Any opera or classical fans here?

Originally Posted by str8.2.bbbj View Post
If you love Bach, you'll love this album. I pop it in twice a week at least. The harp and violin work on here are amazing.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ba...as/id491236938
Posted by Boomvang This is impressive. MSOG with a composer that fathered 20 kids!!

Bach had 20 kids because his organ didn't have any "stops".

DarkeyKong, thx for starting this thread!!!
and to all who have contributed to it!!!

one of my older sisters turned me on to classical music when i was in 5th or 6th grade. she used to play bach and beethoven on the piano all the time. then collected albums from such a wide range of music - from gay disco to velvet underground to beatles to techno to rock to bob dylan. she helped me appreciate the power of music and the energy it takes to get it to the page and then thru the hands and mouths of musicians/singers.

I got the chance to sing in Carnagie Hall when I was 16... ... There is something so powerful about not just hearing, but feeling the music! Originally Posted by Red_Headed_Julie

fantastic!!!! we'll be able to say we knew you after that.

[cheap joke]
say, how do you get to carnegie hall?
sucking, sucking, sucking.... ba-da-bing
[/cheap joke]

I like a little classical when I'm in the mood. The Lone Ranger comes to mind as do the cartoons Bugs Bunny, Tom & Jerry, and I think Mighty Mouse. Some of you old farts can relate. Originally Posted by Fawlty

not an old fart, but i do remember a lot of classical music and opera from cartoons [car-tunes, looney-tunes, etc.]
barber of sevilla, ride of the valkyries, etc.
and of course Disney's Fantasia 1940 version!! watched it many times after a smoke or two or three...

If you love Bach, you'll love this album. I pop it in twice a week at least. The harp and violin work on here are amazing.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ba...as/id491236938 Originally Posted by str8.2.bbbj

J. S. Bach - Brandenburg Concertos!
https://youtu.be/NCPM8DEsvmc
the Dallas Bach Society performed all six at the Church of the Transfiguration last Dec 31 - absolutely sublime!!! the horn were valve-less!!!

while looking to confirm my memory, saw this "Ava Pine House Concert".
she's a looker!!
thx to Scribe for "...singing strengthens the vocal cords, the mouth, and the tongue... :P"
http://dallasbach.org/events/

a few more off the top of my goosebumped head ...

Antonio Vivaldi - Four Seasons!
mp3s of both sets on this page http://dallasbach.org/portfolio/

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
https://youtu.be/izQsgE0L450

Tomasso Albinoni - Adagio in G minor
https://youtu.be/zuh3WyfVL2M - w/ videos of nature
or
https://youtu.be/_eLU5W1vc8Y - recorded in concert. esp at 6:09 until the end - if that doesnt move your soul, you might be dead :^)

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto Aranjuez w/ Paco de Lucía
... Rodrigo was blind and never actually "saw" Aranjuez but had visited there several times. he wrote it as an "evocation of the happy days of their honeymoon and a response to Rodrigo's devastation at the miscarriage of their first pregnancy". [from wikipedia article on him]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9RS4biqyAc

... Now I listen to almost all music and have my car radio set on various stations......NEVER got used to heavy metal and punk though. Originally Posted by gladius82

my radios are pre-set for kntu jazz, kzps rock, kluv 50s-70s, and wrr classical.
also nix on punk, grunge, rap, country - sounds that, while technically impressive, just dont seem to resonate w/ me.


and if this isnt "classical", i dont know what is...
Pink Floyd The Great Gig In The Sky [best to view these full screen]
http://dai.ly/x17udoc
http://dai.ly/xsxt3

Antonio Vivaldi - Four Seasons!
mp3s of both sets on this page http://dallasbach.org/portfolio/ Originally Posted by pmdelites

Old joke:

Q: How many concertos did Vivaldi write?
A: One. He just wrote it five hundred times!

Just as beautiful and the title is more appropriate for you perverts:}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2j-frfK-yg

It's fine as long as I get a soprano alert with my opera. Coloraturas don't do much for me.

c.a. Originally Posted by Chainsaw Anthropologist

Warning.

I can't help it. I like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MR6D7tL38U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hsmoo97CVA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf42IP__ipw

Yes, I love classical music and I am a musician.
What's the difference between finding a dead trombone player in the road and a dead snake in the the road. The snake was on his way to a gig. What's another difference? There were skid marks
in front of the snake.

If anyone thinks they are interested in Opera; I urge them (and Opera aficionados) to attend a live simulcast of a Metropolitan Opera. It is a fantastic way to experience world class opera productions locally and at an affordable price. The live broadcast productions are extremely high quality and almost better than being in NY at the Met. The Met broadcasts certain live performances; you will be watching with other audiences from around the world - NYC, Beijing, Dallas, Istanbul. The 2015 season (Met Live Broadcasts) has come and gone, but you can catch it next year.

