#3 preludes and fugues

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It was a very good year that way. In other ways...

Suave…

Endeavour S7 filming today in Oxford.

Photos by Jack Ludlam for the Daily Mail.

[thislovintime]

Solfeggietto — in 1968 and 2012. Footage courtesy of 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, and dumluk91470.

Q: “So your main instrument of choice was…?” Peter: “I never did have one. It’s always been situational, in terms of actual … relative to classical and thoroughly well grounded methodology, and so piano is in a way my best instrument. I read on it, and I play Bach fugues, preludes and fugues, but I love to play behind the guitar when I’m on stage just cause I can dance better.” - Off The Record with Steve Escobar

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More Top Shaun Evans Acting Moments in Endeavour

When I posted Top 10 Shaun Evans Acting Moments in Endeavour a few weeks ago, I asked folks to let me know what I had missed.

This is a compilation of all of the replies I received...plus 3 more I couldn't resist adding myself.

The rooftop scene in S1E2: Fugue (~1h26m10s)

"Go home, put your best record on, loud as it'll play, and with every note, you remember... that's something that the darkness couldn't take from you." --suggested by @librawritesstuff

2. At the pub with Ms. Frazil in S2E2: Nocturne (21m08s)

"So subtle and impeccable timing of his simple but oh so potent lines."--suggested by @peeps-posts 

3. When Morse and Bixby have a drink after the party in S3E1: Ride (~44m01s)

"...the actors had such great chemistry!!" --suggested by @notholaenas 

4. "A date Ms. Frazil?" "I like to keep my hand in." from S3E2: Arcadia (~28m40s)

"The big moments are glorious I agree but it’s the little touches in small scenes that I love." and "Love the interactions between those two!" --suggested by @peeps-posts

5. Morse talks about his mother in S3E2: Arcadia (~1h01m50s)

"There's something about that scene... I don't even know how to explain it." --suggested by @thewatcher98

"The gentle memory and the sadness overwhelms me every time I watch it." --suggested by @oxfordlovesblog

6. "When if jumps, you run," and an honorable mention for the panic vomit from S3E3: Prey (~1h22m29s)

--suggested by @librawritesstuff and @alias71

7. Thursday thanks Morse for drawing fire away from Joan in S3E4: Coda (~1h22m10s)

"...and then they just look into each other's eyes and don't say a word. It's just... Chills up and down my spine honestly." --suggested by @thewatcher98

8. The scene where Morse is drugged in S4E2: Canticle (1h17m50s)

--suggested by @librawritesstuff, @sircolinmorgan, and @lanternheart

9. Morse talks to Caroline Bryce-Morgan in S4E3: Lazaretto (~1h13m20s)

--my addition

10. Scenes with Eve Thorne in S5E1: Muse (~1h15m38s)

--my addition

11. Claudine and Morse after sex in S5E4: Colours (~55m19s)

"How it changed from playful to serious to playful again..." --suggested by @oxfordlovesblog

12. Scene in S6E1: Pylon where Box tells Morse he’s messing up the crime scene (~16m40s)

"You can see Morse wants so badly to tell him to fuck off then he looks at Thursday and sees that Thursday is not going to defend him so he turns and walks away." --suggested by @wndr-wmn

13. Morse listening to the moon landing from his car in S6E2: Apollo (~1h27m16s)

--suggested by @librawritesstuff

14. The scene in S7E2: Raga where Violetta asks Morse if he believes in forgiveness (~56m38s)

--my addition

15. Morse has a breakdown at his desk after finding out who Joan is marrying in S9E1: Prelude (~1h14m03s)

--suggested by @morsesnotes

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Thursday, 11-21-24, 8am Pacific

'Mornin' folks...it's a draggin' Mr. Baggins back with our Morning Coffee Music, selections to get us in gear and in good cheer. There is no better way to start the day than with a little Bach. Here is Harpsichordist Malcolm Hamilton, recorded on Everest Records in 1964, with Prelude and Fugues numbers 1 , 2 and 3 from Book 1 of The Well Tempered Clavier. It was this very 6 -record set that I got mail-order, along with a 10-LP set of the Complete Concerti of Bach, on Murray Hill. Ah, the old days! Top up your cup and enjoy.

