Any classical music fans here?

[Hootmon]

Victor Borge

Look for his other stuff. I remember it fondly as a young kid in the 60's

[Tiger Lily]

not classical, but this is beautiful!

[Ovicula]

Two agile young men:

[Musician in His house]

Just the well known ones:

Canon in D Major - Johann Pachelbel

Ode to Joy - Ludwig Von Beethoven

1812 Overture - Pyotr Tchaikovsky

The Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi

These, and "Flight of the Valkyries," "William Tell Overture," and any piece featured in the original Looney Tunes.

I took piano lessons with the teacher using classical pieces for technical purposes (learning the nuts and bolts of the various symbols, practicing things like creschendo, decreschendo, staccato, slurs, etc.). Classical music for piano is very good for learning traditional technique because you have to play it right for it to sound right, whereas other things like hymns can be more subject to the artistic interpretation of the pianist. Famous popular music can also be used for technique, because (for instance) if you don't play "Linus and Lucy" (the Charlie Brown theme) by Vince Guaraldi the same way he did, it just doesn't sound the same. I have the piano music for "L and L," as well as other pieces like "Walking in Memphis," "Desperado," and "American Pie," and try as I might, I just can't do them justice. If I could do nothing but sit and practice for days on end, though, I could probably manage it eventually. However, I can knock "Music Box Dancer," "Chariots of Fire," and "Memory" out of the park! I can even play both parts of "Heart and Soul" if I play it slowly enough.

[TimothyK]

:wow

In the original Klingon, even...

[Steve53]

Not to brag on the cultural sophistication of our Mods, but in order to qualify, they all had to listen to the William Tell Overture - without thinking of the Lone Ranger.

I always thought of William Tell....Isn't that right Tonto?

...... or Spike Jones.

Did I hear a gunshot?

Prospective Mods who can remember Spike Jones are automatically disqualified due to probable inability to operate a computer.

Super Mods must be able to listen to the opening theme of Also Sprach Zarathustra without thinking of 2001 - A Space Odyssey.

Hal, I think I'm getting old.

Mod wanna-bes who can remember "I'm a Cranky Old Yank in My Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokahama with My Honolulu Mama Singin' those Back on the Street-O, Flat on My Seat-O, Hirohito Blues" by Hoagy Carmichael are forbidden from making further application.

That's right, there are enough of us already.

and without monkeyshines - scratching - chim-chim sounds.


Let alone the chicken chorus.

Cluckity cluck.

Now turn up the volume -



And just 'cause I'm kinda feelin' the blues a bit....but retaining my funk...

[ThePenguin]

This isn't classical (neo-classical, maybe) but I wanted to post it because it's just so beautiful. I had the pleasure of hearing this performed live and conducted by Eric Whitacre himself (he also wrote the song).

[Mitsy]

Two of mine are:-

Pachelbel's canon in D

Dvorak's Humoresque

[dinaljc]

Two agile young men:

I laughed a lot with this video!

[dinaljc]

Merry Christmas to all my brothers and sisters in Christ!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IycjX...eature=related

[Wally]

Anyone familiar with that classic Experiments with Mice?

[Ovicula]

That is soooo cute!

For cat lovers: Humorous Duet for Two Cats - G.A. Rossini

[HikerLady]

I love classical! I don't know how to post videos, but some of the ones I like are:
'Masquerade Waltz' by Khachaturyan
'Sheep May Safely Graze' by Bach
'Canon in D' by Pachelbel
'In the Hall of the Mountain King' by Edvard Grieg
...and all of Tchaikovsky's music!

I especially liked the 2 guys on piano keys playing 'Hungarian Rhapsody'.

[IMSAVED]

I like the more famous pieces such as Ride of the Valkyries and Wagner,Canon in D major and Johann Pachelbel,Symphony No.9 in Dininor and JS Bach Taccata and Fugue D Minor.