what are we listening too now??

[Pastorali]

W.A. Mozart
Divertimento for 2 Horns, 2 Violins, Viola & Double bass in B flat major KV.287

Regards to all of those, who got broken modems...

[Amalie]

Originally posted by Pastorali:
W.A. Mozart
Divertimento for 2 Horns, 2 Violins, Viola & Double bass in B flat major KV.287

Regards to all of those, who got broken modems...

Hope everyone is ready for Christmas and have wrapped up all the pressies. Me? well, I volunteered to work on Christmas Eve, looks like I'll be muddling along as usual.


I have been listenig to:

Vivaldi's Gloria
Carolyn Sampson, Joanne Lunn [sopranos]
Robin Blaze [countertenor], I do love the countertenor vioce!
Choir of the Kings Consort.


Giuseppe Torelli: Sonata for Trumpet, strings & basso continuo/ Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. Trumpet [Erklund].
A wonderful piece!



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~ Courage, so it be righteous, will gain all things ~

[Amalie]

At Mass on Sunday we had music from -

Palestrina, Missa Brevis

Bach, Adagio (from Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, BWV 564)

Victoria, Ave Maria

Haydn, Motet, Prope est Dominus

Sung by the heavenly choir

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[This message has been edited by Amalie (edited 12-20-2004).]

[Pastorali]

Joseph Haydn - Symphony #40 in F major

[Gurn Blanston]

Originally posted by Pastorali:
W.A. Mozart
Divertimento for 2 Horns, 2 Violins, Viola & Double bass in B flat major KV.287

Regards to all of those, who got broken modems...

Pastrl,
Yes, broken modems are a real problem for the dedicated poster! I am certainly pleased that MY modem is not broken anymore, because the 2 weeks + that I have not been able to read the board from home have been an ordeal for me!
Right now I am listening to the Incidental Music from Goethe's Egmont played by the BPO/Karajan. This was a Christmas gift from a dear friend which I received today and opened early Life has suddenly gotten good again!

Micherl van Gurnhoven

[atserriotserri]

After some committed Chopin listening, I'm again in baroque mode (back to bach)

English suites (BWV 806-8011) and late Haydn piano sonatas on the hands of Gould.

Incidentally... the main theme of the appassionata is on the second half of the first movement of the Haydn piano sonata no. 49, isn't it?

Yesterday I listened to the hammerklavier sonata with some regularity the last weeks (I converted my cd to mp3 and stored it on my pocket pc so when I travel, I listen to it) and is growing very strong in me. What a brilliant and majestic piece of music.

[Pastorali]

Gurnrl, great to have you back!
I got fun with Paganini's String Quartet's.

[Pastorali]

I'm making a sweet and romantic Max Bruch morning today....
-Symphonies Nos. 1+2 (Masur/Leipzigers)
-Scottish Fantasies & Violin Concerto #2 (Perlman/Mehta/Israel Philh.)
-String Octet, String Quartet & Piano Quintet (Ensemble Ulf Hoelscher)

nice goodies!

[Joy]

In keeping with the Holiday Season my classical radio station has been playing some beautiful traditional Christmas carols. This morning it was "God Rest you Merry, Gentlemen" Samuel Wesley with Ian Hobson, piano also "Il est ne, le divin enfant" (He is born)with the Vienna Choir Boys, "I Wonder as I Wander" John Jacob Niles and the Eaken Trio Orchestra, and "We Three Kings"
John H. Hopkins.

Tonight I'm going to a Christmas choir concert held at my church. Should be beautiful!

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'Truth and beauty joined'

[Gurn Blanston]

My, we are all so quiet today! Hope we are listening anyway, too much hectic activity takes all the Peace out of the Holiday, which is against all the rules!
Well, I am listening, for sure! Right now, it is the Divertimento in D major - #17 - K 334 (320b) - Amadé Mozart. One of the great works of the pre-Vienna years, with a minuet and trio that is one of the most familiar little pieces you are likely to run across that you can't quite put your finger on! Hope you all have a pleasant evening, especially you, Joy, with your lovely Christmas music, and are all a tad more loquacious tomorrow!

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Regards,
Gurn
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[This message has been edited by Gurn Blanston (edited 12-23-2004).]

[Amalie]

Anon: 'As with Gladness'
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge.

Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins
Berlin Philharmonic Orch.

Schubert: Piano Quintet, D667,
Frank Braley [piano]


Compliments of the Season to everyone !

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~ Courage, so it be righteous, will gain all things ~

[Pastorali]

Oh yes!!!! A lot of messy hectic momentary - only the music keeps me cool!

WAYLT today:
Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge Op.85
Es ist vollbracht WoO 97
Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt Op.112
Opferlied Op.121b
Mozart: several Piano Concertos and Divertimentos...

[Gurn Blanston]

Amalie,
Ah, some of my favorites! I have been looking for a biography of "anon" to post in the Contemporaries... thread but... Best of the season to you too!

Pastrl,
Oh, singin' eh? "Anon" wrote some great singing works, see Amalie's post for a tip there! Last work day before Christmas break, and a lovely one it is, too.

For me, it is the Symphony in d minor - #6 - Op 58 - Johann Wilhelm Wilms. Wonderful Early Romantic work by a German expatriate in Holland. Although lost for 150 years or more, these have recently been rediscovered and are well worth a listen. Mendelssohn must have heard them, I would think, or else it was something in the water

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Regards,
Gurn
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[Sorrano]

I've been listening to the Magic Flute. That takes a punch out of the stress of the Holidays.

[Gurn Blanston]

Sorrano,
Yes indeed, excellent choice! Am I the only one who thinks the Queen of the Night is a hottie?

For me now, it is Caucasian Sketches #1 Op 10 by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. Russian orchestral music at its finest!


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Regards,
Gurn
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