Name that piece! The game

[Cato]

I keep getting a French vibe. Listened to the Dukas symphony again, it's not that.

"French vibe" is not wrong: Dukas is a good deduction, and his symphony always makes me wonder why there were not more!

[Amfortas]

"French vibe" is not wrong: Dukas is a good deduction, and his symphony always makes me wonder why there were not more!

Thanks. And I agree about the Dukas, a beautiful work. The slow movement is downright magnificent.

As for your clip: how about Enescu?

[Cato]

Thanks. And I agree about the Dukas, a beautiful work. The slow movement is downright magnificent.

As for your clip: how about Enescu?

Your first impression was closer.

[Sergeant Rock]

Sounds like Lalo.

Sarge

[Cato]

Sounds like Lalo.

Sarge

Sounds like Teen Spirit too, but no!   

Another small clue: the composer was still alive when the Ondes Martenot was invented!  But he never used it!

[Coco]

D'Indy?

[Sergeant Rock]

Sounds like Teen Spirit too, but no!   

Yeah, I know it isn't Lalo's G minor. I'm just amazed how much it sounds like it.

Sarge

[Cato]

This composer was indeed alive at the time of Vincent d'Indy.

Another clue: the mystery composer underwent an operation that was done even in ancient times, but had been greatly refined by a French surgeon in the Enlightenment, and allowed the composer to produce more music than he otherwise would have.

[Amfortas]

I don't want to cheat by Googling that operation, so I will guess Albéric Magnard. Nah, he was known for symphonies.

How about Louis Vierne?

[Sergeant Rock]

I don't want to cheat by Googling that operation, so I will guess Albéric Magnard. Nah, he was known for symphonies.

And Magnard died fourteen years before the invention of the Ondes Martenot.

Sarge

[Cato]

I don't want to cheat by Googling that operation, so I will guess Albéric Magnard. Nah, he was known for symphonies.

How about Louis Vierne?

How about Louis Vierne?  He was born nearly blind with severe cataracts, but an operation allowed him to see somewhat with a magnifying glass.  His music paper was made specially large.

I cam across Vierne decades ago through a complete set of his Organ Symphonies, and thought: "Here is a kindred spirit!"   0:)

The excerpt is from the Louis Vierne Symphony in A minor on a TIMPANI CD with the Liege Philharmonic conducted by Francois Kerdoncuff.  It also contains Vierne's Poem for Piano and Orchestra.

So Amfortas runs with the ice cube now! Yay Team!

[Amfortas]

 

I will have to investigate Vierne further. Not a fan of organ music, but that symphony is attractive

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HERE IS THE NEXT MYSTERY MUSIC:

http://www.4shared.com/audio/tmku3rfu/I_cant_figure_it_out_can_you.html

Composer and work "required" 

[DavidW]

Is that Gerswhin's Piano Concerto by any chance?

[Amfortas]

Is that Gerswhin's Piano Concerto by any chance?

No, not Gershwin 

[DavidW]

What about Stravinsky's Cappricio?

[Amfortas]

What about Stravinsky's Cappricio?

Fast work my friend



Your turn..............

[Brian]

I will have to investigate Vierne further. Not a fan of organ music, but that symphony is attractive

I will be investigating Vierne further too. The symphony is very attractive, and although I hadn't been an organ fan in the past, that is recently starting to change fast because of
(a) orchestral-choral works with organ (like Glagolitic Mass)
(b) my growing appreciation of Bach
(c) regular visits to cathedrals here in Merrye Olde England (including a service at St Paul's set to the Messe solennelle by... Vierne!)
(d) a very handsome organ tune I heard a while back - the Carillons de Westminster, by none other than... Vierne!

It might be an organ exploration year for me next year, and Vierne is certainly a name to remember.

[Cato]

I will be investigating Vierne further too. The symphony is very attractive, and although I hadn't been an organ fan in the past, that is recently starting to change fast because of
(a) orchestral-choral works with organ (like Glagolitic Mass)
(b) my growing appreciation of Bach
(c) regular visits to cathedrals here in Merrye Olde England (including a service at St Paul's set to the Messe solennelle by... Vierne!)
(d) a very handsome organ tune I heard a while back - the Carillons de Westminster, by none other than... Vierne!

It might be an organ exploration year for me next year, and Vierne is certainly a name to remember.

Dude!  FATE , or at least Jungian synchronicity, is knocking on your soul's knotty pine!  Ignore it at your peril!   

Yes, the Vierne Organ Symphonies are well worth your time, a musico-spiritual experience not to be missed.  I grew up with organ music in my local Catholic church, and so did not need to be convinced about it in any way.   0:)

[Amfortas]

Dude!  FATE , or at least Jungian synchronicity, is knocking on your soul's knotty pine!  Ignore it at your peril!   

Yes, the Vierne Organ Symphonies are well worth your time, a musico-spiritual experience not to be missed.  I grew up with organ music in my local Catholic church, and so did not need to be convinced about it in any way.   0:)

I grew up with Catholic church and organ music too, but it never grabbed me. I'm impressed by J.S. Bach and others, but I can't say I really like organ music.
I've always been curious about the Vierne organ symphonies however, the concept intrigues me. I did try one of them once, but maybe it was my mood at the time.

[DavidW]

Fast work my friend



Your turn..............

Awesome!!