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Thought of airplanes in the sky flying at any moment in the world with hope they all gonna reach their destinations safely.
So, Enola Holmes 2 came out today, and I'm currently watching it. Being a violinist for 7 years now, watching movies with people using orchestral instruments always trigger me in some way shape or form. But I cannot get over how horribly Henry Cavill held that violin..... I wanted to go through the screen and fix everything about it.
CUTTEEEEEE
He looks like an orchestra conductor 🎼
Proof that our music doesn't come form a can or a library!
Watch the EJPO (European Jazz & Pop Orchestra http://poporchester.at/ ) perform our soundtrack! (back then we were still in the alpha phase and called "Delta Strike")
Sit back, relax and enjoy!
Afterwards take a dive into our universe and explore whole new ways of killing your enemies!
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COMPETITION TIIIME
So, for those of you who don't know, I live in a place thst doesn't have marching band, so I'm in my school's symphonic band. We have about... 35 people in the band? I think?
Our next event is this coming Thursday. The local Eisteddfod. We have a long-standing rivalry with one of the private schools in town, and we plan to kick ass this year, just as we did last year.
I am SO HYPED TO PERFORM!!
HAHAHAHA I almost choked on a mouthful of beans listening to this. THIS IS GOLD. Made my day😂😂😂😂
This was recorded by the Portsmouth Sinfonia in an experiment where all the members of the orchestra would swap instruments with each other and attempt to play them to the best of their ability.
This is the result. And it makes me laugh every single time.
It tries to be so dramatic but it just falls flat. Love it.
One time in orchestra a boy and my teacher were talking in the middle of class and she said something and he (in the middle of class) pulled out a reverse card and screamed “NO YOU.” And everyone screamed, I-
for all of you who don't play an instrument, don't sing in choir, or don't perform in theatre, just know those stage lights are so freaking hot :(
i was in an orchestra concert and was on stage for ~45 minutes and I was dying by the end :(((
Shocking content! Left and right ear hear differently! :)
Was studying the reasons behind different seatings of a symphonic orchestra on stage, and instead learned that our ears hear differently!
Amadeus is such a great movie for learning the deep meaning of and the appreciation for Mozart's music
how to get into classical music?
this post is inspired by the great twoset violin video which you can watch here. Their tips are good, but I just wanted to add something based on my experience!
Listen to the compilations - I think everything works in this case, seriously - playlists on spotify, "the very best of " albums. You can just search for example "the very best of Vivaldi" and listen to whatever the hell is there.
Ask your classical music enthusiast friend what's their current favorite piece - that's the best question you can ask. Questions like "what are your 5 favorite pieces" or "what pieces would you recommend for a beginner" can be confusing for someone, who has hundreds of favorite pieces and knows thousands of them. If you ask about their current favorite piece, you can discover something completely new and complex.
Watch Amadeus - it is a movie about composers Mozart and Salieri and it's based on a play, so not everything there is true, but the soundtrack is just 100% classical music and like 99% of Mozart's compositions. How the soundtrack is combined with the atmosphere of this film is indescribable. And here's an important information - this movie made me loose my fucking mind and fall blindly in love with classical music. I didn't give a shit about classical music before watching Amadeus.
You already know some pieces but you're still too confused - search for other interpretations - the best thing about classical music is that you can find your beloved performance of your favorite piece and cherish it like it's your own treasure. So, for example, you know The Four Seasons and you like it, but you feel like something's missing? Search for other recording. btw - check out this Spring.
Find your favorite musicians - you find your favorite musician, you want to hear more of their work, you automatically check their other recordings and wow, suddenly you know more pieces! Even if you like this musician only because they're pretty and you want to watch them play! Go for it, there's nothing wrong about it!
WATCH performances - there's something hypnotizing about watching a perfectly synchronized orchestra, the work of a conductor, a violinist making funny faces, a pianist waving a hand in a weird way. Seeing it makes you feel more connected to the musicians and finally - to the music.
Go see a free classical music performance - even if it's something you don't know. Even if it won't be so great, because it's for free or something. Just take your friend and spend a nice evening. Or maybe it's free opera performance online? Then buy some chips or wine or whatever, read the synopsis to prepare yourself and go for it! I mean, if it's for free you can just leave or turn that off, you won't loose anything.
The very last thing - watch Twoset Violin. Even the silly charades videos or Ling Ling workout. You can't escape from exploring new pieces when you watch twoset. Their channel shows that classical music is for everyone and lots of their videos are very educational.
