Classical Music, Poetry and stuff

[Paige]

Robertlouis-Around here it's mostly Bluegrass, which is sort of the native music. But Asheville, NC is a huge music scene, check it out on the internet-you should find the right links. And of course, the mountains are all around there too.

[Birgitta]

She is so great !!7 watch this !

[Stavros]

Its a killer of an aria, but Kermes brings it off and with no aspirations! I hadn't heard of her before so thanks for the link. The YouTube link identifies the Italian players but not the venue, my initial thought was the Kleine Saal in the Musikverein in Vienna but I am not sure -is it Venice? It doesnt look like La Fenice...

[runningdownthatdream]

She is so great !!7 watch this !

That was fucking awesome! Thanks....

After checking out some more of her videos on her site http://www.simone-kermes.de/sites/video.html I think she's the Freddie Mercury of opera

[Birgitta]

That was fucking awesome! Thanks....

After checking out some more of her videos on her site http://www.simone-kermes.de/sites/video.html I think she's the Freddie Mercury of opera

Yeesss!!!! (although i dont like freddy mercury much lol !)
she is such a pleasure to watch ! BaroCk!!! :}

I just bought her new cd "colori d'amore" (scarlatti amongst others)

Why is it that its easier for me to identify with old music and baroque then modern music ? Well maybe thats what any trained listener would say probably..(which im only becoming), you can really learn to love classical music, my parents never listened to it, but once your hooked, you never go back, im truely addicted, lol
Xxx

[runningdownthatdream]

Yeesss!!!! (although i dont like freddy mercury much lol !)
she is such a pleasure to watch ! BaroCk!!! :}

I just bought her new cd "colori d'amore" (scarlatti amongst others)

Why is it that its easier for me to identify with old music and baroque then modern music ? Well maybe thats what any trained listener would say probably..(which im only becoming), you can really learn to love classical music, my parents never listened to it, but once your hooked, you never go back, im truely addicted, lol
Xxx

I expected the Stavros to say what you said about Freddie Mercury!

Old things are fascinating for me because they require me to think outside of today's context (if that makes sense). Sometimes when the past meets the present it is really fascinating. The song below was apparently written in medieval times and I really like it:

[Stavros]

Hmmmm...Freddie Mercury...let's not go there people...

Hard to say why the Baroque appeals to some more than other periods in music -people who detest Wagner tend to loathe his philosophical topics wrapped in a huge and tonally rich orchestral tapestry. The Baroque is about control: similar to the concentrated use of language in Racine that nevertheless expresses a wide variety of thoughts and feelings: baroque sounds predictable (Handel is the criminal here, his Water Music consists of the same piece of music played like 500 times with no development, horrific), but the skill of the composers was in using a concentrated style of writing to express the range of thoughts and feelings, often demanding great dexterity by singers and beauty of singing and tone -bel canto. Baroque opera tends to be based on classical themes with all-too-human characters so the commonplace and the divine are merged in sound. And so on, but with a different palate to Wotan and Siegmund, for example. Decoration, artisty, musicality -different periods of music all have their appeal, to me anyway. Finally if you don't know it I hope you enjoy this clever play on musical style from Rameau's Platee:

[StlyeMeCunty]

I am a HUGE Lopatkina fan. This historic piece that she dances gives Pavlova a run for her money!

[Birgitta]

Baroque predictable, i think i disagree, its very disciplined yes, but predictable, no ?
A painter like Honthorst, or carravagio, are they predictable, i would rather think they follow a discipline...and bach, well, i still am amazed about the complexity of his compositions, its more exciting and less predictable then most music today isnt it ? Even while baroque is the foundation of modern music, there is a lot of improvisation in baroque, at the time there were even a lot of arguements that the musicians improvised too much, so that the listener could no longer distinquish the melody from the improvisation...

I do prefer the pure feeling of the music over that of classical music, because classical music feels more personal to me then universal...

Thanks for the link, great !!7

[Birgitta]

Highly recommanded ! Meow !