Don't Any of You Guys Like Classical Music?

[DP]

There's a whole world to be discovered with Classical music for those who haven't yet gotten into it.

 

[SkittlePumpkin]

I like listening to classical from time to time

 

[BruceWayne]

Idk much about it, but I do like Four Seasons(Spring) by Vivaldi & Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven...
If those count lol.

 

[melita916]

Idk much about it, but I do like Four Seasons(Spring) by Vivaldi

everybody knows summer is way better than spring.

or maybe that's just my opinion.

i like spring. it's very happy. but i prefer summer cuz it has more of a darker theme. lol

i shall listen to it now!

 

[BruceWayne]

everybody knows summer is way better than spring.

or maybe that's just my opinion.

i like spring. it's very happy. but i prefer summer cuz it has more of a darker theme. lol

i shall listen to it now!

Haha it's close! Spring is definitely a bit happy lol. I do like them both too though.

 

[blue_ladybug]

There's a whole world to be discovered with Classical music for those who haven't yet gotten into it.

Nope.... lol....

 

[AllenW]

Just give me that good ol' rock n' roll.

 

[azlightsout]

I dont even know what Classical music is ?

 

[Magenta]

I dont even know what Classical music is ?

It's music written by famous dead guys. Ahem. That is to say, they are now dead. Long dead. Hundreds of years dead. They were alive when they wrote the music. Some of it was commissioned by kings and other very rich people. Beethoven was even deaf when he wrote some of his music. Usually classical music has no words. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring has long been a favorite of mine. That was written by Johann Sebastian Bach. A couple by Beethoven that I like are Für Elise and Ode to Joy, both of which I learned to play on guitar. Here is an interesting rendition of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring:

[video=youtube;6OxoB-zPMu0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OxoB-zPMu0[/video]

 

[Magenta]

Vivaldi is hard to miss or not to like. He wrote over 500 concertos,
or some will say, he wrote one concerto five hundred times. LOL.
The Four Seasons is the best known and loved of those. He wrote much of his
music for abandoned children to sing, while he was employed as an ordained priest.

Pachelbel's Canon is one of my all times favorite classical pieces. Here is
a modern solo pianist performing it. I saw him live once, many years ago

Variations on Canon - arranged by George Winston
[video=youtube;kllZlF6mB2s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kllZlF6mB2s[/video]

 

[Magenta]

There was a movie made about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart many years ago.
If you have not seen it, I recommend it PG rated, almost three hours long.

1984 American period drama film directed by Miloš Forman, written by Peter Shaffer, and adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus (1979). The story, set in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century, is a fictionalized biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart's music is heard extensively in the soundtrack of the movie.

The film was nominated for 53 awards and received 40, which included eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture), four BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, and a Directors Guild of America (DGA) award. As of 2016, it is the most recent film to have more than one nomination in the Academy Award for Best Actor category. In 1998, the American Film Institute ranked Amadeus 53rd on its 100 Years... 100 Movies list. (Wiki)

 

[AuntieAnt]

I like every kind of music under the sun. I don't particularly enjoy country & western or opera. But I can listen to some of it if the chords strike a good feeling in my heart. Alternative music is my favorite though.

 

[Magenta]

In 1994, a movie was made about the fictionalized life of Ludwig van Beethoven,
called Immortal Beloved. Rated R and runs 2 hours; also highly recommended
He is considered one of the most influential and famous of classical composers.
Ode to Joy is the finale to Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

[video=youtube;Wod-MudLNPA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wod-MudLNPA[/video]

 

[Magenta]

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I like every kind of music under the sun. I don't particularly enjoy country & western or opera. But I can listen to some of it if the chords strike a good feeling in my heart. Alternative music is my favorite though.

Paul Schwartz has given a modern make-over to some of operas' most
well loved arias. Purists may not like it, but I am quite fond of it LOL
Here is one of his that starts with how the original sounds
and then segues into his arrangement @ 48 seconds in.

[video=youtube;YDsO-I0jtUA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDsO-I0jtUA[/video]

 

[Magenta]

This is one of my favorite's of Paul Schwartz's, originally composed by
Saint Ambrose of Milan in the fourth century. This piece is called
Veni Redemptor Gentium
[video=youtube;yK3dwVCTr2Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK3dwVCTr2Y[/video]

 

[Church2u2]

Pachabell. ..I love it. And the wedding March.

 

[melita916]

amadeus is one of my fave movies!!!

and pachelbel's canon is so fun to play! well for violin. idk about viola, cello, or bass lol

 

[Magenta]

Pachelbel's Canon was often paired with Vivaldi's The Four Seasons on LPs.
Here is a one hour long session of it. There is a three hour long one also
The three hour long one is infused with birds tweeting. I'll skip that haha.

[video=youtube;qVn2YGvIv0w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVn2YGvIv0w[/video]

 

[Magenta]

Here are the words to [SIZE=+1]Veni, Redemptor Gentium (O Come, Redeemer of the Earth)
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[TR]
[TD]VENI, redemptor gentium,
ostende partum Virginis;
miretur omne saeculum:
talis decet partus Deum.
[/TD]
[TD]O COME, Redeemer of the earth,
and manifest thy virgin-birth.
Let every age in wonder fall:
such birth befits the God of all.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Non ex virili semine,
sed mystico spiramine
Verbum Dei factum est caro
fructusque ventris floruit.
[/TD]
[TD]Begotten of no human will
but of the Spirit, Thou art still
the Word of God in flesh arrayed,
the promised fruit to man displayed.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Alvus tumescit Virginis,
claustrum pudoris permanet,
vexilla virtutum micant,
versatur in templo Deus.
[/TD]
[TD]The Virgin's womb that burden gained,
its virgin honor still unstained.
The banners there of virtue glow;
God in his temple dwells below.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Procedat e thalamo suo,
pudoris aula regia,
geminae gigas substantiae
alacris ut currat viam.
[/TD]
[TD]Proceeding from His chamber free
that royal home of purity
a giant in twofold substance one,
rejoicing now His course to run.[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Aequalis aeterno Patri,
carnis tropaeo cingere,
infirma nostri corporis
virtute firmans perpeti.
[/TD]
[TD]O equal to the Father, Thou!
gird on Thy fleshly mantle now;
the weakness of our mortal state
with deathless might invigorate.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Praesepe iam fulget tuum
lumenque nox spirat novum,
quod nulla nox interpolet
fideque iugi luceat.
[/TD]
[TD]Thy cradle here shall glitter bright,
and darkness breathe a newer light
where endless faith shall shine serene
and twilight never intervene.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sit, Christe, rex piissime,
tibi Patrique gloria
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.[/TD]
[TD]All praise, eternal Son, to Thee,
whose advent sets Thy people free,
whom, with the Father, we adore,
and Holy Ghost, for evermore. Amen.[/TD]
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[notmyown]

It's music written by famous dead guys. Ahem. That is to say, they are now dead. Long dead. Hundreds of years dead. They were alive when they wrote the music.

LOL! classic M.

there are still (future) dead guys writing classical music.

i'm really liking Mozart's piano concertos lately.