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I make YouTube videos about the intersectionality between classical music and rock/metal.

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Shout-out to composer Joseph Oziel who just posted this very Tarantella hours ago!

https://youtu.be/u8e_tFja8L8?si=4onHkQOzkk2j1Wwj

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Dorman
Frozen In Time
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
(2007)

https://youtu.be/-Irpmi6dhQ4?si=c42cyoMBCVbr5F4t

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Joshua Bell & Alan Gilbert: "The Elements" - Uraufführung

Opening Night 2023 | NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Alan Gilbert, Dirigent
Joshua Bell, Violine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jR511QrB6w

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@Boerps @classicalmusic fascinating that it is from five composers. I'm listening now!

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It's time at Metal Classical Rocks where we seek to help fellow and fans connect to in a familiar way.

Night On Bald Mountain is one of the first tone poems of Russian origin. It tells the story of witches gathering in a mass and having a sabbath for Satan. This piece was so metal when Mussorgsky wrote it that he couldn't get his version - this version - performed.

https://youtube.com/shorts/TFwV25BgonY?si=O87lKgZZjCaMj_uo

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Dawson
Negro Folk Symphony
(1934)

https://youtu.be/wDfCWTwVWDA

The work consists of three movements:

  1. The Bond of Africa
  2. Hope in the Night
  3. O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star!

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Orchestra conductors are just wizards without funny hats 🤔

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@classicalmusic A fan sent me this lol 😂

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Here are some favorite concertos:

Bartok Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion
Boyadjiev, Jr. Concerto for Marimba
Branisavljevic The Rite of the Stick
Donati Concerto for Drums
Mayuzumi Concertino for Xylophone
Paus Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra
Peterson Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra
Psathas Planet Damnation for Timpani and Orchestra
Zivkovic Tales From the Center of the Earth

What are yours?

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I love how Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight" sounds on a forte piano as opposed to a grand.

https://youtu.be/mAJ9Ifcfqew?si=fU-32mDCO2aGQKs9

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@larsibacken @classicalmusic @womencomposers Thank you for introducing me to this piece and composer!

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@mythopoetica @classicalmusic @composers Yoshimatsu rules and so does Star Trek!

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Alexander Tchaikovsky
Guitar Concerto
(2018)

Note: this quotes a popular rock work if you can spot it!

https://youtu.be/blPbgrKJhag?si=t5U0VJr-u52k8Mwx

#music #classicalmusic @classicalmusic

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Daniel Schnyder
Concerto Popularie
Triple Concerto for Saxophone, Cello, and Percussion
(2023)

https://youtu.be/MfFJs9rD7hw?si=WfjhZN4DHTwjEr7O

#music #ClassicalMusic @classicalmusic

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@larsibacken @classicalmusic @womencomposers @contemporarymusic Neat. There's a bit of exposition, but once the soloist begins, this bangs!

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Triangle is .
Believe me.
I played it in high school.

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Villa-Lobos
Fantasia Concertante for Orchestra of Cellos
(1954)

https://youtu.be/3JpnAfkQTUk?si=H-2xN0fw7R3b5dEZ

#music #ClassicalMusic @classicalmusic

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This word cloud chart depicts all of the composers I listen to. The darker and larger the name then the more pieces by them I listen to.

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Yoshitaka Azuma
Panzer Dragoon: Main Theme
(1995)

This main theme is an earlyish example of the use of orchestral music in a video game. It has since been played in concert.

https://youtu.be/thQIVut1t6s?si=6m-oh8YkEcvWlDqH

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@Ettinsoft @classicalmusic I'll be at PRGE!

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Metal Classical Rocks seeks to help fellow metal and rock fans connect to classical music in a familiar way.

Mahler's 6th symphony is famous for the use of the hammer strike, featured in this short. It's the longest symphony in the common repertoire clocking in at over 75 minutes.

https://youtube.com/shorts/UASZcBb7LMk?si=z6mOkyXbHRVPWuxN

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Here are two images from the Musical Instrument Museum.
This "Recycled Orchestra" is made up of parts of anything that will work.

#music #ClassicalMusic @classicalmusic

Recycled clarinet

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This is a shot of the inside of the Phoenix Orpheum, a beautiful concert venue, especially for #ClassicalMusic.

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Korngold
Suite for Two Violins, Cello, and Piano Left Hand
(1930)

https://youtu.be/6HWq-KWGhoE?si=0BlUzz-7drXuqmAc

#music #ClassicalMusic @classicalmusic

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I made a chart of my ABCs of Composers.

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Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5
(1809)

https://youtu.be/3TiYGxOQDYw

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Tchaikovsky
Voyavoda
(1891)

How this gem by one of history's greatest composers isn't more popular is baffling!

https://youtu.be/bOUslVF-B14?si=Jk-oh_EGtx8BGVH8

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Leonard Bernstein exhibit at the Musical Instrument Museum

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Lutoslawski
Concerto for Orchestra
(1954)

https://youtu.be/jGulLFtsTzc

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is perhaps the greatest. The Grosse (Große) Fuge feels modern even though is nearly 200 years old, having been composed in 1826.

https://youtube.com/shorts/V3cJZmL4Toc?si=w4evizwAOSzg9ooP

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Here are four zither instruments from the Musical Instrument Museum.

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Shostakovich
The Bolt Suite
(1930)

(I find this orchestral suite to be a real treasure, but it feels underrated)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LucHD0CO-sc

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Ravel
Bolero
Cover by Apocalyptica

What are your thoughts on this version?

https://youtu.be/nyneynhwHBc?si=R9iLx9aTfF5CxNqc

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Isaac
A la Battaglia
(1487)

https://youtu.be/v-BdFKdwrvg?si=HF-X4eR3zELzIOzT

By the way, anyone have similar recommendations for Renaissance era instrumentals?

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J.S. Bach
Concerto for Three Harpsichords in D minor
(1735-45)

https://youtu.be/PdNjyzxqmWU?si=Thnz3CuR_w0mTYzb

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