Leonard Smalls Posted May 31, 2021 Posted May 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, lemonstar said: it's not known exactly why he wrote so many Probably because they sound brilliant! 1 Quote
Waddo Soqable Posted May 31, 2021 Posted May 31, 2021 24 minutes ago, lemonstar said: That's a refreshing change. I just read that he wrote 39(!) bassoon conciertos but 2 are unfinished - it's not known exactly why he wrote so many for an unusual instrument. https://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.570798&catNum=570798&filetype=About this Recording&language=English#:~:text=These included the bassoon%2C for,of which are seemingly incomplete. Like the blurb alludes to, a lot of composers had wealthy patrons who they'd write stuff for, these were often "amateur" players of a particular instrument, so commissioned pieces for that. The well known Mozart K191 was I believe created for a nobleman who was an amateur bassoon player. Vivaldi was also a priest if I remember rightly, and had a pool of very accomplished young players from a girls orphanage who he wrote a lot of stuff for. 1 Quote
Guest Posted May 31, 2021 Posted May 31, 2021 48 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: Like the blurb alludes to, a lot of composers had wealthy patrons who they'd write stuff for, these were often "amateur" players of a particular instrument, so commissioned pieces for that. Quantz wrote approx. 250 flute sonatas and 300 flute concertos whilst employed by Prussia's King Frederick II. Guess which instrument the king played 😁 Quote
Waddo Soqable Posted May 31, 2021 Posted May 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said: Quantz wrote approx. 250 flute sonatas and 300 flute concertos whilst employed by Prussia's King Frederick II. Guess which instrument the king played 😁 Frederick was apparently a very good player ( tho you'd possibly not want to criticise his playing to his face ! ) and also was a composer in his own right. Quote
NancyJohnson Posted May 31, 2021 Posted May 31, 2021 Presidents Of The United States of America. Quote
Nail Soup Posted May 31, 2021 Posted May 31, 2021 On 30/05/2021 at 08:47, garyt said: Should be the national anthem I'm really offended by that video......... I mean, come on, a keytar?😉 Quote
bartelby Posted June 1, 2021 Posted June 1, 2021 A mate posted a link, on Facebook, to a bootleg of a gig we went to nearly 30 years ago. Quote
Graham Posted June 1, 2021 Posted June 1, 2021 Withered Fist - This Is My Mountain https://witheredfist.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-mountain They're a Basschatter's band, but I forget who it is 😀 1 Quote
Frank Blank Posted June 2, 2021 Posted June 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: Just one of the most sinister performances ever, what a maniac. 1 Quote
Barking Spiders Posted June 2, 2021 Posted June 2, 2021 Driving down to my boat in the car it was and this evening it's been 90s drum n bass from Omni Trio and various fine fingerpicking tunes by Leo Kottke Quote
durhamboy Posted June 3, 2021 Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) Manou Gallo Edited June 3, 2021 by durhamboy correction 1 Quote
Nail Soup Posted June 3, 2021 Posted June 3, 2021 The song above is 3 Libras........ the title reminded me of this song by The Fall - 2 Librans. Not much in common musically though: 1 Quote
naxos10 Posted June 5, 2021 Posted June 5, 2021 Muse - Live at Rome Olympic Stadium on Sky Arts 2 Quote
ProfJames Posted June 5, 2021 Posted June 5, 2021 21 minutes ago, naxos10 said: Muse - Live at Rome Olympic Stadium on Sky Arts Excellent stuff. Saw them live a number of years ago at Wembley, two hours plus on stage, great live band Quote
Baloney Balderdash Posted June 5, 2021 Posted June 5, 2021 Just discovered this Japanese bass and drums duo, kind of sounds like some odd crossover/fusion between Primus, Mr. Bungle and Captain Beefheart, most of all I guess really a bass and drums only version of Mr. Bungle : 1 Quote
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