Name that piece! The game

[listener]

I'll pass the post, it's bedtime here, will look in later.
Is the Biber Requiem  the same as the one in F?   I've seen the disc at my local shop and having heard the clip makes me interested.   

[mc ukrneal]

I'll pass the post, it's bedtime here, will look in later.
Is the Biber Requiem  the same as the one in F?   I've seen the disc at my local shop and having heard the clip makes me interested.   

No. This one is in A major. The one in F is (I believe) the only other requiem of his. For those interested, the one I posted is still available at Berkshire for $7.99 (mush cheaper than full price of $18 at amazon).

[mszczuj]

I'll upload a file I prepared earlier:
http://www.4shared.com/audio/lLpMmLRi/easy_peasy.html

I haven't listened music like this for years, well for decades.
"So much music so little time"  - like some wise guy said.

My first intuition was Milhaud.

[mc ukrneal]

I haven't listened music like this for years, well for decades.
"So much music so little time"  - like some wise guy said.

My first intuition was Milhaud.

That is why it blew me away the first time I heard it. I would NEVER have guessed it was from the the 17th century and not the 20th century. Fascinating stuff...

[mszczuj]

That is why it blew me away the first time I heard it. I would NEVER have guessed it was from the the 17th century and not the 20th century. Fascinating stuff...

But this was my answer to Hattoff's clip. 

[mszczuj]

That is why it blew me away the first time I heard it. I would NEVER have guessed it was from the the 17th century and not the 20th century. Fascinating stuff...

Well I have cheked the Harnoncourt's recording because I suspected thet this modern sound was Savall's invention. Nope. Harnoncourt sounds even more contemporary.

17th century music is the great ocean of surprises.

[mc ukrneal]

But this was my answer to Hattoff's clip.

Ooops! Sorry!   

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Hattoff's clip - it's not unlike Arthur Bliss, though more lightly scored.

[Hattoff]

Milhaud, that is an extraordinarily good first hit, but it's not him.

[Hattoff]

Hi Johan,
It's not Bliss, mszczuj is very close.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Hi Johan,
It's not Bliss, mszczuj is very close.

Hi, Steve! It must be another member of Les Six then... If so, another may hazard a guess, I have too little time today!

[Amfortas]

If Milhaud is close....

I will guess Poulenc 

[Hattoff]

It is very close but it's not a member of Les Six. He's much influenced by them though.

[Amfortas]

It actually sounds American to me....Virgil Thomson?

[mszczuj]

It actually sounds American to me.

Yes, that why I said Milhaud.

But the American music is almost terra incognita for me.

Copland seems to me very possible.

[Hattoff]

You were nearly there with Milhaud, right country, right century but a bit later.

[mszczuj]

Did anybody here shoted with Jean Francaix some time ago?

[Hattoff]

I cannot tell a lie, it was me

I am quite keen on the chap. Well crafted, orchestrated and free from angst which can be a relief sometimes.

Well done.

[Hattoff]

I can't really expect anyone to guess the work.
It's, Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
Ballet, Les malheurs de Sophie, Tableau 1 No 1: Allegro vivo

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67384&vw=dc

Over to mszczuj for the next clip.

[listener]

Since we seem to have members in almost all 24 time zones, I think my suggestion that allowing 36 hours for resonses bears repeating.   That allows some catch-up time for those who can't access the board every day, and gives regular puzzle setters some breathing time.
(Not a complaint, I'm retired with lots of  potential free time .)