Your six Favourite Overtures......all by different composers please.

[antongould]

Anton, you have something against the Russian Easter Festival overture eh?

Sorry but I did say that if they were submitted without a composer they were not included - I am a Breafast listener with a classical music hinterland the size of a penny black......apologies

[antongould]

Dear Anton, while I was sleeping you were working all night at this. But if we choose by the number of requests it looks as though we will get the usual suspects. How is it to be done.? And unfortunately saly is now too old to take in any new skills such as Excel 2007.

Thanks a lot.

Err, what happened to my friend Remo Lauricella's overture 'Fleet Street' ? Although as it was never recorded AFAIK it's academic.

He is there but under R rather than L as being stupid I had no idea if he was double barrelled or not - sorry......as too what we add to our Breakfast list - I serve at the pleasure of you Madam President!

[salymap]

He is there but under R rather than L as being stupid I had no idea if he was double barrelled or not - sorry......as too what we add to our Breakfast list - I serve at the pleasure of you Madam President!

No, you are the list expert Anton, I wouldn't dream of interfering. Perhaps ONE suggestion each from people who have posted on this. But that means another list for you

Good morning all. Have doctor's appt soon.

[Hornspieler]

As always Dame salymap's wish

Simply copied from people's entries - you tube attachments without titles or entries without composers ignored re-enter if you wish - no smileys in future if possible.
This will probably be the last time I do this as I am teaching salymap Excel 2007 by PM! Will update if more entries arrive.

A few more that we've all missed:

Arnold: Becchus the Dandiprat

Elgar: Froissart

Gounod: Faust overture

Schumann: A Faust Overture*

Spohr: JessondaØ

Wagner: Eine Faust overture*

** I remember that we played both the Schumann and the Wagner overtures one after the other to open one of Silvestri's concerts.

Ø The first time that we encountered this overture, my 4th horn looked at his watch and announced "jessonda ten minutes"

HS

[Suffolkcoastal]

Here we go, in no particular order:
RVW: The Wasps
W Schuman: American Festival Overture
Copland: An Outdoor Overture
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Nights Dream
Barber: The School for Scandal
Elgar: Cockaigne
Arnold: Tam o Shanter
Beethoven: The Consecration of the House
Borodin/Glazunov: Prince Igor
Walton: Portsmouth Point

[cloughie]

Apologies should not appear the dangers of cut and paste!

Anton - thanks for the overview list - a shame that Pabmusic and Sir Velo were not a little more polite with their notifications of your errors and omissions. This thread was set up to brighten up a dull day for Saly - there has been a great response and has resulted in some suggestions for Breakfast, I guess some new ones for boarders to explore and a masterclass in EXCEL for Saly.

[mercia]

not my favourites [which have all been mentioned], just to give something for Anton to do

Wagner - Rienzi
Beethoven - King Stephen
Schumann - Genoveva
Balakirev - on 3 Russian Themes
would Handel's Messiah overture be allowed ?

[antongould]

not my favourites [which have all been mentioned], just to give something for Anton to do

Wagner - Rienzi
Beethoven - King Stephen
Schumann - Genoveva
Balakirev - on 3 Russian Themes
would Handel's Messiah overture be allowed ?

......and don't think I don't appreciate it - I would allow it .....but then....

[antongould]

No, you are the list expert Anton, I wouldn't dream of interfering. Perhaps ONE suggestion each from people who have posted on this. But that means another list for you

Good morning all. Have doctor's appt soon.

What I could do early next week is update the list for subsequent "votes" and only show each overture once - then everyone has a period to vote for their favourite on the list and the top ten (?) are sent to PT/SMP......only a timid suggestion of course - I await your return from Harley Street.

[amateur51]

I await your return from Harley Street.

She's not got on the wrong bus AGAIN?!?

[salymap]

What I could do early next week is update the list for subsequent "votes" and only show each overture once - then everyone has a period to vote for their favourite on the list and the top ten (?) are sent to PT/SMP......only a timid suggestion of course - I await your return from Harley Street.

Sounds fine to me. I hope people suggest something we don't hear much though...I think you must find a new younger MBer to take over these lists for you. It's too much for you now.{beats hasty retreat!]

[antongould]

Sounds fine to me. I hope people suggest something we don't hear much though...I think you must find a new younger MBer to take over these lists for you. It's too much for you now.{beats hasty retreat!]

Many a true word........still one less Christmas card

[Nick Armstrong]

As always Dame salymap's wish
Simply copied from people's entries...

... Will update if more entries arrive.

Amazing work anton!!

Glad to see there are some overplayed, hackneyed pieces not there

My little list (starting with one that I can't believe isn't more played... it's terrific!)

R Strauss: 'Potpourri from 'Die schweigsame Frau'
Rameau: 'Zaïs'
Nielsen: 'Maskarade'
Barber: 'School for Scandal'
Wagner: 'Meistersinger'
Walton: 'Johannesburg Festival'

[aeolium]

Thanks anton.

And perhaps, to celebrate St Cecilia's Day, William Boyce's Overture for St Cecilia's Day.

[EdgeleyRob]

Great work Anton,many thanks.