Movies that will make you fall in love with classical music
1. Amadeus
"This was a music I'd never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing. It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.”
I can't put into words how amazing this movie is. If you haven't watched it already go and see it. It will teach you more about the transcendental power of music in than almost everything.
2. All the mornings of the world
“So, you’ve discovered that music is not for kings,” Sainte-Colombe says. “Yes,” Marais responds, “I discovered that it’s for God.”
This french film tells us about the healing power of music and it's ability to speak where words fail : "When I first saw Tous les matins du monde in a theater, I remember looking around me when the movie ended, and seeing the entire audience in tears. I have no idea if any of what happened in Tous les matins du monde is true, but on the subject of music, its truth is unshakable."
3. The Pianist
A heartbreaking and highly regarded Film about the jewish Pianists Władysław Szpilman's real life and suffering during the 2nd World war.
4. A late quartet
"Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future, and time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present, all time is unredeemable."
A movie about the difficulties a musical ensemble faces as their Violinist is diagnosed with Parkinson: a sickness that slowly takes away his motion control.
5. Impromptu
A young Hugh Grant plays great composer and Pianist Chopin: the Film focuses on the love story between young Frederic and George Sand.
6. Immortal Beloved
"It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer. The listener has no choice. It is like hypnotism"
This movie is too beautiful to put into words. Please watch it and i promise you will be moved to tears: it tells the tragic life story of the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his failed attempts to find true love and meaning
7. The Soloist
This movie is based on the true story of a Journalist helping a sick musician to find his place in the music world again: The plot is based on the story of Nathaniel Ayers, a musician who developed schizophrenia and became homeless.
Beautiful Opera arias to start your classical music Journey
Below i made a little list for poeple who want to get into Opera (with Links)
1. Nessun Dorma - Giacomo Puccini
~ A total classic for a reason
2. Lascia ch'io pianga - Georg Friedrich Händel
~ "let me weep my cruel fate" - it's breathtakingly beautiful
3. L'ho perduta - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
~ a short musical masterpiece
4. Je crois entendre encore - George Bizet
~ one of the most heartfelt melodies ever written
5. La Habanera - George Bizet
~ almost everyone heard this sassy classic once
6. Un bel di vedremo - Giacomo Puccini
~ another tearjerker by the master of romantic operas
7. Una furtiva lagrima - Geatano Donizetti
~ one of the most romantic arias out there
8. Addio del passato - Giuseppe Verdi
~ a musical farewell
9. Largo al Factotum - Giachino Rossini
~ This is a fun one and a real show off
10. Pourquoi me reveiller - Jules Massenet
~ this is the one for you if you like it dark and dramatic
Mozart and his weird sense of humor
“I wish you good night, shit in your bed all your might.”
"Oh my ass burns like fire.” (To his cousin)
"Write to me and don't be so lazy. Otherwise I shall have to give you a thrashing. What fun! I'll break your head." - (To his sister)
"To every good friend I send my greet feet; addio nitwit. Love true true true until the grave, if I live that long and do behave." - (To his cousin)
In 1782, Mozart wrote a six-voice canon. The canon’s title translates to “Lick Me In The Ass” :
"Lick my ass nicely,
lick it nice and clean,
nice and clean, lick my ass.
That’s a greasy desire,
nicely buttered,
like the licking of roast meat, my daily activity.
Three will lick more than two,
come on, just try it,
and lick, lick, lick.
Everybody lick his own ass himself."
“Yesterday, though, we heard the king of farts/ It smelled as sweet as honey tarts/ While it wasn’t in the strongest of voice/ It still came on as a powerful noise.” (To his mother)
There is a whole wiki only dedicated to Mozart and his love for ass jokes:
‘yassified’ classical composers
Well...that looks...wrong
And why does Vivaldi look like one of the Kardashians
Honestly...They could have just kept Liszt the way he was in the first place
Schostakovitch is the only one that kinda works
Clara Schumann already was a boss
Wow...They really did Elgar dirty
Classical Composer's and their last words
Mozart: "The taste of death is upon my lips...I feel something, that is not of this earth"
Bach: "Don't cry for me, for I go where music is born"
Beethoven: "Pity, pity, too late!"
Mahler: "Mozart! Mozart!"
Chopin: "Now is my final agony. No more." (while listening to Mozart's Requiem)
Bartok: "The sad thing is that I leave with so much to say"
Berg: "But I have so little time"