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  • Stanley Stewart
    Late Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 1071

    Straight down memory lane, L-L! Charlie Kunz and, yes, My Prayer, prompts memories of our bakelite Ecko wireless in the 30s. Another popular pianist was Kay Cavendish - Kay on the Keys - and her lovely velvety voice, too. Next stop from here is Grand Hotel on a Sunday evening with Albert Sandler introducing his ensemble after opening with an arrangement of Roses from the South. Likely to stimulate interest with your parents!

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    • Lat-Literal
      Guest
      • Aug 2015
      • 6983

      Originally posted by Stanley Stewart View Post
      Straight down memory lane, L-L! Charlie Kunz and, yes, My Prayer, prompts memories of our bakelite Ecko wireless in the 30s. Another popular pianist was Kay Cavendish - Kay on the Keys - and her lovely velvety voice, too. Next stop from here is Grand Hotel on a Sunday evening with Albert Sandler introducing his ensemble after opening with an arrangement of Roses from the South. Likely to stimulate interest with your parents!
      Well, I can never place my parents on music but I'm quite clear where I stand.

      Stanley, it's blimmin' annoying given the era that these are the only You Tube clips I can find.

      Item title reads - Personality meet Kay Cavendish.Location of events unknown.M/S as musician and singer Kay Cavendish walks up to her gate, she is wearing an...


      Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesRoses from the South · Albert Sandler and his Palm Court OrchestraThe Perfect Foyle - Music Inspired by Foyle's...


      Love this one:

      George Olsen and His Music - Doin' The Raccoon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uf-AgE0yes

      The serious point is I have strong ideas about music quality and am dogmatically genre free!!
      Last edited by Lat-Literal; 24-10-15, 23:31.

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      • EdgeleyRob
        Guest
        • Nov 2010
        • 12180

        A selection of Latvian music for String Quartet

        Main draw for me was the Ivanovs 1st Quartet and it didn't disappoint.
        A really interesting selection,some of which will need repeated listening.
        Mesmerising music,thanks to teamsaint for the steer.

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        • MrGongGong
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 18357

          If you can go and fail to go to this

          London Contemporary Music Festival


          (Particularly the 12th / 13th)

          I suspect you will regret it later (otherwise known as the "Son of Benn" scenario)

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          • Beef Oven!
            Ex-member
            • Sep 2013
            • 18147

            Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
            If you can go and fail to go to this

            London Contemporary Music Festival


            (Particularly the 12th / 13th)

            I suspect you will regret it later (otherwise known as the "Son of Benn" scenario)
            Oh good, I'm glad this is coming about. Shame it's scheduled for such a busy time of the year, but I'll try and get there.

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            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
              Gone fishin'
              • Sep 2011
              • 30163

              Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
              If you can go and fail to go to this
              London Contemporary Music Festival

              (Particularly the 12th / 13th)
              I suspect you will regret it later (otherwise known as the "Son of Benn" scenario)
              I won't be able to go, and I'm already regretting it! (As BeefO says - not the best time of year )

              As a one-off, there's this event next Tuesday, which might be of interest:

              Manchester’s Kranichsteiner Musikpreis-winning ensemble Distractfold will be in London this Tuesday, playing at Swedenborg Hall, 20 Bloomsbury Way, WC1A. The programme looks fantastic: Hanna …
              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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              • teamsaint
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 25190

                Schnittke.
                Symphony #7.

                BBCNOW/Otaka.

                Half the time I have no idea what Schnittke is on about.

                and the other half I'm not really sure, either.

                also, Kalevi Aho, String quartet #3.


                really like this a lot.
                Last edited by teamsaint; 09-12-15, 22:44.
                I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                • EdgeleyRob
                  Guest
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 12180

                  Boris Tishchenko

                  Symphony No 7

                  St Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra,Edward Serov

                  Piano Sonata No 8

                  Vladimir Polyakov

                  String Quartet No 4

                  Glazunov Quartet

                  All available on you tube.
                  A wonderful evening's listening.
                  Occasional hints of DCSH,some Mahlerish moments in the symphony I think,but as with so many of these neglected Russian composers a very distinctive voice.
                  Very approachable music,anyone familiar with this composer,Roehre maybe ?

