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    What are you watching now?

    Some years back the BBC ran an excellent series on the great composers - some are available on Youtube and I'm watching 'Mahler'

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnBNFRzdkIM
    'Man know thyself'

    #2
    Here is the Beethoven episode.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNoZw6Im86k
    'Man know thyself'

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      #3
      Thanks for posting those documentaries Peter, I must confess , I haven't explored Mahler in depth, but found the documentary most beautiful and very moving. I shall listening and study his music a bit more now.
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        #4
        Originally posted by Megan View Post
        Thanks for posting those documentaries Peter, I must confess , I haven't explored Mahler in depth, but found the documentary most beautiful and very moving. I shall listening and study his music a bit more now.
        Glad you enjoyed that Megan - a good place to start might be the last movement of his 3rd symphony, try starting this clip at 16'27. Let me know if you'd like any other Mahler recommendations.

        [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v1dffCkd5I[/YOUTUBE]

        And the 8th symphony finale, try from 2'00 - amazing performance from Simon Rattle and The National youth orchestra.

        [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WhNn6zxqVg[/YOUTUBE]
        'Man know thyself'

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          #5
          Originally posted by Peter View Post
          Glad you enjoyed that Megan - a good place to start might be the last movement of his 3rd symphony, try starting this clip at 16'27. Let me know if you'd like any other Mahler recommendations.


          Thanks Peter, shall listen this afternoon.
          Last edited by Peter; 01-20-2018, 06:21 AM. Reason: To remove repeated youtube link
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            #6
            Watching the entertaining series on composers presented by Peter Ustinov:
            Here's the one (actually there are two parts) on Mendelssohn

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz1r4MoLK2U
            'Man know thyself'

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              #7
              Peter,
              ''A good place to start might be the last movement of his 3rd symphony, try starting this clip at 16'27.''

              This piece is so hauntingly beautiful and otherworldly, I felt sea of emotions listening to it.

              As I was listening I was thinking the music put me in mind of Sibelius, then my husband mentioned to me that Sibelius was very much influenced by Mahler.

              Time to listen to more of Mahler.
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                #8
                Originally posted by Megan View Post
                Peter,
                ''A good place to start might be the last movement of his 3rd symphony, try starting this clip at 16'27.''

                This piece is so hauntingly beautiful and otherworldly, I felt sea of emotions listening to it.

                As I was listening I was thinking the music put me in mind of Sibelius, then my husband mentioned to me that Sibelius was very much influenced by Mahler.

                Time to listen to more of Mahler.
                Yes it is very spiritual and I think influenced by the slow movement from Beethoven's quartet Op.135.

                [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmu4Q6JLz18[/YOUTUBE]

                Aside from the famous Adagietto from the 5th symphony, I particularly love the slow movement from the 6th:

                [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvUego50gVg[/YOUTUBE]

                Then there is the wonderful song "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"

                [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTqbTP5qy7k[/YOUTUBE]
                'Man know thyself'

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                  #9
                  Just finished Lucrezia Borgia on DVD staring Renee Fleming. Awesome production!

                  Up next La Fanciulla del West.
                  "Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Sahara of musical trash."
                  --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

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                    #10
                    South Bank Show - John Ogdon

                    [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMDqBSlAseg[/YOUTUBE]
                    'Man know thyself'

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                      #11
                      Just finished this wonderful production (which is on You Tube but I think without the subtitles):
                      "Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Sahara of musical trash."
                      --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

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                        #12
                        Socrates, 1971, Roberto Rossellini. I begins with the demolition of the walls of Athens at the end of the Peloponessian War and ends with his exemplary death.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Peter View Post
                          Some years back the BBC ran an excellent series on the great composers - some are available on Youtube and I'm watching 'Mahler'

                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnBNFRzdkIM
                          Have you, Peter, seen Mahler (1974) by Ken Russell? As you lately spoke about Gustav Holst, perhaps you'll enjoy Russell's own view of The Planets (only fragmentarily availabe, on youtube ). The motion picture title is The Planets. He is not a director of my predilection, too spectacular.

                          Now watching Waterloo (1970), starring Rod Steiger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEdNYPV8u6E

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                            #14
                            Impressive computer graphics. Rather nice to watch.



                            [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye4PIjig9XA[/YOUTUBE]
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                              #15
                              This lovely German feature film on the life of Mozart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_3EJB3pjYo It was followed by this ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7R8AkopRdA) on Beethoven with the Revolutionary and romantic orchestra playing (a BBC feature film ). Actually it is a performance of the Third with Beethoven kind of conducting and Prince Lobkowitz and people from his circle attending. It's there the famous scene when the horns seem to enter before time and Riess admonishes them. But sure some of you have already seen this picture before.
                              Last edited by Enrique; 06-15-2018, 01:45 AM.

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