FReeper Canteen - Halloween Music Dedication - 01 Nov 2014

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[Publius]

That one is new to me. Are you going to post it tonight?

[Publius]

HALLOWEEN: SPOOKY CLASSICAL MUSIC

BERLIOZ: FANTASTIC SYMPHONY

If you were to ask a Baby Boomer about the first drug trip set to music, the answer would be “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” from 1967 by the Beatles. But 137 years before Lennon and McCartney, French composer Hector Berlioz set a drug trip to music. For the Beatles the drug was LSD; for Berlioz it was opium.

Berlioz titled the symphony, “Episode in the Life of an Artist”. The Artist, obsessed with the Beloved, takes an opium trip in which he has a series of dreams. The musical idea that drives it is one theme, representing the Beloved Here is Leonard Bernstein explaining the theme.

Leonard Bernstein explains the idee fixe

The first movement, “Reveries and Passions”, starts with a long C minor introduction leading to a sonata exposition. The idee fixe is stated as a bare melody, and later it is taken up by the full orchestra. The recap is a joyous statement of the theme. Like a storm that has blown itself out, it ends quietly and solemnly.

The second movement , “A Ball”, is a waltz in A Major where the idee fixe shows up in 3/4 time.

The third movement, “In the Country”, in F Major, begins with a shepherd piping and answered by another shepherd in the distance. The idee fixe is unaccompanied when first heard. The movement is serene and peaceful at first but leads to a violent climax. The woodwind theme that follows offers tranquility and desolation. At the end, the shepherd pipes; in the distance, there is only the rumble of thunder in answer.

The fourth movement, “March to the Scaffold”, features the Artist, who hallucinates that he has murdered the Beloved and is being marched to his date with France’s National Razor to be shortened by the length of a head. What is amazing is just what Berlioz achieves with something as simple as a run down a minor scale. It’s horror and grotesque ritual combined. At the end, the idee fixe is truncated by drum rolls – along with the Artist’s head. You’d think it would all end here. But wait! Berlioz goes into sudden death overtime!

The fifth movement, “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath”, starts with strange murmurings in the forest from the orchestra. Then the idee fixe, a lewd travesty of itself, appears on the E-flat clarinet. It’s her, dammit! She’s still alive! Dressed like the Whore of Babylon, or Lady Gaga, she flounces in. The witches’ round dance starts and stops, interrupted first by bells, then by tubas which sound the Dies irae, the “Day of Wrath” from the Requiem Mass. A brass choir takes up the church theme. The round dance begins again in C Major, and is worked up as a canon. It is combined with the Dies irae, which is jazzed up. It all ends rousingly. The “trip” is over. It’s safe to put your head above the covers, kiddies!

This is Leonard Bernstein conducting the National Orchestra of France. Upon expansion, the video features Berlioz’ own program for the symphony.

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

[luvie]

Dude....

Boo!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I do not have it loaded, but I will post the You Tube link to it for you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Boo!? ;-)

We keep all of the lights off tonight so that no troublesome children will bother us! AH - HA - HA - HA - HA - HA!

[luvie]

USAF Concert Band~Armed Forces Medley

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Proper Way To Listen To Classical Music
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[luvie]

heehee! We do, too. They scare the kitties! 👻🐱

[left that other site]

Hi Kathy!

I am really enjoying the music tonight!

[yarddog]

Did they leave out “The Monster Mash”?

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“Did they leave out “The Monster Mash”?”

And “The Purple People Eater”? ;-)

[Joe 6-pack]

You forgot Warren Zevon!!!!

WEREWOLVES OF LONDON

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much, Kathy!

*HUGS*

Having major computer problems here tonight - not sure whether it's my browser (Firefox) or the evil spirits about this evening!

Using Safari at the moment.

[yarddog]

How could I have forgotten the “Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley who also was on “Rawhide”.

I was just a kid when it came out but I thought it was the funniest song I ever heard and it was right at the height of the flying saucer era.

[PROCON]

Woo-Hoo Ladies and Happy Friday!

I'm an Oregonian tonight and tomorrow I become a Washingtonian!

Back to my home state.

Leaving tomorrow at 0'dark30.

Good Night

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...glad you are enjoying. You are a connoisseur. d:o)

Any little ones knocking at your door yet?

And don’t forget....turn your clock back tomorrow before bed. You have places to go Sunday morning.;

[PROCON]

BTW, I just Hate Chicago tunes :-)

[Drumbo]

I didn't know until last evening that I'd been Canteening tonight, so I had to put something together on short notice, but it wasn't too hard since I've known since last Saturday which direction I'd go when next I got here. Sorry to break the Halloween spell but another fine Scotsman is gone and he'll be missed.

Tonight my hosting service has chosen to do maintenance on the Drumbo Server at the Backstage Pass, so it may be a while before I can post my MP3s. For now, let's drop into the youtube hole as we say goodbye to a legend.



Theme For An Imaginary Western (Live @ Rockpalast 1980 Youtube video)
~ Jack Bruce, Clem Clempson, David Sancious & Billy Cobham ~

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[left that other site]

Thanks for the reminder...turning the clocks back is a big project. i have a few of them. LOL!

[luvie]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

3rd Force~In The Full Moon Light 🌝

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