Post by Lute March 15, 2014 (11 of 48)
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Like most, I suppose. Beethoven, Brahms and Stravinsky 78's, among others, were played in the home when I was very young. There was piano training, music theory, and playing in the school bands. Symphony and opera tickets were occasionally made available to me. And, I began collecting classical LP's as a teenager. But, my musical tastes are eclectic and tended more towards jazz while in school.
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Listening to BBC Radio with my mam (from about age 5 to 12). She tells me that the first piece I engaged with was Peer Gynt.
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Post by Lute March 15, 2014 (15 of 48)
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classicrecordings said:
... And let's not forget Fantasia.
Cartoons and classical music is like coffee and dessert. ;-))
+1
And... I shouldn't forget attending Catholic mass. I always enjoyed listening to the organ in the large Catholic cathedral that my grandfather went to in Milwaukee...particularly when someone was quietly playing a chorale or something. The dark, candlelit cathedral with large stained glass windows was a wonderfully atmospheric place for a young boy to wander around. :)
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Post by wehecht March 15, 2014 (16 of 48)
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Well, about 50 years ago there was this really terrific girl who thought that Rachmaninov's 2nd concerto was just the greatest thing so....
She and I parted ways soon after but Rachmaninov and I are still going steady.
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In kindergarten, we had music class twice per week. My teacher, Ms. Grobe, played Fanfare for the Common Man during that year. It's the only thing I remember from the class. I asked for a Copland cassette for Christmas, and received a "greatest hits" with the Fanfare, El Salon Mexico, Appalachian Spring, and some others. As far as greatest hit recordings go, this was a pretty good Sony copy with performances by Leonard Bernstein and the NYPO, Eugene Ormandy and Philadelphia, etc.
While at the record store a few weeks ago, I found in the bargain bin a CD copy of that "album" which I couldn't resist buying for a buck. I just realized that the Bernstein might be the same performance as the Bernstein / Copland SACD in my collection. Perhaps I could do a tape / CD / SACD comparison:)
I remember years later, during my freshman year of college, I drove home after a late night and parked in front of my apartment. I was listening to Minnesota Classic Public Radio which was in the middle of Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. I waited in the car through Kiev, so to speak. That has been one of the highlights of my listening as I was caught in the perfect mood for that music. I went and bought a subscription to the Minnesota Orchestra the next day.
Of course I hate distractions at concerts and movies and wish your concert experience had been better, however I think it's great that the father wanted to bring his children to that concert and I doubt very much that exposure to the music would push those kids away from it. In fact, I think just the opposite is true. Now that they've seen their father be berated by one of the musicians? I expect they've been turned off. Hopefully they will find some concerts for young people in the area where etiquette can be learned, and music appreciated while staying away, for the time being, from concerts with audiences who wish for a more focused experience.
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wehecht said:
Well, about 50 years ago there was this really terrific girl who thought that Rachmaninov's 2nd concerto was just the greatest thing so....
She and I parted ways soon after but Rachmaninov and I are still going steady.
Found a girl behind a Rach, eh?
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Post by Domimag March 16, 2014 (19 of 48)
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Amadeus / Milos Forman
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I was fortunate in that the Grammar School I went to , at morning assembly, Headmaster each morning used to play a classical 78 record.
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