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« Reply #375 on: January 25, 2021, 01:39:11 AM »
A lovely favourite :  Schubert (1797- 1828)  - Impromptu Op 90 No 3 D 899 played by Alfred Brendel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lMUCMY8Pjc
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Bach was no pioneer; his style was not influenced by any past or contemporary century.
  He was completion and fulfillment in itself, like a meteor which follows its own path.
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« Reply #376 on: January 25, 2021, 09:14:43 AM »
Thank you so much for this link, Kristina.  I found out last night that my favorite aunt had died of covid, and this music made me feel better.
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« Reply #377 on: January 25, 2021, 01:58:11 PM »
Quote from: MooseMom on January 25, 2021, 09:14:43 AM
Thank you so much for this link, Kristina.  I found out last night that my favorite aunt had died of covid, and this music made me feel better.

Dear MooseMom, I feel very sad for your terrible loss during this difficult time and I am thinking of you and send you my deepest condolences from Kristina.  :cuddle;
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« Reply #378 on: January 28, 2021, 02:33:32 PM »
Alexander Malofeev (15 years old) on the piano playing:  Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2
Totally breathtaking !
(Hopefully without commercials!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CW6cxApOBg
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Bach was no pioneer; his style was not influenced by any past or contemporary century.
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« Reply #379 on: January 30, 2021, 11:20:41 AM »
Kristina, I was conditioned by Van Cliburn's impeccable performance of the Rach 2, one of the saddest of all concertos, but that this kid, at age 15, would have the emotional maturity to pull it off with apparent ease is, as you say, remarkable.
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« Reply #380 on: January 31, 2021, 02:05:33 PM »
Hello enginist
and many thanks for your kind thoughts. I do remember Van Cliburn as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeA8pMGQJ7g

and, of course John Ogdon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5whWlO35lc

Like yourself I was very surprised when I first heard Alexander Molofeev playing ...  but there again, he plays so many years ahead of his actual age and he also seems to understand fully the great mystifying Russian Soul of Sergei Rachmaninoff ... and I do hope to be able and come to one of his recitals whenever he is performing in London ...  :grouphug;
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« Reply #381 on: February 03, 2021, 07:33:56 AM »
Here's one for you, Kristina, a little boogie-woogie from a Brit and an American.  I love blues piano.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOv99uEL4F4
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« Reply #382 on: February 04, 2021, 02:56:56 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4BrZjY_Sg&ab_channel=vlaad27

My favorite song ever.
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« Reply #383 on: February 04, 2021, 01:16:43 PM »
Quote from: burford on February 04, 2021, 02:56:56 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4BrZjY_Sg&ab_channel=vlaad27

My favorite song ever.

Hello enginist and thanks for this cheerful piano-boogie-woogie and many thanks burford for sharing this song with us. I listened to it many years ago and remember wondering what was meant with "... Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain" ? (... ... still don't know the answer ...looked it up in the dictionary without success ...)
Many thanks again for sharing ... and this song reminds me about the time when I was walking through the hospital-grounds, passing by the nurse's quarters, where a window was open and this song and "San Francisco" were played on the radio and these songs impressed me very much because they represented to me the free spirit of America and I was sure that one day I would come to visit. Mind you, it has not happened yet, but there is hope that one day ...  and many thanks again for sharing this beautiful song ... :grouphug;
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  He was completion and fulfillment in itself, like a meteor which follows its own path.
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                                          ...  Oportet Vivere ...
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« Reply #384 on: February 08, 2021, 03:02:20 PM »
Some special singers with one of their favourite songs:

Eartha Kitt - Just an old fashioned girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeRSqekHh1g

Victoria Wood - Let’s do it – The Ballad of Barry & Freda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFI5Jl_IqsE

Shirley Bassey – I who have nothing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmOCDc3xLCs
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Bach was no pioneer; his style was not influenced by any past or contemporary century.
  He was completion and fulfillment in itself, like a meteor which follows its own path.
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                                          ...  Oportet Vivere ...
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« Reply #385 on: February 22, 2021, 11:10:37 AM »
J.S.Bach (1685-1750) - The Well Tempered Clavier: Book I: Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C Major - Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997). The wonderful way he plays the piano is just inspiration at its very best !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezZdbzreNcs
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« Reply #386 on: March 01, 2021, 09:32:38 AM »
Well hello crew!  :)

Not logged in for a while.  Music you want Music we Have.

During lockdown I went to a couple of gigs! :) Streamed. The first the wonderful Nick Cave did a live stream from my hometown of London from Alexandra Palace. A place I used to see every day while dialysing! When I lived in London that is!

