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ElizabethJoy
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Oh, that’s wonderful that you can play the piano!!!
“Shine” was such a good movie - it’s what caused me to love Vivaldi.
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“Shine” was such a good movie - it’s what caused me to love Vivaldi.
Elizabeth
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Affirmed
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Phil- Ditto on the Flight of the Bumble Bee. I took one look and gave up!
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surfinpure
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ElizabethJoy said:“Shine” was such a good movie - it’s what caused me to love Vivaldi.
Vivaldi? Was there any Vivaldi in Shine? All I remember was a ton of Rachmaninov.
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Cairisti
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Too many to name (and most of them have already been mentioned), so will just name Rachmoninoff’s Piano concerto #2 and his Variations of a theme of Paginini. And Barber’s Adagio for Strings. :crying:
(And also love Mozart, Handel, Bach, ect.
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(And also love Mozart, Handel, Bach, ect.
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ElizabethJoy
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surf(name removed by moderator)ure:
Wasn’t that Shine? I haven’t seen the movie in several years, so maybe I’m getting it mixed up with a different movie?
I had to go and find a CD with that song on it as soon as I heard it in the movie and in the horribly stressful place I worked, I would sing it under my breath to remind me of its message.
Just found this - here you go - you can listen to clips from the soundtrack here - it’s #34 of 34 pieces.
amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000041FJ/104-4596247-8220751?v=glance&s=music&vi=samples#disc_1
I didn’t realize it til now but Vivaldi’s Gloria was also part of the soundtrack. Gorgeous!
Elizabeth
That beautiful soprano singing “Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera.”Vivaldi? Was there any Vivaldi in Shine? All I remember was a ton of Rachmaninov.
Wasn’t that Shine? I haven’t seen the movie in several years, so maybe I’m getting it mixed up with a different movie?
I had to go and find a CD with that song on it as soon as I heard it in the movie and in the horribly stressful place I worked, I would sing it under my breath to remind me of its message.
Just found this - here you go - you can listen to clips from the soundtrack here - it’s #34 of 34 pieces.
amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000041FJ/104-4596247-8220751?v=glance&s=music&vi=samples#disc_1
I didn’t realize it til now but Vivaldi’s Gloria was also part of the soundtrack. Gorgeous!
Elizabeth
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surfinpure
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Well, you learn something new every day. I had no idea Vivaldi even wrote any vocal music!
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brotherhrolf
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AAACK! Elizabeth! AAACK! Antique Music? I have absolutely positively (add any praising adjective you want to add) LOVED Monteverdi’s Vespers since I first heard it back in the (really ancient 1960’s)! What version are you listening to??? I have Gardiner’s DVD of this with the Monteverdi Choir! Antique music? Look at all the antique instruments they use: theorbos, lutes, shawms, ebony cornets,…AAAACK! C’mon! Please! Antique music? My favorite is the Nissi Dominus. It is pure Renaissance dance music. Deus in adjutorium is probably the great great grandfather of all fanfares. You’ve got to branch out. I understand your love of vocal music but, PLEASE, check out some Spanish villancios from the period. Explore! Explore! Explore!I don’t know beans about antique music. I don’t really care for instrumental music very much, though - I would rather listen to chant than an orchestra - there’s just such beauty in a collection of well-trained human voices.
I especially love the Baroque period - in music, art and architecture.
I love Mozart’s Requiem and his opere.
Vivaldi’s Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera and Cantata: Lungi dal Vago Volto.
Handel’s Messiah and Puccini’s opere.
Can’t get away from the vocals - I love, love, love to hear beautiful singing.
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ElizabethJoy
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Sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you - when I said I didn’t know anything, that’s exactly what I meant.
By “antique music” I mean music that’s old - dall’antichita’ - I don’t know what is Classical, what is Renaissance, what is Baroque - but all are antique and by watching the discussion and comparing it to the CD’s that I listen to most often, it seemed to me that I love the Baroque chorales most of all.
My favorite version of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 is directed by Martin Pearlman with the Boston Baroque. I have no clue about the instruments being used in the Baroque recordings, but they’re beautiful and I love them, whatever they are.
