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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Blurred Lines
I like this version much more than the original. Or this one. Filed under: Humour, Music Tagged: Blurred Lines, Feminism, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Beethoven, Pathetique Sonata, 3rd Movement
Ludwig van Beethoven‘s Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique, was written in 1798 when the composer was 27 years old, and was published in 1799. Beethoven dedicated the work to his friend Prince Karl von Lichnowsky.[1] Although commonly thought to be one
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Tallis, Spem in alium (40-voice motet)
Yes, if you get a chance to go to this live, spend the $$ and the time and go experience it. The motet is laid out for eight choirs of five voices (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass). It is most likely that Tallis intended his singers to stand in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Debussy, Clar de Lune
Featuring performance and visualization by Stephen Malinowski. The third and most famous movement of Suite bergamasque is “Clair de lune,” meaning “moonlight” in French. Its name comes from Paul Verlaine‘s poem of the same name which also refers to ‘bergamasques‘ in its opening stanza: Votre âme est un paysage choisi
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Foreign Lander
Are juicy harmonies your thing? Try this on for size. 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: Foreign Lander, Girls Quartet, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Libera Me – Faure Requiem
This is a rerun I know, but after singing it you just have to hear it again. Enjoy folks. Oh, and this is my part that I practiced with the other tenors. I’m sure they hate me by now for pestering them to rehearse with me, but wow did we
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Bach, “Little” Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, “Little” (popularly known as the “Little Fugue”), is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his years at Arnstadt (1703–1707). It is one of Bach’s best known fugues and has been arranged for other voices, including in an orchestral version
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude: The Twelve Tone Row
Fantastic ideas contained within this video by Vihart. Consider my knowledge of musical styles expanded, and hopefully your too. 🙂 Wikipedia blurb under the video. http://youtu.be/4niz8TfY794 Twelve-tone technique—also known as dodecaphony, twelve-tone serialism, and (in British usage) twelve-note composition—is a method of musical composition devised by Austrian
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude: The CBC Signature Series – E flat minor – The Eccentric
The CBC Signature Series is hosted by Paolo Pietropaolo. The E♭ (E-flat) minor scale consists of the pitches E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, and D♭. In the harmonic minor, the D♭ is raised to D♮. Its key signature consists of six flats (see below: Scales and keys). Its relative
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Muscial Interlude featuring the CBC Signature Series – A flat major- The Good Woman
The CBC Signature Series hosted by Paolo Pietropaolo forges on with A-flat major. A little bit more on A-flat major from Wikipedia: The A-flat major scale consists of the pitches A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, and G. Its key signature has four flats (see below: Scales and keys). Its
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The CBC Signature Series – E minor: The Handsome Rogue
Paolo Pietropaolo brings back the Signature Series for the Summer. Today’s selection gives us insight into the dramatic key of E minor. Enjoy. Filed under: Music Tagged: E Minor, The CBC Signature Series, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – “Only” by NIN
This space usually hosts a classical selection of music that I find appealing in one way another. But the genesis of today’s video lies in the dark sorcery better known as the CD wallet the resides i my car. As I was driving to my voice lesson I was perturbed,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Hey I sang that!
Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day. Just finished singing this in choir, great piece and as usual, the tenor part is the hardest.. 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: Choral Music, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Bolero
Love it it or hate it, Bolero is a fine piece of music. I try and post work that make me stop what I’m doing and just listen. This performance by Hong Kong’s Orchestra did just that. Enjoy 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: Bolero, Flash Mob, The DWR Friday
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Schubert, Piano Trio in B-flat major, 1st mvt.
A big thank-you to Steven Malinowski for producing the graphical score you see below. The Trio No. 1 in B-flat major for piano, violin, and cello, D. 898, was written by Franz Schubert in 1827. The composer finished the work in 1828, in the last year of his life.[1][2] It
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The Misty Mountains
This is from the Hobbit an Unexpected Journey when the dwarves invade poor Bilblo’s house and then, after awhile, sing melancholic songs about their lost home. I’m scouring the net looking for arrangements of this song so I can put together a singable piece for my choir. Lyrics: Far over
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – J.S Bach Motet BWV 227
Jesu, meine Freude is a motet composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. The work, which takes its title from the chorale by Johann Franck on which it is based, is also known as Motet No. 3 in E minor, BWV 227. The stanzas of the chorale are interspersed with passages from
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major – Book I of J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 862
The Well-Tempered Clavier (German: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier),[2] BWV 846–893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. He first gave the title to a book of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, dated 1722, composed “for the profit and use of musical
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Muscial Interlude: Dona Nobis Pacem
There are many iterations of this song all over youtube. I find this one poignant because of the juxtaposition of the military band so prominently in the foreground while the children tucked almost completely out of sight intoning the hopeful hymn – “Give us peace”. Draw your ironic comparisons as
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