Name that piece! The game

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Amfortas

#880
June 24, 2011, 04:05:09 PM
Quote from: DavidW on June 24, 2011, 03:59:06 PM
Gluck?

Got it! Overture to the ballet Don Juan
''Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.'' - James Joyce (The Dead)

DavidW

#881
June 24, 2011, 05:14:02 PM
Awesome!  Okay I'll think of something... :)

DavidW

#882
June 24, 2011, 05:21:14 PM
Alright here we go! :)

whatnow.mp3

Amfortas

#883
June 24, 2011, 05:25:17 PM
Sounds like a modern orchestration of Handel or some other baroque?
''Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.'' - James Joyce (The Dead)

DavidW

#884
June 24, 2011, 05:54:41 PM
Yes it is baroque. :)

Brian

#885
June 25, 2011, 01:07:20 AM
Whoa! That's a really interesting clip. It definitely sounds baroque, like a spicier version of Handel, and the ensemble is HIP - in fact the ensemble sounds a lot like one of Jordi Savall's. The surprise twist is, which baroque composer was using trombones?

Amfortas

#886
June 25, 2011, 03:36:26 AM Last Edit: June 25, 2011, 03:57:49 AM by Amfortas
Quote from: Brian on June 25, 2011, 01:07:20 AM
Whoa! That's a really interesting clip. It definitely sounds baroque, like a spicier version of Handel, and the ensemble is HIP - in fact the ensemble sounds a lot like one of Jordi Savall's. The surprise twist is, which baroque composer was using trombones?

Well trombone has been in use for a while - Monteverdi, Schutz and the Gabrielis indicated trombones, but this can't be any of them. Handel and Bach as well, occasionally. I am tempted to stick with the modern arrangement or 'realization' of a baroque composer. The piece itself is pleasant, but not familiar to me. I love those Savall recordings that I have heard, maybe Brian is right and it's one of those

Edit: just listened again, now it sounds like it could be Purcell
''Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.'' - James Joyce (The Dead)

DavidW

#887
June 25, 2011, 08:12:20 AM Last Edit: June 25, 2011, 08:24:07 AM by DavidW
Oh a guess... so many composers thrown out but now have what sounds like definitive guess "it could be Purcell"... nope not Purcell.  You guys are close, very close.

And yup it is HIP Brian, and Amfortas to the best of my knowledge not a modern arrangement. :)

Amfortas

#888
June 25, 2011, 08:42:19 AM Last Edit: June 25, 2011, 08:45:31 AM by Amfortas
Telemann?
''Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.'' - James Joyce (The Dead)

DavidW

#889
June 25, 2011, 08:51:44 AM
Nope not Telemann. :)

Amfortas

#890
June 25, 2011, 08:55:59 AM
Zelenka
''Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.'' - James Joyce (The Dead)

Amfortas

#892
June 25, 2011, 09:12:10 AM
Alessandro Scarlatti
''Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.'' - James Joyce (The Dead)

DavidW

#893
June 25, 2011, 09:31:51 AM
Nope, now you're getting colder. ;D

Brian

#894
June 25, 2011, 09:34:31 AM
Quote from: DavidW on June 25, 2011, 08:12:20 AMnope not Purcell.  You guys are close, very close.

Someone English? Not JC Bach though?
I don't think Boyce's symphonies used trombones.

DavidW

#895
June 25, 2011, 09:49:34 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 25, 2011, 09:34:31 AM
Someone English? Not JC Bach though?
I don't think Boyce's symphonies used trombones.

Nah you're going cold too.  Think back to what you originally said. :)

Amfortas

#896
June 25, 2011, 10:14:25 AM
Should I officially guess Georg Frideric Handel? Ok, Handel
''Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.'' - James Joyce (The Dead)

DavidW

#897
June 25, 2011, 10:25:36 AM
Bingo!  Neither one of you officially guessed it before, in fact spicier Handel (what Brian said) sounded like not Handel, but similar. 

Brian was also right about it being HIP, it is Harnoncourt/Concentus Musicus Wien performing Saul. :)

Part of Warner's bargain priced Handel edition:

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Take it away Amfortas! :)

karlhenning

#898
June 25, 2011, 10:27:07 AM
So while the thread is called Name that piece!, in practice, we're content if the composer is identified?

I ask only for information . . . .

DavidW

#899
June 25, 2011, 10:29:30 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 25, 2011, 10:27:07 AM
So while the thread is called Name that piece!, in practice, we're content if the composer is identified?

I ask only for information . . . .

Yeah well I think that if I asked for the piece... only Drasko would get it. :'(  There is only a handful of us Handelites out here.

We need a variation, like tell the composer right off the bat, and then ask what the piece is.  Or tell the piece and ask who the performers are. ;D ;D
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