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[Melange]

Driving to work early this morning and turned on the radio to find the station already playing a bit of music.

"Mmm, I like this", I thought. Kept on listening.

"Mmm, I really like this. It has some film score-esque elements in it"

It got better and better.

Going by the overall feeling of the music, I made a wild guess that imaybe it was Scheherazade by Rimsky Korsakov.

Waited till it finished, and guess what the presenter said it was?



I knew that Korsakov had composed a piece called Scheherazade and roughly knew the subject matter, but I'd never heard it before.

Melange - Impressed with himself

[Quint]

Indeed. I do this sort of shit all the time. Tonight I was listening to ClassicFM on my way home and they were playing a Christmas carol, I forget which, some Copland piece, but I liked how full bodied the arrangement was. I thought it sounded like something Williams would do. When it finished the dj told me it was was conducted by John Williams and performed by the Boston Pops...

[Pasi Tiitinen]

Well, it is about time to hear Scheherazade. ..Not the best piece ever but brilliantly orchestrated..

John Williams kinda studied orchestration with Rimsky.

[Faleel]

I have a tape of sheherazade...

[Henry Buck]

Scheherazade is wonderful. I heard it in concert recently, and I don't really remember if I'd had prior exposure, but everything about the piece seemed so familiar. It's one of those universally accessible sort of pieces.

Indeed. I do this sort of shit all the time. Tonight I was listening to ClassicFM on my way home and they were playing a Christmas carol, I forget which, some Copland piece, but I liked how full bodied the arrangement was. I thought it sounded like something Williams would do. When it finished the dj told me it was was conducted by John Williams and performed by the Boston Pops...

I think that same exact thing happened to me. Crazy.

[Greg1138]

I knew that Korsakov had composed a piece called Scheherazade and roughly knew the subject matter, but I'd never heard it before.

Melange - Impressed with himself

Next time, get his name right for that added bonus point

Seriously though - wonderful piece, and so multi-layered...was an option for my A-Level Music set piece, but I ended up having to do a Hoven (just getting the half-name thing right ) Piano Concerto...not so bad - but there were better pieces..

John Lliams kinda studied orchestration with Rimsky.

Next time, get his name right for that added bonus point

Oh, wait....

[Pasi Tiitinen]