period music?

[Penners]

richie blackmore and rainbow did a fairly good job of it on the album the final vinyl.

I think we'll agree to differ on that one.

 

[Nigel Watts]

Samuel Barber's Adagio

This has become so famous that few people know any other music by him, myself included, until I heard his violin concerto at the proms this summer. Quite Vaughan William like, especially the first two movements. Well worth seeking out.

 

[Penners]

This has become so famous that few people know any other music by him

You're quite right, Nigel. And I'm aware that the pieces of music I mentioned above are probably three of the most-played in the world. For that reason, they tend to be viewed with curled lip by some cognoscenti.

But the fact they they are widely known doesn't, in my view, detract one iota from their glory.

 

[Gareth Hughes]

There's always this, Robgil:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhNXJGmcqNI

Or this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFtHzqyd4cg&feature=related

 

[robgil]

ha ha , i had no idea bob flemming and the boys had an album out , another bob worth a look,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qv1DhdPAS8

not period music but who could forget this little gem,
''im in a wheel barra and this time its personal''

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80sSbLzSuak

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Give me the Double violin concerto, the Bradenburgs, the Four Seasons ( Vivaldi), a wakeup call from Handel right through to a touch of jazzy hamony from Rhapsody in Blue, a shimmer of John Ireland, and gentle harmony from John Rutter-- I love music from every era, but not, if I am honest, squeaky gate music from Schostakovitch's era.

 

[Gareth Hughes]

Give me the Double violin concerto, the Bradenburgs, the Four Seasons ( Vivaldi), a wakeup call from Handel right through to a touch of jazzy hamony from Rhapsody in Blue, a shimmer of John Ireland, and gentle harmony from John Rutter-- I love music from every era, but not, if I am honest, squeaky gate music from Schostakovitch's era.

Which squeaky gate would that be? The Waltz from the Jazz Suite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYhZVqODYsI

Or the Romance from The Gadfly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDW4VJGKLAQ

Shostakovich didn't really write squeaky gate music, so it's a pity his name keeps getting associated with it. Of course, you meant Schoenberg

 

[Ushy M]

Shostakovich didn't really write squeaky gate music, so it's a pity his name keeps getting associated with it. Of course, you meant Schoenberg

Ah yes, I always think of that as dropped saucepans or possibly an elephant cycling downstairs with a crate of empty beer bottles. Definitely a Bach double violin concerto fan and with you also on the John Ireland front Jocelyn - I recently found a wonderful version of the Minuet from the Downland Suite transposed for brass band - fair makes the hairs on the back of the neck stand up!

 

[Moo]

No mention so far of Wolfgang or Franz (especially his chamber music). What have you lot got against them?

 

[Penners]

I don't think this really qualifies as period music but it has echoes of the past.

And when the oil's all gone, who knows?

Do read the lyrics. They're rather beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDYK5SBnVaQ

 

[Gareth Hughes]

Sometimes, a thread here doesn't keep going as long as one would hope. I do hope Penners appreciates this (and "Coward sings 'Don't Cha'" and "Coward sings 'Fire Starter'", from the same source)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Rm_Yu4Bns&feature=related

 

[Nigel Watts]

Gareth you may need to explain to Mr P that Amy Winehouse isn't the name of the off licence where Noel bought his gin and Martini but a recently deceased artiste.

 

[Penners]

'Scuse me, Bruvva! Ah'm hip to da trajudee of Amee's kickin' off, innit.

She was such a wonderful human being, and a beautiful and talented artiste:

 

[Penners]

Excellent link, GH! I wonder who it actually is.

 

[Gareth Hughes]

Apparently an impressionist called Duncan Wisbey, who sometimes appears on Radio 4 and other such outposts of civilisation.

 

[Penners]

Outposts?!

In today's Britain, Radio 4 is the closest thing we have to a culture.