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Anyone listen to Classical Music?

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    #32
    kylith
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    Love a bit of classical. Lyric is a great station. Love a bit of opera too.
    strobe wrote: »
    Some unreal modern classical music being written for computer games and TV shows these days.
    I often throw on the Skyrim soundtrack in work. There's some beautiful music in it.


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    #33
    jimgoose
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    Oh yes, I like a shot of classical. From the heavy, Teutonic Wagner and Beethoven to the likes of Strauss, Vivaldi, Schopin and certain operatic tunes such as the Flower Duet from Lakmé. Lyric FM is on Button #3 in the car. :cool:


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    #34
    Spunge
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v9K98RzbHI


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    #35
    kylith
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    MrPudding wrote: »
    There is an album called 'So you think you don't like classical music'. It is a bit of a 'now that's what I call music' for classical, but there are some really nice tracks and I found it really useful for tracking down more to listen to. It is on Spotify.

    MrP

    There's a great one for opera called Duck! It's Opera!


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    #36
    Fionn101
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    Lyric FM is a fantastic use of our licence fee OP, it's button 1 on my car stereo.

    some cinemas like Cineworld show classic symphony's and ballets , and don't forget to smuggle in the wine ;-)

    http://www.cineworld.ie/whatson/andre-rieus-2015-maastricht-concert?cinema=dublin&date=all


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    #37
    yellowlabrador
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    Some games music from Civilisation IV

    John Williams is the man


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    #38
    iDave
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    If Tchaikovskys 1812 overture doesn't get you pumped nothing will.


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    #39
    Sonderkommando
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭Sonderkommando


    golden axe, http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PWq09fomlhE


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    #40
    wp_rathead
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    Vivaldi- Winter


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    #41
    Herb Powell
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    nokia69 wrote: »
    yes, I love it

    no better music

    you're not a fan of music unless you like classical

    Not true, that's just snobbery, to be fair. That's not to say I don't like classical music.
    murpho999 wrote: »
    Yes, I love it and wish I knew more about it.

    Youngsters may knock it but without these guys modern day music would not exist.

    Also not true at all (well it's impossible to say definitively because it happened how it happened), this ignores the multitudes of other musical traditions that exist. Lots of modern day music has far more to do with folk music, blues, and jazz than with classical. These are all pretty far removed from clasical.


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    #42
    RobertKK
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    Yes.

    Classical has within it the most beautiful music ever made.


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    #43
    [Deleted User]
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    Need to go get more into It.. I have a collection of songs I love and listen to half regularly but should be more active. Tempest sonanta third movement would propably be my favourite.


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    #44
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,351 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    A great tune is a great tune, no matter what the genre!

    So simple but so beautiful .......



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    #45
    Mesrine65
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    Every day, I work in the NCH

    https://www.nch.ie/Online/


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    #46
    applehunter
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    Lyric is my fav. radio station during the day.

    No bull**** talk, no moaning, just music.


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    #47
    eisenberg1
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    Mascagni, Cavallria Rusticana.

    Blows me away every time.


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    #48
    Shenshen
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    I do, I particularly like Mussorgsky and Mendelsohn, but then also have a weakness for Mozart and Beethoven.

    I have to say that every time I tried listening to Lyric FM, I turned it off in disgust. You'd listen to a nice bit of Sibelius, only for it to be directly followed by some Frank Sinatara? I've no problem with a station playing both, but wouldn't it be better to have dedicated shows for each?

    My station of choice at the moment is BBC Radio 3


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    #49
    endacl
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    Blowfish wrote: »
    Indeed, and the proof of it in relation to the above in particular:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I
    .

    Not really. Different progressions.

    The Canon is a ground bass, a series of variations built on a repetition of a I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V progression.

    The Axis is a clever demonstration of the prevelance of the I-V-vi-IV progression, an elaboration of the 'three chord trick', in popular music.


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    #50
    Mesrine65
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    Wagner or Sibellius for me.


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    #51
    Boskowski
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    donegaLroad wrote: »
    Im a Rachmaninov fan.. plus Wagner and Debussy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEGOihjqO9w

    Some performance. Thanks


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    #52
    coffee_cake
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    Classical musician so yea
    It's awesome!


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    #53
    wendell borton
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg7sU5B_ibM
    ,
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klPZIGQcrHA
    ,
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbkUTDKZC3s
    .


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    #54
    valoren
    Registered Users Posts: 5,458 ✭✭✭valoren


    I love symphonic movie scores. They're mostly the genre of classical music I would listen to.

    I've listened to classical classical music, enjoy it but not as much as the movie scores.


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    fiachr_a
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    valoren wrote: »
    I love symphonic movie scores. They're mostly the genre of classical music I would listen to.
    You'd like this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT4arTGagPs


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    Harry Angstrom
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSeg69d3CQ8


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    #57
    Lenin Skynard
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    For anyone who did music in the leaving cert in the past fifteen or so years. You never forget this one, for better or for worse.

    Around 1:11 is where it really comes into its own.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eUBCBjunrc


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    #58
    Frito
    Registered Users Posts: 769 ✭✭✭Frito


    Ok so maybe somewhat tenuous link given your job OP, but an amazing piece of music anyway.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SjagpXeNhM


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    endacl
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    Lenin Skynard wrote: »
    For anyone who did music in the leaving cert in the past fifteen or so years. You never forget this one, for better or for worse.

    Around 1:11 is where it really comes into its own.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eUBCBjunrc
    I teach that. It never comes into its own.

    There's some serious 'Emperor's New Clothes' syndrome going on in modern classical music.

    The move from the Conservatoire to the University in the early part of the last century was not a good one for composition. Music departments are full of young composers, writing music to pass exams and impress other composition students with the cleverness of it all...

    :(


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    #60
    Aongus Von Bismarck
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    I listen to it on my drive home after work. It's a wonderful way to relax and unwind after a long day in the office. The only exception to this is when I tune in to the George Hook show on Tunein on a Friday.

    I think Brave New World is an extraordinary piece of music. I'm also a fan of The Planets by Holst. Many of you will best know Jupiter as it's the piece of music used by the IRB and at the start of rugby shows.

    The Osaka Philharmonic do a wonderful rendition. It's on YouTube. Such passion and professionalism. It's a repeat watch.


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    #61
    BlaasForRafa
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    Music is music, whether it's classical or black metal or whatever, as long as I like I won't let constrain myself based on genre.

    Some of my favourite classical music is spanish and based around the guitar. The concerto de Aranjuaz by Rodrigo is beautiful, especially the adagio (the middle bit in this video)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdiRJyI6bxY


    And a rather more obscure but still beautiful piece composed by Salvador Bacarisse

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9NDmtrlfro


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