• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

Your favourite listenings......

Sorry folks,
this bought back memories.

I dare you to listen to the end

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I don't think I've posted this before.

It's not of the festive spirit. Some might say it's dark, disturbing and weird. I would say it's dark, peaceful and beautiful - a nourishing inspiration for the calming imagination.

Music - Pavel G. Chesnokov.
Paintings - Nicola Samori.

Extraordinarily remarkable artists with extraordinarily powerful expression.

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Recuerdos de la Alhambra

This lovely piece was the theme music for Jack Hargreaves' TV programmes, Out of Town and Old Country.

To me the music reminds me of them and evokes a bygone age where life appeared to be much gentler.

Some of those programmes are now available legitimately on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/c/DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

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https://youtu.be/WeWHWq_Z24I
 
Nice one Malc :cool:

I downloaded 2 versions from UT, 1 by Andres Segovia and 1 by John Williams

It brings back memories of when we visited Granada, the cathedral and the palace. :cool: :cool:
Got lots & lots of colour photos taken with an old Canon EXEE using manual settings.
 
This’ll deaden the tone a bit.
Haven’t heard it in ages
Bird on a wire, Leonard Cohen.
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https:en//www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqGArXHDOKY
 
Ooh that is a blast from the past Andy. Very good.

As I am contemplating doing some piano tuition just lately I've been listening to a lot of classical music clips on You Tube. I am presently learning the Beethoven Pathetique sonata (8 Cm) which is in three movements. Yesterday I came across a clip of Seymour Bernstein teaching someone how to interpret the (relatively straightforward in terms of notes) 2nd movement. It will not interest many here as there is a lot of talk, but I find the approach of these old guys fascinatingly detailed and clever: he sees and hears things that 99% of us will miss. He is well into his 90's and still as sharp as a pin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59x8eeB1bYk

And here is the young Anastasia Huppmann playing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuldgIR02dYThe difficult section that I am currently learning starts at around 1:56. She is not as famous as she should be. I've met her a couple of times when she was just starting out in competitions and if you like classical piano and get the chance to see her in concert, don't miss it. Outstandingly good.
 
I think Beethoven's publisher gave it the name. I should think pretty much every aspiring professional concert pianist has played it at some point. Agree though - it was presumably meant to signal emotionally moving, at times in a sad way, rather than the somewhat contemptible typical use of the word pathetic today. I assumed Pathetique was French but that would be a bit odd given Beethoven was born Austrian and was regarded as German. He was only 27 when he wrote it and had been prolific since he was about 13. You might be surprised how much modern music is based on the chord progression, though Mozart already had the T shirt. Nothing new under the sun. Except graphene.
 
Quite reminds me of Dylan Dr Al. Good band. Never seen them live.
 
AJB Temple":onoish8v said:
Quite reminds me of Dylan Dr Al. Good band. Never seen them live.
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I saw Bob Dylan at the Fleadh Festival in London some years ago. Counting Crows were on before him and they were way, way better. I really like Bob Dylan's music, but he was rubbish live. He had a piano set up on the left-hand side of the stage, facing across the stage to the right (not out into the crowd). He came on, went to the piano & played/sung a load of his songs without even looking out into the audience once, let alone interacting with them in any way. Very much gave the impression of just going through the motions.
 
Yes, thanks Phil. You are of course right. You are a man with wide ranging knowledge. The borders / ownership were flexible then as now (Ukraine et al) and the Belgian aspect rings a distant bell in my long forgotten composer studies. To me LVB was a musical genius. I visit his house in Bonn from time to time as they hold little recital events there and it is not far from the in-law's house and my wife's flat. Almost everyone thinks he was German but the reality is a bit more involved. This was a very fertile time for classical music.
 
Dr.Al":fp9694in said:
Saw the Waterboys at the Stroud Subscription Rooms on Monday: the first time I've been to a gig in a many years. Absolutely fantastic gig. I hadn't heard this one before (even though it's 7 years old :oops: ) and I've listened to it about 8 times since the gig!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN-EmQ4Aa6Y
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Thanks for posting Dr Al.....I had no idea the Waterboys there still going, now playing there music in the shed, loud!

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I saw The Waterboys at Warwick SU in my first year, so 1985/6. Though there is only one member who is the same now. Likewise surprised they are still going.
 
Just for fun:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGY-yiKl1NQ

Greek psychadelic rock, with some form of bagpipe and a headbanging clarinet player. Oddly I was listening to this video on the day news of the passing of their compatriot Vangellis was announced. It reminds me somewhat of Aphrodite's Child, which Vangelis was a part of along with Demis Roussos.
 
After years of looking for a modern classical music singer equal to the calibre of those from 'The Golden Age', I was beginning to despair given the modern penchant for massive vibrato. Perchance I stumbled on Asmik Grigorian and as soon as I heard her sing, had goosebumps down my spine. I hope you enjoy her as much as I do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us_F2xLJgKI

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She's singing this role at the ROH in February and I'm trying to get SWMBO to agree to prising open the house wallet.
 
I've had several excellent CD scores at charity shops recently, but the very best wasn't me but a friend, who found it when he was rummaging:

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Daniel Barenboim, Die Winterreise (DG 1979)

I was always told the DFD / Gerald Moore version was the one, and it is very good indeed, but I can only listen to it on YouTube which is something of a pain, and to be honest I think this one is slightly better. And until my friend posted it through our letterbox, I had no idea the recording existed! I realise Winterreise isn't everybody's cup of tea, but hey, I think it's amazing.

I also recently got Schubert's String Quintet in C: Alban Berg Quartett + Heinrich Schiff (EMI 1983). Apparently these guys played together a lot, and it shows, in a thoroughly good way.

Both are originally tapes, re-released on CD in the 1990s. One was 33p, one a whole pound (which reminds me, I haven't paid him!).

In case anybody's interested, Winterreise has its own, somewhat obsessive web site, too.
 
I just stumbled across Roger's post about Asmik Grigorian. It so happens that my piano mentor was (and I think still is) working with her in rehearsals recently and I was able to watch her at work very close up. She looks about 20 but is in fact early 40's and rather slight. We were in a rehearsal studio that is ginormous and the power that came out of this woman was amazing. No microphones. Boy can she project. She doesn't just do classical either - she has musical theatre rep as well. She's got quite a strong Lithuanian accent that totally disappears when she sings.

It was total coincidence as we were having a catch up and a practice session for a few hours and she asked if I would sit in and read* for this rehearsal, so I did. Never heard of the singer before. (*read = read the music which requires paying attention unfortunately, take notes, page turn at least two bars ahead of the playing).
 
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That was quite funny Andy.

I used to hate sprouts but since I learned how to cook them (slice up, steam briefly then saute in butter until lightly browned, use light soy sauce for seasoning) I now really like them. I might give you some next time you come for dinner :D
 
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