SUNDAY MORNING CLASSICS AT TBP – The Burning Platform

A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
Anthony Aaron and Steve C.

Steve C / Classical Music Mafia: Here is the image of “The Classic Music Gangsters”, a whimsical and imaginative group of classical musicians with a playful gangster twist. The scene is set in an old-fashioned music hall with a rich, vintage decor, where the musicians perform in stylish gangster attire from the 1920s. The atmosphere is mysterious yet sophisticated, capturing the unique blend of classical music and a light-hearted gangster theme. – aka.attrition

Every Sunday morning we present a selection for our TBP family to enjoy.

We present symphonies, ensembles, quartets, octets, etc.

Not all of our music is strictly ‘classical’. We may be straying a bit, but we strive to make all of our selections ‘classy’.

We will give tips on proper ‘symphony etiquette’ and even some selections that are a bit light and fun, aimed at a younger audience. These pieces will be pointed out as such, and can be a great way to introduce children to a world of music that they may not have been exposed to or may consider old and ‘stuffy’.

A full symphony is as long as it lasts. We don’t want to keep a symphony short. However, we do have a number of shorter pieces that we try to keep under fifteen minutes. You can listen to each piece and hopefully you will find one or more that you like.

We hope you enjoy our Sunday selections.

Steve C.

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – Complete concert in HD

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin

Boys’ Choir Rijnmond, Boys’ Choir Rivierenland and Boys’ Choir Waterland conducted by Arie Hoek

Recording/recorded: December 23, 2010, in De Doelen in Rotterdam.

0:00:00 Opening
0:03:20 I. The Christmas tree
0:07:18 II. March
0:09:51 III. Children’s Gallop and Parents’ Dance
0:12:21 IV. Arrival of Mr. Drosselmeyer and distribution of the gifts
0:18:09 V. Scene and Grandfather Waltz
0:24:28 VI. Scene: Clara and the Nutcracker (The Departure of the Guests – The Night)
0:31:28 VII. Scene: The Battle
0:34:58 VIII. A pine forest in winter
0:39:09 IX. Waltz of the Snowflakes
0:46:20 X. Scene: The magical castle of the land of sweets
0:50:37 XI. Scene: The Arrival of Clara and the Nutcracker Prince
0:55:30 XII. Entertainment, containing:
0:55:30 a. Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
0:56:49 b. Coffee (Arabic dance)
1:00:50 c. Tea (Chinese dance)
1:01:52 d. Trepak (Russian dance)
1:03:04 e. Dance of the Mirlitons
1:05:40 f. Mother Ginger and the Polichinelles
1:08:27 XIII. Waltz of the Flowers
1:15:30 XIV. Pas de deux, which contains:
1:15:30 The Sugar Fairy and her Cavalier
1:21:03 Variation I: Tarantelle
1:22:00 Variation II: Dance of the Sugar Fairy
1:24:36 Code
1:26:00 XV.The Last Waltz, Apotheosis

The following two came to us thanks to Anonymous.

Moody Blues – Tuesday Afternoon

Moody Blues; If you grew up with them, I don’t need to say more. They got me through the turbulent late 60s and early 70s.

Tuesday afternoon: a later live performance with real orchestral amplification. Synthesizer pioneers.

Ask The Moody Blues Live at Red Rocks

It’s a question of balance:

Anthony Aaron

Tokyo, November 14, 1976 (Part 1)

As you may have noticed over the months I’ve been here, I have some very favorite artists… and Keith Jarrett is probably at the top of that list.

His ‘Sun Bear Concerts’ was a series of 5 concerts in Japan in 1976 and was released in 1978 on the ECM label.

From the ECM website: Sun Bear Concerts – documenting five complete solo performances by Keith Jarrett in Japan – stands as a landmark in the history of jazz recording. As Down Beat wrote on the occasion of its original release, Jarrett’s improvisations “are the inventions of a giant, overwhelmingly intimate in the way they can draw in and hold a listener. Jarrett has once again entered the cavern of his creative consciousness and unearthed music of startling power, majesty and warmth.” Rich in incident and detail, the music … revealed Jarrett as a player of boundless creativity, unique in his ability to find new forms in the moment, night after night.

“These marathons showed Jarrett to be one of the greatest improvisers in jazz,” wrote Ian Carr in his biography of the pianist, “with a seemingly inexhaustible flow of rhythmic and melodic ideas, one of the most brilliant pianistic techniques of all, and the ability to project complex and profound feelings.”

Tokyo, November 14, 1976 (Part 2)

Daniel Barenboim & Christoph Waltz on the meaning of music

In part 1 of his conversations with Christoph Waltz, Daniel Barenboim tackles the question of what music should or can mean. In it, both artists discuss the difference between profession and professionalism, and the importance of one’s own life experiences when playing Beethoven’s works.

Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, “The Storm”

1st part (Largo, Allegro)

2nd part (Adagio)

3rd part (Allegretto)

Work: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, no. 2, “The Storm”

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Soloist: Daniel Barenhoim

Albinoni Oboe Concerto Opus 9 No. 2 in D minor

Aldo Salvetti, solo oboe

Richard Brunner, conductor

St. Jacob’s Church 29.05.2016

Steve C.

KHACHATURIAN Masquerade Suite – UNC Symphony Orchestra – November 2015

The University of North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tonu Kalam, performs Aram Khachaturian’s symphonic suite from “Masquerade.”

Recorded live at Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on November 18, 2015. Video and audio recording by Arts Laureate technician Kevin Bourassa.

Russian Waltz – Shostakovich

“War and Peace” 1965

Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps // London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps, recorded live at the Barbican Centre on Sunday 24 September 2017.

Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth – The Short George

We’re closing out this week’s edition with something completely different.

From the movie You Were Never Lovelier

Columbia photo (1942)

Director: William A. Seiter

Screenplay: Michael Fessier Ernest

Songs: by Jerome Kern and Johnny

You Were Never Lovelier was Rita’s third and final film released in 1942. In this film she played Fred Astaire’s dancing partner for the second time.

Except for “The Shorty George,” all of their dances were rehearsed in the attic of a funeral home! They had to stop whenever a funeral procession passed by and couldn’t start again until all the mourners had left. But if those circumstances disrupted rehearsals, it didn’t show on screen.

The results were amazing. Rita later called this film one of her favorites, but it was also memorable for another reason. During rehearsals for “The Shorty George,” Rita experienced one of her “most embarrassing” moments when she fell during the dance and knocked herself out!

Set in one of Hollywood’s favorite places at the time: Buenos Aires, the film also stars Xavier Cugat and his orchestra, adding a Latin flavor to this memorable musical.