#elgar violin concerto

[musicianrambles]

Elgar when he writes what is essentially 3 descending notes and Still manages to make it so compelling

I'm so normal about this

[musicianrambles]

I hope this illustrates how ecstatic I was to find the Elgar Violin Concerto having already been a fan of the Sibelius violin concerto AND Elgar 1

[lindensea]

The symphony was magical! There's so much motion in music!!

[naydentodorov]

Great evening with Daniel Hope, Sofia Philharmonic and the violin concerto by Elgar @violinhope @sofiaphilharmonic @naydentodorov #elgar #violin #concerto (at Софийска филхармония / Sofia Philharmonic) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl_pAiCLJa_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[satoruhour]

went to a classical concert last night and i saw this guy who’s the section leader for the cellos. he had his hair up in a bun and i was like “geto playing the cello fits so well actually” or rather the features of the cello fits him so perfectly and it does !!!! the lower timbre of the cello is such a testament to his raspy and calm voice, but when triggered by external forces (elgar cello concerto im looking @ u — the piece makes such a beautiful use of the instrument), the outburst is so intense and hard-hitting, something i’d expect from a collected man like geto who, when he gets angry and furious, really burns everything in his way with his spite lol.

the lower register of the cello is often a grounding instrument for the piece when it’s not played in a concerto, sort of like a bass guitar in songs, and i think at geto’s core that’s what he was for gojo — someone not as strong as gojo in terms of a flawless technique but always being the voice of reason, that laidback, chill friend who sometimes surprises you with an insane idea that usually differs from the voice of reason (when the cello is put on centre stage for a concerto, that is).

and also the fact that in ep 23’s juju sanpo there’s the (joking) implication of gojo being a violin teacher despite it all being a ploy for megumi’s supposed situation of getting hit on, it also DOES fit gojo so much because the violin in general is a really attention-seeking instrument (don’t kill me!! i play violin and i mean... i sorta agree). there’s not one but two sections of the violins in the orchestra and it’s shrill, high-pitched, a little bit of the buzz in the ear when played not so well, but when manipulated well i think it’s truly one of the most beautiful instruments constructed. and that exactly feels like what gojo is — not to reduce his character to an instrument, but rather just pointing out similar features of the violin’s sound to parts of gojo’s character — a little insufferable and annoying at first but he has a lot of depth with every year that he ages, maybe not at first when he was younger but there is that fact that older violins harmonise and sound better from the constant use and practice of the player.

the gojo now is like an aged violin like an old stradivarius or guarneri, technique honed perfectly from years and years of practice after the whole debacle of riko. the luthier process is also important — the act of satoru’s parents essentially making love and producing gojo who shifted the trajectory of the jujutsu world — where it shows that luthiers who construct the instrument from scratch will not know if their instrument will sound well years later, but it differs in his case. it just so happens that his parents were lucky luthiers who already knew the value of their instrument from the beginning.

[desceros]

hi sam!! kind of a different request, but would you list as many of your favorite orchestral pieces as you can? association with turtles v welcome but also optional! i have trouble doing my coursework because i can't listen to anything in the background while doing it (shows, music with lyrics), but i listened to scheherazade because of you and really loved it, plus got some work done to boot!! i'm not sure where to start in looking for more music like that so i thought i'd ask you. :)

oohhhh what a FUN ask, thank you so much!! i promise i am going to TRY to be REASONABLE with how much i talk about this. if i really did mention "as many as i could" i think i'd find out if tumblr has a character limit in text posts, hahaha!

so my favorite symphony of ALL TIME is symphony 9 by dvorak. absolute must-listen. my favorite moment of the entire piece (which you HAVE to listen to the entire thing to get REALLY feral about) is the last huge chord progression in the fourth movement that takes the db major brass chords from the second movement and puts it to the BOMBASTIC TYMPANI EB MINOR EXTRAVAGANZA from the first movement and makes me want to CHEW THROUGH BEDROCK, RAHHH

aside from that, here are a few that i love a lot and totes recommend:

all of scheherezade is, of course, absolutely stunning. it's one of my favorite pieces of all time. if you haven't listened to the other movements, i highly recommend! in this same vein is you liked that are pieces like the stepps by borodin, the polovstian dances (also borodin), marche slav by tchaikovsky, and to some extent saint-saens piano concerto no. 5 has some similar themes, particularly in the absolutely DELICIOUS second movement. it's called "orientalism" and while the, uh, intent has a history of. to say generously. problematic undertones. the pieces themselves are lovely.

