Classical Music Association Thread

[Uncle Monty]

I must redo my settings. I'm reading threads with the last message at the top, and when I lit upon this thread I was totally mystified. It appeared to be Mornington Crescent

Even after I went back to message #1, I still wasn't sure. Include me out of this one

[Mahlerei]

Sousa - The Thunderer

[Mr Pee]

Thunder and Lightning Polka- J.Strauss II.

Too easy!!

[umslopogaas]

M33 Mr Pee

Thunder and lightning:

the penultimate scene - no. 13, Scena, Terzetto e Tempesta - from Verdi's 'Rigoletto'.

Now ... murder of the wrong victim, anyone?

I wish I'd got in at the start of this when it was still on Resurrection, I would have linked to Messiaen's 'Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum'. Never mind, it may still come in useful.

[Flosshilde]

Another Verdi - Trovatore

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

Das Rheingold (anvils... anvils, in case you're wondering)

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Wagner - Das Rheingold (well it has anvils as well - I always associate the two)

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Oops,you beat me to it. Sorry!

[Mahlerei]

Anvils, eh? How about:

Vakula the Smith - Tchaikovsky

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

Vakula the Smith - Tchaikovsky

Nice. We could either go down the smithy route with Handel's The Harmonious Blacksmith, or stray to Cherevichki (The Slippers) as Tchaikovsky's revision of Vakula. Your call...

[Tevot]

or perhaps something slightly different -

"Harmonielehre" by John Adams.

[Mahlerei]

Hi IGI

Knew you'd like the Tchaik - one of your favourites, I think

Weill - Kleine Dreigroschenmusik

[Flosshilde]

Tevot, that would follow on from the Harmonious Blacksmith

As a conncection to your suggestion ('The study of Harmony') I propose the Barber of Seville - which has a prominent role for a singing teacher.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I suppose Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is a bit obvious here?

[Il Grande Inquisitor]

Corigliano - The Ghosts of Versailles