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Many years ago, I went to see Dennis Russel Davies conduct Holst's Planets. That was a solid performance, but what really stood out that evening was the first Daugherty I ever heard (no, this is not that performance):

 

 

 

 

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As some of you might know, along with his composer brother, David (also a fine and very different composer), Collin Matthews worked with Deryck Cooke on the performance edition of Mahler's Symphony No. 10.  In "Cortege", we hear a strong presence of Mahler in Collin Matthews' own music.

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23 hours ago, nightscape94 said:

His Tuba Concerto is excellent.

 

 

 

Not available in my region. But good to know of one more Daugherty I haven't heard yet. I'll keep a lookout for the album.

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Continuing my "Chronlogical" Bach Playlists collection.

 

At Prince Leoplod's court in Cöthen (parts 1 and 2)
 

 

 

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Guten Morgen!


Two of the well-known secular cantatas Bach wrote: the wedding cantata and the coffee cantata.

 

 

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I just love this...so much visceral energy!  Also, such a great tam tam smashing and a great false ending.

 

 

Reminds me something that could be in the Temple of Doom's climactic moments like when Indy returns except the Foulds was written in the 1920s.

 

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13 minutes ago, Sharkus Malarkus said:

Never heard of Foulds before. This is pretty wild. Almost Pro-John Adams at moments.

 

 

 

 

 

Wow, this is groovy!

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3 hours ago, Sharkus Malarkus said:

Never heard of Foulds before. This is pretty wild. Almost Pro-John Adams at moments.

 

 

 

 

I was thinking the very same thing… There's a bit of John Adams here as well. He was way ahead of his time...a maverick.

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As a tribute to yesterdays passing at the age of 87 of the great Finnish composer, Einojuhani Rautavaara, I give you this radiant movement from one of his most popular works.   

 

 

He was a wonderful and evocative composer and highly worth exploring his diverse and compelling output.  RIP

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Somewhat of an "exhibition" in orchestral sonority. I could imagine putting this on as background music for a stargazing session...

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11 hours ago, karelm said:

As a tribute to yesterdays passing at the age of 87 of the great Finnish composer, Einojuhani Rautavaara, I give you this radiant movement from one of his most popular works.   

 

 

He was a wonderful and evocative composer and highly worth exploring his diverse and compelling output.  RIP

 

The only Rautavaara I have in my collection seems to be On the Last Frontier, and while I've always been meaning to hear more by him, I hadn't even listened to that for years. I played it again now; it's quite wonderfully, sometimes surprisingly reminiscent of Sibelius, at other times closer to Shore.

 

I like your clip, too. I really should move him higher up on my todo list.

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Continuing my "Chronlogical" Bach Playlists selections.

 

To the Margrave of Brandenburg, March 24, 1721

 

 

 

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Starting another collection of playlists to revisit the works of Mozart in Chronological order, and then again, using my favorite recordings.

 

W.A. Mozart - Vol. 01 - The Salzburg Symphonies (1772)


W.A. Mozart - Vol. 02 - Concerto for a castrato (1773)

 

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On 30.7.2016 at 8:57 AM, TheWhiteRider said:

Hearing the first movement live for the first time was a seminal musical moment for me. 

 

I love the simple means that still achieve a profound effect on the listener. 

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On ‎29‎.‎7‎.‎2016 at 3:51 AM, Marian Schedenig said:

 

The only Rautavaara I have in my collection seems to be On the Last Frontier, and while I've always been meaning to hear more by him, I hadn't even listened to that for years. I played it again now; it's quite wonderfully, sometimes surprisingly reminiscent of Sibelius, at other times closer to Shore.

 

I like your clip, too. I really should move him higher up on my todo list.

 

Is that Frontier thingy that choir piece and which recording you have? I play in HPO recording.If the memory serves it was in english. Somehow weird music but still very fascinating, pure Rautavaara.

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Choir and orchestra, yes, and I have no idea what recording I have. It's a rip from a CDR a friend made me 10+ years ago, and sadly untagged. The running time is 24:02. If you can recommend a recording, I'd happy to pick up a CD with it and some other Rautavaara stuff.

Edit: I missed the middle part of your post originally. Yes, the lyrics are in English. I guess you mean this recording:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Frontier-Helsinki-Philh/dp/B00000IM61/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470002015&sr=8-1&keywords=rautavaara+last+frontier

 

Seems to match my timestamp.

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22 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

Choir and orchestra, yes, and I have no idea what recording I have. It's a rip from a CDR a friend made me 10+ years ago, and sadly untagged. The running time is 24:02. If you can recommend a recording, I'd happy to pick up a CD with it and some other Rautavaara stuff.

Edit: I missed the middle part of your post originally. Yes, the lyrics are in English. I guess you mean this recording:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Frontier-Helsinki-Philh/dp/B00000IM61/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470002015&sr=8-1&keywords=rautavaara+last+frontier

 

Seems to match my timestamp.

