Hey y'all it's that time of the day again......time for me to once again post in the *shudder* classical music thread! :biggrin:
Don't forget to check out the Proms:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/on-air
Alright, here's tonight's program:
Faure- Cantique de Jean Racine
VIDEO
Chesnokov- "Do Not Cast me Off" (Concerto for Basso Profundo and Choir)
VIDEO
Ravel- Le Tombeau de Couperin
[SIZE="2"]Le tombeau de Couperin is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917, in six movements based on those of a traditional Baroque suite. Each movement is dedicated to the memory of a friend of the composer (or in one case, two brothers) who had died fighting in World War I. Ravel also produced an orchestral version of the work in 1919, although this omitted two of the original movements.
The movements are as follows:
[COLOR="Blue"]I
Prélude Vif
12/16
noire pointée = 92
E minor in memory of First Lieutenant Jacques Charlot (transcriber of Ma mère l'oye for piano solo)[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Red"]II
Fugue Allegro moderato
4/4
noire = 84
E minor in memory of Second Lieutenant Jean Cruppi (to whose mother Ravel had also dedicated L'heure espagnole)[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SeaGreen"]III
Forlane Allegretto
6/8
noire pointée = 96
E minor in memory of First Lieutenant Gabriel Deluc (a Basque painter from Saint-Jean-de-Luz)[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkOrchid"]IV
Rigaudon Assez vif
2/4
n/a
C major in memory of Pierre and Pascal Gaudin (two brothers and childhood friends of Ravel, killed by the same shell in November 1914)[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkOrange"]V
Menuet Allegro moderato
3/4
noire = 92
G major in memory of Jean Dreyfus (at whose home Ravel recuperated after he was demobilized)[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]VI
Toccata Vif
2/4
noire = 144
E major in memory of Captain Joseph de Marliave (musicologist and husband of Marguerite Long)[/COLOR]
-Wikipedia[/SIZE]
VIDEO
Bach- Final Chorus from St. Matthew Passion
VIDEO
Turner- Rumpelstilzchen, movement 1.
VIDEO
The Star Spangled Banner, complete with all 4 verses- yes there are 4- and lyrics on screen. The accompanist does mess up the last chord a bit and throws a seventh in, but who cares. Still awesome!
VIDEO
Liszt- Variations sur "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen"
VIDEO
That's all for now folks, thanks to both people that will listen to these! :biggrin: