Classical Music

Not a fan, but my mother loved her opera. She would drag dad up to NYC to watch an opera once a year. My dad absolutely hated wearing a tux. In fact, he left it at home on purpose once and mom had him go out and rent one.
 
911 said:
Not a fan, but my mother loved her opera. She would drag dad up to NYC to watch an opera once a year. My dad absolutely hated wearing a tux. In fact, he left it at home on purpose once and mom had him go out and rent one.
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Opera is a beautiful genre. It combines classical music with singing and acting. And the old productions (for example at the MET) had beautiful staging and costumes.

I love opera. I only regret that I became an opera lover too late (in my 50s).
 
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For those of you who like classical solo string playing, it doesn't get much prettier than this rendition of Debussy's "Claire de Lune" recorded in 1962 by world renowned Russian violinist, David Oistrakh, accompanied by Frida Bauer at the piano.

Oistrakh came to play a couple of concerts with us in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in the mid 1960s. I don't recall what he played-- maybe the Tchaikovsky. But he knocked everyone out.
 
OldFeller said:
I was unfamiliar with the piece so I looked it up on YouTube. I liked it instantly. It reminds me of music used in the Disney animated movie, Beauty and the Beast.

I thought it would be helpful, to others reading your post, to be able to hear it as well.

So I couldn't tell you if the tempo was off or not. Only that the piano sounds like magic.

The other video I posted was the entire Carnival Of The Animals.
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I thought you'd like "Aquarium". I'd heard the piece when I was younger during performances of "Carnival of Animals", and I suppose I liked it then.

But it was only when I heard it used in the 2013 silent film, Return to Babylon that it blew me away. It was the perfect music for the beginning of the film during the credits to really set the mood for the picture. It's so haunting and dreamy, which to me evokes the lure of the mystical aspect of the silent film era.

You can experience it here. I think it also illustrates my opinion re the tempo:
 
palides2021 said:
We are playing Shotakovich Symphony No. 5 in a local orchestra. It is technically difficult:

Here is a recording of it with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony:
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I love that piece! But I think my favorite is his Symphony no. 1, written when he was only 19. IMO it's nearly perfect. I got to play in it several times. There's a famous timpani motive: C, D, E-flat.
 
palides2021 said:
Here's a Borodin Plovetsian Dance No. 17 - we also played that this weekend. This is a youth
orchestra. I think they did a good job here:
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Yes, the youth musicians have been getting better and better during the past 50 years, for sure! Which youth orchestra is this, and where do they play.

You indicated that you're with an orchestra. If you don't mind me asking, which one, and where?
 
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