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Mike Thick
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« on: January 18, 2016, 11:49:25 AM »
I'm a fan of Shostakovich.
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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2016, 11:50:24 AM »
Amadeus was one of my favorite movies. Mozart is my favorite composer.
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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2016, 12:06:40 PM »
J S Bach
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2016, 01:19:48 PM »
Leo Ornstein. If you've never heard of him, may I recommend his Piano Quintet?
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2016, 01:59:27 PM »

Cool! Nice to see that people outside of my program (where everyone says they like Shosty because he's the director's fave) actually like the guy!
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2016, 04:03:18 PM »
I don't know. I have only a very rudimentary knowledge of it. Beethoven, Strauss, Mozart all come to mind. I just never had the time/interest to really get into Classical, although I appreciate it.


I like the Shostakovich piece at the beginning of Eyes Wide Shut a lot.
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2016, 04:24:06 PM »
Since my folks were musicians, and I myself have some classical training this is a toughie but here goes.

Baroque: J.S. Bach
Classical: Haydn
Romantic: Brahms
Post-Romantic: Sebelius

It's also lent me perspective regarding film OSTs as well, so I'll include that as well.

Golden Age Film: Bernard Hermann
Modern Film: Ennio Morricone [Not even John Williams matches this guy]
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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2016, 04:39:13 PM »
Quote from: DemPGH on January 18, 2016, 04:03:18 PM
I don't know. I have only a very rudimentary knowledge of it. Beethoven, Strauss, Mozart all come to mind. I just never had the time/interest to really get into Classical, although I appreciate it.


I like the Shostakovich piece at the beginning of Eyes Wide Shut a lot.

OMG! I actually played that one in a concert last year! For us basses, it's mostly repeating Cs and Gs at the beginning of each bar, but it's still cool!
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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2016, 08:05:26 PM »
Beethoven is my all time favorite, but I also like Mahler, Mozart, and really all Russian waltz composers.
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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2016, 08:33:59 PM »
Quote from: ͡◔ ᴥ ͡◔ on January 18, 2016, 08:15:36 PM
Quote from: ͡◔ ᴥ ͡◔ on January 18, 2016, 08:10:38 PM
Quote from: Teddy Lee, Bass God of the West on January 18, 2016, 04:39:13 PM
Quote from: DemPGH on January 18, 2016, 04:03:18 PM
I don't know. I have only a very rudimentary knowledge of it. Beethoven, Strauss, Mozart all come to mind. I just never had the time/interest to really get into Classical, although I appreciate it.


I like the Shostakovich piece at the beginning of Eyes Wide Shut a lot.

OMG! I actually played that one in a concert last year! For us basses, it's mostly repeating Cs and Gs at the beginning of each bar, but it's still cool!

I've always liked his Waltz II. I can't find the wind sheet music for it, though.

wait I just looked up the Eyes Wide Shut theme and it IS Waltz II

I had no idea

this is hilarious

oh my god

What instrument do you play, Dar?
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« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2016, 08:54:37 PM »
Quote from: ͡◔ ᴥ ͡◔ on January 18, 2016, 08:43:56 PM
Quote from: Teddy Lee, Bass God of the West on January 18, 2016, 08:33:59 PM
Quote from: ͡◔ ᴥ ͡◔ on January 18, 2016, 08:15:36 PM
Quote from: ͡◔ ᴥ ͡◔ on January 18, 2016, 08:10:38 PM
Quote from: Teddy Lee, Bass God of the West on January 18, 2016, 04:39:13 PM
Quote from: DemPGH on January 18, 2016, 04:03:18 PM
I don't know. I have only a very rudimentary knowledge of it. Beethoven, Strauss, Mozart all come to mind. I just never had the time/interest to really get into Classical, although I appreciate it.


I like the Shostakovich piece at the beginning of Eyes Wide Shut a lot.

OMG! I actually played that one in a concert last year! For us basses, it's mostly repeating Cs and Gs at the beginning of each bar, but it's still cool!

I've always liked his Waltz II. I can't find the wind sheet music for it, though.

wait I just looked up the Eyes Wide Shut theme and it IS Waltz II

I had no idea

this is hilarious

oh my god

What instrument do you play, Dar?

Trombone. I'm actually pretty sure there's a trombone solo somewhere around two and a half minutes in there, but I can't confirm that.

Very nice. I don't recall a trombone solo, but I could be wrong.
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« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2016, 10:56:09 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2016, 08:20:00 AM »
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« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2016, 12:17:18 PM »
An accurate list - and in no particular order although if there was an order I guess the first few names would tend to come first - would probably look something like:

Mahler, Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams, Bach, Beethoven, Bruckner, Britten, Brahms, Mussorgsky, Nielsen, Schubert, Schnittke and (if I'm honest) WAGNER.*

But then I like a lot of other stuff as well, often a lot.

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« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2016, 08:20:33 PM »
One of my favorite modern composers is Eric Whitacre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BhKPQY15uk

That is a particularly beautiful choral work...and I think the performance and setting here are pretty much perfect.

And then there's this... which was inspired by the deep field images from the Hubble Space Telescope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFiZVIoj5jQ

A masterpiece to say the least.
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« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2016, 01:12:30 PM »
I am definitely a Bach guy.
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