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Music For The Night People
Time for some music -
Ruby Colley - The Sea Wrote It
Gavin Bryars - String Quartet No.1
ENJOY
Ruby Colley - The Sea Wrote It
Gavin Bryars - String Quartet No.1
ENJOY
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Monday Musings
Well, generally, I would say weather-wise it has been a dull day. There was the hope of some sunshine in the afternoon, but she soon stepped back into the clouds.
However, it has been quite a relaxing day. Apart from popping down to Tesco to get some food items I spent most of the day listening to music on vinyl.
Lunch was pasta with a bechamel sauce topped with flaked cheese and melted on top with garlic and crunchy bread cubes. Simple and oh so yummy.
I watched The Chase for a while and now listening to the music of Sibelius on CD!I
I just love his music.
However, it has been quite a relaxing day. Apart from popping down to Tesco to get some food items I spent most of the day listening to music on vinyl.
Lunch was pasta with a bechamel sauce topped with flaked cheese and melted on top with garlic and crunchy bread cubes. Simple and oh so yummy.
I watched The Chase for a while and now listening to the music of Sibelius on CD!I
I just love his music.
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Stravinsky Again
A final slice of Stravinsky before the witching hour -
Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms for Mixed Chorus, Winds, Cellos and Double Basses
ENJOY
Igor Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms for Mixed Chorus, Winds, Cellos and Double Basses
ENJOY
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Rued Langgaard - Symphony No.1 in B-minor, BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler" (1911)
Rued Langgaard ( 28 July 1893 - 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist.
Work: Symphony No.1 in B-minor, BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler" / "Mountain Pastorals" (1908 - 1911)
Mov.I: Brænding og Solglimt: Maestoso 00:00
Mov.II: Fjeldblomster: Lento 23:09
Mov.III: Sagn: Lento misterioso 35:00
Mov.IV: Op ad Fjeldet: Marcato 40:45
Mov.V: Livsmod: Maestoso allargando 46:58
Orchestra: The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Leif Segerstam
dr. π (pi)
♫
enjoy!
❤️
Work: Symphony No.1 in B-minor, BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler" / "Mountain Pastorals" (1908 - 1911)
Mov.I: Brænding og Solglimt: Maestoso 00:00
Mov.II: Fjeldblomster: Lento 23:09
Mov.III: Sagn: Lento misterioso 35:00
Mov.IV: Op ad Fjeldet: Marcato 40:45
Mov.V: Livsmod: Maestoso allargando 46:58
Orchestra: The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Leif Segerstam
dr. π (pi)
♫
enjoy!
❤️
Monday Musings
This morning I walked into town and back to get some provisions. It was a very sunny morning but afternoon is more intermittent. Overall a sunny day although not warm enough for sunbathing.
So , after finishing off a telephone survey report I done over the weekend I am now listening to another interpretation of two of Stravinsky's ballet scores - Petrushka and The Rite Of Spring by enfant-terrible of the avant-garde Pierre Boulez. I have Stravinsky's own recordings as well of course. Boulez does a couple of fiery interpretations though which I approve!!
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I will probably do a music post later today.
So , after finishing off a telephone survey report I done over the weekend I am now listening to another interpretation of two of Stravinsky's ballet scores - Petrushka and The Rite Of Spring by enfant-terrible of the avant-garde Pierre Boulez. I have Stravinsky's own recordings as well of course. Boulez does a couple of fiery interpretations though which I approve!!
I will probably do a music post later today.
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Jon Hassell - Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two)
Jon Hassell pioneered a musical ethos he dubbed 'Fourth World', a mixture of traditional Indian Vocal style - which Hassell adapted for the trumpet - and advanced electronic techniques, a style which manifested itself in his seminal first album 'Vernal Equinox'. His career since then has seen many influential solo works as well as collaborations with Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, amongst others.
A companion piece to 2018’s Listening To Pictures, this second volume in the pentimento series presents eight new tracks by the music visionary, continuing his lifelong exploration of the possibilities of recombination and musical gene-splicing. Pentimento is defined as the “reappearance in a painting of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over” and this is evident in the innovative production style that ‘paints with sound’ using overlapping nuances to create an undefinable and intoxicating new palette.
A companion piece to 2018’s Listening To Pictures, this second volume in the pentimento series presents eight new tracks by the music visionary, continuing his lifelong exploration of the possibilities of recombination and musical gene-splicing. Pentimento is defined as the “reappearance in a painting of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over” and this is evident in the innovative production style that ‘paints with sound’ using overlapping nuances to create an undefinable and intoxicating new palette.
