For those who enjoy classical music

**hamburger68** · 09-02-2008, 09:11 AM

A little something I directed for German TV this sunday. Already on youtube... Just found it looking for something else, so I thought I'd post it.

Wagner: Die Walküre (The Valkyrie, Wotan's goodbye, in my opinion one of the greatest pieces he's written!)

(Part 1 and 2)

Singer: René Pape
Conductor: Alan Gilbert
NDR Symphony Orchestra
Musik und Kongresshalle Lübeck, Germany

...the whole concert went two and a half hours, long ass program!

...and of course I hit 125 mph going there!

**hoss 2000 z-28** · 09-02-2008, 12:40 PM

Good post! I played the piano a little and then moved on to the Trombone and I picked up an appreciation for instrumentals and classical works from Palestrina to John Williams.

Here are some that I like a lot:

Johan Sebastian Bach
"Air"
Orchestral Suite N° 3 in D Major_BWV 1068

And of course the immortal Agnus Dei "Adagio for Strings" op.11 by Samuel Barber

Palestrina
Super Flumina Babylonis

Nunc Dimittis (as performed by the Tallis Scholars ensamble)

**bluefields88** · 09-02-2008, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by hamburger68

A little something I directed for German TV this sunday. Already on youtube... Just found it looking for something else, so I thought I'd post it.

Wagner: Die Walküre (The Valkyrie, Wotan's goodbye, in my opinion one of the greatest pieces he's written!)

(Part 1 and 2)

Singer: René Pape
Conductor: Alan Gilbert
NDR Symphony Orchestra
Musik und Kongresshalle Lübeck, Germany

...the whole concert went two and a half hours, long ass program!

...and of course I hit 125 mph going there!

Wagner? How German of you... haha, but he was a great composer. And that guy has an amazing voice.

**hamburger68** · 09-02-2008, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by bluefields88

Wagner? How German of you... haha, but he was a great composer. And that guy has an amazing voice.

I didn't choose the music, I just put it on TV...

Here's something less german I did a while ago:

**hamburger68** · 09-02-2008, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by hoss 2000 z-28

Good post! I played the piano a little and then moved on to the Trombone and I picked up an appreciation for instrumentals and classical works from Palestrina to John Williams.

Here are some that I like a lot:

Johan Sebastian Bach
"Air"
Orchestral Suite N° 3 in D Major_BWV 1068

And of course the immortal Agnus Dei "Adagio for Strings" op.11 by Samuel Barber

Palestrina
Super Flumina Babylonis

Nunc Dimittis (as performed by the Tallis Scholars ensamble)

woah, eclectic selection! air is divine and koopman is always great, set new standards. palestrina: i love renaissance music! barber is not appreciated enough in europe, but it's starting to change.

more bach:

**Bottesini** · 09-02-2008, 05:21 PM

Barber is one of my all time favorite American composers. So much of his music is great. (Baltimore Symphony put out a great CD)

I am more of a Mahler, Brahms fan myself

For you Bach lovers a little snippit of something you don't get to see to often.

**hamburger68** · 09-02-2008, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by Bottesini

Barber is one of my all time favorite American composers. So much of his music is great. (Baltimore Symphony put out a great CD)

I am more of a Mahler, Brahms fan myself

For you Bach lovers a little snippit of something you don't get to see to often.

Very well played, is that you? As for Mahler: 5th Symphony was the 2nd part of the program on sunday. Great, great music!

**third_shift|studios** · 09-03-2008, 05:20 AM

that's awesome!!!

**Bottesini** · 09-03-2008, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by hamburger68

Very well played, is that you? As for Mahler: 5th Symphony was the 2nd part of the program on sunday. Great, great music!

No, not me that is my teacher.

**hamburger68** · 09-03-2008, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by Bottesini

No, not me that is my teacher.

perfect intonation, really hard on a double bass!

**hamburger68** · 09-04-2008, 01:55 AM

How about some Beethoven from last year:

**gwballin** · 09-04-2008, 01:01 PM

Here is one everyone should know...

**hamburger68** · 09-04-2008, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by gwballin

Here is one everyone should know...

...probably the only cool thing carl orff wrote.

**Bottesini** · 09-04-2008, 01:42 PM

One of my favorite violinist.

One of the great pieces by Beethoven

**hamburger68** · 09-04-2008, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by Bottesini

One of my favorite violinist.

One of the great pieces by Beethoven

beethoven's 7th is wonderful, maybe my favorite. i did it for tv with christoph von dohnanyi in 2005. next summer i'll be doing the 9th with him.

**bluefields88** · 09-04-2008, 04:17 PM

my favorite is Tchaikovsky. I love classical Russian music.

**volleybill** · 09-04-2008, 07:01 PM

The ride of the Valkyries! Talk about dramatic music-

I like much Bach, very dynamic and 'busy'

Franz Liszt-

It is funny how modern youth think that a rock band is a 'classic' because they sounded good for 3 decades- much classical music has been pleasing millions of people for centuries lots of tremendous music out there- It is a great big world, get out and explore a little of it-

**hamburger68** · 09-05-2008, 01:20 AM

Originally Posted by volleybill

The ride of the Valkyries! Talk about dramatic music-

I like much Bach, very dynamic and 'busy'

Franz Liszt-

It is funny how modern youth think that a rock band is a 'classic' because they sounded good for 3 decades- much classical music has been pleasing millions of people for centuries lots of tremendous music out there- It is a great big world, get out and explore a little of it-

wow, that about sums it up! i always say i listen to the best five percent of everything. pop, rock, jazz, classic, genre free.
i like bach, but not all the time (goes for baroque music in general). i have a thing for earlier baroque and renaissance stuff, like rameau, lully, visée or mudarra.

btw, funny you mention the ride of the valkyries, that was part of last sundays program where the first two clips of this thread are from.

**Spaz** · 09-05-2008, 06:49 AM

hall of the mountain king...edvard grieg...

i love it's darkness...

**hamburger68** · 09-05-2008, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

hall of the mountain king...edvard grieg...

i love it's darkness...

in fritz langs movie "m" from 1931 a city is hunting a psychotic child murderer (great performance by peter lorre). the only music in the movie is "in the hall of the mountain king", whistled by the killer on the prowl.

spooky.