Musical depictions of the sea, maritime incidents--anything related to the ocean

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pjme

#60
January 13, 2020, 10:43:17 PM
Quote from: KevinP on January 13, 2020, 05:20:01 PM
I'm okay with flexible definitions here, and lakes and rivers are fine. Maybe I should have put 'aquatic' in the subject line. I'll probably use Saint-Saens' 'Aquarium'  movement from Le Carnaval des Animaux which technically isn't ocean either.

Ha! I knew it!

Biffo

#61
January 14, 2020, 02:42:39 AM
I briefly scanned the thread and couldn't find it so apologies if Vaughan Williams' opera Riders to the Sea has been mentioned already - it is full of maritime incidents, all of them tragic

vandermolen

#62
January 14, 2020, 06:13:20 AM Last Edit: January 14, 2020, 06:18:14 AM by vandermolen
Quote from: Biffo on January 14, 2020, 02:42:39 AM
I briefly scanned the thread and couldn't find it so apologies if Vaughan Williams' opera Riders to the Sea has been mentioned already - it is full of maritime incidents, all of them tragic
How could I forget that?  ::)
Especially having heard it live in a semi-staged performance a while back - a great evening.

Ok, if rivers are allowed here are two more:

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Daverz

#63
January 14, 2020, 10:36:31 AM

listener

#64
January 30, 2020, 03:25:50 AM
Look what's coming up in Prague!
04 March 2020 - 19:30
TRIBUTE TO WATER
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Pietari Inkinen
Clarinet: Wenzel Fuchs
A. Dvořák - The Water Goblin, symphonic poem Op. 107
W.A. Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A Major K 622
J. Sibelius - The Oceanides, symphonic poem Op. 73
C. Debussy - The sea, three symphonic sketches for orchestra

Running Time: 105 minutes
"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."

pjme

#65
January 30, 2020, 04:01:54 AM
And in Antwerp:

Zaterdag 15.02.2020 - 20:00

Tan Dun composer / conductor
Charlène Deschamps altfluit
Samia Bousbaïne harp
Beibei Wang percussie

Smetana De Moldau
Tan Dun Water Concerto
Takemitsu Toward the Sea II
BrittenFour sea interludes, opus 33a

vandermolen

#67
January 30, 2020, 06:47:03 AM
Quote from: relm1 on January 30, 2020, 05:38:31 AM
Kevin Puts: River Rush

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N59AT6LzIls

I love the symphony on that CD. Must listen to River Rush. Thanks
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#68
February 10, 2020, 10:15:56 AM Last Edit: February 10, 2020, 10:21:31 AM by vandermolen
Bloch: Poems of the Sea - a wonderfully atmospheric work in twelve minutes:

I have these recordings as well:
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"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Roy Bland

#69
February 10, 2020, 02:43:47 PM

vandermolen

#70
February 10, 2020, 11:41:53 PM Last Edit: February 10, 2020, 11:43:38 PM by vandermolen
Quote from: Roy Bland on February 10, 2020, 02:43:47 PM

One of my favourite recordings of all time. I'm old enough to have first discovered it on a double LP set. One of my most successful 'impulse buys' as I didn't know the music at all. I recall purchasing at a much missed record shop in central London (Farringdon Records in Cheapside) along with Hans Hubert Schoenzeler's fine recording of Rubbra's 5th Symphony and Bliss's Checkmate Suite - another fine LP, although I did know the Rubbra's from Barbirolli's recording at the time:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Symphonic Addict

#71
April 19, 2020, 04:40:56 PM
Recently I was astounded by Nystroem's The Tempest. This should be here. Overwhelming music. I found a Youtube link of it:

https://www.youtube.com/v/Bq-FKP-8ZV0
The current annihilation of a people on this planet (you know which one it is) is the most documented and at the same time the most preposterously denied.

Dima

#72
April 25, 2024, 10:33:43 PM
Specially for the forum I have asked to translate from russian into english my 10-minutes lecture about "Ocean" symphony of Anton Rubinstein (please switch on english subtitles).
At the beginning you will hear excerpt from radio broadcast, and then I continue to tell myself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZIZ5uV79qE

And here it is exclusive record of that symphony that I recommend (you can listen online, it's 4
parts version): https://web.ligaudio.ru/mp3/%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%2042%20dmg%20record

pjme

#73
April 27, 2024, 11:26:03 AM Last Edit: April 28, 2024, 04:33:23 AM by pjme
Maybe just "water" will do?

Remus Platen is a strange, quite distrustful  guy (?) with a huge collection on YT.

Norbert Rosseau's symphonic poem H2O could do with a new recording...but Rosseau studied with Respighi and left a very diverse and large legacy.
Movements:  Le vapeur (Steam), L'eau (Water) and La glace (Ice).

https://youtu.be/IGynWKJy8xo?si=jJZSAlFguHjkl4to

H2O exists also in a version for piano duet.

pjme

#74
April 28, 2024, 01:39:03 AM Last Edit: April 28, 2024, 04:28:58 AM by pjme
Quote from: Dima on April 25, 2024, 10:33:43 PMSpecially for the forum I have asked to translate from russian into english my 10-minutes lecture about "Ocean" symphony of Anton Rubinstein (please switch on english subtitles).
At the beginning you will hear excerpt from radio broadcast, and then I continue to tell myself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZIZ5uV79qE

And here it is exclusive record of that symphony that I recommend (you can listen online, it's 4
parts version): https://web.ligaudio.ru/mp3/%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%2042%20dmg%20record
Thanks Dima, for taking the trouble to make a  translation.

Fuat Mansurov conducts the USSR Ministry of culture symphony orchestra. (1982 recording)

pjme

#75
April 28, 2024, 02:00:52 AM Last Edit: April 28, 2024, 02:02:33 AM by pjme

relm1

#76
April 28, 2024, 05:35:05 AM
How about this one?  Might not be to everyone's liking (it's more textural then thematic) but has an interesting overall impact if you listen and let it wash over you.

Dima

#77
April 28, 2024, 01:10:07 PM Last Edit: April 28, 2024, 01:12:27 PM by Dima
Quote from: pjme on April 28, 2024, 01:39:03 AMThanks Dima, for taking the trouble to make a  translation.

Fuat Mansurov conducts the USSR Ministry of culture symphony orchestra. (1982 recording)

It is not Fuat Mansurov. It is another unpublished recording of symphony Ocean.

pjme

#78
April 28, 2024, 01:56:03 PM
OK. Thanks for the info. can you name the conductor?

foxandpeng

#79
April 28, 2024, 02:11:57 PM
Peter Maxwell Davies' early symphonies. Chaotic, turbulent, difficult, and unpredictable.
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