Classical Music
Josiah_Bartlet
Join Date: 2002-07-04 Member: 880Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2002-07-04 Member: 880Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">Favourite Composers and Pieces.</div> I was just wondering if there was anyone else on the Natural Selection forums who likes Classical Music, and if they did, which composers and pieces do they like.
This may be a good way of openings up to different periods and learning about composers you had never even heard of before.
Personally I like the Handel, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Holst, and Mozart to name a few. However, my favourites have to be Elgar and Dvorak.
My favourite pieces are Elgar's Nimrod (Enigma Varation IX) and Dvorak's Largo from the New World Symphony (the music from the old Hovis adverts for any Brits out there, the ones where the Yorkshire lad is pushing his bike up the hill - "'ee by gum".)
Recently I was trying to track down the theme from THe New Statesman, when I discovered that it came from a piece by Mussorgsky (a composer I have never heard of) called Promenade, and if his other works are as good as this one then I shall be very happy indeed.
So, anyone else?
This may be a good way of openings up to different periods and learning about composers you had never even heard of before.
Personally I like the Handel, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Holst, and Mozart to name a few. However, my favourites have to be Elgar and Dvorak.
My favourite pieces are Elgar's Nimrod (Enigma Varation IX) and Dvorak's Largo from the New World Symphony (the music from the old Hovis adverts for any Brits out there, the ones where the Yorkshire lad is pushing his bike up the hill - "'ee by gum".)
Recently I was trying to track down the theme from THe New Statesman, when I discovered that it came from a piece by Mussorgsky (a composer I have never heard of) called Promenade, and if his other works are as good as this one then I shall be very happy indeed.
So, anyone else?
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I like mostly twentieth century composers, Mahler, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Debussy ...
my favourite 'classical' piece is probably still the Rite of Spring, although i just bought Clair de Lune so im listening to that a fair bit lately.
if you like Mussorgsky get night on bare mountain (bear mountain?? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->) its quite famous, and was even in one level of earthworm jim ;D
*edit, haha.. beaten to it /edit*
I tend to like the more sci-fi type classical music like Holsts "The Planets"
I also like modern classical music like 1492 - Conquest of Paradise, things like that.
Actually You could prob help me, i've been looking for these piece of music for a long time, but never could find it. Perhaps you could tell me the name
<a href='http://benp.sytes.net/reddwarf.mp3' target='_blank'>http://benp.sytes.net/reddwarf.mp3</a>
this is a clip of it played in Red Dwarf. I know its quite old because i saw it on an old recording, plus its been in many old films
Also sounds like that advert with the flying pigs for that investment firm, who's name I forget (Zurich I think) you might have luck searching for that.
PS. Good show on watching Red Dwarf.
The Pirates score is what's been in my car's cd player for the past few days, and I'm still not even <i>close</i> to sick of it. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Stabby - in case you ever check up, its library music afaik, and thus unavailable unless you've a pile of cash and know which company supplied it to the Beeb.
"Mantras" by...I forgot, sorry.
"Telemon Sinfonia" by Telemon
"Frosty the Snowman(you know you like it!!!)" by...some guy.
"The End" by Various Composers(hard to find, but its great)
I love the "Hoe-Down", "Appalachian Spring" (featured in Lord of the Dance), and the last movement of "Firebird Suite" (oh hell yeah!).
<b>Tchaikovsky</b>
"Violin Concerto in D". So beautiful. I love it.
<b>Beethoven</b>
Almost everything, but EspeciallY his symphonies...this is where you hear perfection.
Bach i love ^_^ but we play anything. i play the violin, and classical music is wonderful. Glad there are some who appreciate it <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Moonlight Sonata = REBBBBEEEEECCCAAAA!!!!! Look at those monsters!
And assorted resident evil stuff.
Whereas Pachelbel's Canon always makes me think of Evangelion, heh.
Allegretto from Beethoven's Symphony no. 7 is a good choice.
I can't believe I forgot <a href='http://www.shef.ac.uk/~cm1jwb/morricon.htm' target='_blank'>Ennio Morricone</a> (bewarned 56kers that page has way more than its fair share of thumbnail images.
The man is a legend.
<a href='http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/' target='_blank'>The Last Night of the Proms</a> this week!
Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the free and all that.
Quite possibly the largest annual music concerts in the world, the best music played by the best orchestras. It doesn't get much better than the Proms, whether it be the Last Night or any other night.
I urge everyone to listen.
<b>Country Band March</b> by Charles Ives. <b>BEST PIECE EVAR!!!!!!11</b>
Sinfonietta by Ingolf Dahl
Vientos y Tangos by Michael Gandolfi (m4d fun to play and to listen to)
other nice stuff that I've played:
Concertina for alto saxophone, by Jaqcues Ibert
Concerto in Eb for alto saxophone, by Alexander Glazunov
How could I forgotten Bartok?!? <u> Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta</u> is great......
Last Night of the Proms = Win.