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Two Penguins
Music from today's finds.
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Salty Bean Fumble
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Numbers 1 to 4
The Penguin Cafe Orchestra (PCO) was an avant-pop band led by English guitarist Simon Jeffes. Co-founded with cellist Helen Liebmann, it toured extensively during the 1980s and 1990s. The band's sound is not easily categorized but has elements of exuberant folk music and a minimalist aesthetic occasionally reminiscent of composers such as Philip Glass
The group recorded and performed for 24 years until Jeffes died of an inoperable brain tumour in 1997. Several members of the original group reunited for three concerts in 2007. Since then, five original members have continued to play concerts of PCO's music, first as The Anteaters, then as The Orchestra That Fell to Earth. In 2009, Jeffes' son Arthur founded a distinct successor band simply called Penguin Cafe. Although it includes no original PCO members, it features many PCO pieces in its live repertoire, and records and performs new music written by Arthur.
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Salty Bean Fumble
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Numbers 1 to 4
The Penguin Cafe Orchestra (PCO) was an avant-pop band led by English guitarist Simon Jeffes. Co-founded with cellist Helen Liebmann, it toured extensively during the 1980s and 1990s. The band's sound is not easily categorized but has elements of exuberant folk music and a minimalist aesthetic occasionally reminiscent of composers such as Philip Glass
The group recorded and performed for 24 years until Jeffes died of an inoperable brain tumour in 1997. Several members of the original group reunited for three concerts in 2007. Since then, five original members have continued to play concerts of PCO's music, first as The Anteaters, then as The Orchestra That Fell to Earth. In 2009, Jeffes' son Arthur founded a distinct successor band simply called Penguin Cafe. Although it includes no original PCO members, it features many PCO pieces in its live repertoire, and records and performs new music written by Arthur.
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A Post Midnight Selection
I was going to post this earlier but fell asleep, so now it is a post-midnight thing for your lugholes.
PJ Harvey - On Battleship Hill
( More music here )
Enjoy.
PJ Harvey - On Battleship Hill
( More music here )
Enjoy.
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Saturday Music Selection
Time i did an extended music post as that is part of my LJ moniker.
Ten mixed bag stuff.
Beck - Tropicalia
( More music here )
Ten mixed bag stuff.
Beck - Tropicalia
( More music here )
Thursday Musical Selection - Eclectic Mix
I am very eclectic musically.
Here are some grooves i have been listening to today
Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work It Out
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxy Lady
Jean Sibelius - Karelia Suite
Version by The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
I saw this great band live once in a club which was heavy with ganja smoke. Tripping good night too!
Jah rasttafari !
Enjoy,
Here are some grooves i have been listening to today
Willie Hutch - Brothers Gonna Work It Out
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxy Lady
Jean Sibelius - Karelia Suite
Version by The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
I saw this great band live once in a club which was heavy with ganja smoke. Tripping good night too!
Jah rasttafari !
Enjoy,
Tenterden and Headcorn Visit
Another sunny mild day, apart from this evening, but at least I am now back. Once again, the poor bus service after a certain time in the evening , has let me down, meaning that I had to catch the train from Chatham to get home. The service is much better in the Sussex area around Brighton. Mild rant over and done with.
Apart from that stab of disgruntlement, it was a fairly good day. I did two mystery shop visits in Tenterden and Headcorn. I also bought some new trainers or sneakers ,since my shoe choice at the moment is somewhat lacking, and apart from some formal shoes , the only other pair I have is what you could euphemistically call working boots.
These were normally £30 but this week only i bought them for £8 !
In Tenterden I did pick up some great classical CD's at three for a quid in one of the charity shops. In the same town, I found a Moleskin diary planner in Waterstones for a mere three pounds, from its normal fourteen pounds it sells for.
The CD's are -
Carl Nielsen - Symphony No. 1 & 6 , San Francisco S.O / Blomstedt (Decca)
Carl Nielsen - Symphony No. 2 & 3, San Francisco S.O / Blomstedt (Decca)
Stravinsky - Symphony in C, Symohony In Three Movements (Decca)
Stravinsky - The Riyes Of Spring , Revueltas - Night Of The Maya , Simon Bolivar Youth Orch / Bolivar (DG)
Robin Holloway - Second Concerto , BBC SO / Knussen (NMC)
I also found these two books for a couple of quid.
Once again, I took a few photographs on my journey which i shall upload in the following post.
Tomorrow I think I have visits n Chatham and Rochester, so I am hoping to do a cinema visit as well.
