classical music

Every year on Halloween, I play music to help create atmosphere. Rather than the cheesy "Monster mash", or modern "Thriller" that I have heard in the neighborhood, I prefer classical. It started when I bought a very cheap CD called "Classical Terror". The first four tracks of the CD feature...

When does a talent show find real talent? 35 minutes of pure art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNewD9oeB5Y

The American composer Elliott Carter has died in New York, at the age of 103. His Symphony of Three Orchestras (1976): sEbIXsMqlM4 RIP

Bit of background can be found here. Apparently playing classical music to babies does some scientific **** on their brains and makes them smarter. Because I'm young and naive (sigh), I wanted your opinion on its legitimacy. I came across as unusually immature in this post :cool:. Alex...

I have now heard 3 works by Osvaldo Golijov, who some apparently think is the hottest classical composer alive today: The Prayers and Dreams of Isaac the Blind, Oceana, and Azul. While I found some of the performances very entertaining (in particular, Azul), I'm not convinced that his music...

A friend who's a violinist said that one of the orchestras that she's in is going to play a "19-tone piece" at their next concert. Can anyone explain what 19-tone music is to a layman?

I am not very well educated in this field, so I'd appreciate some recommendations. I'm thinking more sombre, sad and haunting music rather than aggressive, fast and eccentric (Yet impressive) string work. Lots of arches and rises. And more of a group work rather than the solo work like in...

Link. Back off, punk, I have Beethoven!

Hey all: I'm going to put together my own podcast and I need some title music. Since the topic of the podcast is going to be miniature wargaming, I was thinking of using either Holst's "Mars: Bringer of War" or Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture." The question is, what are the legalities of using...

There has to be some other classical guitar buff here. Favorite performer: Raphael Rabello Favorite composer: Agustin Barrios Best concert you've watched: John Williams Favorite "progressive" composition: Koyunbaba (Carlo Domeniconi) Favorite Sor study: Op. 6 No. 11 Pieces you enjoy playing the...