Idiot Prayer https://youtu.be/SqySRG_y_l4

Staying in Australia another of my favourite bands The Cat Empire also did a gig. But here's a couple of their best songs.

Brighter than Gold: https://youtu.be/QM_rIaUm7ac

No Longer there:
https://youtu.be/gaROrDZE19k

Also discovered some new music! Gregorian! https://youtu.be/ZK6rpbxth9w
They do a lot of covers!
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« Reply #387 on: March 01, 2021, 09:39:23 AM »
Also can't ignore the unusual music of a fellow heamo patient who I started the journey with around 40 years ago.
Ed Dowie.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuFSL_xNSELtJIcwJITL6NA
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« Reply #388 on: March 01, 2021, 01:02:57 PM »
My husband has always liked old school metal bands (I have, too, but he's more knowledgeable), and he is always on the lookout for new music in this genre.  He has discovered many new metal bands all over the world.  You haven't lived until you heard some Mongolian metal!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM8dCGIm6yc

My personal favorite at the moment is Wagakki from Japan.  Apparently they are incredibly popular in that country and had just finished a US tour before covid struck.  Anyway, what's interesting about them is that they incorporate traditional Japanese instruments in their stage performances, and the lead singer also writes all of their music.  She's very talented and is a lovely pianist.  They have performed many times accompanied by a full symphony orchestra, but this link is to a video of their opening to a 2015 concert.  I was entertained!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ponTbDDMYjw
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« Reply #389 on: March 01, 2021, 01:05:47 PM »
JW77, OMG!!!!  "Nothing Else Matters" in Gregorian Chant!!!  I LOVED this!  Thank you!
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« Reply #390 on: March 03, 2021, 10:18:23 AM »
During my studies I often met other artists, also one of the best pianists who often played wonderful Bach-pieces for all of us but unfortunately, playing in public Concert-Halls and "laying his feelings publicly bare" was not quite his "thing" and so he rather chose to work professionally as a Tone-Master... Unfortunately though ... he is no longer with us ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu7_Ehrwx7s
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« Reply #391 on: March 03, 2021, 01:31:30 PM »
Quote from: kristina on March 03, 2021, 10:18:23 AM
During my studies I often met other artists, also one of the best pianists who often played wonderful Bach-pieces for all of us but unfortunately, playing in public Concert-Halls and "laying his feelings publicly bare" was not quite his "thing" and so he rather chose to work professionally as a Tone-Master... Unfortunately though ... he is no longer with us ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu7_Ehrwx7s


How wonderful it must be to be so talented!
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« Reply #392 on: March 06, 2021, 03:05:31 AM »
Quote from: MooseMom on March 03, 2021, 01:31:30 PM
Quote from: kristina on March 03, 2021, 10:18:23 AM
During my studies I often met other artists, also one of the best pianists who often played wonderful Bach-pieces for all of us but unfortunately, playing in public Concert-Halls and "laying his feelings publicly bare" was not quite his "thing" and so he rather chose to work professionally as a Tone-Master... Unfortunately though ... he is no longer with us ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu7_Ehrwx7s


How wonderful it must be to be so talented!

Hello MooseMom,

Yes, he was very talented and I always thought it such a pity that he preferred to pursue his  career as a tone-master instead of delighting audiences with wonderful piano-recitals. It is also very sad to think, that the public never had a chance to listen to his great insight of how to play the piano in such a sensitive way, that it enabled the listener to get an insight to the composers sensitivities and thoughts. This was possible because he grew up with music and came from a family of great musicians and writers...

... At the same time it is also a great pity to witness, that greatly talented musicians like him are unfortunately "dying out" these days. I mention that, because we have here in London only two classical music-radio-stations left and they are: "Radio 3" which often comes over to the listener as being extremely "snooty" about classical music and that is so sad
because there is nothing to be "snooty" about the enjoyment of listening to classical music. The other "classical" music-radio-station here is "Classic FM", where you have to put-up-with an awful lot of commercials, sometimes even in the midst of a symphony (just as insensitive as it sometimes gets at You-tube) and "Classic FM" also often tries to "introduce new talent", where most of these "new" musicians "scratch along on their fiddles" and play classical composers in such a "nerve scratching", insensitive way, that the original composition is practically unrecognisable and almost hurts the listener... :grouphug;

