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Old May 6 2007, 3:41 AM

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Prokofiev (piano concerto #3, my favorite piece) followed by Rimsky-Korsakov(Sheherazade,Its late so I can't spell).
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Old May 7 2007, 1:18 AM

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Yes, Vivaldi's my favorite. Can't you cut him a little slack at least once in a while?
A number of years back, I was teaching in a music camp. The camp orchestra and chorus sang a Vivaldi "Gloria".

One of the other piano teachers and myself (I was teaching composition) did a little comedy sketch called "Vivaldi in the age of Xerox"... we had a pile of paper at the piano, one of us played the opening phrase of the Vivaldi Gloria... over and over and over again, as the other one turned a single page at each repetition of the main theme.
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Old May 7 2007, 5:49 AM

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A number of years back, I was teaching in a music camp. The camp orchestra and chorus sang a Vivaldi "Gloria".

One of the other piano teachers and myself (I was teaching composition) did a little comedy sketch called "Vivaldi in the age of Xerox"... we had a pile of paper at the piano, one of us played the opening phrase of the Vivaldi Gloria... over and over and over again, as the other one turned a single page at each repetition of the main theme.
I don't quite get what you mean there qc, mind explaining?
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Old May 7 2007, 9:31 AM

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I don't quite get what you mean there qc, mind explaining?
if you know the piece in question, the opening is rather repetitive.
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Old May 7 2007, 9:39 AM

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That sounds hilarious, beats the sketches the idiotic leaders put on on scout camps by far
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Old May 7 2007, 6:15 PM

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Oh, cut the man some slack... that gloria is beautiful... and he only repeats the opening three times at first.... while he has a very distinctive style, he was able to create great variety from a very strict format.
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Old May 17 2007, 4:41 PM

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My favorite composer is Joe Hisaishi. Although John Williams can take it as well. Both composers are masters of thematic material, but Hisaishi takes it simply because his themes appeal more to me and his music much easier to listen to. In terms of complexity though, Williams takes the prize. Williams' music have more of a classical feel/style, and as we all know classical music contain some of the most difficult music to play. i remember reading somwhere Williams' said he has many influences from classical composers such as Richard Strauss. Hisaishi's style is more a Pop/Contemporary/Orchestral style which a genre that really appeals to me, so with that said, Hisaishi takes it over Johnny.
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Edvard Grieg
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Old May 19 2007, 7:28 PM

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Giacomo Puccini
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Take these down for size!

1)George Gershwin
2)Aaron Copland
3)Ottorino Respighi
4)Gustav Mahler
5)Ludwick Beethoven
6)Ralph Vaughan-Williams
7)Arthur Sullivan
8)Jean Sibelius
9)Edward Elgar
10)Claude Debussy
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