Classical Music Association Thread

[Mr Pee]

Elgar:- Praise to the Holiest, Dream of Gerontius.

A slightly obscure connection perhaps- anybody got it?

[verismissimo]

Fliedermonolog - Die Meistersinger

[Roehre]

Sibleius: 5 pieces for piano opus 75 "Trees"

[Flosshilde]

Elgar:- Praise to the Holiest, Dream of Gerontius.

A slightly obscure connection perhaps- anybody got it?

I know very little about Gerontius' dream, or the Dream of Gerontius, but does it involve the burning bush, or perhaps the tree of knowledge, or maybe the tree of Jesse?

[doversoul1]

Der Lindenbaum from Winterreise

[french frank]

RVW: Linden Lea

[Roehre]

Respighi: La bella dormente nel bosco

[Flosshilde]

Well, I could offer l'Africaine again (the heroine dies by inhaling the poisonous scent of the Manchineel tree.)

[doversoul1]

Hansel and Gretel (in the woods). Or to avoid repeating fairy tales:
Spinning song from Songs without words (re: La bella dormente)

[Roehre]

Mahler's song of the cuckoo and the nightingale "Lob des hohen Verstandes"

[Mr Pee]

Elgar:- Praise to the Holiest, Dream of Gerontius.

A slightly obscure connection perhaps- anybody got it?

Since nobody seems to have posted the connection: shortly before the triumphant chorus of "Praise to the Holiest", as presages of it swirl about, Gerontius sings:- (remember we were in an arboreal segment at the time!)

The sound is like the rushing of the wind -
The summer wind - among the lofty pines.

Meanwhile, in response to Roehre, post 385:-

Pines of Rome again, The Pines of the Janiculum, with the recorded sound of a Nightingale.

[Roehre]

Pines of Rome again, The Pines of the Janiculum, with the recorded sound of a Nightingale.

Stravinsky: Le Rossignol

[Flosshilde]

Handel - Organ Concerto in F, HWV295 ('The Cuckoo and the Nightingale')

Oh dear, I'm up rather late tonight - defnitely time I went to sleep!

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

Stravinsky: Le Rossignol

Granados - The Maiden and the Nightingale

[Mr Pee]

funny (well fairly funny) how this game goes round in circles

Circle of Fifths??