I just received this from a fellow music teacher. This is how our nightmares work.
#cosomusic
#cosoclassical
Ēriks Ešenvalds - Earth Teach Me Quiet
The Crossing, Donald Nally
Ted Babcock, marimba
This never fails to put a smile on my face.
University of Pretoria Youth Choir - Ingoma (Inspired by Ithemba Musical Group)
There have been many settings of this text, but I think this one is the best.
Thomas Weelkes - When David Heard
Clare College Chapel Choir, Timothy Brown
This is Beethoven's finest work, in my book.
Beethoven - Piano Sonata Op.110
Sviatoslav Richter
I was going to post just "Im Herbst" for timely reasons, but the entire set is so great, especially with this choir performing. No one does smoother choral writing than Brahms.
Johannes Brahms - 5 Partsongs for mixed chorus, Op. 104
Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy
Wade In The Water, arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
University of Pretoria Camerata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPLf-frx-xA
Kim André Arnesen - Even When He Is Silent
St. Olaf Choir, Anton Armstrong
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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Rest
The King's Singers
Never was there a better example of a slow build of tension connected so tightly to the text. If the dissonances near the end don't affect you emotionally...
Henry Purcell - Hear my prayer, O Lord
The Sixteen
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli
Voices of Ascension, Dennis Keene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhfuacoqrtk
(This links to the Kyrie; the other movements will autoplay.)
Hear Musicians Play the Only Playable Stradivarius Guitar in the World: The "Sabionari" | Open Culture
http://www.openculture.com/2020/08/hear-musicians-play-the-only-playable-stradivarius-guitar-in-the-world-the-sabionari.html
Listen to a top concert pianist play excerpts of iconic piano repertoire on three of the finest piano models available.
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Concert Grand Comparison: Bösendorfer Imperial 290, Steinway D-274 and Yamaha CFX - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2GYYV8JSqM
JS Bach - Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 (arr. E. Crees)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, brass section
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqZ3hfxTf3Y
I need a copy of this transcription to play. Badass.
Johann Sebastian Bach - Passacaglia in C minor BWV582
Piano transcription by Mariangela Vacatello
I really miss attending and performing in concerts. It may be a while until they come back. Today, I took a trip down memory lane with some live concert recordings I've made in recent years, and thought I'd share.
These are mostly student groups, but some adult also, and I am in a few. There are split into two folders for two different mic types, as I originally collected these samples to post on a recording forum.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/auvka6syq8jgopr/AAArGSLuwKHxTmim80n6vFIDa
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fgauh6pswkgpx67/AABZiWgBRjCMXWS55Vk1eV5Wa
Sergei Prokofiev Piano sonata no 8, op.84
Sviatoslav Richter
Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Sonata no 7, op.83
Sviatoslav Richter
Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Sonata no 6, op.82
Sviatoslav Richter
These next three I am going to post are Prokofiev's "War Sonatas" for piano. Here's some brief background so you know what to expect.
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