Here is one of only two recordings by Vladimir Horowitz and Fritz Reiner. Here is their magnificent recording from 1952, of Beethoven's Concerto No. 5, the "Emperor" Concerto. Horowitz at the piano and Reiner at the helm of the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Pour another cup and enjoy!

Readers of Horowitz' story know that a very young and very nervous Vladimir Horowitz, Gregor Piatigorsky (a young cellist) and Nathan Milstein (a young violinist) all left the Soviet Union together in the 1920s and never returned as Soviet citizens. They toured together, and all three went on to renowned solo careers. Here is Piatigorsky's wonderful reading of Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, with the Boston Symphony conducted by Charles Munch. Another RCA Living Stereo masterpiece of a recording!

Let's hear another installment of our series of the Symphonies of Dvorak recorded in '65 by Istvan Kertesz and the London Symphony. I believe we heard number 5 last, so here is Dvorak's 6th Symphony, in D Major, Op. 60.

American pianist William Kappel was, like Kertesz, cut down at the beginning of a promisingly brilliant career. Kappel was killed in a plane crash on his way back from a tour of Australia. This is one of the two Rachmaninoff recordings he left us, and truly one of the most brilliant performances of it I've ever heard. This is Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43, recorded in 1951. The Robin Hood Dell Orchestra is led by none other than Fritz Reiner. Enjoy!

Here is Schubert's Quintet in C major, Opus 163 in a historic recording by Isaac Stern: violin-Alexander Schneider: violin-Milton Katims: alto-Pablo Casals:cello-Paul Tortelier: cello. From 1952.

Now let's hear music of Paganini, an album of works for Violin and Guitar duo. We'll hear Sechs Sonaten Für Violine Und Gitarre, Op 2, 6 Pieces, played by Gyorgy Terebesi and Sonja Prumbauer. I have this record...it's delightful stuff!

Now let's hear this one fragment I was able to find of a marvelous CD called "Under A Near Sky", by oboist John Dee and the Tantalon Ensemble. This is the first movement of the Mozart Oboe Quartet in F Major. I will keep trying to find the whole thing out there, but if you can find a copy of this CD, buy it! You won't regret it!

That's all the space we've got for today's Morning Coffee Music. Hope you've enjoyed this morning's music! I'll be back at 2pm Pacific with your Afternoon Stack of Classic Wax!

Until then, be kind, babies, be kind.

Baggins out.

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okay so speaking of the finale i didn't have time to finish anything new but i rounded up my favorite archer fics for your viewing pleasure, all are rated E <3

💥 no light, no light / 8.8k / While Archer's in a coma, Cyril builds himself a whole new life (for better and for worse.) Messiness predictably ensues when Archer returns. / cyrling

💥 you are everything i want (cause you are everything i'm not) / 4.5k / Archer and Cyril hate each other and are stuck sharing a hotel suite. There's only one bed. / cyrling (vicious hatesex edition)

💥 part of that dream / 7k / There’s an aspect of Fabian’s life that he keeps very secret. / fabicyril, dilf fabian cinematic universe

💥 out of network / 5.9k / Takes place right after 'out of network' (13x05). Cyril has some things to say about Archer's relationship with his therapist. They talk about their feelings later that night. / cyrling (feelies hours)

💥 Prelude, Fugue and Riffs / 3.9k / Takes place before 'fugue and riffs' (04x01), though it's slightly au. Bob and Linda take Archer in after he discloses that he needs a new identity and a place to stay. Tension develops between Bob and Archer, which they happily explore. / insert bob/archer portmanteau here