 

Yes that is the recording I was playing with. Actually it can be the only recording made of this piece...

 

I'm sadly not any Rautavaara specialist to do any recommendations , I own basically only those I'm playing with. Surely composer worth to explore, too bad we usually wake up after the artists pass away...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/arts/music/review-mostly-mozart-big-music-doesnt-need-huge-halls.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-1&action=click&contentCollection=Music&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article

 

Idiocy!  Yes, let's sacrifice marvelous acoustics because people are dumb now and can't be expected to sit high and far away from the source of the music itself.  Give them cocktail tables to feel more comfortable.  Ye gods!  The NYT should get shut down by Trump!

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On 29.7.2016 at 2:51 AM, Marian Schedenig said:

 

The only Rautavaara I have in my collection seems to be On the Last Frontier, and while I've always been meaning to hear more by him, I hadn't even listened to that for years. I played it again now; it's quite wonderfully, sometimes surprisingly reminiscent of Sibelius, at other times closer to Shore.

 

I love this one:

 

 

Complete with bird calls and all it could have been a great springboard for a score like 'Avatar' with no input coming from James Cameron, of course.

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2 hours ago, TheWhiteRider said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/arts/music/review-mostly-mozart-big-music-doesnt-need-huge-halls.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-1&action=click&contentCollection=Music&region=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article

 

Idiocy!  Yes, let's sacrifice marvelous acoustics because people are dumb now and can't be expected to sit high and far away from the source of the music itself.  Give them cocktail tables to feel more comfortable.  Ye gods!  The NYT should get shut down by Trump!

 

I don't see the problem. Aren't there ... enough intimate chamber music halls as well? Why don't they go and play the music there?

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Yeah I was reading about him this morning.  Interesting background, not being a musician.  Concentrating on composing for wind band makes him stand out from the crowd.

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6 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

Yeah I was reading about him this morning.  Interesting background, not being a musician.  Concentrating on composing for wind band makes him stand out from the crowd.

 

Hmmm...John Mackey who has a bachelors from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Masters of music from the Juilliard School and studied with Corigliano is not a musician?  Interesting.  His resume is extensive and accomplished.  What does it take to be a "musician" in your book?

 

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7 minutes ago, karelm said:

 

Hmmm...John Mackey who has a bachelors from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Masters of music from the Juilliard School and studied with Corigliano is not a musician?  Interesting.  His resume is extensive and accomplished.  What does it take to be a "musician" in your book?

 

 

Yep, this blog entry of his details how he got into composing as a child without ever picking up an instrument (it was through early composition computer software):

 

http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-i-spent-my-teen-years/

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17 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

 

Yep, this blog entry of his details how he got into composing as a child without ever picking up an instrument (it was through early composition computer software):

 

http://ostimusic.com/blog/how-i-spent-my-teen-years/

 

Oh I see what you mean.  Just remember composing and performing are not the same though they inform each other.  There are many great composers who were not good performers.

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Mozart in chronological order.

 

W.A. Mozart - Vol. 03 - Quitting Salzburg

 

 

(Normally I would have chosen the Karajan/Mutter versions, but they are not available on Spotify)

 

W.A. Mozart - Vol. 04 - Europe Tour 1777-1779

 

 

 

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By when it was finished and generally played in public for the first time. And when these was Premières historical performances, performed by the composer himself, I try to reproduce the program.

 

This took me a lot of time.

 

I was tired of listening classical music the way the modern recorded music industry present it, i.e. by work types. All the piano sonatas, all the concerti, all the string quartets, all the symphonies, etc

 

That's the work of a lifetime, I mean Mozart didn't wake up a morning and decided to write 27 piano concertis!!!

 

I propose a more natural and human way of (re) discovering this music.

 

After Bach and Mozart, I will create a 22 volumes compilation for Beethoven too.

 

I always use my favorite recordings, these are not versions taken by random.

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At 17, Mozart wrote a concerto for the famous castrato Venanzio Rauzzini, whose technical excellence he admired.

 

At 36, Bach regrouped all his best works and send them to the Margrave of Brandenburg... in the hope to get a better job.

 

On 22 December 1808, a benefit concert was held for Ludwig van Beethoven at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. The concert, held in a very cold hall and approximately four hours long, featured the public premieres of Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the Fourth Piano Concerto and the Choral Fantasy.

 

Music has an history, I say it's fascinating! :-)

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36 minutes ago, Sharkus Malarkus said:

 

Could you list some?

 

Berlioz, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Christopher Young, and Schoenberg off the top of my head.  Ravel is described as "competent" which is not glowing. These were all at least satisfactorily competent but not virtuosic. My point is that poor performance skill is not an impediment to being a composer as long as their is at least some competency. 

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