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Post by MartinT on Jun 18, 2021 23:32:05 GMT
Beautiful performance.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 20, 2021 0:10:55 GMT
If you didn't see the BBC Young Musician final, then I highly recommend you watch the winning performance from Fang Zhang.
He plays what I found to be a quite thrilling work, a marimba concerto called Prism Rhapsody, with quite astonishing dexterity and musicality. A most worthy winner indeed.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 20, 2021 8:35:37 GMT
That is a stunning piece and his playing is superb. When he took up six sticks it just blew my mind. The finale is an incredible show of talent.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 20, 2021 13:07:17 GMT
If you would like to sample that piece on your system I found this recording by Evelyn Glennie - not quite as exciting as the above but good to hear.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 25, 2021 15:00:40 GMT
Wow!
Check out the staging for this open-air Flying Dutchman. Superb innovation, the orchestra sounds great too.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 22, 2021 11:37:47 GMT
I've found this documentary about Martha Argerich made by her daughter, Stephanie.
Am sure it will be interesting.
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Post by Slinger on Jul 22, 2021 12:33:06 GMT
Wow! Check out the staging for this open-air Flying Dutchman. Superb innovation, the orchestra sounds great too. Sadly, the video seems to have gone walkabout, Jules, bur really? Der fliegende Holländer? Opera, and not only opera, but Wagnerian opera?    You'll be giving our more delicate members the vapours. |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 22, 2021 13:10:51 GMT
That's a shame its gone - had the most amazing open air setting in a dockyard with scaffolding set!
Just for the music, you'll understand ...
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 22, 2021 13:17:11 GMT
Look what I found though ...
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Post by Slinger on Jul 22, 2021 13:42:18 GMT
Wag-ner?  !!!!! |
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 13, 2021 21:27:01 GMT
You are quite correct, this isn't classical music as such but features the Phiharmonia.
A gorgeous exercise in nostalgia - a wonderful voice and suitably lush orchestral backing.
Some talent and damn, she plays the cello too - apparently she once played with the Iceland Symphony.
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 14, 2021 8:50:43 GMT
Just beautiful.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 14, 2021 9:19:32 GMT
..and so is the performance.
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 15, 2021 12:23:28 GMT
A superlative performance of 'Gavotte en Rondeau' by the wonderful Katha Zinn. I don't think I've heard better.
Sound quality is immense too!
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 25, 2021 22:31:31 GMT
Debussy - Nuages for Two Pianos, arr. Ravel
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 27, 2021 16:47:37 GMT
Gorgeous Schubert for cello lovers ...
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 30, 2021 17:50:09 GMT
If anyone can play YT through their main system, I'd be interested in your thoughts on the sound quality of this intriguing piano.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 30, 2021 18:02:15 GMT
Give me a couple of weeks!
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 30, 2021 18:36:07 GMT
LOL!!
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 31, 2021 20:06:38 GMT
Just beautiful.
Martha Argerich and her grandson, David Chen, play Ravel.
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!!!!!