💥 best friends / 4.3k / Takes place right after 11x05 ("Best Friends.") Cyril helps Archer with his post-coma dry spell. Aleister may have had a point. / cyrling (h/c edition)

💥 like a heathen clung to the homily / 5k / Sterling dresses as a priest for the gang's latest mission. Cyril has some feelings about it, which they explore. / cyrling (priest kink edition)

💥 nothing will feel the same (because nothing will be the same) / 16.5k / This takes place during and then immediately after mission: difficult (12x08.) Life after the Agency takes a toll on Archer. He finds comfort in places that are both novel and very familiar. / cyrilanarcher

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Wendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)

1. Sinfonia To Cantata No. 29

2. Air On A G String

3. Two-Part Invention In F Major

4. Two-Part Invention In B-flat Minor

5. Two-Part Invention In D Minor

6. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

7. Prelude And Fugue No. 7 In E-Flat Major

8. Prelude And Fugue No. 2 In C Minor

9. Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf"

10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major: First Movement

11. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major: Second Movement

12. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major: Third Movement

Source: Internet Archive

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Prelude

by WhiteTeaFlavored “Prelude: […] 2. an introductory piece of music, most commonly an orchestral opening to an act of an opera, the first movement of a suite, or a piece preceding a fugue.” One month to their wedding, Jiang Cheng finds himself struggling with certain needs that weren’t supposed to even be there, if it wasn’t for one night when he pointed his finger a little bit too close to his fiancé’s face during a heated argument and neither could fight it anymore; papers flied from the office desk, his back arched like a bow against it and hands everywhere. Even if they didn’t go all the way – because that’s against the rules, and until the ceremony Xichen is still a Lan –, clothes and hair only slightly messy but kept in place, their shared caresses lingered and Wanyin’s dormant desire was awakened. Xichen searched for, and fortunately found, a method to fix the issue without crossing the line, but it requires… tiptoeing around it. And never before had a temptation tested his self-control as fiercely as this one. Rated M for later chapters. Words: 2811, Chapters: 1/3, Language: English Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Lan Huan | Lan Xichen, Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin, Gusu Lan Disciples (Modao Zushi), Lanling Jin Disciples (Modao Zushi), Lan Yuan | Lan Sizhui, Lan Jingyi, Ouyang Zizhen Relationships: Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin/Lan Huan | Lan Xichen via https://ift.tt/GdB3slo

[askdrhanniballecter]

What’s your favorite song?

I'm quite fond of Arthur Rubenstein's iteration of 3 Nocturnes Op. 9 number 2 in E-flat Major.

I also enjoy Bach's Prelude and Fugue number 2 in C minor.

[pianogirlxf]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! Get to know your mutuals and followers :)

1. Snowy days spent by the window with a good book, a cozy sweater, and a mug of hot cocoa.

2. Warm summer evenings when the sun sets late and I play Bach preludes and fugues on my piano in the golden, slanted sun.

3. Attending theater and seeing and an excellent new play or musical.

4. Composing anything.

5. Watching the X-Files with my husband who can recite all the dialogue when the mood hits him.

[malloy-character-death-battle]

Full tally of all submissions!

6 Votes

The First Symphony (Preludes)

Judas (Clown Bible)

5 Votes

The Pacific (Moby Dick)

No One Else (Great Comet)

4 Votes

Tango Dancer (Ghost Quartet)

Dust and Ashes (Great Comet)

Preparations (Great Comet)

3 Votes

Job (Clown Bible)

The DJ (Don’t Stop Me)

Hero (Ghost Quartet)

The Astronomer (Ghost Quartet)

Prayer (Ghost Quartet)

Usher Part 3 (Ghost Quartet)

Pierre and Anatole (Great Comet)

Letters (Great Comet)

Actually (Octet)

Little God (Octet)

2 Votes

Love this God of Mine (Clown Bible)

My Weird (Don’t Stop Me)

The Prize (Don’t Stop Me)

Usher Part 2 (Ghost Quartet)

