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    For Inauguration Day, the national march of the USA:

    Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

    [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mRn9chmRAY[/YOUTUBE]

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      Beethoven's early 3 Piano Sonatas WoO47 "Kurfürstensonaten" composed when he was 12-13 years old.
      Fidelio

      Must it be.....it must be

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        Liszt: Faust Symphony

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          Brahms four symphonies. NAXOs set I picked up at the library used sale today for $2. It is conducted by Alexander Rahbari with the BRT Philharmonic of Brussels.
          "Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Sahara of musical trash."
          --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

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            The early Cantatas

            Cantata on the death of Emperor Joseph II WoO87

            Cantata on the accession of Emperor Leopold II WoO88
            Fidelio

            Must it be.....it must be

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              Beethoven Piano Concertos 4&5
              Till Fellner piano, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Kent Nagano
              Fidelio

              Must it be.....it must be

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                Wagner's Ring conducted by Hans Swarowsky, 1968.
                "Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Sahara of musical trash."
                --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

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                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFPjFjUonX8
                  Last edited by Enrique; 02-10-2017, 01:25 AM.

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                    The Zelenka link (Nisi Dominus) I gave above no longer exists.
                    Here is the latest YouTube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3eODmwrnoU.
                    It really is quite wonderful. I'm trying to persuade our department's professor of conducting to schedule it for the Chamber Orchestra & Choir. A question of budget, as always.
                    I blame Trump.
                    Last edited by Quijote; 02-10-2017, 05:13 PM.

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                      Here is a YouTube link to the Agnus Dei from Bach's Mass in B minor (featuring the angelic voice of Andreas Scholl).

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdLCcQixNvg

                      I used this extract in a recent counterpoint lesson to show implied 4-part harmony in two-part writing (before the entry of the voice). Magisterial! [written in the style of a Trump Twitter pronouncement]

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                        Both beautiful pieces from Zelenka and Bach.

                        Another counter-tenor I like is, Philippe Jaroussky.


                        Philippe Jaroussky "O solitude, my sweetest choice" (L'Arpeggiata)

                        https://youtu.be/-ZQ_1Mp_QTc


                        [YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/-ZQ_1Mp_QTc[/YOUTUBE]
                        Last edited by Megan; 02-10-2017, 06:45 PM.
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                          Beethoven Symphonies 7 & 8 arr. for wind ensemble / Blaserensemble Sabine Meyer
                          Zevy

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                            Originally posted by Quijote View Post
                            Here is a YouTube link to the Agnus Dei from Bach's Mass in B minor (featuring the angelic voice of Andreas Scholl).

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdLCcQixNvg

                            I used this extract in a recent counterpoint lesson to show implied 4-part harmony in two-part writing (before the entry of the voice). Magisterial! [written in the style of a Trump Twitter pronouncement]
                            How do you do Quijote? That is one of the most beautiful parts of the mass, nay, of all music ever written (only an opinion). And yet so austere.

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                              Last night:

                              Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
                              Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
                              Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Op. 125

                              Budapest Festival Orchestra: Iván Fischer, conductor
                              Richard Goode, piano
                              UMS Choral Union
                              Laura Aikin, soprano
                              Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
                              Robert Dean Smith, tenor
                              Matthew Rose, bass

                              Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

                              The highlight of course was the Ninth and it was wonderful. Every movement seemed to pass to quickly because it was so good. The audience was pretty well behaved, but felt it was free time for coughing between movement. Between every movement there was a loud din of coughing in the place. But it does ruin things because the pauses between movement are supposed to be just that, pauses, not noisy interludes. What I don't get is how these people could avoid coughing through 20 minutes of a movement and then just had to cough.

                              A fun part was watching the piano go below stage on a section of floor that slowly descended then came back up without the piano.

                              One cellist almost didn't make it because of the travel ban.
                              Last edited by Harvey; 02-11-2017, 10:00 PM.
                              "Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Sahara of musical trash."
                              --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

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                                [QUOTE=Harvey;70341]Last night:

                                Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
                                Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
                                Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Op. 125

                                Fantastic programme, with superb musicians. Hope you had a great evening. Very jealous.
                                Fidelio

                                Must it be.....it must be

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