Ravel Day

[cloughie]

You saying' you don't like ice-skating!?

Never 'ave!

[french frank]

Everyone loves Bolero, it's the ace up the sleeve of any Ravel programmer.

[Beef Oven!]

Pretty conclusive evidence that Bolero has a special place in people's hearts and minds

[teamsaint]

Pretty conclusive evidence that Bolero has a special place in people's hearts and minds

would you mind pointing us all in the direction of " minamalism before Minamalism"?

It must exist.

[Bryn]

My second favourite recording of Bolero (after Ravel's own) is the one on this disc:



Just so you know, it's not this one:

[Beef Oven!]

would you mind pointing us all in the direction of " minamalism before Minamalism"?

It must exist.

You've lost me there, mate.

[Beef Oven!]

[teamsaint]

You've lost me there, mate.

music from before Terry Riley which can be said to have elements of what became known as minimalism.
Bruckner, for example.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/2013/executive/finances/expenditure.html

Bolero.

http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/3839/eatonr88741.pdf

[Bryn]

music from before Terry Riley which can be said to have elements of what became known as minimalism.
Bruckner, for example.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/2013/executive/finances/expenditure.html

Bolero.
http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/b...atonr88741.pdf

[Beef Oven!]

music from before Terry Riley which can be said to have elements of what became known as minimalism.
Bruckner, for example.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/2013/executive/finances/expenditure.html

Bolero.
http://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/b...atonr88741.pdf

Minimalism! I thought your spellings were a deliberate play! (what did you read at university? )

[teamsaint]

Minimalism! I thought your spellings were a deliberate play! (what did you read at university? )

sorry, doing 3 things at once...

Anyway, Shakespeare couldn't spell his own name..........so he can't have written the plays. Or something.

University of the Open Road, me...........honest ...

[mercia]

what you've always wanted - Bolero with commentary

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01t693d

[cloughie]

sorry, doing 3 things at once...

Something you wouldn't catch minimalist composers doing!

[cloughie]

what you've always wanted - Bolero with commentary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01t693d

I wonder if any prog rocker has ever thought of putting vocals to it?

[ardcarp]

There is BTW a brilliant fusion of The Little Drummer Boy and Ravel's Bolero. I heard it done live abroad, but have unfortunately not found a CD. OK it's Christmassy froth...but ingenious.