1. Allegro con brio Tempo: = 144 The first movement is in sonata form, but with an added orchestral exposition, a cadenza, and a coda. It has a main theme repeated many times, and there are several subordinate themes. The orchestral exposition changes keys many times, but the second exposition is mainly in G major. […]
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Dead Wild Roses: Friday Classical Music Interlude – Haydn – Symphony in G Major No 92 “Oxford”
Greetings fair readers. A slightly different format for the DWR classical music interlude. Its Haydn, and all four movements in the same post. Commentary from wikipedia appears below. Enjoy. First movement Haydn distinguishes each section of the sonata form in this movement by use of strong contrasts of stability and instability. Before revealing the […]
Dead Wild Roses: The Friday Classic Music Interlude – Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” – 4th Movement.
Dvorak brings his symphony to a majestic close. In two parts due to youtube length limitations. Like the first movement, the fourth begins not with its main theme but with an introduction. 00:00:47 23. The main theme: an imposing march, introduced by trumpets and trombones, with timpani 00:00:48 24. The main theme, part two. A […]
Dead Wild Roses: The Friday Classical Music Interlude – Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” – 3rd Movement.
Fantastic movement, keeps you on the edge of your seat. Follow along with some of the musical highlights. 1. Dvorak, Beethoven, and the Scherzo. Dvorak purposely confuses the listener’s expectations. 00:01:54 2. Using a little fanfare, Dvorak further builds up expectation before revealing the main theme. 00:00:21 3. When the theme is revealed, we find […]
Dead Wild Roses: The Friday Classical Music Interlude – Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” – 2nd Movement.
I apologize for switching orchestras, but the original had parts missing so we had to go to this edition of the symphony. Filed under: Music Tagged: Dvorak Symphony No.9 – “From the New World”, Friday Classical Music Interlude
Dead Wild Roses: The Friday Classical Music Interlude – Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” – I (part 1)
Romantic Music here we come! Few works for the concert hall have won such immediate and continuing popularity as Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’. Dramatic, lyrical, and spacious, it presents a rich panorama of ravishing and exciting orchestral colours, reflecting the experiences and emotions of the great Czech composer during his years […]
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude -Tantum ergo Op. 55 Gabriel Fauré
I cannot believe that this is the only recording of this particular song. I apologize for the poor video quality, but then again, the sound is fairly good, as well as the choir and soloist. This piece was also performed in Kaslo, and I have the intention to learn the solo and perform it with […]
Dead Wild Roses: Friday Classical Music Interlude – Bach Piano Invention No.8 in F major
These are short pieces in which two different melodies are played simultaneously. Usually, the right hand plays the higher voice, and the left hand plays the lower one. In each Bach invention, there is a motive (a short musical idea) that is repeated in various forms – each time slightly different, and is developed through […]
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude – Purcell’s Scene of the Drunken Poet
This Friday’s interlude is a bit different only because I can say that I’ve also sung what you are about to watch. The Scene of the Drunken poet is not only comedic, but musically interesting as well. Listen in the chorus parts while the sopranos, alto’s, tenor’s and basses play with the melody line in […]
Dead Wild Roses: Friday Classical Music Interlude Beethoven, Große Fuge, op. 133, string quartet
The Große Fuge (or Grosse Fuge, also known in English as Grand Fugue), Op. 133, is a single-movement composition for string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven. A massive double fugue, it originally served as the final movement of his Quartet No. 13 in B♭ major (Op. 130) but he replaced it with a new […]
Dead Wild Roses: Vivaldi – Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “L’inverno” (Winter) (1st movement)
The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi’s best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music. The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season. For example, “Winter” is peppered with […]
Dead Wild Roses: The Friday Classical Music Interlude – “Fugue for Friday”
S. Malinowski’s original composition.
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