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Saturday Noon Concert (22): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, op. 54

We don’t know much about this sonata. Apart from the obvious fact that it has only two movements, that is, and the historic evidence pointing to 1804 as the year when it was written. Anyway, you might want to listen to it, so here we go:

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. The previous sonatas from this series are here.

Meredith Monk (Peter Greenaway’s Documentary)

Acum am realizat ca am avut un post despre Diamanda Galas dar n-am avut unul si despre Meredith Monk. De ce sunt legate Galas si Monk una de cealalta in mintea lui Gramo? Hmmmm,… Probabil fiindca s-a intrebat ani si ani de zile cum ar fi un concert in care ar canta impreuna. 🙂

Anyway, iata documentarul lui Greenaway despre Meredith Monk (sunt 8 parti):

p.s.: Il puteti vedea in full screen aici.

Saturday Noon Concert (21): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op.53 ‘Waldestein’

This one is perhaps one of the most famous piano sonatas composed by Beethoven, being used for the soundtrack of several movies, the titles of which we can’t remember right now. Apart from being famous, it is quite good, so we think you’ll have a nice listening. Enjoy!

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. The previous sonatas from this series are here.

Pink Floyd – influente

N-am mai ascultat de mult timp Floyd, dar faceam ordine ieri prin niste cd-uri vechi si am dat peste Syd Barrett (cel mai mult mi-au placut primele albume scoase de Floyd, cand era si el in trupa). S-ar putea discuta o gramada despre asta, dar multi ar fi probabil de acord ca Barrett e omul care i-a influentat cel mai mult pe cei din Pink Floyd. La inceput, cand a cantat cu ei, dar si dupa aceea.

Dar cine l-a influentat cel mai mult pe Syd Barrett?

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Saturday Noon Concert (20): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49, No. 2

So, here is Beethoven’s 20th piano sonata (and we still have 12 more sonatas to go). Its story is the same with that of the sonata we wrote about last week, except for the names of its movements, which are “Allegro, ma non troppo” and “Tempo di Menuetto” (yes, it also has only two parts), so we won’t bother you with that. Happy listening!

As usual, we want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. The previous sonatas from this series are here.

Saturday Noon Concert (19): Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1

This has only two parts (Andante and Rondo), so it’s not actually a sonata. Beethoven probably wrote it as an excercise for his students and didn’t want it to be published. His brother, however, thought it should be, and nowadays this little piece is included among Beethoven’s other sonatas, so we thought you might want to give it a try.

We want to thank Bunji Hisamori for his kind permission to post the above audio rendering on our blog. The midi file was downloaded from The Classical Music Archives. The previous sonatas from this series are here.