Comments on Beethoven.com Selections

[Schmeelkie]

Thanks for the Nutcracker Suite this am! I was scanning data and that made it seem to go much more quickly! Really wish I could listen in on Saturday, but we'll be on the road. I know, need and iPhone or something to listen to internet radio on the go...

[Trumpetmaster]

Ah........ Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2

This is really a GREAT work!!!

[Trumpetmaster]

Ah... Tchaikovsky 2nd Symphony is playing again!!



I can listen to this most of the day!!

[jamiebk]

They've had some great stuff on today. I really like the Russian's Are Coming" feature.

[Trumpetmaster]

They've had some great stuff on today. I really like the Russian's Are Coming" feature.

yes they did... just wish I could have listen some more

[Trumpetmaster]

Mozart 40th Symphony is now playing.
What a lovely work!

[Shapley]

I can't help but noticing that Ennio Morricone's "The Story of a Soldier" from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly theme seems to bear some resemblance to a portion of Brahm's Symphony No. 1. I may have mentioned this before on this thread, but I don't recall.

[DavidS]

I can't help but noticing that Ennio Morricone's "The Story of a Soldier" from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly theme seems to bear some resemblance to a portion of Brahm's Symphony No. 1. I may have mentioned this before on this thread, but I don't recall.

Oh yes, there are similar examples in no end of compositions. E.g. a passage in the final movement of the Dvořák New World Symphony sounds like the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice...

[Trumpetmaster]

I can't help but noticing that Ennio Morricone's "The Story of a Soldier" from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly theme seems to bear some resemblance to a portion of Brahm's Symphony No. 1. I may have mentioned this before on this thread, but I don't recall.

Shapley,
Never paid attention to that but I agree that there is a portion that sounds like Brahms 1st.
TM

[Trumpetmaster]

I can't help but noticing that Ennio Morricone's "The Story of a Soldier" from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly theme seems to bear some resemblance to a portion of Brahm's Symphony No. 1. I may have mentioned this before on this thread, but I don't recall.

Oh yes, there are similar examples in no end of compositions. E.g. a passage in the final movement of the Dvořák New World Symphony sounds like the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice...

David,
I have my new world symphony cd with me here in georgia.
I'm listening to the last mvt later today.

TM

[Trumpetmaster]

Beethoven 5th coming up!!!

[Trumpetmaster]

Mozart Symphony No. 25

one of my favorite Mozart Symphonies!

[jamiebk]

I wish I could listen. I am in the office today so no B.com. I'll have to wait for Friday when I work from home. Right now with the 3rd of 4 storms smashing into the Bay Area, I am happy to be dry and warm indoors, even if it is at the office. The 5 AM commute was a challenge.

[Trumpetmaster]

I wish I could listen. I am in the office today so no B.com. I'll have to wait for Friday when I work from home. Right now with the 3rd of 4 storms smashing into the Bay Area, I am happy to be dry and warm indoors, even if it is at the office. The 5 AM commute was a challenge.

Hopefully your IT people will unblock and allow you to listen.
I would listen to my CDs all day if it weren't for B.com.

Sorry you can't listen in...

TM

[Trumpetmaster]

Wagner - Overture to Tannhauser
This is one of my favorite overtures.
I just love the trombones in this work!!

[Shapley]

Saint-Saens' Organ Symphony is one of my favourite works.

[jamiebk]

How nice that NIcole is playing my request for "Spellbound Concerto" as the afternoon matinee. I am curious if anyone knows what kind of instrument or devise makes that weird eerie electronic sound during one part of the piece. It's kind of like what you hear in those old Si-Fi horror movies.

[jamiebk]

Never mind...Nicole answered the question:

The instrument is called the theremin. The
instrument came out in the 20's but became really popular in the 50's
and 60's with the scifi craze. The instrument is two magnetic metal rods
with an electrical current running in between. When you pass your hands
through the field it changes the pitch and causes that spooky sound!
Here's the wiki page on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin They
are hard to find now since they are not as popular any more but still
very cool!


I think there was a post on this somewhere on the board.

Thanks Nicole!!!

[Trumpetmaster]

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5

What a beautiful symphony!

[Trumpetmaster]

Nothing like Brahms 2nd Symphony to keep the afternoon alive!!!