Hello and welcome to your Sunday Morning Concert. I am in a Brahms-ish mood today so I have posted down below the 1988 performance of Brahms' Symphony Number 1 by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Herbert von Karajan recorded live in London. Over on my tumblr, I have a wonderful performance of Brahms' Piano Trio Number 1 performed by the trio of Hagai Shaham on Violin, Arnon Erz on Piano and Rafael Wallfisch on Cello recorded live in Rotterdam.
Adding brawn as well as beauty to the melodious music is this week's edition of Naked or Nearly So! posted down below. Over on my tumblr, Your Hottie of the Day!, Zack, is 'Lovely in Leather'. I am sorry for the brevity this morning, but I am just not in a chatty mood. Thanks for sharing a part of your Sunday with me. See you tomorrow for Monday with Mozart. Until next time as always, Enjoy!
Well we made it to Friday and I am stopping in in the midst of a buys day to make sure I get a post up today. Seems like everyone wants a piece of my time today in addition to my weekly chores and errands. And then there is that little thing called a 9 hour truck night shift coming up at 5 o'clock. No rest for us wicked folks, eh? So, as I 'v e not read the news or anything like that, let's just do Music and Men and then I gotta jet off to those who are calling for me.
Your featured Composer for today is Felix Mendelssohn. A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was
born into a prominent Jewish family, although initially he was raised
without religion and was later baptized as a Reformed Christian.
Mendelssohn was recognized early as a musical prodigy, but his parents
were cautious and did not seek to capitalize on his talent.
Mendelssohn
enjoyed early success in Germany, where he also revived interest in the
music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and in his travels throughout Europe.
He was particularly well received in Britain as a composer, conductor
and soloist, and his ten visits there -- during which many of his major
works were premiered -- form an important part of his adult career. His
essentially conservative musical tastes, however, set him apart from
many of his more adventurous musical contemporaries such as Franz Liszt,
Richard Wagner and Hector Berlioz. The Leipzig Conservatoire (now the
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig), which he founded, became a
bastion of this anti-radical outlook.
Mendelssohn wrote
symphonies, concerti, oratorios, piano music and chamber music. His
best-known works include his Overture and incidental music for A
Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony,
the overture The Hebrides, his mature Violin Concerto, and his String
Octet. His Songs Without Words are his most famous solo piano
compositions. After a long period of relative denigration due to
changing musical tastes and anti-Semitism in the late 19th and early
20th centuries, his creative originality has now been recognized and
re-evaluated. He is now among the most popular composers of the Romantic
era.
I have two of Mendelssohn's works for you today. Down below you will find Mendelssohn's Octet for Strings in E Flat Major, Opus 2o with a performance by L'Archibudelli and The Smithsonian Chamber Players, on period
instruments. Vera Beths, Jody Gatwood, Lisa Rautenberg, and Gijs Beths, Violins. Steven Dann and David Cerutti, Violas. Anner Bylsma and Kenneth
Slowik, Cellos. While over on my tumblr, join YoYo Ma, Emmanuel Ax and Itzhak Perlman for Mendelssohn's Piano Trio Number 1 in D Minor, Opus 49.
Finally on this Friday I have some seriously sensuous Fantasy Fuel posted down below to inspire your desire and on my tumblr your Hottie of the Day! is putting on a 'Floor Show'. Thanks for hangin' in til I got here, see you again for the Sunday Morning Concert. Until next time as always, Enjoy!
