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Thank you boys for the pieces that got me distinction <3
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I love that my generation learned Classical music from bugs bunny and a bunch of you kids today are learning jazz from anime.
The Rabbit of Seville was my favorite! It was fun learning about Rossini's The Barber of Seville in school after hearing it in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
I don't know how I didn't know this but apparently Erik Satie never had anyone in his apartment for 27 years, like nobody at all, and when he died it was entered, 2 grand pianos were found on top of one another the top one for storage, and like a huge collection of over 100 umbrellas. I find this stuff weird when it's shown to other people, like "Hey look I stacked a piano on a piano!", but the fact that he never told a soul of this makes it so funny. He truly believed the double piano tower (or tower pianissimo if you will) was a good interior design choice. What a great man.
Erik Satie honestly sounds like a very strange lad. I've heard that he liked to eat white things to the point that he didn't eat anything else. I don't know much about him other than his Première Gymnopédie but I'm interested in learning more.
Who are your favorite modern-day composers?
Contemporary classical music is honestly not my focus. This blog rarely deals with any music that is less than a hundred years old, my reasons including copyright and modern trends steering the music away from the "classical" definition.
That being said, I enjoy the music of John Williams and Michael Giacchino, as well as Koji Kondo and Toby Fox if we're including more music outside of classical.
Thank you for your Ask!
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"im gay i have soft hair and sometimes i cry because i love my friends" -also Chopin probably
Message in a bottle
MAKE CONCERTS CHEAP AGAIN
So I'm reasonably sure (but not certain) this was primarily aimed at non-classical music concerts... but given that I work in the classical music field.......... Here's some ways to access classical music on the cheap/free. Because I get it... symphony tickets are 'spensive. And it's really intimidating. But never fear. First, find your local symphony orchestra, community orchestra/choir/band, high school/college ensemble(s) or opera company. You have at least one of these near you, I'm reasonably certain, unless you live in the absolute middle of nowhere. Previews/open dress/sneak peeks: See if these groups offer free or discounted access to their dress rehearsals, or do preview concerts. Our local symphony has open dress rehearsals for all their classical concerts with tickets being only $15. You basically get the concert for about a fifth of the price of a regular ticket, and you can sit wherever you want! PLUS! You get to peek behind the curtain and see a little of the rehearsal process. Hear what the conductor has to say to the group... get insight into the artistic choices being made... see how corrections and adjustments change the music in real time... see the interactions between the conductor, a soloist or other ensemble like choir, and the orchestra. Plus our conductor often will give a little mini-lecture if he's in the mood or particularly loves a piece. Discounted tickets for special groups: Seniors, military, emergency personnel, and educators just to name a few that my orchestra offers discounts to. There's also often group discounts! And many groups (especially in larger cities) will offer discounts to students (usually called "student rush tickets" which at our orchestra are $10 a pop) or people under a certain age... usually 30. You won't know 'til you ask. Usher for concerts/events: Ushers for most groups are volunteers, and one of the perks for volunteering your time is getting to hear the concert for free! (This also goes for theatre groups btw... even the tours!) Or if being public facing isn't your bag, contact the groups and ask if there's another way to volunteer! Maybe it's stuffing mailers, delivering breakfast before a rehearsal (that you can stick around to listen to), or helping backstage. Free concerts/events: Keep an eye out on social media for free events or pop up concerts. Our local opera company does concerts at the mall. Our local community band doesn't charge admission. My symphony has a "run out" program where small ensembles or soloists will play at places like the library, the hospital lobby, banks, etc. And you can just...... show up and listen! Don't discount school/college ensembles: Tickets are often cheap or free, the repertoire is usually very challenging and different, and you're supporting growing artists!
This! There are so many ways in the classical music world to enjoy yourself while giving the big middle finger to Ticketmaster and other forms of capitalist greed.
Off to a concert! It’s another 3 gay composers one (I think by chance this time…): Britten, Bernstein and Tchaikovsky.
VERY excited for the Age of Anxiety (Bernstein 2), less excited for the train journey - going into London later in the evening is always mildly terrifying.
People should spotlight them for Pride Month! I think that would be very fun.
Accidentally got fixated on composer Shostakovich for a day and made art-- oops!
Listening to the solo piano music* of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. Some critics consider Grieg a minor or second-rate composer. I do not. His music has a gentle, melancholy beauty that puts me in a very pleasant headspace.
*Grieg was a child prodigy on the instrument, and it was his piano virtuosity that convinced the violinist Ole Bull to secure him a formal education in music.
I enjoy Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite and Piano Concerto in A Minor, but I am not familiar with his solo piano music. Do you have any recommendations? What's popular and famous, and what's your personal favorite?
Happy Birthday Johannes Brahms! 7 May 1833
I'm entirely convinced that everyone who thinks classical music is relaxing and good for concentration is either lying, or has never listened to anything other than nocturnes
So true! Even relaxing pieces such as nocturnes have so much beauty and so many intricacies that merits close, attentive listening rather than passive relaxation.
