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Post by sneakypete77 on Feb 18, 2022 5:33:37 GMT -5
Well Sneaks is a very good mate of mine, so I can probably speak for him. He is, as you surmise, a polite kinda guy but also a bit edgy at times and he's asked me to throw this one into the mix, a delightfully mental romp from Toyah givin' it some Mad Max to make Alan feel more at home in this thread :
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Post by jk on Feb 18, 2022 10:14:38 GMT -5
Eek -- this topic is getting more relevant by the minute! Here is a slightly abridged version of Hugh Macdonald's description of the "Royal Hunt and Storm" from Hector Berlioz's epic opera Les Troyens: "This 'descriptive symphony' is an entracte to be played before Act IV of The Trojans, Berlioz’s operatic masterpiece composed in the years 1856-1858. It represents the fateful culmination of the love of Dido and Aeneas, and yet neither of them sings. Berlioz always felt that the orchestra on its own can express as much as, if not more than, the human voice when it comes to powerful dramatic feelings. In his symphony Roméo et Juliette both lovers are silent throughout, yet in the great love scene their presence is strongly felt and their passion vividly depicted. "The Royal Hunt and Storm follows a precise narrative based closely on Virgil. In Virgil's version of the story Aeneas and the remnants of the Trojan people have arrived in Carthage after years of wandering the seas. Aeneas has helped repel the invader Iarbas, and the goddess Juno persuades Venus (Aeneas's mother) that a match between Dido and Aeneas would create a great Trojan-Carthaginian empire. She will contrive to bring them together by sending a mighty storm while they are out hunting. But the gods have a different destiny in store, for Aeneas has to sail on to found the city of Rome, leaving Dido to her despair. "The music opens with a picture of the depths of the African forest on a hot sultry day, with naiads disporting lazily in a pool. Suddenly a horn is heard in the distance, and the naiads grow anxious. They hide when some Carthaginian hunters gallop on to the scene. Soon a storm gathers as more horn calls are heard in the forest, and the hunters take cover. The sky darkens and rain falls. Lightning flashes illuminate the scene, and at the storm’s height Dido and Aeneas appear. They find a cave and take refuge in it. At that point nymphs are seen on the rocks above, crying 'Italie', the call of destiny that Aeneas knows he is powerless to resist. Torrents of water stream down and various grotesque figures are seen in the dim light. Gradually the storm subsides, the clouds pass, and the naiads reappear, delighting in the return of calm. A distant horn call is heard once more." [ Source] This is for me the definitive version from 1969 by the Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden conducted by arguably Berlioz’s finest interpreter, Sir Colin Davis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Troyens
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Post by Al S on Feb 18, 2022 17:56:41 GMT -5
I’m gobsmacked that neither Sneaks nor jk has offered this, such polite fellows: Relax, A. I can't speak for "Sneaks" but I'm more into musical thunderstorms and blizzards myself. Maybe I 'll move onto rain pure and simple when I run out of those. Really appreciate your input. That Go-Betweens song is super! They’re an essential band hope you have them on your radar, chum!
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Post by Al S on Feb 18, 2022 18:02:25 GMT -5
Can’t say I’m a fan of this unruly mob, rather too rum for gentlemen the ilk of yours truly, but when in jk’s Rome:
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Post by Al S on Feb 19, 2022 3:06:09 GMT -5
A ripper:
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Post by jk on Feb 19, 2022 4:22:11 GMT -5
Can’t say I’m a fan of this unruly mob, rather too rum for gentlemen the ilk of yours truly, but when in jk’s Rome: Ha, yes. My lone concession to the music of that unruly mob is "Whole Lotta Rosie", which was the cacophonous closing number of the blues/soul band I was in until a few years ago: That * Hoodoo Gurus* song is very cool! I see they later went down big in the US. Lotsa good stuff coming from down under.
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Post by jk on Feb 22, 2022 16:34:55 GMT -5
Here's a welcome addition to the inclement weather department on the "classical" front. Geraldine Mucha will be getting broader coverage in the women composers thread. And if her surname looks familiar, her husband was the son of the famous Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha. The Tempest dates from 1964, when she was 47. It is played here by the Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra under its conductor Andreas Sebastian Weiser: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Mucha
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Post by jk on Mar 6, 2022 17:05:45 GMT -5
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Post by lizzielooziani on Mar 6, 2022 21:34:22 GMT -5
How about Britten’s “Storm” - last part of The Sea Interludes, a four part orchestration taken from his opera, Peter Grimes. That’ll get you rockin and rollin.
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Post by jk on Mar 7, 2022 10:07:40 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Mar 9, 2022 12:09:45 GMT -5
The closest to a storm in Beach Boy Land has to be this one from Wild Honey. "Let The Wind Blow" makes a great bridge between this side of the forum and the other. And the more such bridges, I say, the better:
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Post by jk on Apr 7, 2022 3:13:01 GMT -5
I bought my version of Debussy's La Mer (premiered 1905) b/w Trois Nocturnes in May 1963. Only yesterday I recalled that in the third and last movement, "Dialogue du vent et de la mer", the sea is pretty rough! Hence its late inclusion in this thread. After some prevarication, I opted for the 1958 recording I know and love, by the Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire conducted by Constantin Silvestri: This was the original cover of the score, after Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanaga (1831): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_mer_(Debussy)
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Post by jk on May 18, 2022 15:05:44 GMT -5
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Post by jk on May 18, 2022 15:29:58 GMT -5
UK producer Joe Meek could conjure up the sound of a storm brewing without needing to resort to cheap effects. A tragic failure in life, he was an absolute wizard in the recording studio -- nothing like him before or since. Rest in peace Joe, rest in peace Geoff Goddard, who wrote the song and undoubtedly played piano on it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Goddard
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