I love sitting here at Panera Bread, listening to Mozart and watching the two old guys who meet here every morning. Well, sometimes it’s two. Other times it’s three. They get so animated, talking, laughing, waving their hands. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them eat anything. They just drink coffee and kvetch, mostly about […]
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Of Old Men and Young Boys (Litanies; Vespers; Oratorios, Box 11)
April 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Bologna (1770), Bologna (July-August 1770), Bologna (October 9 1770), Box 11: Mozart: Litanies; Vespers; Oratorios; Cantatas; Masonic Music, Dagmar Schellenberger-Ernst, God is our refuge, Hans-Joachim Ribbe, Herbert Kegel, K108, K117, K20, K33, K34, K44, K47, K72, K85, K86, K90, K91, Kluster Seeon Bavaria (1766-7), London (June 1765), Mozart at 10, Mozart at 11, Mozart at 12, Mozart at 14, Mozart at 15, Mozart at 9, Panera Bread, Ralph Eschrig, Rene Pape, Rosemarie Lang, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Lepizig, Salzburg (1771), Salzburg (late 1770s), Salzburg (May 1771), The Hague (March 1766), Vienna (Autumn 1768), Vienna (October-November 1768)
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Of Crooners and Kyries (Litanies; Vespers; Oratorios, Box 11)
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Annelies Burmeister, Bing Crosby, Box 11: Mozart: Litanies; Vespers; Oratorios; Cantatas; Masonic Music, Crooners, Dean Martin, Dixit et Magnificat, Eberhard Buchner, Frank Sinatra, Herbert Kegel, Hermann Christian Polster, Johnny Mathis, Jon Anderson, K125, K193, K195, Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, Litaniae Lauretanae BMV, Mitsuko Shirai, Mozart at 16, Mozart at 18, Renate Frank-Reinecke, Roundabout, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Lepizig, Salzburg (July 1774), Salzburg (March 1772), Salzburg (May 1774), Yes
The music is great. But when the vocals begin I am immediately taken away from the music. I can’t seem to hear both together. I hear one, or the other. Mostly the other. I don’t have trouble with vocals in prog-rock music, or metal, or rock, or even pop. Heck, for that matter, I dig […]
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“I Don’t Care For This” (Litanies; Vespers; Oratorios, Box 11)
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Box 11: Mozart: Litanies; Vespers; Oratorios; Cantatas; Masonic Music, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Herbert Kegel, K109, K243, K321, Litaniae de BMV (Lauretanae), Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, Mitsuko Shirai, Mozart at 15, Mozart at 20, Mozart at 23, Progressive Rock, Renate Frank-Reinecke, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Lepizig, Vesperae solennes de Dominica
My dad used to say a certain phrase whenever he encountered something he didn’t like, be it food or music or movies or weather or whatever: “I don’t care for this.” Or, “I don’t care for that.” It got to be a family joke to say, “I don’t care for it.” That’s how I feel […]
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Of Likes and Dislikes (Missae, Requiem, Organ Sonatas, Box 10)
March 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Annelies Burmeister, Box 10: Missae Requiem Organ Sonatas & Solos, Celestina Casapietra, Clifford Grant, Gillian Knight, Helen Donath, Herbert Kegel, Hermann Christian Polster, John Alldis Choir, K192, K257, London Symphony Orchestra, Mozart at 18, Mozart at 20, Peter Schreier, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Lepizig, Ryland Davies, Salzburg (June 24 1774), Salzburg (November 1776), Sir Colin Davis
I think I know what the problem is. Choir-based compositions sound more alike than instrumental compositions. In other words, when the music is no longer the primary focus, my mind has less to grab onto when I listen to vocal music. Every composition sounds the same to me. Oh, there’s a different soprano here, a […]
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Of Blah Days and Unheard Music (Missae, Requiem, Organ Sonatas, Box 10)
March 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Annelies Burmeister, Box 10: Missae Requiem Organ Sonatas & Solos, Celestina Casapietra, Herbert Kegel, Hermann Christian Polster, K139, K259, Missa brevis in C, Missa brevis in F, Missa solemnis in C minor, Mozart at 12, Mozart at 19, Mozart at 20, Orgelsolo-Messe, Peter Schreier, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Lepizig, Salzburg (December 1775 or 1776), Vienna (Autumn 1768), Waisenhaus-Messe
I can’t tell you how disinterested I am in today’s music. I don’t know what it is. I feel blah. Worse, I feel queasy. And the time it takes me to write each blog doesn’t make me feel any better. There are new names associated with today’s music, too: Celestina Casapietra, soprano, Annelies Burmeister, contralto, […]
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Of Clandestine Soundtracks and Not-So-Subtle Tugs (Missae, Requiem, Organ Sonatas, Box 10)
March 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Andreas Schmidt, Annette Markert, Box 10: Missae Requiem Organ Sonatas & Solos, Helen Donath, Herbert Kegel, In honorem SSmae Trinitatis, K140, K167, K65, Mozart at 13, Mozart at 17, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Lepizig, Salzburg (1773), Salzburg (January 14 1769), Salzburg (June 1773)
It’s surreal to have ear buds in, listening to a Mozart mass, and watch people. The music swells. The vocalists soar. And the people here in the restaurant go about their otherwise humdrum lives, totally unaware that I’ve just infused their existence with a majesty they didn’t realize they possessed. Seriously. Try it some time. […]
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The Twilight Zone (Missae, Requiem, Organ Sonatas, Box 10)
March 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Box 10: Missae Requiem Organ Sonatas & Solos, Dominicus, Dominicus (defined), Edith Mathis, Herbert Kegel, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, K49, K66, Missa (definition), Missa brevis (defined), Missa brevis in G, Missa in C, Mozart at 12, Mozart at 13, Organ, Rod Serling, Rosemarie Lang, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Lepizig, Salzburg (October 1769), Twilight Zone, Uwe Heilmann, Vienna (1768)
No. Friggin. Way. How did a boy of 12 or 13 compose these masses? I’m past symphonies, piano sonatas, strings, and wind instruments. Today starts a new chapter in my listening: Box 10: Missae * Requiem * Organ Sonata & Solos. I should probably tell you that – Wait a minute. Is that Rod Serling’s […]
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