How sexy is classical music?

[Sunni Man]

Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii bursts into tears when he plays at Carnegie Hall his own composition "Elegy for the Victims of the Tsunami of March 11, 2011 in Japan".

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Have a wonderful evening! Goodnight!

Jeremiah, you do realize that your not being paid for each posting? ......

Why would anyone who loves classical music expect to be payed for sharing it with others? That makes no sense, Sunni Man. When you love something - you share it freely with others. You don't keep it to yourself.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

The music is superb, the video photography unmatched in my opinion - very impressive.



Published on Jul 23, 2012
Finlandia, Op. 26 is a symphonic poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The first version was written in 1899, and it was revised in 1900. The piece was composed for the Press Celebrations of 1899, a covert protest against increasing censorship from the Russian Empire, as the last of seven pieces, each performed as an accompaniment to a tableau depicting episodes from Finnish history.

The premiere was on 2 July 1900 in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus. A typical performance takes anywhere from 7½ to 9 minutes.

A recurrent joke within Finland at this time was the renaming of Finlandia at various musical concerts so as to avoid Russian censorship. Titles under which the piece masqueraded were numerous, a famously flippant example being Happy Feelings at the awakening of Finnish Spring.

Most of the piece is taken up with rousing and turbulent music, evoking the national struggle of the Finnish people. But towards the end, a calm comes over the orchestra, and the serenely melodic Finlandia Hymn is heard. Often incorrectly cited as a traditional folk melody, the Hymn section is of Sibelius's own creation.

Although initially composed for orchestra, in 1900 Sibelius arranged the entire work for solo piano.

Sibelius later reworked the Finlandia Hymn into a stand-alone piece. This hymn, with words written in 1941 by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi, is one of the most important national songs of Finland (though Maamme is the national anthem). With different words, it is also sung as a Christian hymn (Be Still, My Soul)......

 

[guno]

fits more in opera , but one of my favs

 

[Sunni Man]

Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts Richard Wagner's "Meistersinger Prelude" at A.E.G. Factory, Berlin, February 26th 1942.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

fits more in opera , but one of my favs

What a beautiful voice she has! Thank you, Guno!

I should add that she is quite beautiful.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

The genius of Jacques Offenbach ~

 

[guno]

Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts Richard Wagner's "Meistersinger Prelude" at A.E.G. Factory, Berlin, February 26th 1942.

and in the end germany was crushed

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

 

[guno]

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts Richard Wagner's "Meistersinger Prelude" at A.E.G. Factory, Berlin, February 26th 1942.

and in the end germany was crushed

Yes and it should serve as a lesson to the world to keep their filthy hands off of G-d's chosen people, The Jews!!!!

 

[guno]

 

[Sunni Man]

Yes and it should serve as a lesson to the world to keep their filthy hands off of G-d's chosen people, The Jews!!!!

Jeremiah, you have been politely asked to keep politics and religion out of this classical music thread.

So please try to control yourself. ......

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Yes and it should serve as a lesson to the world to keep their filthy hands off of G-d's chosen people, The Jews!!!!

Jeremiah, you have been politely asked to keep politics and religion out of this classical music thread.

So please try to control yourself. ......

Report me, you son of hell! I'll gladly take whatever they decide but I will not remain silent nor shall I ever forget!

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts Richard Wagner's "Meistersinger Prelude" at A.E.G. Factory, Berlin, February 26th 1942.

SunniMan, your selection here of classical music sucks!

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

For guno

Shalom.

 

[Sunni Man]

Even the most jaded person would have to admit that the WWll German soldier marched to some great classical music. .....

 

[guno]

For guno

Shalom.

My grandparents lived at that same time in a Shtetl in Russia, not unlike the town Anatevka in the book and movie. They came over in 1905, I have pictures of my grandfather growing up in the Shtetl. Unfortunately some of the family stayed and were murdered by the nazis when Russian was invaded , we have their names and pictures on the wall so we may never forget

 

[Sunni Man]

Is Pink Floyd considered classical music? I don't know - some people have classified it as such.

I seriously doubt that anyone in the history of the world, has ever classified Pink Floyd as classical music. ......