Greetings

Schbeebes · September 06, 2012, 05:01:47 PM

Hello to the Forum,

New to forums, posting - lifelong student and practitioner of music, amateur and professional instrumentalist, composer, conductor, chorister, variously. Recently inherited my father's reel-to-reel recordings of FM radio broadcasts of Boston Symphony from 70s-early 80s. A treasure trove of some great conductors with an ensemble in a peak period. Particularly meaningful to me right now is Christo's RVW quote: "...music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury...". I'd love to know where this comes from. Favorite composers from early on - Stravinsky, Britten, Holst, Copland. Glad to be here. I'll post as often as I'm able. Thanks.

bhodges · September 07, 2012, 06:13:08 AM

Welcome, Schbeebes, and hope you enjoy your time here. I love all four of the composers you mentioned, especially the first two. And those Boston tapes sound fantastic - what a great gift from your dad. The orchestra certainly was excellent during those years.

--Bruce

North Star · September 07, 2012, 07:51:14 AM

Welcome to the forum, Schbeebes!
Stravinsky is among my favourites, and the others aren't bad, either

knight66 · September 07, 2012, 09:27:41 AM

A very warm welcome. I hope you enjoy yourself here and pass along some of your knowledge.

Mike

madaboutmahler · September 07, 2012, 09:47:20 AM

Welcome! Hope you enjoy GMG, and that you enjoy Mahler!

Daniel

Lisztianwagner · September 07, 2012, 10:14:07 AM

Welcome to the forum, I hope you will have a nice time here!

Glad to see you like Holst, he's one of my favourite composers as well; Britten and Stravinsky are also very good.

Ilaria

Hollywood · September 07, 2012, 11:38:31 PM

Hi there Schbeebes. Greetings from Vienna, Austria. Welcome to the forum.

mc ukrneal · September 07, 2012, 11:42:02 PM

Welcome and enjoy!

david johnson · September 08, 2012, 12:22:32 AM

hi!

Radioman · September 08, 2012, 07:29:12 AM

Hello

Schbeebes · September 08, 2012, 10:55:43 AM

Quote from: madaboutmahler on September 07, 2012, 09:47:20 AM
Welcome! Hope you enjoy GMG, and that you enjoy Mahler!

Daniel

Das Lied is an amazing work; the Ewig, ewig, ewig...at the end is just the greatest thing... Yes, I'm a Mahler fan, too and, as you may know, so was Britten.

Yarrow · September 08, 2012, 03:16:31 PM

Hi

mahler10th · September 08, 2012, 06:04:17 PM

Quote from: Yarrow on September 08, 2012, 03:16:31 PM
Hi

Yarrow, try making a new post here as this is Schbeebes new member post, and as you are a new member too you may like to announce yourself in your own post. Welcome anyway, tell us about yourself (in a new post?)

Greetings

Schbeebes

bhodges

Radioman

Schbeebes