The Photograph (Ghost Quartet)

Soldier and Rose (Ghost Quartet)

The Wind and Rain (Ghost Quartet)

Sonya Alone (Great Comet)

The Duel (Great Comet)

Pierre (Great Comet)

Natasha and the Bolkonskys (Great Comet)

The Great Comet of 1812 (Great Comet)

Pierre and Natasha (Great Comet)

Fugue State (Octet)

Solo (Octet)

Lilacs (Preludes)

1 Vote

Questions (Blue Wizard Black Wizard)

Grendel's Death (Beowulf)

Jesus (Clown Bible)

Sarah (Clown Bible)

Subtle (Don’t Stop Me)

Don’t Stop Me (Don’t Stop Me)

Needy (Don’t Stop Me)

Any Kind of Dead Person (Ghost Quartet)

Bad Men (Ghost Quartet)

Subway (Ghost Quartet)

Usher Part 1 (Ghost Quartet)

Family Meeting (Ghost Quartet)

Monk (Ghost Quartet)

Four Friends (Ghost Quartet)

Starchild (Ghost Quartet)

Charming (Great Comet)

In My House (Great Comet)

Prologue (Great Comet)

The Ball (Great Comet)

The Opera (Great Comet)

Pierre and Andrey (Great Comet)

The Abduction (Great Comet)

The Private and Intimate Life of the House (Great Comet)

A Call to Pierre (Great Comet)

Balaga (Great Comet)

Natasha Lost (Great Comet)

If He Were Here Now (Cut Song) (Great Comet)

Stubb Kills a Whale (Moby Dick)

Squeeze of my Hand (Moby Dick)

Beautiful (Octet)

Glow (Octet)

The Field (Octet)

Monster (Octet)

Loop (Preludes)

Mountains/2nd Concierto (Preludes)

Tchaikovsky’s Child’s Song (Preludes)

The Prelude (Preludes)

Your Day (Preludes)

Subway (Preludes)

Vocalise (Preludes)

Natalya (Preludes)

The Sandwich (Sandwich)

A Blue Polka Small Dress (The Sewers)

Malfunction Darkness (Space//Space)

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Omg would u be willing to give like piano classical music recs? I just love how pianos sound but I don't know much classical music :(

HI. YES. i feel like i've been waiting for this moment all my life.

so first thing to note is that "classical music" as a genre, as the general public thinks about it, covers like. the 1600s to early 1900s. it's like saying mcr and golden era broadway music are the same genre, which drives me up the wall some days but i've also accepted it as like. general public insistence that all music composed before 1910 is somehow stuffy and elitist to listen to. ANYWAY rant aside this is all to say that the sound and style is going to differ a lot!

without further ado, here's my Certified Fresh™ piano recs for beginners <3

the famous composers you should probably listen to

rachmaninoff - piano concerto no. 2 in c minor. evgeny kissin (<333) has like thee recording ever of this (linked). it's the most famous piano concerto in the world. i've been playing this baby since i was 15 and literally every day i learn something new about it. gift that keeps giving!! and if you like this, then i'd also take a gander at the rhapsody on a theme of paganini, which is a whole piano concerto that's like theme and variations on the melody from the most famous paganini violin caprice (no. 24).

chopin - ballade no. 1 in g minor. krystian zimerman (linked) has probably the most solid recording, but i'm rlly partial to yundi li's interpretation! seong-jin cho is also incredibly impressive, i've seen him twice and his work blows me away... all of chopin's music is quintessential piano listening imo; his collection of waltzes, nocturnes, and études especially are foundational learning material! he's my fav composer of all time <3 (side note: arthur rubinstein is known as The chopin performer, but any of the people i listed will do a great job if you're looking on youtube on spotify for a version to listen to)

liszt - transcendental étude no. 12 "chasse-neige". and if you have time then wough ALL of the transcendental études and listen in order. i don't really like liszt but i worship at the feet of daniil trifonov's album i'm so serious. also gotta plug that i saw him perform live too and he is like the second coming of christ to me. my absolute favourite pianist atm.

