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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

The Best of Mozart


THE BEST OF MOZART 1. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I. Allegro (00:00) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra 2. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: II. Romanze - Andante (07:45) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra 3. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: III. Menuetto - Allegretto (12:50) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra 4. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: IV. Rondo - Allegro (14:50) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra 5. Symphony No 35 in D major, K. 385 (Haffner Symphony): I. Allegro con spirito (20:08) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra 6. Symphony No 35 in D major, K. 385 (Haffner Symphony): IV. Presto (25:54) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra 7. Symphony No 40 in G minor, KV. 550: I. Molto Allegro (29:53) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra 8. The Magic Flute: Overture (37:29) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra 9. The Marriage of Figaro: Overture (44:41) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra 10. String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590: I. Allegro moderato (49:12) - Accord quartet 11. String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590: IV. Allegro (58:13) - Accord quartet 12. String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K. 499: II. Menuetto and Trio. Allegretto (1:03:17) - Accord quartet 13. Violin Sonata No. 26 in B-flat major, K. 378: III. Rondo. Allegro (1:06:38) - Accord quartet 14. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante (1:10:46) - Csabay Domonkos 15. Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488: I. Allegro (1:16:25) - Csabay Domonkos 16. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331: III. Alla Turca (1:27:15) - Csabay Domonkos 17. Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio (1:29:35) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra 18. Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216: I. Allegro (1:36:36) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra 19. Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314: II. Adagio non troppo (1:46:08) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra 20. Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447: II. Romance. Larghetto (1:51:36) - Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. Mozart was engaged as a musician at the Salzburg court, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the capital, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years in Vienna, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas, and portions of the Requiem, which was largely unfinished at the time of his early death at the age of 35. The circumstances of his early death have been much mythologized. He composed more than 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers, and his influence is profound on subsequent Western art music. Ludwig van Beethoven composed his own early works in the shadow of Mozart, and Joseph Haydn wrote: "posterity will not see such a talent again in 100 years". Thank you so much for watching this video by Halidon Music channel, we hope you enjoyed it! Don't forget to share it All the best classical music ever on Halidon Music Youtube Channel: The Best Classical Music Playlist Mix, The Best Classical Music For Studying, Classical Music For Reading, Classical Music For Concentration, Classical Music for Sleeping and Relaxation, Instrumental Music, Background Music, Opera Music, Piano, Violin & Orchestral Masterpieces by the greatest composers of all time. The very best of Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Schubert, Handel, Liszt, Haydn, Strauss, Verdi, Brahms, Wagner, Mahler, Rossini, Ravel, Grieg, Ravel, Dvorák…

Monday, March 4, 2024

Cabaret | "Money" Musical Number | Warner Bros. Entertainment


Liza Minnelli stars in this musical extravaganza set in a Berlin cabaret in 1931, where the rising tide of Nazism has direct effects on the lives of several individuals.

Santana's "Besos de Lejos” featuring Gloria Estefan


Santana's "Besos de Lejos” featuring Gloria Estefan off of the to be released September 9th, 2014, Live Concert DVD, "Corazón Live it to Believe It".

András Schiff - Bartók - Piano Concerto No 3 in E major, Sz 119


Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No 3 in E major, Sz 119 1 Allegretto 2 Adagio religioso 3 Allegro vivace András Schiff, piano Hallé Orchestra Sir Mark Elder, conductor Live recording. London, Proms 2011

Béla Bartók - Evening in the village (Este a székelyeknél)


The tune comes from a folksong, which is called the "ancient Székely anthem". The pictures - except the one with the gate - were taken in Transylvania. The one with the gate was taken in Máriabesnyő, which place is a famous shrine and it can be found in Hungary, in the outskirts of Budapest.

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Santana IV - Black Magic Woman [2016]



I LOVE PARIS (Cole Porter) – Tatiana Eva-Marie & Avalon Jazz Band


"I Love Paris" was written by Cole Porter in 1953

Friday, March 1, 2024

40 FINGERS - Libertango by Astor Piazzolla LIVE



The Dog Ate My Music — Excuses For Not Practicing

 

Homework what_The dinosaur ate my homework. The dog ate my homework. The computer ate my homework. Through the ages teachers have heard extremely convincing excuses to not do their work. Dear music pupils: Don’t tell me you’ve practiced when you haven’t. I can always tell.

