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RE: (western) classical music discussion
March 21, 2015 at 12:54 pm
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Ah yes his 6th. I only listen to his 4th, 5th and 6th symphonies. The 6th is so tragic. I think I read somewhere (Wikipedia?) that the 6th symphony is one of the few symphonies that has a different structure. It just seems to fade out into a quiet death.
I love the second movement of his 4th symphony. It featured in one of the best Star Trek Voyager episodes where Janeway and some alien fascist were playing mind game with him. He liked Tchaikovsky and she preferred Mahler. It really made the episode.
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RE: (western) classical music discussion
March 21, 2015 at 4:18 pm
i love Tchaikovski's 2d. Great work by the double-basses in the first movement.
Also Haydn.
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RE: (western) classical music discussion
March 23, 2015 at 6:32 pm
Definitely my favourite piece of classical music is the Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens. I first heard it as the theme tune of Jonathan Creek, which was one of my favourite shows growing up.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien
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RE: (western) classical music discussion
March 23, 2015 at 7:39 pm
In addition to Haydn's symphonies and string quartets I'm particularly fond of his Trumpet Concerto
and especially his D major Harpsichord concerto....which they usually ruin by playing on a piano.
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RE: (western) classical music discussion
March 23, 2015 at 8:30 pm
Manana I'll go find some of my Baroque favs.
