Anybody Like Classical Music?

This is amazing

Glennie has been profoundly deaf
since childhood, having started to lose her hearing at the age of 8. This does not inhibit her ability to perform. She regularly plays barefoot during live performances and studio recordings to feel the music.
Glennie contends that deafness is largely misunderstood by the public. She explains that her teacher Ron Forbes taught her to hear with parts of her body other than her ears. She felt the upper drum from the waist up and the lower drum from waist down.


Watch this Ted Talk by GLENNIE
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Opera singer analysis of Kurt Cobain voice

I think she has nailed it

Not a great voice but a great gritty voice for grunge and she explains how hard it is for singers to dwell in the emotions of their personal songs they play over and over

She identifies with this as an opera singer as the songs they sing are of deep pain

It killed Cobain

she really knows how to appreciate a song and coming from an opera singer she validates the greatness of Cobain and grunge in general

give it a listen


elizabeth zharoff is the singing critic so can she sing?


 
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Interesting stuff Zoot, keep going.

OK

Voiceplay is very interesting acapella group but the star is the low double bass singer ( that is what I call his voice) , who can also sing baritone.


Ladies and Gentlemen I present Geoff Castellucci

35 second mark, 1:35, 2:25 and 3:07 like wow. Sounds like he swallowed a pipe organ




Song was made famous in the beautiful surreal movie

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The film is set in rural deep south during the depression. It follows three escaped convicts searching for hidden treasure and the movie has echos of Homers poem The Odyssey.

Film is rich in symbolism. It ends with the Great Flood of Noah washing away all sin



 
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Both elizabeth zharoff and Geoff Castellucci use straw singing

"So whether you are professional singer, actor, or speaker—or you just want to sing at a night of karaoke—we're here to help you keep your voice in check. The straw is a training and rehabilitation tool for singers, speakers, actors and any other voice enthusist or professional. "


 
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Beethoven's 5th.

Hundreds of conductors have recorded the piece, some great, some good and some limp wristed. Through it all there is only one standard now 60+ years old, Eisenhower was still president when it was recorded.

Berlin Philharmonic directed by Ferenc Fricsay.

 
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Gorgeous Sophie Druml is the polar opposite of Yuja Wang, she's modest to a fault. She needs more ego to match her talent. I'm assuming she enjoys touring with the violin nerds as their piano accompaniment. They are taking up where Victor Borge left off.

Grieg Piano Concerto


Schlepping with the violin nerds.

 
This is the best version of the Flower Duet I've ever seen.. and was basically a rehearsal.

 
This is going to make me sound like a novice in the classical world.
I like the Baroque period. All this strings, the big music swells…gets me right in the feels. I like to also go to the TSO at Xmas.

That's all I know about classical music. I like it in the background on my Sirius but I couldn’t tell you what they play.

I wouldn’t know Glen Gould from Glengary Glen Ross.

But I do like listening to all sorts of music with an open mind. That’s a plus, right?
 
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Of course it is.

An open mind is important. In French a bassoon is called a faggot, imho the king of instruments.


 
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