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poetrybyonur · 5 months
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I am the artist and you are my canvas. Every word I write is in the shape of you.
Music: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Variation 18 by Sergei Rachmaninov as performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
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itsstreetlove · 8 months
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Birmingham, Make Some Noise!
The CBSO Tram celebrating and promoting the iconic City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
July 2023
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You know when you enjoy an LU fanfic and want to draw swirly stuff?
Well I know that feeling.
I've been really enjoying Requiem of the Kingdom by Luckywolfsbane on AO3, this drawing was inspired by chapter 7 - not to spoil anything but Wind using the wind waker = peak Wind usage
Almost forgot to add: a photo of conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra was used for pose reference, very epic conducting.
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Mily Balakirev (1837—1910) - Symphony No. 1 in C Major (1864-1897)
1. Largo – Allegro vivo (0:00) 2. Scherzo. Vivo – Poco meno mosso – Tempo I (13:29) 3. Andante (20:45) 4. Finale. Allegro moderato (35:23)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi
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late-to-the-fandom · 1 year
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A4 C3 F2 for the Maw Walker
J3 R5 X2 for Renathal
Ok I did these for AU Ren/MW (all the song ones for Renathal did better in AU)
A4. what things are they bad at?
Lol a lot of things? I suppose a plot relevant one would be the Maw Walker is not good a very good student. She’s not a natural academic. Things she considers important she can pick up quickly, but the realm of the theoretic means little to her and she has no head for facts and dates that aren’t applicable to her day to day life.
C3. what is their ideal comfort day?
Before the story, this would be a difficult question because she is also not good at relaxing. A comfort day would be one where she got work done that she thought was important (made advances on a case). After she’s dating Renathal, she would actually very much appreciate a day off of work where the two of them didn’t have to do anything involved with the school.
F2. what is their ideal party?
One she doesn’t have to plan. She’s good at it but she gets tired of doing it, and she would never bother to plan a party unless it was important to someone else.
J3. are there any songs that bring them joy?
That bring him joy? Not exactly. Renathal isn’t not musical, but music isn’t the most inspiring thing to him. Music accompanies his day, he has a little playlist for his regular chores, for cooking, for studying, working out, etc. But if he’s feeling down, he wouldn’t turn to music to feel better. He’d be more likely to indulge in a more fully immerse media (a book, or a film if he was really desperate).
R5. do they find any rules they/others follow absolutely ridiculous?
Oh, plenty. Renathal has his own sense of virtue morality, but he’s not at all a stickler for what he considers pointless administrative rules that aren’t set up to protect anyone and he will happily circumvent(read:ignore) school rules he personally doesn’t see any purpose to.
X2. do they have a favorite song?
Renathal would tell people his favourite song is the Danse Macabre as recorded by Louis Fremaux and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra on vinyl but that’s because he’s more than a little pretentious. His secret favourite song he indulges in when he’s melancholy (and he’s sure no one can hear him) is Under the Milky Way by The Church
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theweeowlart · 5 months
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Listening to Ralph Vaughan Williams 'On Wenlock Edge' with Robert Tear (tenor), Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Great songs using poems from 'A Shropshire Lad' by A. E. Housman.
I think its a 1984 recording, it's an old much loved record, purchased second hand.
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blogynews · 5 months
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"Controversial Stand: Turkish Pianist's Swiss Concerts Canceled Amidst Provocative Israel Criticism"
Noted Turkish composer and pianist Fazil Say recently announced that his scheduled concerts in Switzerland have been canceled by the organizers due to his social media posts criticizing Israeli policies in Gaza. Say was supposed to perform with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Zurich, Bern, Geneva, and Lucerne from Monday to Thursday. However, he revealed that he was removed from the…
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blogynewz · 5 months
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"Controversial Stand: Turkish Pianist's Swiss Concerts Canceled Amidst Provocative Israel Criticism"
Noted Turkish composer and pianist Fazil Say recently announced that his scheduled concerts in Switzerland have been canceled by the organizers due to his social media posts criticizing Israeli policies in Gaza. Say was supposed to perform with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Zurich, Bern, Geneva, and Lucerne from Monday to Thursday. However, he revealed that he was removed from the…
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blogynewsz · 5 months
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"Controversial Stand: Turkish Pianist's Swiss Concerts Canceled Amidst Provocative Israel Criticism"
Noted Turkish composer and pianist Fazil Say recently announced that his scheduled concerts in Switzerland have been canceled by the organizers due to his social media posts criticizing Israeli policies in Gaza. Say was supposed to perform with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Zurich, Bern, Geneva, and Lucerne from Monday to Thursday. However, he revealed that he was removed from the…
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thedimpause · 6 months
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🎵 My Top weekly artists logged by last.fm: Roger Waters (53), Allison Russell (32), Simon Rattle & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (7), Raphaël Pichon & Pygmalion (3), Simon Rattle, Janet Baker, CBSO (2)
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classicalmusicdaily · 6 months
