(Raises eyebrow.)bohemianfey wrote:The only problem about the Baroque period is that is spawned Neo-baroque shit like Randall Thompson.
I don't find his stuff too bad.
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(Raises eyebrow.)bohemianfey wrote:The only problem about the Baroque period is that is spawned Neo-baroque shit like Randall Thompson.
His The Pelican and Choose Something Like a Star aren't bad, but I got really tired of him after the billionth time of having to sing his stuff.IRG CommandoJoe wrote:(Raises eyebrow.)bohemianfey wrote:The only problem about the Baroque period is that is spawned Neo-baroque shit like Randall Thompson.
I don't find his stuff too bad.
Aha...so that's what it is. You should have sang the first movement of the Chichester Psalms by Leonard Berstein. That was a fun one to sing. I liked its dissonance.bohemianfey wrote:His The Pelican and Choose Something Like a Star aren't bad, but I got really tired of him after the billionth time of having to sing his stuff.
I especially like the 'March to the Scaffold,' with the whipcrack guillotine and two bounces of the head (OK, so we percussionists were a gruesome bunch...it's the director's fault for making us listen to it ).Zaia wrote:'Symphonie Fantastique' by H. Berlioz,
And Barber's not? I also like Barber's 'The School for Scandal' and 'Medea's Dance of Vengeance.' Haven't listened to Beech.'Adagio for Strings' by S. Barber, 'A Set of Songs' by Amy Beech (so she's quite a while after the classical period--nah nah, sue me),
Agree on all these.Orff's 'Carmina Burana,' Dvorak's New World Symphony (either No. 5 or No. 9 depending on how old the publication is), Symphony No. 1 by J. Brahms, Verdi's 'Requiem,' Mozart's 'Requiem' (especially the Lacrimosa), Ravel's 'Bolero,'
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Oh, those are some of my favorites! I also like Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Lately, I've been listening to Orff's Carmina Burana pretty often.Dahak wrote:I like the Brandenburg concertos, Holst's "Planets", the Four Seasons by Vivaldi and much more...
Must....find....The Dark wrote: I especially like the 'March to the Scaffold,' with the whipcrack guillotine and two bounces of the head (OK, so we percussionists were a gruesome bunch...it's the director's fault for making us listen to it ).
Ahahah! In your face, Joe!!!IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Must....find....
(Searches classiccat.net.)
No Hector Berlioz?! WTF?!?!?! I'm shocked and appalled!
Nooooo!!! I must snatch victory from the jaws of defeat!Zaia wrote:Ahahah! In your face, Joe!!!
I don't know how into solo piano music you are, but the piano solo version of 'Pictures' (how it was originally written) is really damn cool. Everyone knows the orchestrated version, but the piano-only version really shows you how extensively a composer can stretch the sounds of the piano. You should check it out if you haven't already.Antie wrote:Oh, those are some of my favorites! I also like Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Lately, I've been listening to Orff's Carmina Burana pretty often.
I LOVE Gregorian chant. I had to sing it like thirty times a month every month when I was in SGC, but dear lord did I love it. It's just so... **melts**Patrick Degan wrote:Mozart, JS Bach, Strauss, Tchaikovsky. Beethoven's 5th, 7th, and 9th symphonies. Wagner's Ride Of The Valkyries and the prelude to Tristan und Isolde. Aaron Copeland. Gregorian and Tibetian chants. Gyorgi Ligeti and Aram Khakachurian. Berber's Adagio For Strings.
He's been mentioned a few times, and I as well like him (pieces such as Contredanse spring to mind).Thanas wrote:Is there no one who likes Salieri?
All-State?verilon wrote:And Revan, maybe on another note entirely, but I as well enjoy Finlandia. Maybe because I was supposed to play it for All-State a couple years back.
Here in the U.S. we've got honour bands that are divided up by region. The nearest ones are city or county honour bands, then state, then coast/region. Here in Maryland it's All County, All State, All Eastern, and then the national.Lord Revan wrote:All-State?verilon wrote:And Revan, maybe on another note entirely, but I as well enjoy Finlandia. Maybe because I was supposed to play it for All-State a couple years back.
ThanksZaia wrote:Here in the U.S. we've got honour bands that are divided up by region. The nearest ones are city or county honour bands, then state, then coast/region. Here in Maryland it's All County, All State, All Eastern, and then the national.