Music of the Day

[Rob O]

A unique and curmudgeonly character who created some of my favourite songs. Magic and Loss is truly lyrical.

[Slewfoot]

Lou Reed's music is some of my favorite. I have fond memories of being in high school dorm rooms discovering The Velvet Underground. My wife and I played "I Found A Reason" off the album Loaded for our first dance at our wedding. He will be missed.

[Frederic Leighton]

1649-1653. Following the Empress Maria Leopoldine's death in August the court's musical activities were suspended. Froberger left the city and travelled widely for the next four years, likely entrusted by the Emperor with some extra-musical duties in the fields of diplomacy and possibly espionage. [...] According to a pupil, after Dresden Froberger visited Cologne, Düsseldorf, Zeeland, Brabant and Antwerp; we also know that he also visited Brussels at least two times (in 1650 and 1652), London (after a disastrous voyage during which Froberger got robbed, an event he described musically in Plainte faite à Londres pour passer la mélancholie) and, most importantly, Paris (at least once, in 1652).

J.J. Froberger: Plainte faite à Londres pour passer la mélancholie.

[davidhuh]

Gentlemen,

we are one day late to remember Benjamin Britten's centenary. Some teasers for you to enjoy:

Cantata Academica, 2nd movement
http://youtu.be/OsG66JlnRss

Hymn to St. Cecilia op 27
http://youtu.be/VUgsaVMUdQM

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
http://youtu.be/4vbvhU22uAM

Suite on English Folk Tunes op 90
http://youtu.be/5rrgKgHaLrI

The Beggar's Opera, 1963 BBC broadcast
http://youtu.be/TW2GIYQTtIY

Cheers, David

[schmayck]

Some friday afternoon music to start getting into the right groove for the weekend.

Bob James- Westchester Lady

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V56yeZtqQTs

Sounding as good as ever.

[Frederic Leighton]

A process which led from the amoeba to Man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress-- -- though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known. [...] Evolutionism, in basing itself upon the notion of progress, which is change from the worse to the better, allows the notion of time, as it seems to me, to become its tyrant rather than its servant, and thereby loses that impartiality of contemplation which is the source of all that is best in philosophic thought and feeling. Metaphysicians, as we saw, have frequently denied altogether the reality of time.

Paolo da Firenze (c.1355, after 1436): Era Venus al termin del suo giorno

[davidhuh]

One of the greatest maestri has left us.

Listen to his 1970 Requiem with an impressive list of soloists (Scotto, Horne, Pavarotti, Ghiaurov)
http://youtu.be/7kVbnAR4CUY

In the last few years, Claudio Abbado made history with his unique orchestra of personal friends and a Mahler cycle at the Lucerne Festival. Here is the 6th:
http://youtu.be/Lqqk0cfaA8Y

David

[Gido]

I want to express my gratitude to Michael Alden for pointing me to Fyodor Shalyapin. I am enjoying his singing thoroughly, what a great man. Thank you Michael!

A song from Bach's notebook, the pretty melody apparently comes from an aria by Stölzel,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9DnMpCsnBY

And Charles Ives at the piano, playing his own composition,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXHjeSamzno

[Gido]

Today a piano concerto from Saint-Saens,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV9hvIXk ... 01F6984C4B

I am going to need some help to get this thread going again.

[hectorm]

In anticipation of the goings-on-about-town for this Friday night.
I hope at least some of you remember Art Pepper and his cool West Coast sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkg7qExZ ... 586D372641

[alden]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5mxU_7BTRA

Magical Horowitz!

Cheers

[couch]

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

The final concert of Claudio Arrau. 1987 in Japan, with Sawallisch and the NHK orchestra, at the age of 84. The "Emperor." One small error early, and then just watch to the end. Prospero's farewell to magic.

[hectorm]

Sooner or later I go back to modal jazz. Slow tempo in this take by Miles Davis of his classic So What?. I like it like this.
Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEC8nqT6Rrk

[davidhuh]

Gentlemen,

something to enjoy with a glass of champagne in your garden. You're allowed to be in company
http://youtu.be/9lQDmA4K3jE

cheers, David

[Dr T]

Thake a few minutes to listen to all of this You Tube clip - its amazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2JPRGjdPuo