Here is the 2015-2016 Met line up. There are multiple movie theaters in Dallas that offer Met Live. Puccini's Turandot is on the schedule (highly reccommend) !!!! I know I will be attending the Wagner Tannhauser performance (James Levine conducting).

At $22 bucks this is the very best entertainment available, a bargain at twice the price.

http://www.metopera.org/metopera/liv...2015-16-season

These days, I am enjoying listening to the Vija Song from Lehar's Merry Widow......enjoy.

I did not attend the Brandenburg Concertos at the Church of the Transfiguration but can imagine how the architecture, icons, stained glass, incense, etc., contributes to the enjoyment.

I love the opera now. Had a very great hobby friend introduce me coupe years ago I love it. Just recently saw the La Traviata in April he took me for my birthday My favorite was the Barbers of Seville was more comical not as sad.

One of Puccini's finest..........

Oh my dear papa,
I love him, he is handsome, handsome.
I want to go to Porta Rossa
To buy the ring!

Yes, yes, I want to go there!
And if my love were in vain,
I would go to the Ponte Vecchio
And throw myself in the Arno!

I am anguished and tormented!
Oh God, I'd like to die!
Papa, have pity, have pity!
Papa, have pity, have pity!

Operaphile, Dallas Opera subscriber.
"Great Scott" and "Tosca" this fall!

DarkeyKong, thx for starting this thread!!!
and to all who have contributed to it!!!

one of my older sisters turned me on to classical music when i was in 5th or 6th grade. she used to play bach and beethoven on the piano all the time. then collected albums from such a wide range of music - from gay disco to velvet underground to beatles to techno to rock to bob dylan. she helped me appreciate the power of music and the energy it takes to get it to the page and then thru the hands and mouths of musicians/singers.



fantastic!!!! we'll be able to say we knew you after that.

[cheap joke]
say, how do you get to carnegie hall?
sucking, sucking, sucking.... ba-da-bing
[/cheap joke]


not an old fart, but i do remember a lot of classical music and opera from cartoons [car-tunes, looney-tunes, etc.]
barber of sevilla, ride of the valkyries, etc.
and of course Disney's Fantasia 1940 version!! watched it many times after a smoke or two or three...


J. S. Bach - Brandenburg Concertos!
https://youtu.be/NCPM8DEsvmc
the Dallas Bach Society performed all six at the Church of the Transfiguration last Dec 31 - absolutely sublime!!! the horn were valve-less!!!

while looking to confirm my memory, saw this "Ava Pine House Concert".
she's a looker!!
thx to Scribe for "...singing strengthens the vocal cords, the mouth, and the tongue... :P"
http://dallasbach.org/events/

a few more off the top of my goosebumped head ...

Antonio Vivaldi - Four Seasons!
mp3s of both sets on this page http://dallasbach.org/portfolio/

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
https://youtu.be/izQsgE0L450

Tomasso Albinoni - Adagio in G minor
https://youtu.be/zuh3WyfVL2M - w/ videos of nature
or
https://youtu.be/_eLU5W1vc8Y - recorded in concert. esp at 6:09 until the end - if that doesnt move your soul, you might be dead :^)

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto Aranjuez w/ Paco de Lucía
... Rodrigo was blind and never actually "saw" Aranjuez but had visited there several times. he wrote it as an "evocation of the happy days of their honeymoon and a response to Rodrigo's devastation at the miscarriage of their first pregnancy". [from wikipedia article on him]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9RS4biqyAc



my radios are pre-set for kntu jazz, kzps rock, kluv 50s-70s, and wrr classical.
also nix on punk, grunge, rap, country - sounds that, while technically impressive, just dont seem to resonate w/ me.


and if this isnt "classical", i dont know what is...
Pink Floyd The Great Gig In The Sky [best to view these full screen]
http://dai.ly/x17udoc
http://dai.ly/xsxt3 Originally Posted by pmdelites

Some excellent choices ! Especially the Rodrigo piece.

Here are a few I like to play after my "visits". During my drive home ( back to earth ...)

Carmen Act 1 l'amour est une oiseau rebelle, Habanera
http://youtu.be/ZN9kmBzk4HM

I love Nuevo Flamenco, ( not exactly classical, but great guitar )
Rodrigo Y Gabriela : hanuman
http://youtu.be/ENBX_v1Po1Y
Isn't that awesome?

Keep classical music alive!

Classical music/opera is an expression of ones soul (the musician's soul). There is no more powerful expression in the world and nothing so internationally accepted as well.

...Mahler grooves

Q: What did Arnold Schwarzenegger say when asked which role he would like to play in the new movie about the great classical composers?

A: "I'll be Bach."