What are you listening to right now?

[Leonard Smalls]

7 minutes ago, lemonstar said:

it's not known exactly why he wrote so many

Probably because they sound brilliant!

[Waddo Soqable]

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.

[Guest]

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 😁

[Waddo Soqable]

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.

[Reggaebass]

Cool summer Aswad tune 

 

[KiOgon]

 

[NancyJohnson]

Presidents Of The United States of America.  

[Nail Soup]

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?😉

[bartelby]

A mate posted a link, on Facebook, to a bootleg of a gig we went to nearly 30 years ago. 

 

[Reggaebass]

A bit of Alton Ellis this morning 

 

[Graham]

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 😀

[Stub Mandrel]

 

[Frank Blank]

3 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Just one of the most sinister performances ever, what a maniac.

[Barking Spiders]

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

 

[upside downer]

 

 

[Leonard Smalls]

Bit of The Funk before work...

 

[Sarah5string]

 

[durhamboy]

Manou Gallo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 3, 2021 by durhamboy
correction

[Frank Blank]

New PSB single…

 

[BassLard]

 

[Nail Soup]

The song above is 3 Libras........ the title reminded me of this song by The Fall - 2 Librans. Not much in common musically though:

 

[ProfJames]

 

[naxos10]

Muse - Live at Rome Olympic Stadium on Sky Arts

[ProfJames]

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

[Baloney Balderdash]

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 :