Go watch Mozart in the Jungle. It's such a fun, quirky, sometimes pretentious workplace comedy about an incredibly lovable bunch of characters. Also, great music!
Looking for a playable copy of this record. I've yet to be able to find it online, so any leads would be much appreciated. Available to pay through PayPal G&S. Thanks!
Amazon has a little gem with this show. I was totally immersed in its universe and enjoyed every moment.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3502172/
John Williams is a masterpiece of the 20th century and is a composer of equal caliber to Beethoven and Mozart. His name will live long past that of modern musicians. In 200 years his name will be in music history books, while Elvis, the Beatles, and The Rolling Stones will be forgotten. This man is legendary in his creativity. His music is iconic. Follows is a small subsection of his work and my personal top 10 of his (in no particular order). Jaws Star Wars (every song, from the overture, to the imperial march, to the dual of fates) Superman Indiana Jones E.T. Home Alone Schindler’s List Harry Potter Olympic Fanfare Jurassic Park There are other composers in the modern era, but none who have had the monumental impact that John Williams has. Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings) and Hans Zimmer (Pirates, Inception, Gladiator). John Williams work is timeless, and, will be elevated into the heights of “classical composers” over time.
Hello Reddit, very excited to be doing my first Reddit AMA. I'm Maestro Michael Francis. I used to play double-bass with the London Symphony Orchestra. After jumping in for various conductors at the last minute, I am now a full-time conductor and Music Director of The Florida Orchestra, the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, and Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz.
I'm currently in the middle of conducting the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego whose orchestra features more Principal players from other great orchestras than any other Festival orchestra in the US. Tomorrow evening, I will be performing Mozart’s Davide penitente and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with violist Augustin Hadelich.
Upcoming guest conducting projects include the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Detroit, Berlin Radio and Minnesota symphonies amongst others.
Connect with us on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/MainlyMozart/ You can view my website here: http://michaelfrancisconductor.com/
My Proof: https://imgur.com/a/UYWb061
Edit: Such a pleasure getting to chat with you all! I have to run to rehearsal, but will do my best to come back and answer any remaining questions later today or tomorrow.
I have a CD that features several adaptations of classical pieces that has emotional value. The problem is, none of it has any accompanying text as to what piece it is.
The only info I managed to gather is the composer that adapted it (unrelated), and that he titled the track
Mozart 10
This is the audio clip (30s): https://voca.ro/6Lbhx828zBK
If someone has a name of the piece, composer, and possibly a youtube link or sheet music to this particular part, I would be very very thankful :)
I've spent a lot of time recently listening to Mozart's greatest opera's and am tremendously enjoying them. One thing I noticed is that forgiveness seems to be an extremely important and frequently recurring theme, especially near the end of operas. It seems to come back in almost all of the famous ones. E.g.:
- Pasha Selim's mercy at the end of Die Entführung
- The Contessa's forgiveness at the end of Le Nozze Di Figaro
- Poseidon's deus ex machina at the end of Idomeneo
- Sarastro's wisdom and forgiveness as opposed to the vengeful Queen of the Night ("In diesen heil'gen Mauern [...] kann kein Verräter lauern, weil Man dem Feind vergibt")
- Ferrando and Guglielmo forgive their fiancées for cheating because Cosí fan tutte
- La Clemenza di Tito, obviously
- Don Giovanni seems to be the exception but maybe I am missing something.
So, what gives? Why was this theme so important to Mozart? Was this very common in the time? Does it have to do with his freemasonry? Or was he trying to send a message to the emperor, because of events from his personal life? I'm sure this has been analyzed before but I wasn't really able to find anything myself so if anyone knows some good reading on this that is also much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet_Concerto_(Mozart)
EVERY single TIME somebody finds out I have aspergers, I usually get these responses-
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That's ok! My (cousin's roommate's fiancés best friend's step brother) has that!
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Wow! (Insert famous white dead man) was on the spectrum!
To start off, I don't need your permission to have a weird brain, and last time I checked I don't have superpowers. I can understand why people feel the need to comfort others, but does anyone else have people try to reassure them that they're ok? I don't have a terminal illness, I don't need sympathy. How do you deal with unsolicited affirmations that I'm some kind of genius or just like their favorite TV show character? I'm not good at math, and I think the Big Bang Theory is a horrible show. No, I don't like the show Atypical and I can't pull a "Good Doctor" and diagnose you with deep vein thrombosis. I'm not diseased, I don't need the whole unsolicited reassurance that since xyz's relative had it, that I'll be ok too?
I'm serious, how do we change the perception of aspergers that acknowledges us as individuals- I feel like my whole identity goes out the window when I reveal to NT people that "sorry I can't do that I have aspergers and the flashing lights fuck me up." Like I become someone else in their eyes, instead of the person I've worked hard to become.
Tell me what you think, how you deal, and how you feel. I just KNOW some of you feel the same way, and I want to discuss what we can do to make a difference.
I'll be Bach.
I'm a big fan of Classical music, in fact the reason I started learning German and fell in love with the language was because of this reason. But I've always wondered how does the German spoken in this music that was written centuries ago sound to modern German speakers. Is the choice of words really old fashioned or does it sound natural? I'm talking about Mozart Operas or maybe Wagner who is a little more modern though still old. I imagine Bach Cantatas may sound really old fashioned considering how much time has passed and also because they're religious hymns so probably lots of ancient words.