My parents were both musicians. My father set the standard for practicing. He would slavishly prepare his orchestral music week after week. I remember that he practiced Beethoven Symphony No. 8, which has a difficult triplet passage in the cello part in the Tempo di Menuetto movement. (It is often inaudible, covered by a gorgeous horn solo, but you can hear it at 3:07 in the link below.) He went over and over the passages with a metronome, starting ever so slowly, then inching the speed up. Both of my parents made sure I practiced properly. Music is more audible than homework so I couldn’t fake it. The piano was in our living room and while my mother, a quintessential piano teacher washed the dinner dishes, she’d listen critically. “COUNT! One–and–DA, Two–and–DA!” she’d bark.

Torn musicThere was no escape when I practiced the cello downstairs either. The door had to be open so my father could intervene. He was from the old school and firmly believed in a methodical approach. “What? You play duets? Why aren’t you practicing your scales and etudesPopper and Grützmacher.

“Play S-L-O-W-E-R. Do it again!”

One thing for sure—no matter how little I practiced there was no getting out of the lesson that week. They wisely understood that even if I had hardly practiced—according to their standard, at least an hour on each instrument every day— playing during the lesson was worthwhile.

The avoidance of practicing is ubiquitous. Students come up with excuses that are so creative they deserve repeating.

Unacceptable Excuses:

“I didn’t practice this week because I couldn’t be bothered.”
“My hands have grown since last week and so I keep hitting wrong notes!”
“Our housekeeper tidied up the music and I couldn’t find it anywhere.”
“I’ve been chewing gum all day and can’t hold the violin today.”
“It sounded much better in the practice room…”
“I sold my instrument to pay for music school.”
“I left my instrument in my other pants.”
“My cat vomited in the piano.”

PracticingPossibly acceptable:

A friend of mine told me that a new student presented himself for their first lesson with a great excuse—a car ran over his bassoon. (Perhaps it sounded better?)

Another colleague told me about a trumpet student who fell onto his trumpet and crushed it while the teacher watched in horror!

Once one of my students, Clara, came to a lesson with the black, ebony fingerboard hanging, the strings dangling, and flaccid. Looking very sad Clara proffered her hand to show me four cello pegs. The strings must be wound through the pegs to hold the strings at the right pitch. On a blistering summer day she had left her cello in the car for several hours. When she went to retrieve her cello the fingerboard had come unglued, the bridge, which supports the strings, had toppled over, and the pegs had fallen out. “I didn’t know where to take it to have it fixed.”

Though we sometimes have our doubts, students are only human. To be honest, I’ve known several musicians who have left music, bows, endpins, and instruments on car rooftops. Hence Darren’s story: “After my last lesson I put my sheet music on the top of the car. Then I wrestled my cello into the backseat. My mom was in a hurry so I quickly hopped in. We drove off. I remembered the music when we were almost home! My mother was so annoyed. She turned around right away and we raced back to your street. I didn’t know my mom could drive so fast! Do you remember that it was such a windy day last week? Well the music was scattered all over the place. We found only this piece,” and then he showed me one page of his music. The page was covered with muddy tire tracks.

FullSizeRender (2)It’s important for parents to know that some of my best lessons were those for which I hadn’t practiced enough. Lessons were never cancelled. My music teacher used these lessons as an opportunity to practice with me, to isolate the difficult spots, to play slowly, to play hands separately (as in the case for piano lessons.) We would carefully analyze issues:

Was the fingering tripping me up? Did it need to be changed? Were inadvertent accents happening because the bow speed was not smooth and uniform? Was the tempo unsteady? Was I miscounting a passage? Was I being careless with intonation? Was I following all the instructions marked by the composer such as the dynamics, the articulations and the phrasing?

Nothing serves the student better for their future work in music or in any field than learning how to apply oneself and practice effectively. This intentional approach helps the student improve exponentially. Inconsistent practice prevents improvement, but poor, ineffective practice just reinforces mistakes!