russian easter overture by rimsky korsakov. i played this one in high school and man. it's just so FUN and PRETTY.

symphonie fantastique by hector berlioz. it's the story of this dude having a really bad acid trip. no i'm not kidding. also the fifth movement has the dies irie in my favorite iteration ever. eat your heart out, mozart.

...actually just literally anything by tchaikovsky. gun to my head, i'd say he's my favorite classical composer. i'm partial to his ballet work because that's what i played a lot of personally, but his overtures and concertos are quite fun. his romeo and juliet overture is extremely famous (though i personally vastly prefer the opening part over the latter, more famous part). every violinist you ever meet will be traumatized by him, though. so do be careful.

speaking of concertos: my favorite (ugh. i'm a traitor) is probably the barber violin concerto. it just has this. cinematic vibe to it that makes me think of something magical.

(....though the elgar cello concerto and the grieg piano concerto may have something to say about this.)

the planets suite by holst is very fun. you've probably heard mars, and you may recall the romance theme from jupiter if you've seen the movie braveheart. it's one of those mainstream pieces most people have heard. my particular favorite movement is uranus. it's so bouncy and fun!!! classical headbanger music here

beethoven is quite fun to listen to. for his orchestral work, i'm partial to symphony no. 5 since that was the first one i played and the drama of it is enthralling. (yes. i think it's better than nine. sue me.). that said, between you and me, i like the egmont overture better than his symphonies. that low open c on the viola is just so god damned juicy—[door bangs open] OH NO. IT'S THE PRETENTIOUS POLICE. THEY FOUND ME

i'll stop there. these are a few symphonic pieces, since you asked for those specifically. i also really love chamber music (which is just the strings section, sans the woodwinds/brass/percussion/etc), but i find those amazing to listen to as well! anywho i hope you enjoy some slash all of these and good luck with your studies!!

[fairyhaos]

Hi Yena! How are you?? Can I have some orchestral music recs please? I've been wanting to get listen to more classic music, but I have no idea where to start. I hope your exams (and revision!) goes well!!

hi oh my god!!!!!! id love to give you orchestral recs!!!!!! it really depends on ur music taste tbh but classical music is sooo so versatile so im gonna go thru a list of semi popular pieces and just give a few words-vibe explanation of them too

Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 - 20th cent dramatic romance movie soundtrack (specifically focused in the 3rd mvt)

Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite - exhilarating storytelling with dramatic climax

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 - the epitome of 18th century stuffy wigs and aristocratic balls

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor - the dark theme of the anti-hero in a vigilante/dystopian movie

Beethoven Spring Sonata - if the imagery of petals floating down a fast-flowing stream was fit into a melody

Elgar Salut d'Amor - cream silk and pink ribbons in pigtails

Beethoven Romance No. 2 - swiss royalty ballroom dancing music. specifically switzerland, for reasons unknown to my brain

Monti Czardas - if spanish yearning was a violin piece

Dvorak Serenade for Strings in E Major - imagine the colour dark yellow spinning around super fast amongst the falling autumn leaves

if anyone wants more orchestral music recs then I'm always happy to provide!!!!! just send in an ask w the vibes of music that you'll want and im do my best to find something 😎

[waterlemon-melon]

✨elegy and reconciliation✨

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had fun making hypothetical album covers and which pieces are featured so i made a front and back cover for the rise of the ashes case in the au (yes that’s literally the date of the last trial of that case)

[supercantaloupe]

CONCERTI PLEASEEEEE the one (1) piece(s) of classical music i can name is vivaldi's four seasons violin concertis (concertos?) and they are my favorites i listen to them so often they are wired into my brain. and i STILL can't tell the seasons apart because i am immune to telling apart instruments :) but anyway really would love to see your list ALSO please please ramble on about topics of your choice that's one of my favorite things you do!!

