What are you listening to now?

[Peter]

Beethoven Symphony no.4 - perfect antedote to a dull winter's day!

[Chris]

Beethoven Symphony no.4 - perfect antedote to a dull winter's day!

Indeed - my favorite of the symphonies!

[Hofrat]

Beethoven's 4th symphony is one of my favorites too. I love its great syncopation.

[Peter]

Indeed - my favorite of the symphonies!

Interesting, I was thinking about that when listening to it this morning and if I really had to choose a favourite I think it would be the 8th.

[Roehre]

Interesting....I suppose this includes the one in the second movement of the 7th? It does sound distinctly familiar. (Love Boris Godunov, by the way!)

That melody is one of the question marks in B's output. It is suggested that it might be a (possibly Czech) pilgrim's song (or influenced by such a song), but the sketches do suggest that it is wholly of B's own invention.

[This is the case too with the 2nd mvt of symphony 8, the so-called Ta,Ta,Ta... canon. Schindler claimed this mvt to be inspired by the Canon [WoO 162], which therefore must have been composed before Beethoven started working on the 8th if correct {which symphony btw started to be sketched as a piano concerto!}.
The sketches however show, that Beethoven developed the theme in 8-II from scratch, and therefore it is evident that such a canon did not exist at the time of the composition of this symphony {It still doesn't exclude the possibillity that such a canon once did exist however!}].

[Hofrat]

If I am not mistaken, it was Schindler who wrote the "Ta,Ta, Ta" canon.

[Roehre]

If I am not mistaken, it was Schindler who wrote the "Ta,Ta, Ta" canon.

The problem with this assumption is, that the harmonic elaboration of Ta,ta,ta..... is well beyond Schindler's compositional capabillities, e.g. compared with his ("mature") Mass in D (which is in the archives of the Beethoven-Haus), though IF the canon really isn't by B, who else could have written it?

[Roehre]

Today:

JSBach:
Cantatas BWV 69 (1748) and 71 (1708), both for the installation of a new town council, composed nearly at the beginning and the end of his career

Stravinsky:
Dumbarton Oaks
Basle Concerto for Strings

Keuris:
3 Michelangelo Songs (1990)

Feldman:
The Viola in my Life I
The Viola in my Life II

[Preston]

Been listening to Bach's Lute Suite #4 and Beethoven's Appassionata (1st movement).

I had been listening to the Appassionata played by Gulda because it came with the Beethoven Complete. Though, now that I have heard Barenboim I much prefer Barenboim compared to Gulda! Gulda flies through it at a blazing speed, while Barenboim takes it much slower, and makes it much clearer.

[Chris]

Celebrating my 29th birthday this morning with Mozart's Clarinet Concerto!

[Michael]

Celebrating my 29th birthday this morning with Mozart's Clarinet Concerto!

Happy birthday, young feller!

[Zevy]

Been listening to Bach's Lute Suite #4.

The Lute Suite that I'm most familiar with is the one in G minor, BWV 995, as it is the only other version of Bach's Cello suite #5 in C minor.

[Chris]

Happy birthday, young feller!

Thanks, Michael. I think I will go home to the piano and play something by Chopin in honor of his birthday, which is also today!

[Roehre]

Happy Birthday, Chris

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Today:


Madetoja:
Dance Vision Op.11 (1910)

Kuula:
Suru Op.22 No.2

Suolahti, Heikki (1920-1936 )
Sinfonia Piccola (1935)

Berg:
Vioolconcert (1935)

Stravinsky:
4 Norwegian Moods

Keuris:
Passegiate for 4 recorders (1990)

[Bonn1827]

Hope you had a happy birthday - how wonderful sharing with Chopin!