Bach drink's the world's milkshake, there are contenders. Mozart's symphony that doesn't make any sense.....
Anybody Like Classical Music?
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A full performance of the ring cycle, of which this piece is part, takes place over four nights at the opera, with a total playing time of about 15 hours
I agree with Mark Twain, I cannot imagine sitting through it
The story of Die Walküre is based on the Norse mythology told in the Völsunga saga and the Poetic Edda. In this version, the Volsung twins Sieglinde and Siegmund, separated in childhood, meet and fall in love. This union angers the gods, who demand that Siegmund must die. Sieglinde and the couple's unborn child are saved by the defiant actions of Wotan's daughter, the title character, Valkyrie Brünnhilde, who as a result faces the gods' retribution.
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Maya Plisetskaya is a Russian legend
The dancers look like they are riding a horse LOL. I doubt that was Ravels intent but I totally love this dance
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a symphonic poem by the French composer Paul Dukas, completed in 1897.the piece was based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1797 poem named "Der Zauberlehrling". By far the most performed and recorded of Dukas' works, its notable appearance in the Walt Disney 1940 animated film Fantasia
The cartoon is better than the music considering this was done in 1940. Cartoonists at Disney are the best in the world. And this is the mouse's best work
The cartoon is better than the music considering this was done in 1940. Cartoonists at Disney are the best in the world. And this is the mouse's best work
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Having spent time around opera singers, they are in an constant state of terror that their voice will break. That is why some of them get so fat. Canadian tenor Ben Heppner retired in 2016, he wasn't going to risk the loss of timbre. Can't blame him, he's older than I am. He currently has a show about singing in CBC Radio 2.
Where's danmand?
Where's danmand?
Type in Song: and a lyric from it. I typed too many Polish singers and viola GS got it right.
Took in Die Walkure at the 4 Season when it first opened. The acoustics were outstanding. During Act 2 I had to take a wicked piss, there was still another half hour of drudgery to go. I looked toward the isle, patrons had their heads tilted back with their mouths ajar some had droll leaking down their cheeks...I wasn't going anywhere.
The best part of Act 2 is the prelude before the monotony. From La Scala in Milano.
The best part of Act 2 is the prelude before the monotony. From La Scala in Milano.
Gustav Mahler is the George Costanza of classical music. His symphonies are too long and highly neurotic, with moments of sheer melodrama. I call his 7th, the Road to Nowhere. Whenever Dave Hurwitz plays 20th Century Russian music, his cats )Finster and Mildred) run away. Soviet Realism at it's finest: The Brown Log Symphony.
Fantasia was more than The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The Rite of Spring by Stravinski
A visual history of the Earth's beginnings is depicted to selected sections of the ballet score. The sequence progresses from the planet's formation to the first living creatures, followed by the reign and extinction of the dinosaurs.
The Rite of Spring by Stravinski
A visual history of the Earth's beginnings is depicted to selected sections of the ballet score. The sequence progresses from the planet's formation to the first living creatures, followed by the reign and extinction of the dinosaurs.
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