Kije of Prokofiev

I LOVE the opera rapping. That is beautiful. I want an album of Deborah Voigt rapping Wagner. Or Samuel Ramey rapping in italian. oooh Aleksashkin rapping in Russian would be even more amusing. Philip Langridge rapping wozzeck would be hiliarious wouldn't it?

This would not surprise me. BTW, how is Bernstein as a conductor. To be honest I have actually in the past avoided pieces conducted by him, but I'm curious, does anyone have any examples of him at his prime? PS. i LOVE THE KLINGON HAMLET AVATAR

that's also why so much of his music is so dramatic and crazy because he was so furiously depressed. poor bastard. art really is blood sweat and tears aint it? ps. was britten married to peter pears?

Really? Britten was a pederast? I didn't know this lol. Tchaik also hated his wife. oj and john cage was a nihilist

I already am so this isn't a fear for me. Fears for me, I have an extreme fear of heights, but I could care less about falling (I jumped about 20 feet once I don't think I really gave a scraggy, my knee hurt after a while). Things I'm afraid of...bees/wasps etc (cause I've never been stung), scrafty conductors (I want to KILL them!), high school choruses or most non operatic choruses for that matter. Bad vocalists also.

I thought since conductors can make such a huge difference in the sound of an orchestra I thought I may as well ask So who's your favorite conductor or conductors for that matter. Personal favorites include Vladimir Jurowski, Valery Gergiev, Herbert von Karajan (shut up i know he's a fascist pig!) and Arturo Toscanini. They extract such beautiful sounds from the orchestra. Neeme Jarvi is also great for russian music-he knows every nook and craney of russian music.

Yes I'm aware of this. I was looking at the metropolitan opera website to get some info on it. On a side note, the digression is useless. We all know composers are crazy as hell. MOzart was a dick, Beethoven was called a Misanthrope, Liszt was a womanizer, Prokofyev was an arrogant little scallop, Wagner was an anti-semite, Sorabji was an egotist, Chopin had OCD, Stockhausen was a nazi, the list of composers and their faults are probably endless. What matters most to me is if the music is beautiful or if it's not beautiful, it's effects on the listen and how powerful it is. On a side note, I'm going to try and take her to Seraphim or Fille at this point. Case closed, thank you much. Feel free to continue your digressions but I'm off to eat breakfast.

Uh...ok? Yeah I know all four of these opera's pretty well, I've only seen Ballo on stage but I've heard all the music to each of the operas. I just dunno which would be the best cause I've not listening to them in at least a year or two.

Alright, so I got a week off, as does my very very special lady. We both very much enjoy a good opera. I'm stationed close enough to train into the city to get to the Metropolitan Opera. Now my question is , as far as a good opera for a date goes, which would be the best of these four? Un Ballo in Maschera Die Entf

I was thinking of writing up some music for a sheng but I got a problem-I don't know how to lol. The written ranges are given on wiki I just don't know where the notes are on the staff (it gives me numbers). Sheng (instrument) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia help keyed sheng etc Keyed sheng Currently, there are four main ranges of keyed sheng, forming a family of soprano, alto, tenor and bass. All of them are chromatic throughout their range, and tuned to the equal temperament scale. * Gaoyin sheng (高音笙, pinyin Gāoyīn Shēng) 36-pipe sheng with a soprano range of G3 to F#6 (Taking middle C = C4). Uses treble clef * Zhongyin sheng (中音笙, pinyin Zhōngyīn Shēng) 36-pipe sheng with an alto range of C3 to B5. Perfect 5th lower than Gaoyin sheng. It has an additional row of 12 keys coloured in black, which when depressed plays all 3 pipes corresponding to the same note in different octaves. E.g., pressing the black "C" causes the notes C3, C4 and C5 to be sounded simultaneously. Uses treble and alto clefs. * Cizhongyin sheng (次中音笙, pinyin C

It's already been said above that the expectations are high. i might want to add 21 measures at that tempo is somewhat difficult to sustain good air support. On a side note, the idea of taking this beautiful piece and arranging it for woodwinds, but by all means carry on. I recommend 4 flutes if you want a small group, maybe piccolo, flute, flute and alto. PS. I'm not a flautist either but I am a bassoonist

Ah yes I am well aware of that. Flats are harder on strings but sharps are easier on strings but flats are easier on winds but sharps are harder on winds. Etc.

ROAR. Koto is NOT harp. It's a ZITHER. And it's also a PENTATONIC instrument. You need to know the differences between the two and MIXING western with eastern instruments is BRUTALLY difficult to pull off ESPECIALLY if you don't know how to. I FURIOUSLY vote against this idea. I will not NOT NOT NOT listen to this. Godspeed though. Oh yeah, another note, each pentatonic instrument is tuned different therefore you have to learn EVERYTHING about the instrument. Now if you were a virtuoso in both eastern and western music that'd be a different story. Well good luck even though I don't approve.

Ok so I've finished 4 pieces in the last four days (agony proves a wonderful albiet painful inspiration does it not) but I've come back to my roadblock yet again. Up until now my only experiences with conducting have been for woodwinds and keyboards. My first being solo bassoon pieces, the second being a woodwind trio (bassoon oboe and english horn) just over two minutes long and the third piece being a six minute long organ sonata entitled "Ravings for Organ". So, I have no knowledge on composition for strings and when I say no knowledge I mean ABSOLUTELY none, none in composition for strings. I was thinking along the lines of F Sharp Minor. However, I don't know jack about strings. So give me some aid please. Ps. Do you have any advice on making it extremely depressing/angry? I was hoping to try and find a good balance between the two.

I'm hoping I will for bassoon. Sax is an instrument that makes me want to kill myself no matter how good the player is. I really can't stand it. On a side note, how's your problem going sir who started the thread?