Well met.

[Laece]

Hi All

Looking forward to chatting to you all about your likes and dislikes in the musical world - and to learning from you all.

Glad to be here.

Laece

[North Star]

Welcome to GMG, Laece!

Feel free to tell us a bit about yourself, and your relationship with classical music in particular.

[Mirror Image]

Welcome aboard, Laece! Who are some of your favorite composers?

[Sergeant Rock]

Welcome.

Glevum...are you the ghost of a Roman legionaire, or a current resident of Gloucester 

Sarge

[mc ukrneal]

Welcome and enjoy!

[Hollywood]

Hi Laece. Greetings from Vienna, Austria. Welcome to the forum. 

[Karl Henning]

Welcome, Laece!

[aligreto]

Welcome and post often 

[Camphy]

Welcome Laece!

[Laece]

Welcome.

Glevum...are you the ghost of a Roman legionaire, or a current resident of Gloucester 

Sarge

The latter 

[Laece]

Welcome to GMG, Laece!

Feel free to tell us a bit about yourself, and your relationship with classical music in particular.

Thanks for the welcome.

I'm from Lancashire and now live down south. I work in Health and Social Care and am a local Councillor.

Music wise - my dad introduced me to classical music at 8 ish with Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony and I was hooked. Since then I have broadened my listening. I sing with a few choral groups and take part in the Three Choirs Festival.

This year I am learning and singing 14 big choral works in between work and other duties, including 6 pieces for a solo recital in October. It's always good fun.

[Laece]

Welcome aboard, Laece! Who are some of your favorite composers?

This is always a difficult question to answer.  I like particular composers from each period.

Love Russian composers, especially Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov.

Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmninov, Schubert and the better Schumann (have a guess which one) for piano. Bach, Elgar, Vaughan-Williams, Tallis, Mozart, Rossini.......

I love opera. Oh I could go on and on.

[Karl Henning]

This is always a difficult question to answer.  I like particular composers from each period.

We like you already 

[Mirror Image]

This is always a difficult question to answer.  I like particular composers from each period.

Love Russian composers, especially Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov.

Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmninov, Schubert and the better Schumann (have a guess which one) for piano. Bach, Elgar, Vaughan-Williams, Tallis, Mozart, Rossini.......

I love opera. Oh I could go on and on.

Great stuff. We appreciate new faces and you being here so feel free to jump right into any topics that interest you.

[vandermolen]

Thanks for the welcome.

I'm from Lancashire and now live down south. I work in Health and Social Care and am a local Councillor.

Music wise - my dad introduced me to classical music at 8 ish with Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony and I was hooked. Since then I have broadened my listening. I sing with a few choral groups and take part in the Three Choirs Festival.

This year I am learning and singing 14 big choral works in between work and other duties, including 6 pieces for a solo recital in October. It's always good fun.

Welcome from me too. Interested in the reference to the Three Choirs Festival where one of my very favourite composers, Vaughan Williams, was often to be seen and heard.

[Laece]

Welcome from me too. Interested in the reference to the Three Choirs Festival where one of my very favourite composers, Vaughan Williams, was often to be seen and heard.

He certainly was very involved in the festival.

I love the Sea Symphony.

[vandermolen]

He certainly was very involved in the festival.

I love the Sea Symphony.

I didn't used to but I do now. The Haitink recording was a revelation - although the best music is in the finale in my view.

[bhodges]

Welcome, Laece, and the Tchaikovsky 6 is a great igniter. (On a similar note, like many, I have pleasant early memories of The Nutcracker, even though I don't listen to it that often these days.)

In any case, enjoy your time here!

--Bruce

[Laece]

I didn't used to but I do now. The Haitink recording was a revelation - although the best music is in the finale in my view.

The final movement is shear beauty.

[Laece]

I've just gone through this list of major works I am singing in this year - here it's is:

Rachmaninov - All-Night Vigil
Rossini - Petite Messe Solenelle
Berlioz - Grande Messe de Morts
Vaughan-Williams - Sea Symphony
Tippett - A Child of Our Time
Mendelssohn - St Paul
Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Janáček - Glagolitic Mass
Mozart - Mass in C minor
Vaughan-Williams - Serenade to Music
Finzi - Dies Natalis
Howells - Hymnus Paradisi
Mendelssohn - Elijah
Bach - Christmas Oratorio

Not bad for a hobby