beethoven - sonata no. 14 "moonlight". while we're in that fob mood! everybody knows the first movement but rarely do people play it well tbh 💀 the second and third movements are also very famous but they seem to fit on the second tier of the classical music iceberg, so i'll rec it anyway. harder to say who my fav beethoven performers are.. he has the most difficult repertoire for a reason! maybe claudio arrau or alfred brendel (linked), daniel barenboim for more modern recordings (and a complete set of sonatas) but he's not The best..

mozart - fantasia in d minor. sigh. so i'm not the biggest mozart fan, admittedly. but he's got an incomparable place in history, so here we are! this is probably one of the more underrated famous pieces (in comparison to like the turkish march or whatever). linked is trifonov again, but i would rec seong-jin cho's mozart album too, it's solid all around.

bach - partita no. 2 in c minor. probably the most dramatic and accessible of his partitas. you have probably heard of the well-tempered clavier at some point in your life, which is his collection of preludes and fugues! those are worth listening to if you're ever in the baroque mood. i'm so serious when i say bach's music is god to me. not the easiest listening, but worth it tbh... anyway. martha argerich (linked) is goated and one of my main inspirations in music. (and if you find yourself liking her, i'd rec her astor piazzolla interpretations like tres minutos con la realidad, great argentinian music by great argentinian musicians!)

stuff that goes so fucking ham i can only describe it as the closest humanity will ever touch divinity

godowsky - passacaglia. based off schubert's unfinished symphony but that's not super important all you need to know is that it's 20 minutes of insanity

liszt - erlkönig. this is like a veritable nightmare, musically. it's based on schubert's erlkönig and it's absolute hell. holy shit. it's so good. yuja wang (linked) is superhuman

bach (transcribed by ferruccio busoni) - partita no 2. in d minor. this partita was composed for the violin but naturally someone had to put it on the piano and make it go harder than it already does. literally a religious experience, ofc evgeny kissin had to do it to 'em

ravel (transcribed by beatrice rana) - la valse. beatrice rana is so goated, holy shit. this waltz is also musically difficult, but she just knocks it out of the park. every time i listen to this i get chills, esp towards the end. definitely worth watching as well as listening to, she's electric with it

liszt - mephisto waltz. did i say i didn't like liszt already? i feel like liszt is overrepresented here. liszt enjoyers come get your food ig. khatia buniatishvili is just crazy impressive, she's just so effortlessly virtuosic and i live in awe of her work.

this got kinda long but i think it's more bc i can't shut up.. anyway! hope you enjoy!! let me know what you think if you listen to any of this!

[nativestarwrites]

The final poll! These were the favourite episodes from each of the individual series polls. If you thought picking your favourite from each series was hard... good luck picking an episode here! I'm certainly struggling! Please reblog, I'd love to get as many fans voting as possible! S1 poll had the most votes with 100, lets see if we can beat that! For the curious, the top 3 winners for each series:

Series 1: Fugue 57%, Home 21%, Overture (Pilot) 13% Series 2: Neverland 54.8%, Nocturne 22.6%, Trove 16.1% Series 3: Coda 35.4%, Ride 30.4%, Prey 20.3% Series 4: Canticle 57.7%, Harvest 23.1%, Lazaretto 15.4% Series 5: Icarus 31.8%, Quartet 22.7%, Colours, Passenger, Cartouche all with 13.6% Series 6: Degüello 71.4%, Pylon 17.9%, Apollo 7.1% Series 7: Zenana 63.9%, Raga 25%, Oracle 11.1% Series 8: Terminus 51.4%, Striker 31.4%, Scherzo 17.1% Series 9: Exeunt 55.9%, Uniform 38.2%, Prelude 5.9%

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The evolution of the tux...

