Classical Music Fans?

[boozybears]

: I play clarinet, and I love to play classical music!

Ugh.. I played the clarinet for three years in highschool and hated every minute of it. I also took piano lessons and played the violin for a number of years. The only one I'd go back to continue lessons would be the piano. Some day, when I own a home, I'll buy a piano again

btw: when I was a kid I used to listen to a record (yes... waaay back then LOL) of an orchestrated version of Peter and the Wolf. There was a small amount of narration, however every character was represented by an instrument and the majority of the story was told via music and without words. I'd love to get my hands on a copy of this as it was really quite facinating. Has anyone heard of it... or know where I can find it again? Thanks

 

[Arfie]

Amazon failing that, download off P2P

Arfie

 

[lljdma06]

: I play clarinet, and I love to play classical music!

Ugh.. I played the clarinet for three years in highschool and hated every minute of it. I also took piano lessons and played the violin for a number of years. The only one I'd go back to continue lessons would be the piano. Some day, when I own a home, I'll buy a piano again

btw: when I was a kid I used to listen to a record (yes... waaay back then LOL) of an orchestrated version of Peter and the Wolf. There was a small amount of narration, however every character was represented by an instrument and the majority of the story was told via music and without words. I'd love to get my hands on a copy of this as it was really quite facinating. Has anyone heard of it... or know where I can find it again? Thanks

Peter and the Wolf is by Prokofiev (sp). I think the clarinet represents the goose or something like that. I actually like the Wolf's theme best. Very brooding. As suggested by Arfie, you can definitely find a recording in Amazon.

 

[boozybears]

Thank You!! I'll have a peak on Amazon and see what I can find!

 

[MAM]

boozy, I remember that too! It was my first exposure to classical music. I believe my parents still have the record somewhere (they keep everything). I saw an animated presentation of it once on TV as well.

I'm not a fan of classical music in the sense that I'm familiar with composers or could name a favorite concerto, but I do have to say I "appreciate" classical music. Its a music of choice when I had time to work in the pottery studio (someday I will again), very inspiring. And I do have a nice little collection of CDs that I aquired over the years to use to study to when I was in college. Sort of wishing I knew more classical music as we're trying to select ceremony music for our wedding and have no idea where to begin

After reading some of the composers mentioned here, I may have to go picking through my collection, see if I have any of that and find out what you all are on about , so I can intelligently join in on this conversation.

 

[lljdma06]

Sort of wishing I knew more classical music as we're trying to select ceremony music for our wedding and have no idea where to begin

MAM, congratulations, by the way. Having sung at about a zillion weddings, my favorite "walk down the aisle" piece was Pacabel's canon or Bach's Air on G string. They're pretty and soothing, and have a good walking tempo. If your religious, nothing beats Bach's "Jesu, joy of man's desiring." Traditionalists like walking down with the Bridal chorus from Lohengrin, an opera by Wagner.

For filler music, a nice generic Baroque CD works nicely, as does a simple Classical CD. I like Haydn's flute concertos for King Ferdinand.

If you're going to hire a soloist. If they can sing well and you like Ave Marias, opt for the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria rather than Schuberts. The tune is more interesting, and the piece is a little shorter than Schubert's. There are tons of other wedding songs, but pick what you like best. They even have CDs where all this music is featured, so you can kind of pick what you like best.

Sorry I put my two cents in there, but I kind of go into auto pilot when it comes to weddings.

 

[jourdy288]

Tchaikovsky - Marche Slav

It's not calming at all, but I love it!