Name that piece! The game

[Brian]

Dang it, Sarge! I was searching for stuff outside the purview of 'Alice' because at least a few of those verses appeared separately from the Wonderland stories, in the same volume as Snark. Looks like I officially outsmarted myself. 

[Sergeant Rock]

This IS NOT ANOTHER DOHNANYI!    But it is an arrangement, sort of, and there is something hiding behind it.

Love it...don't know it....not even a clue 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Dang it, Sarge! I was searching for stuff outside the purview of 'Alice' because at least a few of those verses appeared separately from the Wonderland stories, in the same volume as Snark.

Did not know that. I own The Annotated Snark but the "Snark" is the only poem in the book.

Sarge

[Grazioso]

That did not sound like it was in English!

http://www.4shared.com/audio/D09gO5Jp/01_Track_1.html

This IS NOT ANOTHER DOHNANYI!    But it is an arrangement, sort of, and there is something hiding behind it.

I'll leave it  for a few hours to see if there anyone actually knows the piece.

Twinkle, twinkle little star. 20th century. Shostakovichian.

[listener]

20^th century yes.   

[Hattoff]

Very nice clip.
Strange question; is it anything to do with Bartok? ie, not as composer.

[listener]

Nothing at all to do with Bartok.   
Getting on to 12 hours, our GMT and similarly located members may start working on this.  He wrote five pieces for the same reason as this one.   Nice tune, isn't it?

[listener]

hint time:
the original tune dates from 1800 - 1,
the current player could have played the original version, the dedicatee could not have played this arrangement.

[Opus106]

Franz Schmidt: Concertante Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, for piano (lh) and orchestra?

[Amfortas]

Britten: Diversions?

[listener]

Franz Schmidt: Concertante Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, for piano (lh) and orchestra?

you got it!

from this disc..  The other work on the disc is Schmidt's Piano Concerto 2, also for left hand.  Now I can put it in my listening post without giving away the answer.
The theme is from Beethoven's Sonata for violin and piano op.24 - the 'Spring' sonata
I was surprised that it was not recognized, and intrigued at the thought of Beethoven's response to it being 'Twinkle, twinkle little star'.
The 2-hand arrangement is by Friedrich Wührer.

[Opus106]

you got it!

from this disc..  now I can put uit in my listening post without giving away the answer.

Glad that I could relieve you of your self-imposed embargo. I, however, am ready to go sleep and meet you all again many hours later. I therefore invite the first person ready with a clip to continue the game.

[listener]

this is ready and really short, and should not stay up long.   
http://www.4shared.com/audio/ogiSmWR4/vvvb_copy.html

[Amfortas]

I know this, it's from some ballet.... 

[Amfortas]

The Three-Cornered Hat? (de Falla)

[Brian]

The Three-Cornered Hat? (de Falla)

Yep, you got it.  Your turn!
Or maybe I should wait for listener to say so 

[listener]

The Three-Cornered Hat? (de Falla)

yes!    The Beethoven 'Fate knocks at the door' coincides with the arrival of the resident magistrate in the evening to try to seduce the miller's wife.       A very apt quotation.

Go ahead.

[Amfortas]

Here we go---

Famous composer, not so famous work

http://www.4shared.com/audio/dHsdktUN/What_is_this__16_Aug.html

[Amfortas]

Just bumping the new clip, since we've started a new page:


http://www.4shared.com/audio/dHsdktUN/What_is_this__16_Aug.html

[Brian]

Just bumping the new clip, since we've started a new page:


http://www.4shared.com/audio/dHsdktUN/What_is_this__16_Aug.html

It sounds absolutely terrific and whatever it is, I'm going to hunt myself a recording. Bits seem painfully familiar, as if I know it already, but the second half is totally new to me. Did (s)he write something else a lot like this?