but Sue Perkins didn't do too badly. She had Lesley Garrett with her, which was great (she's a really good sport, I think - there'd have been some sopranos who would have balked at the idea of working with an amateur conductor - make Lesley a dame). I think her orchestra must have been quite a supportive bunch, too.

French pianist + orchestra = fab!

French pianist + The Mighty Bryn = hmmm. Interesting... very loud.