Being Julia: Points added for wing collar but forced to note out that this is least favorite hair...ever.

2. Sparkle: Sad cater waiter and not actual tux but he has his wistful stare down cold.

3. Princess Kaiulani: Don't have a full-body screenshot. Points for wing collar and white tie. Hair improving by leaps and bounds.

4. Endeavour Series 1 (S1E2: Fugue): Cheap tux but this is Morse at last. It's all uphill from here on.

5. Miss Julie: Our only mustachioed tux. He looks fabulous. Also, if you can, watch the version of Miss Julie with Colin Farrell, Jessica Chastain, and Samantha Morten (currently "free" on Amz Prime )--and then mourn the fact that you didn't get to see Evans in this role.

6. Endeavour Series 3 (S3E1: Ride): Ride tux! I don't think I need to say anything at all.

7. Endeavour Series 3 (S3E4: Coda): Extra Series 3 tux included because we need at least one shot where Morse looks like he just randomly decided to show up in a tux. Meeting Max in the mortuary? Time to grab the formal wear...

8. Endeavour Series 5 (S5E5: Quartet): The tux is obligatory when they make you pretend to be James Bond for the day.

9. Endeavour Series 7 (S7E1: Oracle): There were many exquisite tux appearances in Series 7. He can finally afford the good stuff and knows how to wear it very, very well.

10. 9. Endeavour Series 9 (S9E3: Exeunt): The culmination. Series 9 sees him looking glorious with extended tux scenes in Prelude and a final goodbye at the end of Exeunt.

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Tuesday, 11-26-24, 8am Pacific

'Mornin' everyone, Mr. Baggins back with our Morning Coffee Music, selections to get us in gear and in good cheer on this chilly Tuesday morning. Let's start this morning off right with Bach. So far in our survey of the classic boxed set by harpsichordist Malcolm Hamilton of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier, we have heard Preludes and Fugues numbers 1 through 12. Now let's hear Nos 13, 14, and 15.

Ah, isn't that better? Only thing that could make it better is more Bach! So far in our survey of the complete Brandenburg Concerti in its 1960 reading by Karl Ristenpart, we've heard Nos 1, 2, 4, and 5. Let's listen to No. 3 this morning. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, in G Major, BWV 1048, Karl Ristenpart and The Chamber Orchestra of The Saar.

Let's turn from Bach to Vivaldi, his Trumpet Concerto in A-flat, in a classic recording by trumpeter Maurice André and Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra.

Let's step from the Baroque right into the Romantic, with Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, The "Scottish" Symphony, in an exceptional performance by (now) SIR Neville Marriner and The Academy, recorded in 1994.

And as a treat, let's hear Rudy Serkin's 1959 recording of Mendelssohn's First Piano Concerto, with Ormandy/Philadelphia. This is the reference recording by which all others are measured.

Now here is a rare treat, Igor Stravinsky conducting his 1945 revision of The Firebird Suite in Japan in 1959! It doesn't get any better than this, other than the studio version of this same 1945 revision.

Now let's hear oboist Heinz Holliger with Marriner and The Academy in Telemann's Oboe Concerto in C minor, TWV 51:c1.

And to send us all off to a pleasant rest of our day, here is the Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra, with their famous 1968 recording of Pachelbel's Canon, a "feel-good" piece if there ever was one.

That's all the space I've got for today's Morning Coffee Music. I do hope you've enjoyed the selections today! This is Mr. Baggins signing off for now, I'll return at 2pm Pacific with your Afternoon Stack of Classic Wax!

Until then, be kind, babies, be kind.

Baggins out.

[nenyabusiness]

Shuffle Tag: Classical Edition

Thank you, @pursuitseternal! The only actual playlist I have is piano only, because, you know, classical pianist etc etc, but here we go. (Highly recommend the second one! Swedish romantic composer.)

How about you, @maironiiel?

[rulesforthedance]

Day 3 update: all I wanna do is play preludes and fugues