Until about 10-12 years ago, I didn’t like any music older than the 1960’s!
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brotherhrolf
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Anyone who loves Monteverdi’s Vespers can’t in any way offend me. Try and get a hold of the Gardiner DVD and watch it. It was filmed in San Marco Venice. Cornets were carved out of ebony back then although you’ld think they were brass instruments like trumpets. The theorbo is a lute on steroids and the person playing the theorbo in the DVD above ROCKS! Visually, besides showing all the singers (who obviously enjoy singing this), they show you all the Byzantine mosaics inside the Basilica. The Magnificat section is, well, dizzying.Sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you - when I said I didn’t know anything, that’s exactly what I meant.
By “antique music” I mean music that’s old - dall’antichita’ - I don’t know what is Classical, what is Renaissance, what is Baroque - but all are antique and by watching the discussion and comparing it to the CD’s that I listen to most often, it seemed to me that I love the Baroque chorales most of all.
My favorite version of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 is directed by Martin Pearlman with the Boston Baroque. I have no clue about the instruments being used in the Baroque recordings, but they’re beautiful and I love them, whatever they are.
Until about 10-12 years ago, I didn’t like any music older than the 1960’s!
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ElizabethJoy
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Oh, thank heavens! I thought I might have made a big boo-boo or something.
(Lute on steroids?
I’ll watch for that.)Okay, I took your word for it and ordered the DVD. I never saw Venice or San Marco, so this may indeed be dizzying.
Can you picture going to a mass like this every week? Wow, talk about lifting your heart to God! It does that without the surroundings of a cathedral - how inspiring it must have been when taken in context and in the setting for which it was created. Incredible.
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PhilVaz
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OK, more MIDI I found “laying around”
Valkyrie ? by Greig, not sure full name, help classical freaks
Far Beyond the Sun by Yngwie Malmsteen (no one remember him?), a contemporary of Paganini
Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin ( I can play this one, except the final part )
Right Now by Van Halen ( good MIDI rendition, drums included after intro )
X-Files Theme
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Valkyrie ? by Greig, not sure full name, help classical freaks
Far Beyond the Sun by Yngwie Malmsteen (no one remember him?), a contemporary of Paganini
Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin ( I can play this one, except the final part )
Right Now by Van Halen
( good MIDI rendition, drums included after intro )X-Files Theme
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pnewton
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Interestingly enough, yes. I have a CD of Sousa marches I play all day every 4th.
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qmvsimp
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I don’t think a “greatest” exists. There are many masters who have composed some of the greatest music God has given us, each different from the others.
Greatest does not exist. However, favorites do.
Greatest does not exist. However, favorites do.
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Lisa N:
Wait a minute. I never had a door-gunner, don’t fly helicopters and never been to Vietnam…
Another movie flashback…
Sorry…
Reminds me of when, coming in low from the ocean over An Doc, our lead Huey was hit by an RPG, I banked 45 degrees and my door-gunner…
Wait a minute. I never had a door-gunner, don’t fly helicopters and never been to Vietnam…
Another movie flashback…
Sorry…
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pianoplayingmom
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In my humble opinion, the most beautiful (maybe not the greatest, though) piece of music is Bach’s Violin Concerto for 2 Violins in d minor. It takes my breath away every time I hear it. Lovely!
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AlanFromWichita
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OBOY! That is a great one!
My daughter and her friend played that as a duet last year at graduation!
While my daughter was working on it I obtained – at their teacher’s advice – a recording of Perlman and Stern (?) playing it. Catherine almost lost courage at first because it was so beautiful she didn’t think she could ever live up to it. I talked her out of it pretty quickly.
When I first heard her practice this piece with her friends Karen, I cried like a baby. Angels spoke through them.
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sparkle
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What a great thread!
Clearly, IMO, HANDEL’S MESSIAH!!!
Clearly, IMO, HANDEL’S MESSIAH!!!
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Lisa_N
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It IS a very dramatic piece. I like Wagner but don’t know if he qualifies in the ‘classic’ period. His music though suffered as it was a favorite of the Nazis. Ugh.
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