It’s a ‘stroll around Vienna’ with the BBC concert orchestra this morning. I start off listening in my car, but a bit of Saturday shopping puts a stop to this and so I listen back on BBC Sounds in the afternoon.
The first piece is very famous tune, I just didn’t know that it was Strauss. It’s got pomp and pretentiousness. Just what I like to hear. The playbill follows in the same vein; it’s all music that would be utilised to full effect in a ballroom scene of a period drama.
After Strauss it’s “Ich sing mein Lied im Regen und Schne” - I identity the words as sung within the song , and its helps me out with the pronunciation of ‘Schne’ //Shh- knee//
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The interval is great, with a fountain of information about the origins of this style of music.
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2nd half keeps the grand momentum with Land of Smiles.
During Amy Beach’s Bal Masque I’m imagining just that.
Frühlingsstimmen aka Spring Voices is a tour de force, showcasing Erin Morley’s soprano chops.
The finale is Strauss’s By the Beautiful Blue Danube. Another famous piece I’ve heard all through my life, just didn’t realise it was Strauss. My mind here, I’m afraid, will forever be taken to that episode of Mr Bean where he performs his own dental work in Richard Wilson’s dentists chair.
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