~ Mozart ~ Bach ~ Haydn ~ Frederic Chopin ~ Tchaikovsky ~

New England Conservatory President Emeritus and Walter W. Naumburg Chair in Music, Laurence Lesser Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major, BWV 1007. Recorded live in Jordan Hall, Boston, by Alex Hug

Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 1 in G major-Prelude

The New England Conservatory Philharmonia led by guest conductor Jefferey Kahane at the keyboard, present Mozart's Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major. Recorded live in Jordan Hall November 6, 2013 by Alex Hug.

Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major- Allegro maestoso

Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major-Andante

Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major- Allegretto

David Loebel conducts the New England Conservatory Symphony and soloist Elina Akselrud in a performance of Chopin's Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor. Recorded live in Jordan Hall November 13, 2013 by Jeremy Sarna.

Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor- Romance  Larghetto

David Loebel conducts the NEC Symphony in a performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 with soloist Elina Akselrud. Recorded live in Jordan Hall November 13, 2013 by Jeremy Sarna.

Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor-Allegro maestoso

Hugh Wolff leads the New England Conservatory Philharmonia and Concert Choir and the Tufts Chamber Singers in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony no 9 in D minor "Ode to Joy". Recorded live in Jordan Hall, Boston February 12, 2014/ 

Beethoven Ninth Symphony: iv. Presto – Allegro assai

New England Conservatory piano major Chuang-Chuang Fang performs Beethoven's Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata." Recorded live in Jordan Hall in Boston February 20, 2014.

Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57  Allegro ma non troppo

The New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra performs Mozart's Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201. Recorded live February 26, 2014 in Jordan Hall, Boston.

Mozart: Symphony no 29 in A major Andante

My next piece is the theme song from the movie Requiem for a dream. Now this piece has a pretty interesting history. So let me take you through it. Yes you’ve to learn something before you get to listen to my songs :P .

Requiem is generally used in the context of a Requiem Mass, meaning a Mass (Church Mass) for the dead.

Now going back in history, around 1791, there was a brilliant composer and musician by the name Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, or Mozart :P . The count Franz von Walsegg commissioned Mozart to create a Requiem through a lot of agents, supposedly to take the work and call it as his own among his audience. Mozart was already very sick at that time. Even with his sickness, the genius composed the first movement of the song called the Requiem aeternam before he passed away! The count was willing to pay only half the money since only part of the work was completed. Hence his Widow approached other composers to help her out in finishing Mozart’s work. Joseph von Eybler, Franz Xaver Süssmayr and Maximilian Stadler and many others helped complete the song that has hence been called Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor.

Zoning back to our times, Clint Mansell, a famous Music composer decided to take Mozart’s Requiem as an inspiration and compose a Requiem named Lux Aeterna. This was orchestrated in many places like the title song for Requiem for a dream and in Lord of the Rings and so on.

The song itself is incredible powerful. This might be because of the fact that Death in itself is a very powerful entity in human minds. The original song is orchestrated. I’ve tried to capture the orchestration and the song’s mood into a piano cover. Just as usual, be my guest and let me know how I’ve done.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem for a dream

The New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra coached by Donald Palma performs Elgar's Serenade for Strings. Recorded live at NEC's Jordan Hall March 15, 2011.
For more information: http://necmusic.edu/concerts

Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor  Op  20 - Larghetto

WAVE quality audio of the youtube video http://youtu.be/L8YVPloQW3U 
Each video has: 
- My own version of the prelude 
- General remarks about the piece 
- Links to all the other you tube versions including GOOD EXEMPLES to follow and BAD EXEMPLES to show how the prelude should not be played

Chopin - Prelude 13 (Gabriel Ipuche's DIDACTIC EDITION)

Recorded and mixed by Cynthia Wong for Sound II in the Winter semester of 2010 at Concordia University. 

DAW used: Pro Tools LE 7

Piece is performed by Grégor Monlun.

Please credit the artist(s) respectively and appropriately.



Serenade Melancolique - Tchaikovsky

Chopin's second Ballade is at one moment eerily placid and another frighteningly catastrophic: imagine a quiet waterfront suddenly engulfed by a horrific storm. It eventually passes, leaving hope for renewal in the wake of its utter destruction and havoc.

Chopin Ballade No 2 in F Major, Opus 38

You can purchase the entire album "Winds Of Winter" - freddiehangoler.bandcamp.com/album/winds-of-winter

Waltz Of The Rain

New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra performs Mozart's Divertimento for Oboe, 2 Horns and Strings no 11 in D major, K 251. Recorded live in Jordan Hall February 27, 2013.

Mozart: Divertimento for Oboe  Horns and Strings - Allegro molto

This track can still be downloaded here:
https://deryncullen.bandcamp.com/track/andante-from-symphony-no-5-tchaikovsky

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Tchaikovsky - Andante from Symphony no. 5

Hugh Wolff conducts the New England Conservatory Philharmonia in a performance of Haydn's Symphony no 82 in C major, H 1 no 82 "The Bear". Recorded live in Jordan Hall March 11, 2013.

~ Mozart ~ Bach ~ Haydn ~ Frederic Chopin ~ Tchaikovsky ~

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