Mind you, I am still hoping for better classical-music-times and at least there are still many LP's from the 1940's - 1970/80's left to listen to great musicians like all the great pianists and great violinists like Ruggiero Ricci (24 July 1918 – 6 August 2012) and many wonderful conductors like Neville Marriner (15 April 1924 – 2 October 2016)...
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  He was completion and fulfillment in itself, like a meteor which follows its own path.
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                                          ...  Oportet Vivere ...
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« Reply #393 on: March 24, 2021, 05:58:33 AM »
Quote from: MooseMom on March 01, 2021, 01:02:57 PM
My husband has always liked old school metal bands (I have, too, but he's more knowledgeable), and he is always on the lookout for new music in this genre.  He has discovered many new metal bands all over the world.  You haven't lived until you heard some Mongolian metal!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM8dCGIm6yc

My personal favorite at the moment is Wagakki from Japan.  Apparently they are incredibly popular in that country and had just finished a US tour before covid struck.  Anyway, what's interesting about them is that they incorporate traditional Japanese instruments in their stage performances, and the lead singer also writes all of their music.  She's very talented and is a lovely pianist.  They have performed many times accompanied by a full symphony orchestra, but this link is to a video of their opening to a 2015 concert.  I was entertained!

I think if we talk Asian metal, we have to include the very important Tang Dynasty - very first Chinese metal band formed in '89!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxublidqUw0

All these years later, still no idea what they're saying, but I can at least acknowledge why people consider them important.  :lol;
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« Reply #394 on: March 24, 2021, 12:34:03 PM »
Not a clue what's going on there, but I do like it.  Chinese metal!  Who would have thought?

While watching that video, I was sorta scrolling down a list of like minded videos, and I came across this rather incredible video from The Hu, the Mongolian band I referenced earlier.  It features Lizzy Hale of Halestorm, who really kicks hindquarters.  I was just amazed.  I mean, how does Lizzy Hale connect with a Mongolian metal band?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdN1U9NvuIc
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« Reply #395 on: March 24, 2021, 03:29:22 PM »
The oldest musical instrument Sheng played in Covent Garden London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXZ4tfBiMrE
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« Reply #396 on: March 24, 2021, 03:34:11 PM »
Quote from: kristina on March 24, 2021, 03:29:22 PM
The oldest musical instrument Sheng played in Covent Garden London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXZ4tfBiMrE

THAT is AMAZING!
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« Reply #397 on: March 25, 2021, 10:00:57 AM »
Thank you MooseMom, I love Covent Garden and I just have found some of its fascinating history explained:

"Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and with the Royal Opera House, itself known as "Covent Garden". The district is divided by the main thoroughfare of Long Acre (where artists can still find some of their art-material...) north of which is given over to independent shops centred on Neal's Yard and Seven Dials, while the south contains the central square with its street performers and most of the historical buildings, theatres and entertainment facilities, including the London Transport Museum and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane."

I love to visit Covent Garden and it is one the few places where you can stay for a long time and simply feel "at home" and forget all about time  ...

I found more Chinese musicians performing in Covent Garden on their fascinating instruments :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8CIeCiP9J4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m6eCjAOMoQ
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« Reply #398 on: March 25, 2021, 10:44:38 AM »
Quote from: MooseMom on March 24, 2021, 12:34:03 PM
Not a clue what's going on there, but I do like it.  Chinese metal!  Who would have thought?

While watching that video, I was sorta scrolling down a list of like minded videos, and I came across this rather incredible video from The Hu, the Mongolian band I referenced earlier.  It features Lizzy Hale of Halestorm, who really kicks hindquarters.  I was just amazed.  I mean, how does Lizzy Hale connect with a Mongolian metal band?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdN1U9NvuIc
I'm quite familiar with The Hu and yes, it is quite a feat in that mesh of styles. But it works! That is one jaw dropper! What talent!

I used to be sooooooo into metal and I think that's how most people remember me, tbh.  :rofl; I know when I randomly ran into my old philo prof that's how he remembered me! But the issue is that, well, metal guys aren't exactly the sorts I liked.  :P My husband doesn't like that one aspect of me so I slowly moved out of the whole thing. (For the most part, many places consider that sort of music still to be antisocial, etc, and definitely not feminine.) Now I find myself listening to atmospheric black metal during work just to survive!

That said, I get a huge humorous kick out of '80s power ballads. This is my go-to karaoke song, though I cannot sing AT ALL. I just wail like a balloon whizzing out of air.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjQg0oAqYUs
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« Reply #399 on: March 29, 2021, 02:58:46 PM »
 How Soon Is Now? -The Smiths, listening to it while driving
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