It is almost Halloween. Found this playlist to share.

November

Remember him?

Quote from: MarsGal on December 07, 2024, 09:12:54 AMRemember him?

I definitely do. Used to watch his weekly TV show, and liked most of his stuff.

A wild and humorous take on Vivaldi's "Four Season" from a group out of Poland. All four are professionally trained musicians who decided they wanted to do classical music in comic fashion. This is from 2009 but the group is apparently still active today, with several tour dates scheduled in Europe and the UK this year (if you're on that side of the globe, check their website at https://www.mozartgroup.net/ for more info)

they are fantastic! I am sending this link to Radioman Don, I am sure he will enjoy it.

The Virgin of the Macarena (aka: The Virgin of Hope) is the patron saint of bullfighters:



Asturias is a region in Spain. Leyanda means Legend

An interesting take on Debussy's "Clair de lune" by a couple of talented Frenchmen. This was recorded in March of 2018.

Bizarre, maybe.


Clair de Lune was my Mom's very favorite classical piece.

One of mine too.

One of my Fav's.

I don't believe I have ever heard of it on a sax.

Okay, here is another strange instrument I haven't seen in a while. I didn't know Moog still exists. Weren't they a favorite of the earlier Science Fiction movies and shows?

Quote from: MarsGal on February 23, 2025, 12:20:44 PMWeren't they a favorite of the earlier Science Fiction movies and shows?

I believe so. They made that eerie music - important to those movies. 
The development of the Moog, and the history of those involved is very interesting. You might like it if you can find it. Somewhere I have a Moog CD. I'll look for that - and see where it goes (takes me).

This is likely the one I have --- "Theremin - An Electronic Odyssey (1993) [DVD]"  It came from Amazon. I think Theremin and Moog Synthesizer go hand in hand.

Movies that feature the theremin

The Lost Weekend: (1945) Score by Miklós Rózsa
Spellbound: (1945) Score by Miklós Rózsa
The Day the Earth Stood Still: (1951) Score by Bernard Herrmann
The Thing From Another World: (1951)
The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T: (1953)
Forbidden Planet: (1956)
Ed Wood: (1994) Soundtrack by Howard Shore
Mars Attacks!: (1996) Soundtrack by Danny Elfman

The first time I ever heard a theremin, was in "Spellbound", 1945.   I was truly spellbound by the music, and don't remember the story at all?  I did see "The Day The Earth Stood Still", but don't remember the theremin, however I was "spellbound" by the story!   It plays often on TCM, so I'll record it next time so I can take note of the music.
     

I named my robot vacuum after the huge robot in "The Day The Earth Stood Still".  I call him Gort. 
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My son reminds me that you can hear it in "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys, and others.

He also reminded me about an interesting history to One of the developers. Don't recall if it was Theremin or Moog (It was Leonard Theremin). It involves Russians grabbing him - for 50 years.

I found the DVD I have and will listen to it tomorrow.

Phyllis.

Rick, I used to have an LP of Switched on Bach way back when, which is saying a lot for someone who has never been a big Bach fan. Theremin was, after all, a Russian. I believe early on he got swept up in WWI and the the Russian Civil War afterward.

I just found a Halidon music video titled Classical Music in Movies The list of movies and the classical pieces are listed below the video. The music, however seems rather bland. Well, it sounds allot like what we used to refer to as elevator music. 

A fun upbeat arrangement of a Tchaikovsky piece from American pianist Jan August. This was originally released in 1958, though the audio sounds like it's from the stereo version, which came out in 1961.