A millennial's rant on classical music

[Daverz]

Talking about classical crossover works, a successful example from a few years ago was Ravi Shankar's very entertaining Symphony

 

[Zog]

Fluffy, have you spent time with Youtube videos of classical live performances? They have pretty much opened my eyes. It is so easy to compare performances of same pieces and find out which is your personal favourite.

That performance of Der Leiermann is just out of this world. For those who do not know it is the last song in a Song Cycle called Winter Journey by Franz Schubert and are semi autobiographical. It is a perfect denouement. The comments on YouTube are also worth a look.

 

[Juhazi]

We fortunately have many recordings and videos from Thomas. His condition has prevented public performances since 2012.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Quasthoff
https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/au/artist/quasthoff/whatsnew

Thomas has recorded some soul and jazz ballads too, like this one

https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.d...Der-Jazz-ist-jetzt-meine-Welt-id51053181.html

 

[Frank Dernie]

That performance of Der Leiermann is just out of this world. For those who do not know it is the last song in a Song Cycle called Winter Journey by Franz Schubert and are semi autobiographical. It is a perfect denouement. The comments on YouTube are also worth a look.

One of my all time favourite pieces from one of my all time favourite composers beautifully performed. Wow.
Schubert is one of the greatest tune smiths ever.

 

[direstraitsfan98]

I suppose OP doesn’t like broadway either? I feel bad for him...

 

[Sal1950]

I suppose OP doesn’t like broadway either? I feel bad for him...

So do you claim to like everything?

 

[Robin L]

So do you claim to like everything?

That's the rub. I like to think that everything gets, or can get, a "fair hearing" from these quarters. But there are built-in biases. Don't think I'll ever get into "metal", though there's plenty of hard, hot and heavy sounds on heavy rotation, like Xenakis' "Bohor", cited previously. Got introduced to "Ratchet" music recently, can see the attraction but don't expect to be going back for awhile. Mozart's an interesting case, sometimes it sounds cosmic, sometimes like bubblegum. Because I'm a simple and stupid musician, I'm drawn to music I can play. Likin' Country more and more these days.

 

[Daverz]

That's the rub. I like to think that everything gets, or can get, a "fair hearing" from these quarters. But there are built-in biases. Don't think I'll ever get into "metal", though there's plenty of hard, hot and heavy sounds on heavy rotation, like Xenakis' "Bohor", cited previously. Got introduced to "Ratchet" music recently, can see the attraction but don't expect to be going back for awhile. Mozart's an interesting case, sometimes it sounds cosmic, sometimes like bubblegum. Because I'm a simple and stupid musician, I'm drawn to music I can play. Likin' Country more and more these days.

It's true that everything Mozart ever wrote, regardless of quality, has been dug up and recorded. This has done his reputation no favors.

 

[Guermantes]

Bebop, as digested by a classical musician

 

[scott wurcer]

So do you claim to like everything?

Almost, listening to Merzbow/Slugbait right now.

 

[TLEDDY]

So do you claim to like everything?

Well... no - I abhor rap and find atonal material (John Cage) difficult to approach. In certain altered states of consciousness I do appreciate Cage.

 

[Zog]

In certain altered states of consciousness I do appreciate Cage.

You can upgrade your music by taking some of that medicine from Scotland. That in turn reminds me of the woman who asked if there was some potion or some elixir that could make her more beautiful. She was solemnly and truthfully assured that such elixir did exist. The only condition was that this medicine (Scotch) had to be consumed not by her but by the viewer.

 

[Juhazi]

Zog - that's a dangerous potion. It just might happen that the subject starts to like punk or bagpipes instead!

 

[Soniclife]

Just to remind, The OP title says - A millenial's post. That means Fluffy was born in this millenium, so max 19 years old!

I was wondering how long this thread would take to require the following cartoon.

P.S. This generation naming thing seems to be much more of an American obsession than a global thing, I'm not sure the rest of the world gets it, even though we all seem to have started using it.

 

[Juhazi]

Europe = Old World

 

[Soniclife]

Europe = Old World

And on the metric system.

 

[Robin L]

Bebop, as digested by a classical musician

I got attracted to Be-Bop after becoming something of a classical music snob, back in the mid-1970's. Charlie Parker's level of virtuosity floored me, so I spent a few years tracking down everything the man recorded. Appears the dude had some ups and downs. I suppose that's true of most musicians. But no question that this is an example of music-making of the highest order, at least as regards "Hitting the marks, reading the lines and getting paid", with the possible exception of that "Getting paid" part:

 

[TLEDDY]

Zog - that's a dangerous potion. It just might happen that the subject starts to like punk or bagpipes instead!

I love it!! Needs me a bagpipe (and a new wife)!

 

[Frank Dernie]

I love it!! Needs me a bagpipe (and a new wife)!

I love it too but it always reminds me of the old joke:
A gentleman is somebody who can play the bagpipes but doesn't.

 

[direstraitsfan98]

I love it too but it always reminds me of the old joke:
A gentleman is somebody who can play the bagpipes but doesn't.

Fun fact. I play the bagpipe! Haven’t in years, but I’ve been playing it for over a decade.