Apart from that stab of disgruntlement, it was a fairly good day. I did two mystery shop visits in Tenterden and Headcorn. I also bought some new trainers or sneakers ,since my shoe choice at the moment is somewhat lacking, and apart from some formal shoes , the only other pair I have is what you could euphemistically call working boots.
These were normally £30 but this week only i bought them for £8 !
In Tenterden I did pick up some great classical CD's at three for a quid in one of the charity shops. In the same town, I found a Moleskin diary planner in Waterstones for a mere three pounds, from its normal fourteen pounds it sells for.
The CD's are -
Carl Nielsen - Symphony No. 1 & 6 , San Francisco S.O / Blomstedt (Decca)
Carl Nielsen - Symphony No. 2 & 3, San Francisco S.O / Blomstedt (Decca)
Stravinsky - Symphony in C, Symohony In Three Movements (Decca)
Stravinsky - The Riyes Of Spring , Revueltas - Night Of The Maya , Simon Bolivar Youth Orch / Bolivar (DG)
Robin Holloway - Second Concerto , BBC SO / Knussen (NMC)
I also found these two books for a couple of quid.
Once again, I took a few photographs on my journey which i shall upload in the following post.
Tomorrow I think I have visits n Chatham and Rochester, so I am hoping to do a cinema visit as well.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Composer)
As a celebrated, cultured person in the early 20th century, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875--1912) stood out as an international figure capable of bridging racial and social divides. Nowhere was this more valued than in the United States, where people of African descent were striving to gain equal access to education and opportunity in the decades following Reconstruction. To well-meaning people of all races and classes in America, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor symbolized a bright future, in which, above all, everyone would be recognized for their accomplishments.
Coleridge-Taylor exerted an important influence on the post-Reconstruction social politics of America as represented by such prominent African-Americans as W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Paul Laurence Dunbar, numerous critics in black American newspapers, and composers and musicians from ragtime to classical.
Here is his Ballade For Orchestra Opus 33.
Commissioned in 1898 by the Three Choirs Festival of Britain thanks to pressure from Edward Elgar, the Ballade for orchestra Op.33 represents an important early milestone for the English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912). It's a work full of wonderful high-spirits, passion and warmth. Above all it's a harbinger of what might come, given time and opportunity. It is played here by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Grant Llewellyn.
Coleridge-Taylor exerted an important influence on the post-Reconstruction social politics of America as represented by such prominent African-Americans as W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Paul Laurence Dunbar, numerous critics in black American newspapers, and composers and musicians from ragtime to classical.
Here is his Ballade For Orchestra Opus 33.
Commissioned in 1898 by the Three Choirs Festival of Britain thanks to pressure from Edward Elgar, the Ballade for orchestra Op.33 represents an important early milestone for the English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912). It's a work full of wonderful high-spirits, passion and warmth. Above all it's a harbinger of what might come, given time and opportunity. It is played here by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Grant Llewellyn.
Beethoven Symphonies
Earlier today i read ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
poliphilo blog about Beethoven and his piano oeuvre and likewise i am also enthused about the symphonies, in particular the third symphony, the Eroica, which comes in so powerful after the more classical number one and two.
I have listened to the first three this evening and will look forward to the others over the next few days.
The versions by Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic are great overall, but here is a version of the second movement of No.3 by Nicholas Harnoncourt and the Chamber Orchestr of Europe.
Enjoy.
poliphilo blog about Beethoven and his piano oeuvre and likewise i am also enthused about the symphonies, in particular the third symphony, the Eroica, which comes in so powerful after the more classical number one and two.I have listened to the first three this evening and will look forward to the others over the next few days.
The versions by Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic are great overall, but here is a version of the second movement of No.3 by Nicholas Harnoncourt and the Chamber Orchestr of Europe.
Enjoy.
Today in The Bourne
I walked into Sittingbourne this morning despite the weather being a little inclement. Picked up a couple of CD's for a quid each -
Cream - Disraeli Gears (Polydor)
Prokofiev - Romeo & Juliet Excerpts ,Berlin Philharmonic / Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammafon)
Had a pint of that other beer on my list of beers to try in the Wetherspoons International Beer Fest, the Belgian Abbaye Blond (6.0 % ABV). So my list is now complete as i have tried the four beers i wanted to sample.
I have worked out that this mandatory week is well below the minimum wage , so as i said previously ,it is tantamount to slave labour.
Tomorrow i will probably do the two visits in Canterbury and Maidstone as it is gong to be a dryer day with sunshine (apparently).