okayokay. hmm

for violin concerti i have to give it up to brahms. i wasn't much of a brahms vln cto guy until i had to do it twice in orchestra in two years and then it grew on me. but also i'm an oboist and i'm biased because the middle movement is practically an oboe concerto as much as it is a violin concerto. anyway i also like tchaikovsky's violin concerto, mendelssohn's, and mozart no. 3. it will probably be more fruitful to ask a violinist for more suggestions because i don't listen to these very much but i know i have violin player mutuals so i'm calling on them to drop in the comments lol

PIANO CONCERTI. this is the other instrument that has like one million concerti out there. some of my favorites are beethoven 5 "emperor", tchaikovsky 1, and gershwin concerto in f :) (loooove the gershwin concerto). rhapsody in blue is sort of concerto like but it's not strictly a concerto i think. also shoutout to the ravel left hand piano concerto -- a very unique piece! he wrote it for a piano player who lost his right hand in world war i.

Lower strings - stamitz viola concerto! enough viola jokes, society has moved past the need for mean spirited viola jokes, it's a good instrument and this concerto is great. dvorak and saint-saens's cello concertos are about as standard and great as the come, but i think elgar is also great (even though it's not a style i usually prefer!). and as for bass, there's basically nothing as iconic as the bottesini concerto.

winds - i love me a good clarinet concerto. mozart's clarinet concerto (which was actually originally written for basset clarinet, an old type of clarinet with a slightly lower range and mellow tone) is classic and wonderful, but so are weber's clarinet concerti (i like no. 2!). the mercadante flute concerto is a lovely piece, i don't think it gets played that often but it's great. and the ferdinand david concertino for trombone!! really great. there are admittedly a lot of great concertos out there for horn, trumpet, bassoon, flute, etc. that i just don't know (sometimes i hear them on the radio but i don't catch the composer or work title)...but there's a lot out there, you can really just poke around until you find stuff you like

oboe - yes of course this gets its own section. you have asked an oboist for her choice of concertos. i am so biased here it's not funny. Anyway let's go chronological shall we. Starting with the marcello concerto. i think it usually gets played in d minor but i play it in c minor. do NOT @ me. next up is the mozart concerto which is pretty much just flat out required for every oboist to know if they want to do ANYTHING remotely professional in the world of oboe performance, it is THE standard rep for us. also do not @ me about not including the mozart flute concerto earlier because THAT'S THE SAME PIECE!! the flute concerto is just oboe concerto transposed up a step. LAME! anyway moving on. josef fiala is a kind of little known classical composer who has a few oboe concertos, i'm a fan of basically all of them. then there's my FAVE the kalliwoda concertino in f, it's so good, i played it for my senior recital. then getting into the 20th century there's the vaughan williams concerto which...i go back and forth on how i feel about it. it's lovely to listen to but it kicked my ass when i tried to learn it and i gave up on movement ii. also this isn't oboe but it's english horn which is like oboe's big brother, donizetti has an english horn concertino which i really like too, although finding out that it's disputed whether it should be in F or in G rocked my world (especially after i had gotten used to playing it in G and then tried it once in F and it broke my brain. i can't accept that it might be better in F...i can't...)

and then some WILD CARDS that i want to shout out because they're fun. the first two are double concertos: the mozart flute and harp concerto! and the fiala english horn and clarinet concerto! i think this combo is so weird and unique and great, i would LOVE to play this some day though i doubt that will ever happen.

you've heard of double concertos well now get ready for QUADRUPLE concerto. vivaldi wrote a concerto for four violins in b minor and it kind of rules. bach also arranged this for four harpsichords in a minor so you might also find that version. it took me forever to figure out who actually wrote the damn piece because i'd heard it both ways in multiple places

penultimate mention goes to the grunge oboe concerto, which attempts to answer the age old question, what if oboe music was emo/metal music. and then the final mention goes to this guy's specific performance of a vivaldi recorder concerto

[ask meme]

[inexplicablymine]

6 and 32 for your WIP game??? I feel like I might have heard a little about the latter but I am begging for more scraps pls

Hello hello!!! Finally settled in and answering the rest of my asks!! (And anymore that anyone wants to inquire about)

#6 (Soup de Jour)

This is a gift fic for the lovely @cheesecurdsgravyandfries who I share my love of soup with. I can not tell you much as I do not want to ruin the surprise, but I will share that these are the current research topics for the work

#35 (Orchestra AU)

It appears that orchestra au is popular ;) (if you want a little synopsis you can read my other answer here).

