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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Can you name the music?


Can you name the music?
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This piece is from Grieg's 'Peer Gynt' and it's called 'In the Hall of the Mountain King'. You might recognise it from adverts for Alton Towers.
What's this piece?
In the Doctor's Waiting Room
In the Hall of the Mountain King
In the Banqueting Hall
In the Lobby
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This is Barber's Adagio for Strings – AND it was famously used in the film 'Platoon'.
Can you name this piece?
It's the Devastatingly Sad Adagio
It's the American National Anthem
It's Barber's Adagio for Strings
It's the soundtrack from Platoon
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This piece has been used in lots of films and television programmes – but it was made famous by 'The Lone Ranger'. It's from Rossini's opera 'William Tell'
What's this piece?
The Overture from William Don't Tell
The theme tune for the Grand National
The soundtrack from the Lone Ranger
The Overture from William Tell
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This piece comes from Tchaikovsky's ballet 'Swan Lake' – and it appears in the final scene of both the film and stage versions of 'Billy Elliot'.
What about this one?
It's from Swan Lake
It's from Billy Elliot
It's from The Nutcracker
It's from Sleeping Beauty
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This opera aria is called 'Nessun Dorma' (which means None Shall Sleep and is from Puccini's opera 'Turandot'. It's been linked with football ever since it was used as the theme tune for TV coverage of Italia '90.
What's the piece?
La Donna è Mobile
Time to Say Goodbye
Nessun Dorma
Match of the Day theme tune
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There are two correct answers here… this piece is the Dance of the Knights from Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet' AND it's the music used as the theme tune for The Apprentice.
Which piece does this come from?
Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev
Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky
The theme tune for The Apprentice
Dragons' Den theme tune
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This is the Flower Duet from 'Lakmé', by Delibes. It's perhaps most famous as the music from a British Airways advertising campaign.
What's the name of this famous piece of music?
The Pearl Fishers Duet
The Bakers' Duet
The Blacksmiths Duet
The Flower Duet

Friday, August 3, 2018

Happy Birthday!


Happy Birthday Klaus, from everybody at Classic FM!
From all of the team here at Classic FM (and Pavarotti), we wanted to wish you a very happy birthday. 

Saturday, July 28, 2018

Royal College of Music is first to rename ...

...piano ‘accompaniment’ course


NEWS: Royal College of Music recognises piano accompanists
Dame Felicity Palmer and Simon Lepper perform 'Das Zerbrochene Ringlein', arranged by Dame Felicity's father, Marshall Palmer
By Maddy Shaw Roberts, ClassicFM London
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A major step has been taken to recognise piano ‘accompanists’ and reflect the “tremendous skill needed to work in this field”.
The Royal College of Music (RCM) has renamed its Masters in Piano Accompaniment to reflect the essential role of pianists in music making.
The course, renamed ‘Masters in Collaborative Piano’, is the first in a London conservatoire to remove the word ‘accompanist’ from its title.
The RCM has a number of piano alumni who have established themselves as well-known chamber musicians and song pianists, including Benjamin Britten, who regularly performed in a duo with tenor Peter Pears.
Simon Lepper, Collaborative Piano Coordinator at the RCM, says: “Unfortunately, some pianists still see the word ‘accompanist’ as someone who failed as a soloist. In reality, it is a pianist who enjoys different forms of music making which all involve a collaborative element.
“By using the term ‘collaborative pianist’, we can go some way in continuing to change the perception of audiences and other musicians as to tremendous skill needed to work in this field.”
Students on the RCM’s Masters in Collaborative Piano course will receive two years of training, developing a broad knowledge of the instrumental duo, chamber and song repertoire as well as being introduced to the skills needed to become a répetiteur, ballet pianist, continuo player, orchestral pianist or vocal coach.
Applications for the Masters in Collaborative Piano are now open on the RCM website.

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