Cream - Disraeli Gears (Polydor)
Prokofiev - Romeo & Juliet Excerpts ,Berlin Philharmonic / Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammafon)
Had a pint of that other beer on my list of beers to try in the Wetherspoons International Beer Fest, the Belgian Abbaye Blond (6.0 % ABV). So my list is now complete as i have tried the four beers i wanted to sample.
I have worked out that this mandatory week is well below the minimum wage , so as i said previously ,it is tantamount to slave labour.
Tomorrow i will probably do the two visits in Canterbury and Maidstone as it is gong to be a dryer day with sunshine (apparently).
Tonight I Listened To ....
This evening, apart from watching Mastermind, i listened to some of my recent CD purchases.
The first one was the Mike Butterfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills CD Super Sessions. An excellent blues and jazz drenched rock album with a superb eleven minute version of Season Of The Witch.
I then listened to a Tom Petty CD called Wildflower ,which has a number of tracks that i enjoyed. Finally, i ended the relaxing mood with Hummel's Piano Conerto No. 2 & 3. This version is by the Budapest Chamber Orchestra on th excellent Naxos label.
The first one was the Mike Butterfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills CD Super Sessions. An excellent blues and jazz drenched rock album with a superb eleven minute version of Season Of The Witch.
I then listened to a Tom Petty CD called Wildflower ,which has a number of tracks that i enjoyed. Finally, i ended the relaxing mood with Hummel's Piano Conerto No. 2 & 3. This version is by the Budapest Chamber Orchestra on th excellent Naxos label.
Quartet Music
Having replied to a post by minnesattva here is part five of Olivier Messiaen's "Quartet For The End Of Time" titled as "Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus" for cello and piano
5th movement of the Quartet for the end of time.
Jesus is considered here as the Word. A broad phrase, "infinitely slow", on the cello, magnifies with love and reverence the eternity of the Word, powerful and gentle, "whose time never runs out". The melody stretches majestically into a kind of gentle, regal distance. "In the beginning was the Word, and Word was with God, and the Word was God."
Enjoy.
minnesattva here is part five of Olivier Messiaen's "Quartet For The End Of Time" titled as "Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus" for cello and piano5th movement of the Quartet for the end of time.
Jesus is considered here as the Word. A broad phrase, "infinitely slow", on the cello, magnifies with love and reverence the eternity of the Word, powerful and gentle, "whose time never runs out". The melody stretches majestically into a kind of gentle, regal distance. "In the beginning was the Word, and Word was with God, and the Word was God."
Enjoy.
Today In Swale
Not the most excising of days.Mondays are usually just normal boring Mondays.
Posted off some CD's from sales at Discogs and E Bay. Then took the bus over to Faversham. Found a couple of cheap CD's in one of the charity shops -
Jean Sibelius - Symphonies Nos 5, 6 & 7 - Utah Symphony Orch. / Maurice Abravanel (Vanguard Classics)
Rebecca Ferguson - Freedom (Simco)
Then a stint in the Office during the afternoon. Afterwards i walked to the retail park on the other side of the main railway in Sittingbourne to do a mystery shop inside Currys PC World on behalf of Sonos, the high quality speaker system that uses the wi-fi and allows you to play music in multiple rooms in the household from your laptop, tablet, smartphone , etc. It was my first mystery shop for my newest research company based in Russia comrades.
Then, as it was around six in the early evening, i ended up here for a beer.
Had a pint and a half of the Butcombe Brunel Atlantic IPA (4.1 % ABV).
Posted off some CD's from sales at Discogs and E Bay. Then took the bus over to Faversham. Found a couple of cheap CD's in one of the charity shops -
Jean Sibelius - Symphonies Nos 5, 6 & 7 - Utah Symphony Orch. / Maurice Abravanel (Vanguard Classics)
Rebecca Ferguson - Freedom (Simco)
Then a stint in the Office during the afternoon. Afterwards i walked to the retail park on the other side of the main railway in Sittingbourne to do a mystery shop inside Currys PC World on behalf of Sonos, the high quality speaker system that uses the wi-fi and allows you to play music in multiple rooms in the household from your laptop, tablet, smartphone , etc. It was my first mystery shop for my newest research company based in Russia comrades.
Then, as it was around six in the early evening, i ended up here for a beer.
Had a pint and a half of the Butcombe Brunel Atlantic IPA (4.1 % ABV).
Midnight Music Redux
Since i bought some more CD's today here is a nice classical piece by Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet doing the song I Almost Had A Weakness.
This is part of the Juliet Letters album. I saw Elvis and the quartet do this live at a concert in 1993 in Brighton.
Enjoy
This is part of the Juliet Letters album. I saw Elvis and the quartet do this live at a concert in 1993 in Brighton.
Enjoy