[ThirdMan]

Originally Posted by darjeeling

It's from Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals. The movement is 'the Aquarium'

My quest is over. Many thanks!!

[dlouth15]

I wonder can anyone here identify this Vivaldi violin sonata. The CD has it down as RV574 but that an entirely different piece.

Here's a youtube video of sonata to be identified.



To skip to a particular movement click below.

Movement 1

Movement 2

Movement 3

Movement 4

Thanks in advance.

[dlouth15]

Found it. It is:

Sonata for violin & continuo in C major ("Manchester Sonata" No. 12), RV 754

1. Preludio: Largo
2. Allemanda: Allegro
3. Sarabanda: Largo
4. Corrente: Allegro

Thanks to anyone may have tried to identify it. I've updated the Youtube vid to reflect the correct name.

The Classical Archives site is very handy for quickly identifying pieces.

[Be like Nutella]

here my head is melted : ) anyone help me think of this piece please? It's a classical piece that's kinda Egyptian sounding - like something to do with Cleopatra maybe - gets louder and louder and more dramatic and has a steady drum roll type beat to it which just gets louder and louder as I say haha wish I could offer more information - with a string melody phrase which repeats and repeats and eventually big cymbal swells and all that - I hope somebody can think of what I'm thinking of - coz humming it at my computer screen isn't working : (

[bluewolf]

Originally Posted by Be like Nutella

here my head is melted : ) anyone help me think of this piece please? It's a classical piece that's kinda Egyptian sounding - like something to do with Cleopatra maybe - gets louder and louder and more dramatic and has a steady drum roll type beat to it which just gets louder and louder as I say haha wish I could offer more information - with a string melody phrase which repeats and repeats and eventually big cymbal swells and all that - I hope somebody can think of what I'm thinking of - coz humming it at my computer screen isn't working : (

Sounds like bolero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWcpw3GAAms

[Be like Nutella]

hahaha thanks eternally, I can take this revolver out of my mouth so ! and lament the attention I chose not to pay to good old Ms Mulchrone in music class... cheers. Mind you I'm about to sample it for a hip hop mash up so I really have no respect at all ; )

[Armelodie]

Bolero eh...essentially a minimalist piece...only thing that changes throughout is the instruments.
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[Be like Nutella]

true that - but I wouldn't see the 'minimalist' description in a derogatory light.... all modern music comes from classical - which went o blues and to jazz and to rock'n'roll and then pop... the minimalism started with repeated phrases - DJ's are still doin that.... but when the idea of looping is done right and built upon creatively you can find a whole new layer of story telling - based on a platform of repeated phrases - that's the way I view it anyway - unfortunately most music these days takes the repetition concept that we hear in Bolero and old Baroque music and takes the p1ss and so much of it sounds like radio-puke - but not all of it! in every genre that uses repeated phrases like Jazz and melodic underground hip hop and even dub step - there's great works to be found - surrounded by utter mind numbing sub-mediocrity. Even Bolero gets annoying to me - it could have been better! luckily I just want a couple phrases of the melody to layer on top of a scene-song form Breaking Bad I just heard an hour ago when watching episode 3 season 5 when the two guys enter the fumigated house to start cooking meth! ha - wonder if Ravel ever thought he'd be mashing with a meth-cook soundtrack ; )

[Fluorescence]

Actually, for anyone interested, here's an interesting wee podcast about Ravel's Bolero, and a woman who did a painting of it called Unraveling Bolero. Apparently the sheer repetitiveness of the music was an early sign of Ravel's eventual mental degeneration.

What does that say about repetitive club DJs?

[Be like Nutella]

very interesting

I would refer anyone who thinks of most dance/DJ music as terrible and too repetitive to 'Underworld' who have always relied completely on waves of relentlessly repeating phrases but have done so with a level of creativity on some of their tracks which simply uses the symmetry of repetition to organically extract highs and lows and crescendos using beats which deserve respect and stand way above the mind numbing repetition you so often hear in music these days. This 'piece' can easily be compared to Bolero is its structure and layering - I know this is a classical forum but I'm just making the point that 'repetition is not necessarily failure or a reduction in 'brow' height. If you've no interest in dance music I recommend putting headphones on and turning this one up and opening your mind : )

I played in the orchestra at the RTE Proms when I was 12, got my performance diploma on the illustrious Treble recorder when I was 14 ....but I worked on the stage at Underworld when they played in Punchestown many years ago and I find if you can drop any preconceptions or mental barriers but retain a good appreciation of music or musical concepts then there's no denying quality in any genre if its there and you'll find so much more great music to hear... outside of your comfort zone... is all I'm saying : )

[PatsyR]

Whats the piece of music that plays over the Irish Independent's ad on tv?

[IceFjoem]

Originally Posted by PatsyR

Whats the piece of music that plays over the Irish Independent's ad on tv?

The second movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony, also used very effectively in The King's Speech.

Edit: it's been re-composed a bit for the ad though to make it synch up

[PatsyR]

Thank you so much

[HeidiHeidi]

I've just heard an ad for "Limerick Sings" festival - there's some choral piece played on it - does anyone know what the piece is? Sounds very familiar, but I can't for the life of me identify it. Sounds very Messiah-ish, but it isn't that.

Ad was on Lyric, but may be on other RTE stations.

Hopefully someone can identify it for me, it's driving me mad!