What are you listening to?

[Bad Penny II]

Ravel was a master orchestrator, but his solo piano pieces are the pinnacle of his work. One of them, called La vallée des Cloches from Miroirs, inspired Percy Grainger to orchestrate it. Parts of it sound like Pink Floyd.

Do you notice a change as he got older?

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13599-bolero-beautiful-symptom-of-a-terrible-disease/

[hermes2015]

Ravel was a master orchestrator, but his solo piano pieces are the pinnacle of his work. One of them, called La vallée des Cloches from Miroirs, inspired Percy Grainger to orchestrate it. Parts of it sound like Pink Floyd.

Do you notice a change as he got older?

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13599-bolero-beautiful-symptom-of-a-terrible-disease/

Not really, apart from the normal development of a composer's style over the years. Some of it may well be symptomatic of his neurological condition towards the end.

[Biggus Dickus]

This is a really beautiful song, very melancholic...sounds old, with deep, and very meaningful lyrics.

Uncle Lucius - Keep The Wolves Away

[hermes2015]

Billy, this is for you.

[billy rubin]

lol that was fascinating

"pan was the god of . . .  playing the flute?"

nice euphamism

it was the fast woodwinds at the beginning of the second suite that made me pay attention when i first heard it.

this schwarz guy does annotated performances of other stuff. im listening to his commentary on dvoraks 9th now. i listened to that friday driving acrtoss indiana. now im listening to it again. listeniong to the 9th is like trying to braid a bullwhip. you think youve got it under control when you finally get to the end of the 4-way part, and then the thongs split and suddenly youre trying to manage 8 thongs at once

[billy rubin]

dammit i had stuff to do today

81 years ago

[hermes2015]

dammit i had stuff to do today

What could possibly be more important than classical music?

[billy rubin]

listen to that ravel piece. about 9 minutes in  the guy doing the trumpet sounds lke hes been drinking

[billy rubin]

well i suppose i can listen to stuff while i pay bills

[hermes2015]

listen to that ravel piece. about 9 minutes in  the guy doing the trumpet sounds lke hes been drinking

[billy rubin]

i cannot stay away from the 2nd movement of the 7th. this motion picture was spectacular, but even then cannot do it justice.

as a n aside, this is th emost visually compelling motuion picture i have ever come across. ive posted exceprts before. my wife hates it because it is so morbid in spots. but the visual imagery makes up for it for me.

[billy rubin]

another attempt. people cannot leave it alone

no cgi in this film. it was 100 percent analog wysiwyg, which is perhaps why it is so compelling. nothing in it is altered. all of it is real. and its got weird references, like when the warrior is killed by a volley of arrows, and falls back, supported by their shafts. thats straight out of the mahabharata, and makes me wonder what else  am missing.

and ive never tried to read finnegans wake. i know my limitations

[Magdalena]

hermes2015, I invite you to just sit with me for a while and just stare at him.

Nothing wrong with that? Right? 

[hermes2015]

hermes2015, I invite you to just sit with me for a while and just stare at him.

Nothing wrong with that? Right? 

Nothing at all! Thank you for that—it certainly triggered my gaydar. I'm pretty sure he bats for my team.

[hermes2015]

another attempt. people cannot leave it alone

no cgi in this film. it was 100 percent analog wysiwyg, which is perhaps why it is so compelling. nothing in it is altered. all of it is real. and its got weird references, like when the warrior is killed by a volley of arrows, and falls back, supported by their shafts. thats straight out of the mahabharata, and makes me wonder what else  am missing.

and ive never tried to read finnegans wake. i know my limitations

Thank you for the lead. I've never seen it, but your recommendation is enough for me, so will make a point of watching it. Speaking of visually compelling movies, one of my all-time favourites is Visconti's Death in Venice. He used Mahler's music very effectively.