What are you listening to now?

[Quijote]

It's a delight this piece as are Haydn's 'cello concertos...

Well then, I think you're going to like this, a "hybrid HIP" set-up with a very cheeky 1st movement cadenza and blistering 3rd movement - hang on to your hats!

[Quijote]

I see that British PM Boris Johnson is pushing for a return to imperial measures (ounces and pints, not colonial exploitation). I suddenly feel an urge for some Elgar.

And here's a bit of history about such measures:

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...s-unfathomable

[Peter]

I see that British PM Boris Johnson is pushing for a return to imperial measures (ounces and pints, not colonial exploitation). I suddenly feel an urge for some Elgar.



And here's a bit of history about such measures:

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...s-unfathomable

I've always preferred no.4 to no.1.

[Zevy]

Well then, I think you're going to like this, a "hybrid HIP" set-up with a very cheeky 1st movement cadenza and blistering 3rd movement - hang on to your hats!

Thanks for posting. That was a terrific performance!

[Quijote]

Thanks for posting. That was a terrific performance!

My pleasure, and glad you liked it.

[Peter]

Henri Duparc is the BBC's composer of the week - though his name is familiar to me, his music is not. Here is his "Aux etoiles"

[Peter]

Liszt's Petrarch Sonnet no.123 played beautifully by Wilhelm Kempff

[Sorrano]

This morning I caught the last movement of Beethoven's Les Adieux (sp) Sonata on the radio. I had to ponder Quixote's question about what Beethoven intended as far sonority goes, whether he envisioned something more orchestral, etc. (sorry I am not wording this well). As I listened to this work I could not help but consider how pianistic the music is and that Beethoven was exploring the capacity of the upcoming pianos.

[Chris]

This morning I caught the last movement of Beethoven's Les Adieux (sp) Sonata on the radio. I had to ponder Quixote's question about what Beethoven intended as far sonority goes, whether he envisioned something more orchestral, etc. (sorry I am not wording this well). As I listened to this work I could not help but consider how pianistic the music is and that Beethoven was exploring the capacity of the upcoming pianos.

This movement is the last thing I seriously worked on for the piano before I started learning the organ about twelve years ago. I never got it up to full speed before I had to leave it, but I was getting there. It is indeed very pianistic and so much fun to play. I hope I have the chance to return to it at some point and finally get it up to tempo.

[Sorrano]

This movement is the last thing I seriously worked on for the piano before I started learning the organ about twelve years ago. I never got it up to full speed before I had to leave it, but I was getting there. It is indeed very pianistic and so much fun to play. I hope I have the chance to return to it at some point and finally get it up to tempo.

Good luck with that! .

[Quijote]

I was invited recently to a concert at my local conservatoire for a performance of Poulenc's Stabat Mater.

I have to admit I know practically nothing about Poulenc's music. I can say that I left the concert hall quite satisfied but would not say I am a convert.

Have a listen and see what you think!

[Sorrano]

I was invited recently to a concert at my local conservatoire for a performance of Poulenc's Stabat Mater.

I have to admit I know practically nothing about Poulenc's music. I can say that I left the concert hall quite satisfied but would not say I am a convert.

Have a listen and see what you think!

I will have to check that out. Years ago a choir I was in performed Poulenc's Gloria and ever since I've been fascinated by his quirky music.

[Zevy]

I heard this amazing performance of Beethoven Symphony #7 on the radio. I only caught the finale, which I thought was played at a brisk but perfect tempo. It felt very electrifying and I was positive that it was a recording of a live performance. Sure enough, it was. Here it is:

[Quijote]

I heard this amazing performance of Beethoven Symphony #7 on the radio. I only caught the finale, which I thought was played at a brisk but perfect tempo. It felt very electrifying and I was positive that it was a recording of a live performance. Sure enough, it was. Here it is:

Thanks for posting that, very nice, very brisk; I like brisk.
I don't know what your take is on this symphony but I've always found it rather "oddball": its tonality, its orchestration, its "colour", for want of a better term.
What do you think, Zevy?

[Sorrano]

Thanks for posting that, very nice, very brisk; I like brisk.
I don't know what your take is on this symphony but I've always found it rather "oddball": its tonality, its orchestration, its "colour", for want of a better term.
What do you think, Zevy?

A little off the subject but I often wonder how much Mendelssohn was influenced by the 7th Symphony when he composed his own A Major symphony, the Italian.