I've been discovering classical music but am still a pygmy when it comes to knowledge. So maybe we can do some of our discoveries together?
I went to the BSO for Norman's birthday, and the Hayden symphony was okay, and the Shubert symphony was okay, and the Mozart concerto made me go, "Wow!" Norman sometimes plays classical piano, and the Bach pieces he plays are very pretty, and the Mozart piece he plays makes me go "Wow!" I've concluded that Mozart is a good guy. Hundreds of years after the rest of the world figured this out, of course. :-) So if you decide to go to a Mozart opera, I'm up for it.
Oh, and if your friend comes up with that list of essential classical music for the muscially untutored, would you share it with me?
Norman and I have a book by the NPR folks on essential classical music that lists not just which pieces they recommend but also which recordings of those pieces. But it's a whole book's worth -- hundreds of pages -- so it's not exactly the ten pieces to start with or anything like that. It is at least divided into chapters on symphonic music, chamber music, solo pieces, and opera, so if you know what kind of music you're most interested in, it can steer you to those. You can take a look at the book if it interests you.
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Date: 2005-04-04 16:02 (UTC)I went to the BSO for Norman's birthday, and the Hayden symphony was okay, and the Shubert symphony was okay, and the Mozart concerto made me go, "Wow!" Norman sometimes plays classical piano, and the Bach pieces he plays are very pretty, and the Mozart piece he plays makes me go "Wow!" I've concluded that Mozart is a good guy. Hundreds of years after the rest of the world figured this out, of course. :-) So if you decide to go to a Mozart opera, I'm up for it.
Oh, and if your friend comes up with that list of essential classical music for the muscially untutored, would you share it with me?
Norman and I have a book by the NPR folks on essential classical music that lists not just which pieces they recommend but also which recordings of those pieces. But it's a whole book's worth -- hundreds of pages -- so it's not exactly the ten pieces to start with or anything like that. It is at least divided into chapters on symphonic music, chamber music, solo pieces, and opera, so if you know what kind of music you're most interested in, it can steer you to those. You can take a look at the book if it interests you.
Hugs,
Cory