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John Wilson is highly sought after on a global scale. He frequently performs in the UK with most orchestras, including the City of Birmingham Symphony, BBC Scottish Symphony, London Symphony, and London Philharmonic orchestras, both during their normal seasons and at festivals like Aldeburgh, Glyndebourne, and the BBC Proms. He frequently performed with the John Wilson Orchestra for many years, both domestically and internationally. Wilson has conducted many of the best orchestras in Europe, including the Royal Concertgebouw, Budapest Festival, Swedish Radio Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, and DSO Berlin, as well as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Wilson has also conducted orchestras outside of Europe, including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. John Wilson Wilson conducted Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera during their autumn tour in 2016. Since then, he has conducted Gershwin's Porgy and Bess at the English National Opera and Massenet's Cendrillon at the Glyndebourne Summer Festival. Wilson and the John Wilson Orchestra performed extensively around the UK and overseas for many years. He restarted the Sinfonia of London in 2018. The Guardian praised their eagerly awaited BBC Proms debut in 2021 as "really remarkable," and they are now in high demand around the UK; this season, they will return to the BBC Proms, Birmingham Symphony Hall, and London's Barbican Center, among other locations. Wilson has a sizable and diverse discography, and his recordings with the Sinfonia of London have won numerous accolades and exceptional praise. For example, the recordings of the Korngold Symphony in F sharp (2020), Respighi Roman Trilogy (2021), and Dutilleux Le Loup (2022) have each won the BBC Music Magazine Award in the orchestral category for three consecutive years. The Times named the Respighi recording one of the three "really remarkable versions of this trilogy" of all time, together with those by Toscanini (1949) and Muti. The Observer called the Respighi album "Massive, bold and vividly played." Wilson, a Gateshead native, studied composing and conducting at the Royal College of Music, where he was elevated to Fellow status in 2011. John Wilson received the prestigious ISM Distinguished Musician Award in March 2019 for his contributions to music, and the Royal Academy of Music appointed him to the position of Henry Wood Chair of Conducting in 2021. British orchestral conductor John Wilson founded the John Wilson Orchestra in 1994. It is a jazz large band that plays with a symphony orchestra. It performs Rodgers and Hammerstein compositions as well as MGM musicals' original arrangements. Since 2009, the orchestra has participated in The Proms summer event each year. The John Wilson Orchestra has received praise for demonstrating how film musicals can also feature "genuine period performance”. Prior to the 2010 Proms season, John Wilson spoke with Rebecca Franks for the BBC Music Magazine and described how the orchestra's particular composition represents this goal: The orchestra has a solid 15 years together, and its personnel is exceptionally specialized. It is based on the traditional American contract movie orchestras. And that essentially consists of a rhythm section, four trumpets, four trombones, five double-saxes, and a rhythm section, all of whom are highly specialised in this manner, together with a brass, rhythm, and saxophone section from a dance band. A woodwind and French horn section are added on top of that. But I believe that finding the appropriate string players is crucial. A very high octane, high gloss, soloist type of musician is required. Not down, but up, is the string sound mixed. You perform at your peak. It takes a lot of practise to get the in-your-face, costly kind of string sound. The best players are required, but our nation is blessed with excellent orchestral musicians. Wilson is most
known for his Proms performances with a Hollywood theme, which have been a mainstay of the event for well over a decade. So it surprised some when, in February, he stepped in at the last minute to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra's world premieres of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony and a trumpet concerto by Mark-Anthony Turnage. Wilson clearly possesses more than just a deep understanding of the Great American Songbook. In 2002, Wilson began performing with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, primarily specialising in light music. "I've always done it and I've never apologised for it, but over the years they've slowly given me more freedom, and I've worked with them on everything from Eric Coates to Dutilleux. I appreciate that they didn't categorise me. At the Proms, he will lead the orchestra in conducting Vaughan Williams and Holst's Planets, another piece from the traditional repertoire that he promises to give new life to. I always perform The Planets in a unique way as a party piece. A performance is never more than a momentary reflection of your attitude toward a work on any given day. He credits his unusual upbringing—a working-class boy from Gateshead who fell in love with music (and Hollywood musicals in particular), taught himself to play the piano with the assistance of a musical mother, completed an A-level in music at Newcastle College, and created his first orchestra at the age of 16—for the diversity of his repertoire. Wilson continued on and joined the Royal College of Music as a "reluctant and not very good percussion player," but later switched to composition and conducting. I had a few professors who made sure I had the time and support to succeed. As a result, I went from being on the verge of being expelled at the end of my first year to winning the Tagore Gold Medal, the college's top honour for students. Just being left to do what I want. In 1994, while he was only 22 years old, he founded his own orchestra under that name. He claims, "It just happened by accident." "When I was still a student, I was playing the piano at the Grosvenor House hotel. I had tea in the afternoon with a violinist and attended jazz trio concerts in the evening. So I ended up with two groups of friends—classical musicians from the Royal College of Music and jazz musicians from the Guildhall and the Academy—and it was the marriage of those two sets of passions that inspired us to play this symphonic music with a jazz influence. We started getting offers for gigs and residencies as it transitioned from being something we did purely for fun.
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chembvukuta · 8 months
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Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) - Harmonies des bois, Op. 76 - 2. Jacqueline’s Tears (Arr. Cello & Orchestra) ·
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ivovynckier · 9 months
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Spent a nice week listening to this fine, melodic music. Film composer Debbie Wiseman mainly works for the British film and TV industry - the BBC (@bbc) and the likes.
The “Beeb” commissioned music for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral… back in 2016, for instance. One has to be prepared, after all! And she wrote two pieces for Charley’s coronation.
For her 60th birthday, she conducted the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The brand new CD “Signature” (2023) is the live recording of that anthology.
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questlation · 1 year
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Brum strikes up the band for Bollywood https://questlation.com/little-things/brumstrikesupthebandforbollywood/?feed_id=15718&_unique_id=64142a9a80dee
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gbunster · 1 year
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