tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post3584067892407854046..comments2024-03-29T17:57:39.976+08:00Comments on .: Learning Rachmaninov's Music With My GrandsonANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©http://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-64637412639223333032021-02-27T21:30:26.693+08:002021-02-27T21:30:26.693+08:00How heartwarming to hear that Little J had his int...How heartwarming to hear that Little J had his introduction to classical music so long back! Time sure flies doesn't it? Eccwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928386875394038391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-36240367086343622922014-09-02T15:40:12.392+08:002014-09-02T15:40:12.392+08:00Support the Singapore International Festival of Ar...Support the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) 2014.ChatterBoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-70242092404641554822014-09-02T07:23:07.138+08:002014-09-02T07:23:07.138+08:00I must thank Carl Hamm for his FB notes above as h...I must thank Carl Hamm for his FB notes above as he had the intention of attending the Silver Strings Concert. Carl comes from the U.S.<br /><br />He has a music blog;<br /><br />http://turquoisekid.blogspot.sg/<br /><br />Copy and paste and check him out.ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-46147420379977629602014-09-02T07:15:32.370+08:002014-09-02T07:15:32.370+08:00thank you so much... I really wanted to come to th...thank you so much... I really wanted to come to that concert... however, that night I was already invited to accompany the Rythmn Boys to a Hari Raya performance<br /><br />Yes, I honestly intended to try to meet you this time - things just got too busy near the end of my trip... couldnt do it allCARL HAMMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-37839209866252185662014-09-02T07:12:35.967+08:002014-09-02T07:12:35.967+08:00my schedule was so busy... I just knew I was forge...my schedule was so busy... I just knew I was forgetting to meet someone... of course, now I know that was trueCARL HAMMhttps://www.facebook.com/djcarlito?fref=ufinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-24805613812569161482014-09-02T07:07:52.612+08:002014-09-02T07:07:52.612+08:00From a good friend who knows such humour is my end...From a good friend who knows such humour is my endorphine fix, just like chocolate. MsCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-54731290747668978182014-09-02T07:06:47.846+08:002014-09-02T07:06:47.846+08:00I share your sentiment about Teacher's Day and...I share your sentiment about Teacher's Day and have put it in bold red on my latest posting dedicated to you.ANDY: Pop Music Not Pills. ©https://www.blogger.com/profile/10946638825812052608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-75852927105017663272014-09-02T07:04:34.951+08:002014-09-02T07:04:34.951+08:00I think you too are doing things that make yoursel...I think you too are doing things that make yourself happy. Viewed your SS50... you must have had a roaring good time reliving your youth. At this stage in life to be able to sing and laugh, keep a blog of interests (going to a million viewership???) is great.<br />You still have 'old' friends and a family to keep you going. Live, laugh. love (I do)--and a day goes by quick enough... sometimes too quickly.<br />MsCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-34240769169057846912014-09-01T22:56:27.133+08:002014-09-01T22:56:27.133+08:00In the 1955 comedy 'The Seven Year Itch', ...In the 1955 comedy 'The Seven Year Itch', the protagonist (played by Tom Ewell) fantasizes about seducing Marilyn Monroe's character by playing the second piano concerto.<br /><br />In the 1997 film 'My Best Friend's Wedding', a movement from Rachmaninoff's a capella choral work 'Vespers' is used for the processional in the wedding scene.<br /><br />The song "I Think of You" from Frank Sinatra's album "Where Are You?" (1957) is based on the second theme in E-flat major from the first movement of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.<br />'Frank Sinatra's 1946 single "Full Moon and Empty Arms" is based on another theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.<br />'Eric Carmen's first two solo singles, "All by Myself" and "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", were based on melodies from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Symphony No. 2, respectively. <br /><br />"All by Myself" was later reinterpreted by Sheryl Crow (1994) and Celine Dion (1996).<br /><br />In the 2006 movie 'The Devil Wears Prada', the twin daughters of Meryl Streep's character play Rachmaninoff at a recital that she is forced to miss due to inclement weather.<br /><br />Extracts from Wiki.chakap chakap 2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-84227105089047944652014-09-01T22:49:21.046+08:002014-09-01T22:49:21.046+08:00Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: 1 April ...Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: 1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1873 – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music.<br /><br />Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and other Russian composers gave way to a personal style notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness and his use of rich orchestral colors. The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninoff's compositional output, and through his own skills as a performer he explored the expressive possibilities of the instrument.<br /><br />Extract from Wikichit-chatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574244939174327228.post-83545284068556996302014-09-01T22:41:53.858+08:002014-09-01T22:41:53.858+08:00Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op 27
BY RUTH RODRIGUE...Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op 27 <br /><br />BY RUTH RODRIGUES:<br />(edited)<br /><br />Rachmaninov's command of extended paragraphs and master of carefully controlled suspense. Unifying the entire work, he begins quietly and slowly, with a low string them that reappears later in the main violin melody.<br /><br />Second movement is lively, brilliantly orchestrated scherzo that unexpectedly makes way for a broad, lyrical melody of characteristic romantic lushness.<br /><br />The trio mid-section begins with a fugue launched by the second violins. After the scherzo, he introduces similar 'Dies Irae' chant melody that was cited in 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini' and 'The Isle of the Dead'.<br /><br />Third movement,- Adagio - opens with a sighing violin gesture...<br /><br />(For further description check out 'SSO ON CAMPUS PRE-TOUR CONCERTS' 35 YEARS AT SSO WEBSITE.chakap chakapnoreply@blogger.com