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

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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

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February 10, 2020, 02:43:47 PM

vandermolen

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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
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