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musical mondays – advent music

HHaricot — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:45:15 +0000

i am sorry, i have a sneaking suspicion that the whole of december will be filled with christmas carols – which i adore! so i will start with a proper advent hymn! yay! i love, adore etc christmas carols. and … Continue reading →

musical mondays – mendelssohn

HHaricot — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:37:05 +0000

i was debating between ballet – in celebration of SB’s ballet exam, or violin – in mourning for her giving up. SO i have chosen violin, in the hopes my spare strings will come soon, so that i get practicing!
of course, talent like this is extremely rare [perlman age 13!!!] though, to be fair, i prefer this version.
but that is starting near the end! lets have a bit of the beginning. its good isn’t it!

not the best recording quality, and a short clip, but my heart belongs to menuhin. she how he just flows with the violin, effortless!

a very old recording, i do prefer this more modern version though, the bowing suits me better! much more legato! but i think it doesn’t have the heart of menuhin. [hideous dress though hey!] this has been youtubed weirdly, so it starts with the rather fab first mvt cadenza. however, at about 5 mins is the start of the second mvt [the first and second mvts ‘run together’. this is prob my fav of the youtube offerings, a clear singing violin tone, rubato not overdone, but def emotional!
Enjoy!

musical monday – vltava by Smetana

HHaricot — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:44:30 +0000

i love the way the swirling water of the vltava river has been captured in this piece of music. this is just a snippet. i would recommend searching for a copy of the whole thing though!

musical monday – swan lake

HHaricot — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:07:23 +0000

well, after the previous desperate post i thought i should post a bit of ballet music. this comes with ballet video too!! enjoy!

Musical Monday – pachelbel

HHaricot — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:14:00 +0000

i heard this whilst drving today. i prefer the slightly sprightlier versions rather than the dirges. amaxing what difference a bit of speed makes to the whole feeling and emotion of the music. this is a slower version for comparison. what do you think??

Musical monday – gloria

HHaricot — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:50:47 +0000

i was actually looking for the credo of his harmonie messe as it has my favourite ‘in vitam venturi saeculi amen’ phrase. funny to like one phrase so much!! but i do. must keep searching.

gloria anyway! obviously, i sang this as part of Leeds Festival Chorus. this chap has put out all 3 sections of the gloria, but the bit i want is in the credo!

so, if we are really going for some good glorias!

this one by vivaldi – or faster!! [i think i have listed this before though, so doesn’t count!!

or perhaps a bit of bach?

or, i might have to agree with the youtube claims here

i should prob have listed these in musical ages shouldn’t i? a mozart gloria

and quite differently, a Poulenc gloria – haunting isn’t it.

musical monday – haydn was a happy man

HHaricot — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:49:05 +0000

in honour of SB who has now played this both in her GBDF and ACE piano book, and tune a day violin book. i also played it in my GBDF book more years ago than i cared to remember! i have also played it ‘for real’ and like his named symphonies a lot. i chose this version as my sister was taught piano by richard hickox’ mother, and i like the collegium musicm and their period instruments. Although not credited, this sounds like modern instruments for comparison.

here is the clock bit of the clock – again much played and much loved, fantastic first violins bit!!

and i like the idea of the farewell as well. humour and politics in music!!

Musical Monday – i love you mum, mozart

HHaricot — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:16:37 +0000

and here it is. this is the music that IS my mother to me. i knew it was mozart, and thought it had a country name in it as well so i just searched piano and youtube! [since there is no singing facility] isn’t it absolutely fab. you can imagine it played to show sheer joy and fun. Thankyou mum for my wonderful musical childhood. love you.

Musical Monday – Bach Italian concerto and mendelssohn song without words

HHaricot — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:07:54 +0000

we were talking yesterday and led to as a child spotting my mothers mood by the music she played. she loved playing this whilst i was a child. searching for her fav still

I wonder if my children will associate this and this with me? my mother also frequently played this suite, leading me to want to learn it.

musical monday – Holst

HHaricot — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:58:45 +0000

i am sorry, i am feeling v stringy. nearly went for some ballet music, but… this time of year always reminds me of string residential courses, as the leaves turn and it starts to get nippy!

SO here it is, the piece of music we played on my fist residential string course, and loved ever since. the st paul’s suite. written for the similarly named girls school where holst was musical director. this is the second half