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                  • Roehre

                    Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
                    Boris Tishchenko

                    Symphony No 7

                    St Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra,Edward Serov

                    Piano Sonata No 8

                    Vladimir Polyakov

                    String Quartet No 4

                    Glazunov Quartet

                    All available on you tube.
                    A wonderful evening's listening.
                    Occasional hints of DCSH,some Mahlerish moments in the symphony I think,but as with so many of these neglected Russian composers a very distinctive voice.
                    Very approachable music,anyone familiar with this composer,Roehre maybe ?
                    As soon as you are listening to more of his (orchestral) works, you will discover that his style is statice: it doesn't and hasn't developed. It's quasi-citing DSCH, Mahler as well as the tintinabuli manner of composing (Pärt e.g.), but it will be very difficult to say which work is which - it's all the same. Approachable it certainly is, and there are great moments too, like Tischenko's Cello concerto, or his 5th symphony. But my main impression is: if you heard one of his works, you've heard many of them.

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                    • EdgeleyRob
                      Guest
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 12180

                      Originally posted by Roehre View Post
                      As soon as you are listening to more of his (orchestral) works, you will discover that his style is statice: it doesn't and hasn't developed. It's quasi-citing DSCH, Mahler as well as the tintinabuli manner of composing (Pärt e.g.), but it will be very difficult to say which work is which - it's all the same. Approachable it certainly is, and there are great moments too, like Tischenko's Cello concerto, or his 5th symphony. But my main impression is: if you heard one of his works, you've heard many of them.
                      Thanks for your comments Roehre.
                      That last bit is a tad harsh IMO,at least you didn't say "you've heard them all"

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                      • teamsaint
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 25190

                        Bernd Zimmermann.
                        Vocal symphony.
                        From Intallment 10 of the Avant Garde Project.
                        I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                        I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                        • Roehre

                          Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
                          Thanks for your comments Roehre.
                          That last bit is a tad harsh IMO,at least you didn't say "you've heard them all"
                          No, indeed, as it applies to the majority of his works, but not to all of them (like the cello concerto )

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                          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                            Gone fishin'
                            • Sep 2011
                            • 30163

                            Luc Brewaeys (1959-2015)

                            There is so much excellent Music and so many fine Musicians that it's impossible to encounter them all. From Tim Rutherford-Johnson's Blog The Rambler, I learnt today of the recent death of a composer whose name and work I'd not previously encountered. Links to youTube videos were given, including one of this playful, life-affirming piece for Piano and Recorder(s):

                            Luc Brewaeys: "Les Méandres de la Mémoire"Played by Jan Van Hoecke, recorders and Pieter Dhoore, pianohttp://www.lucbrewaeys.com/http://www.janvanhoecke.com/...


                            ... better late than never, I'll be keenly investigating this composer's work over the next few weeks.

                            (The blog article:

                            News has been circulating today of the death of Belgian composer Luc Brewaeys, at the age of 56. He had been suffering from (and mostly beaten) a series of cancers for some time. His remarkable and…
                            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                            • Roehre

                              Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                              There is so much excellent Music and so many fine Musicians that it's impossible to encounter them all. From Tim Rutherford-Johnson's Blog The Rambler, I learnt today of the recent death of a composer whose name and work I'd not previously encountered. Links to youTube videos were given, including one of this playful, life-affirming piece for Piano and Recorder(s):

                              Luc Brewaeys: "Les Méandres de la Mémoire"Played by Jan Van Hoecke, recorders and Pieter Dhoore, pianohttp://www.lucbrewaeys.com/http://www.janvanhoecke.com/...


                              ... better late than never, I'll be keenly investigating this composer's work over the next few weeks.

                              (The blog article:

                              https://johnsonsrambler.wordpress.co...eys-1959-2015/
                              2 works of his are to be found on the Concertgebouw Horizon 6 CD

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                              • teamsaint
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 25190

                                I Suppose that Stockhausen is off the beaten track, really.


                                Klavierstuck 1 to X1.



                                Can't pretend that I Really understand this at its deepest levels, but its a nice change from Xmas carols.
                                I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                                I am not a number, I am a free man.

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