What's that piece...?

mambo · 28-04-2012 05:32PM

Humming, you say?
Perhaps the "Humming Chorus" from Madama Butterfly by Puccini?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFNzUdwIwec

It has been noted that this tune perhaps owes a little inspiration to it (Bring Him Home, from Les Miserables)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaI9BPKhExk

pookiesboo · 28-04-2012 08:05PM

mambo wrote: »

Humming, you say?
Perhaps the "Humming Chorus" from Madama Butterfly by Puccini?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFNzUdwIwec

It has been noted that this tune perhaps owes a little inspiration to it (Bring Him Home, from Les Miserables)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaI9BPKhExk

YES THATS IT!! Ha, thanks Mambo!:D

IceFjoem · 30-08-2012 02:55PM

Scumskimmer wrote: »

This may be an obvious one (and I hope it is!) but what is that piece of music Lyric FM use as their signature of theme tune - its by Handel (I think) and the full piece is sung by a female soprano. Google throws up nothing, only an advert they ran - and nobody knows what piece that is either (and Lyric aren't saying).

The Lyric FM theme is just an original jingle as far as I know, if you're talking about the piece of music they used in an advertising campaign a while back I think it's the aria 'Casta diva' from Bellini's opera 'Norma' that you're looking for. Hope this helps!

ThirdMan · 06-03-2013 12:28AM

Hi. This is an impossible task. I'm trying to trace the name of a piece I heard on a BBC documentary about two years ago. The series was called The Impressionists and it was about Monet, Renoir, etc. Considering the name of the series, it's possible the piece was by one of the impressionist composers. But that's just a guess. I know nothing about classical music. In fact, I don't even know how to describe what I heard, except that it was like gentle bells or chimes that were bubbling up and down, and recurring again and again. To my ears it sounded incredibly unique, and it featured multiple times throughout the series. So I presume it's a hugely famous piece. I know I'm crap at describing it, but I'm willing to answer any questions I can that might help me track it down. I really need to find out what it is! Thanks.

evolving_doors · 06-03-2013 01:23AM

go on to youtube and type in "the impressionists bbc" then come back here and tell us when you've identified where the excerpt is..

IceFjoem · 06-03-2013 05:33AM

I haven't seen it, but given the topic I'm putting my money on 'Gymnopedie' by Erik Satie.

evolving_doors · 06-03-2013 09:51AM

IceFjoem wrote: »

I haven't seen it, but given the topic I'm putting my money on 'Gymnopedie' by Erik Satie.

Ya thats kind of chimey, could be some gamelan, as debussy heard this during the paris exhibition...

Is this the 2006 bbc series Op?

The Mad Hatter · 06-03-2013 11:51AM

Could it be Ravel's Jeux D'eau?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01pdiwWFszM

Also, I'm merging this with the "name that piece" thread.

ThirdMan · 06-03-2013 09:27PM

Armelodie wrote: »

go on to youtube and type in "the impressionists bbc" then come back here and tell us when you've identified where the excerpt is..

The series on youtube is a different one. That seems to be a dramatisation, not a documentary.

ThirdMan · 06-03-2013 09:28PM

Armelodie wrote: »

Is this the 2006 bbc series Op?

It was this one.

ThirdMan · 06-03-2013 09:37PM

IceFjoem wrote: »

I haven't seen it, but given the topic I'm putting my money on 'Gymnopedie' by Erik Satie.

I'm afraid not. It sounds much busier than that, yet it's also gentler.

ThirdMan · 06-03-2013 09:41PM

The Mad Hatter wrote: »

Could it be Ravel's Jeux D'eau?

That does actually remind me of it. But mine is slower, and there's a recurring pattern that is more noticeable. Your piece seems to change around a bit more.

And thanks everyone for your replies. This really is like looking for a needle in a haystack. My lack of musical knowledge isn't helping either. I just don't how to describe it.

ThirdMan · 06-03-2013 11:48PM

I've managed to nab an audio sample from the documentary.

First of all, it sounds much different than I remember, so my awful description is now even less accurate. Second, don't tear me to shreds if you don't like it!

Sample

darjeeling · 06-03-2013 11:56PM

ThirdMan wrote: »

I've managed to nab an audio sample from the documentary.

First of all, it sounds much different than I remember, so my awful description is now even less accurate. Second, don't tear me to shreds if you don't like it!

Sample

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCBDlC0N8Rc

ThirdMan · 07-03-2013 12:05AM

darjeeling wrote: »

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

My quest is over. Many thanks!!

dlouth15 · 13-03-2013 01:56PM

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 · 14-03-2013 01:09AM

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 · 15-05-2013 08:06PM

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 : (

15-05-2013 08:07PM

Be like Nutella wrote: »

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 · 15-05-2013 08:17PM

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 ; )

evolving_doors · 15-05-2013 08:23PM

Bolero eh...essentially a minimalist piece...only thing that changes throughout is the instruments.
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Be like Nutella · 15-05-2013 08:36PM

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 · 15-05-2013 10:31PM

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? :P

Be like Nutella · 15-05-2013 11:09PM

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 : )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Y7lcvubhU

PatsyR · 26-05-2013 11:03PM

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

IceFjoem · 26-05-2013 11:05PM

PatsyR wrote: »

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 · 26-05-2013 11:12PM

Thank you so much

HeidiHeidi · 03-06-2013 02:32PM

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!