The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown! Classical Music Challenge! Part One
H're art some of mine own fav'rite compositions, on Mike's Music M'rning
As you’ve probably noticed, I have a deep and abiding love for music. Of pretty much every genre, some more than others. I especially love orchestral/classical music. I was in band as a kid, used to buy tapes when I could, then CD’s when they came along. Pretty sure my wife still has some LP’s somewhere from her time working the classical section at Tower Records in San Diego.
This first one is also a memory… She and I went to see it performed live in the open air venue down at the San Diego Waterfront, complete with cannon accompaniment:
I know this one’s long, but you really have to listen to the whole thing in one sitting, in my opinion:
We used to play Beethoven’s complete works for our son in his room when he was an infant-toddler. So much so, that later on he got a toy that played classical tunes, he would always light up and call this next one “his music”:
Of course, no list of classic classical would be complete without this opus:
Since these are all rather long, I’m going to wrap up for now. Tomorrow will include some Chopin, Brahms, maybe a little Bizet…
Ok. One more. I love this song, and I love the segment from “Fantasia 2000”:
Good morning from Western Wishes. I’ll be Bach.
Kilgore
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