Radio KAOM: Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Morning Mood"

 BEAUTIFUL!!!

Edward Grieg

"Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Morning Mood" 

Zubin Mehta

conduction the

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

(Summer Night Concert 2015)

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/7lKo6TYDXCQ

Radio KAOM: Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 "Emperor" Movements 2 & 3

 EXQUISITE BEAUTY AND GLORIOUS!!!
My favorite conductor
My favorite pianist

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No 5 "Emperor" 

Movement I: Allegro 

Leonard Bernstein

Pianist : Krystian Zimerman.

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic

Today I wanted us to truly listen to 

the 2nd and 3rd movements of this Beethoven Piano Concerto

Please click over to the 21: 25 minute mark of this video

So you can begin listening to the 2nd and 3rd movements

Just sit back and listen in amazement
As Krystian Zimerman's divine hands flow over the keyboard
As Leonard Bernstein's divine heart conducts the Vienna

This is Beethoven at his best (In my humble opinion)

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/uj8w0Sm7l-M

Radio KAOM: Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 "Emperor" Movement One

 GLORIOUS GORGEOSITY

My favorite conductor

My favorite pianist

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No 5 "Emperor" 

Movement I: Allegro 

Leonard Bernstein

Pianist : Krystian Zimerman.

Orchestra : Vienna Philharmonic

This video is of the entire piano concerto

Today I wanted us to only listen to the 1st movement 

It ends at the 21:25 minute mark

Under NO CirCUMstances

ARe you to listen to the rest of this concerto today

You will be punished if you do

I will spank you

: )

Naw - if you have time I recommend listening to all of it

But I really wanted you to truly listen to the first movement today

I think I will play the 2nd movement tomorrow

Just sit back and listen in amazement

As Krystian Zimerman's divine hands flow over the keyboard

As Leonard Bernstein's divine heart conducts the Vienna

This is Beethoven at his best (In my humble opinion)

So many moments of beauty in this piece

I especially love the Piano and French Horn at the 19:12

"Beethoven began composing his ‘Emperor’ Piano Concerto in 1809, while Vienna was under invasion from Napoleon’s forces for the second time. Napoleon's bombardment and occupation of Vienna caused Beethoven a great deal of anxiety and anger in the midst of all the turmoil. 

Beethoven wrote at the time, “The whole course of events has affected my body and soul,” he wrote. “What a disturbing, wild life around me; nothing but drums, cannons, men, misery of all sorts.”

Beethoven began his work on this piece in 1808, about the time that he completed his fifth and sixth symphonies and fourth piano concerto. Despite difficult living conditions the composer finished it promptly."

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/uj8w0Sm7l-M

MUSIC: Mozart Symphony 40: 4th Movement

GLORIOUSLY PLAYFUL and ENERGETIC

It is interesting how I select Music each day

I just sit back, open myself to silence, 

Listening to my Heart

And let the Music come to me.

Today, as I sat, my Heart open to the Flow,

The melody of this Music just came to me

So here it is

Five Minutes with Mozart

Mozart 

"Symphony no. 40: 4th Movement"

Daniel Barenboim

conducting

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/x0isoEqaNbM

MUSIC: "Symphony 7: 3rd Movement" by Ludwig van Beethoven

 The Great LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Rollicking Ecstatic Cheer

We continue with our travel through 

Beethoven's 7th symphony. 

Today we will listen to Movement 3

This movement makes me feel like dancing and running with joy and glee (and Joy and Glee agree and dance and run with me! : )  And so to, do most conductors as they conduct. This movement bounces with joy and playfulness. While it starts energetically, it moves into a very powerful slower section that is so emotionally lifting and explosive that it cannot be described by me. 

For this movement

I chose (AGAIN) Lenny's performance with the VPO

~*~

Ludwig van Beethoven

"Symphony No. 7: 3rd Movement"

Leonard Bernstein

conducting

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/lplcevU_kyo

NOTE: The video looks as though it is a broken link
But it works. Just Click Play and video will begin

MUSIC: "Symphony 7: 2nd Movement" by Ludwig van Beethoven

 The Great Ludwig van Beethoven

HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL YEARNING

We continue with our travel through 

Beethoven's 7th symphony. 

Today we will listen to Movement 2, Allegretto. 

This movement is considered by many to be in the pantheon of the greatest music ever written. Beethoven's 7th was a big hit and the 2nd movement is one of the reasons why - in fact, audiences clamored for it to be played as an encore in 1813 when it was first performed. It became a movement that many orchestras singled out to play all by itself. It is truly one of the most emotional pieces of music every written. 

As I listen to this movement, 

I feel the deepest yearning and feelings of nostalgia

For this movement

I chose Lenny's performance with the VPO

Ludwig van Beethoven

"Symphony No. 7: 2nd Movement, Allegretto"

Leonard Bernstein

conducting

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/J12zprD7V1k

NOTE: The video looks as though it is a broken link
But it works. Just Click Play and video will begin

MUSIC: Damrau sings Mozart's Queen of the Night Aria

FANTASTIC! AMAZING! INCREDIBLE!!!!!

Damrau Owns This Role!

Even if you think you don't like classical music,

Or opera for that matter,

You need to listen to this

Just to enjoy and be amazed

At this incredible vocal gymnastics performance

3 Minutes of Olympic Gold!!!

This scene depicts a fit of vengeful rage 

in which the Queen of the Night 

places a knife into the hand of her daughter, Pamina,

and exhorts her to assassinate Sarastro, the Queen's rival, 

or else she will disown and curse Pamina.

Mozart

"Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen"

("Hell's vengeance boils in my heart")

(The Queen of the Night Aria)

from the opera, The Magic Flute

performed by

Diana Damrau 

Riccardo Muti

conducting

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Salzburg Festival, 2006

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/SlN4p-QXU20

MUSIC: BEETHOVEN & BERNSTEIN "Symphony 6 Mvt. 1"

BEETHOVEN & BERNSTEIN

(nuf said)

:  )

It was a beautiful summer morning here

And this music came to my mind

So I thought we could share it together

And enjoy the

"Awakening of cheerful sensations 

upon arrival in the country"

Ludwig van Beethoven 

(1770 - 1827)

"Symphony no. 6  "Pastoral" 1st Movement"

Leonard Bernstein

conducting

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/tcSuSk4d6Gs

MUSIC: Edita Gruberova sings "Caro nome" from Rigoletto

Exquisitely Divine

What an amazingly beautiful performance

The voice of an angel

Edita Gruberova as Gilda

performing

"Caro nome"

from

Guiseppe Verdi's opera, Rigoletto

Opera film directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1983)

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/CnabxcCq088