Favorite pieces of classical music?
Hello, Frankenstein:
The Sea Symphony by the Welsh composer Ralph (pronounced Rafe) Vaughn Williams (1872-1958) is another great work with beautiful choral parts. You are so right. Another one of his famous works is Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910). That's the music used extensively in the movie "Master and Commander" with Russell Crow. There is so much good stuff out there.
Regards,
Obie
A vignette set to Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto
The shave den was peaceful this morning with the Second Movement Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto wafting through the air as I began my morning shave. The mood was shattered by the angelic voice of my 6 year old daughter saying "Wow, that's cool! I can hear the sound of your whiskers being cut". Next thing I knew, my 12 year old son was in the bathroom so he could get a sample of the warm and smooth lather on his face. "Can I shave with a straight razor when I'm old enough?" he asked. SWMBO swept in fussing at them to hurry or they'd be late for school. My adoring audience thus banished with SWMBO in pursuit, I was once again left to the solitude of the blade and Rachmaninoff.
At first I was tempted to view this intrusion into my world with disdain, but upon reflection I realize that moments like these are the stuff of which memories are made. In oh so few years these intrusions will cease, the adoring audience will have little audiences of their own, and once again I'll be left to the solitude of the blade and Rachmaninoff...
Beautiful description - the cycle of life
Hi LinacMan
Ahhhhh...Beautifully said. You managed to articulate and describe "the cycle of life" so eloquently my friend. Even the small stuff (which are big in our worlds) have a cycle...but, at the end, what's left is man and his peace.
Cheers,
-Robert
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LinacMan
The shave den was peaceful this morning with the Second Movement Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto wafting through the air as I began my morning shave. The mood was shattered by the angelic voice of my 6 year old daughter saying "Wow, that's cool! I can hear the sound of your whiskers being cut". Next thing I knew, my 12 year old son was in the bathroom so he could get a sample of the warm and smooth lather on his face. "Can I shave with a straight razor when I'm old enough?" he asked. SWMBO swept in fussing at them to hurry or they'd be late for school. My adoring audience thus banished with SWMBO in pursuit, I was once again left to the solitude of the blade and Rachmaninoff.
At first I was tempted to view this intrusion into my world with disdain, but upon reflection I realize that moments like these are the stuff of which memories are made. In oh so few years these intrusions will cease, the adoring audience will have little audiences of their own, and once again I'll be left to the solitude of the blade and Rachmaninoff...