tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637299678197896762.post2634082556197614126..comments2023-09-24T09:08:50.636-07:00Comments on Finding What I Am Looking For: Musings on Musicpippasmumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07386184818117314750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637299678197896762.post-76714094586915648982011-01-17T17:59:30.180-08:002011-01-17T17:59:30.180-08:00Thanks for the suggestions, I will look for those ...Thanks for the suggestions, I will look for those pieces. That's fantastic that you got to see Prague. I have always wanted to visit central Europe and hit some of those places. <br />This has been a fun discussion!pippasmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386184818117314750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637299678197896762.post-74492462845005965742011-01-16T19:26:25.962-08:002011-01-16T19:26:25.962-08:00My favorite concerto to play is No. 3 in G Major. ...My favorite concerto to play is No. 3 in G Major. I actually got to play this with an orchestra (as a soloist) my senior year of high school. It's so beautifully written for the violin - sensibly written. So many of the concertos are so hard that only the best ever get to play them well. I also like No. 4 in D Major, No. 5 in A Major and No. 2 (not sure of the key). <br /><br />Symphony No. 38 is subtitled "Prague" - Mozart lived there for a bit and when I was in grad school my orchestra traveled there. It was cool to see Mozart's apartment there and the opera house where he performed. <br /><br />Symphony No. 25 in g minor makes a prominent appearance in the beginning (I think) of the movie "Amadeus".<br /><br />I'm glad you are interested in this, too...it makes it much more fun for me!Jill Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919221814694982320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637299678197896762.post-11089165644147106282011-01-16T18:08:02.662-08:002011-01-16T18:08:02.662-08:00Jill, do you have a favourite violin concerto? I ...Jill, do you have a favourite violin concerto? I am always open to having my horizons expanded! I will also look for 25 and 38... 25 will mean something to me now, knowing that you played it. I always find it interesting that I can hate a piece of music on first listen but if I have to listen again or if it somehow develops a significance (e.g., a connection to someone I like), it can change my perception completely.<br /><br />My silly undergrad memories have more to do with Ravel and Schonberg... something tells me that Schonberg's Pierot Lunaire won't be on the listening list LOL. We did the Ravel opera "L'Enfant et les Sortileges" in which the toys come alive - it was such fun!<br /><br />I am really looking forward to hearing where else you go in your series and I plan to ghost along!pippasmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386184818117314750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637299678197896762.post-88628299767557182332011-01-16T17:56:26.171-08:002011-01-16T17:56:26.171-08:00Love this - I can continue our conversation over h...Love this - I can continue our conversation over here : )<br /><br />I love the Mozart violin concertos (no big surprise). I love that they are "easy" enough for my advanced students to learn, yet "mature" enough for me to continue working on and perfecting! When I audition for groups, I find myself re-learning these wonderful works.<br /><br />My favorite symphonies are no. 25 in G minor (the lesser known g minor symphony) and no. 38. I played no. 25 in high school (it's an easier symphony) and love the drive the syncopation gives the first movement. Symphony No. 38 takes me right back to undergrad. We would blare it throughout the music building in the evenings. <br /><br />I also played in a really fun piece in college - it was a musical joke and it was so fun. Mozart actually wrote things into the horn parts like "take your horn apart and clean out the spirt" (or something along those lines). I also remember there were very bad sounding, yet intentional, harmonies.Jill Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919221814694982320noreply@blogger.com