A few of the songs on my 5 hour playlist

- Spiegel im spiegel by Arvo Pärt / Angèle Dubeau

- Fauré: Élégie, Op.24 by Gabriel Fauré / Jacquline du Pré

- Winterreise, D. 911: 1-24 by Franz Schubert

- Elgar Cello Concerto by Edward Elgar / Jacquline du Pré

- Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: l. ll. & lll. by Henryk Górecki / Dawn Upshaw / London Symphony

- Come Sweet Death, BWV 478 by Johann Sebastian Bach / Sheku Kenneh- Mason arrangement

I am always open to suggestions for the playlist of what classical music moves people.

One of the pieces I would like to add to this list is the first three minutes of a violin concerto commissioned by Joshua Bell that is only being played live in concert halls at the moment. I dream about that movement and I have a voice memo of the piece on my phone that is quite literally one of my prized possessions/most listened to pieces of all time.

(WIP Ask Game)

[wickedhawtwexler]

violin teacher: i was thinking about the elgar cello concerto for the winter concert but our main cellist left

me (has had zero cello lessons): i volunteer as tribute

[incomingalbatross]

Last Week (week three) on Commute Radio:

Bach's violin concertos Not quite as beautiful to me as the Brandenburg concertos, but good stuff

Close Reads A podcast that comes across like a very intelligent, well-educated book club or relaxed literary seminar - three people (also Catholic I'm almost entirely sure) discussing books in depth. I listened to their first installment of discussion on Little Britches, and it was great. They compared Ralph to Telemachus multiple times.

Being Human Very promising! I only listened to the introductory episode, but it's about Catholic psychotherapy which is a VERY interesting topic.

Bargainville by Moxy Früvous My non-classical music cheat day. :P A good time! Not something I would have found on my own. I like their sound.

Art of Manliness A short episode - not much to say about it. Still deciding if this one holds a strong enough appeal for me to keep it in a long-term rotation.

Stuff You Should Know VERY short episode. I'm good sprinkling these into my rotation, I think, just as random general knowledge content.

Snap Judgment Listen. These are interesting, varied, well-made, and generally engrossing storytelling. However, if the third episode I listen to is also the third one that brings up child sex abuse, however appropriate the context and handling, I am out.

Cello Concertos by Dvorak and by Elgar Good stuff, dramatic, and one of them reminded me of OTGW somehow? I think just the vibes. Considering making a Fall Playlist and putting it on there.

My Writing Sucks Continues to be a fun time! Her writing WAS bad and it's bad in ways I recognize so clearly from my own child-attempts at writing. Both funny and endearing.

Pints With Aquinas This was my longest day, and I was also on the train and may have dozed a bit, so I can't say I gave it the attention it required. But it was still good.

Born of Wonder I liked my second episode better than the first! Talked about nature and how we ought to relate to/experience it, with the focus on wonder. Good.

Swan Lake Act One Really good stuff. Much longer than I assumed (hence only having gotten to Act One this week), but I would listen again.

Now, I'm behind on my round-ups here, because technically I just finished week four of this project/experiment/adventure. But I don't want the list to get wildly long, so I'll end this one here and give Week Four its own post before long.

[sevarix-blogs]

what are your favorite solo viola pieces

honestly... most of my faves are works originally for cello but transposed for viola hehe

for example.... the swan:

schubert's cello sonata but for viola!

(imo it sounds better on viola but i'm biased)

elgar's cello concerto:

and THIS piece is originally for violin and piano... but i like the viola version a lot!!!

ok back to another piece originally for cello.

this one. is SO GORGEOUS. and on the viola.... it's just so perfect....

ok here is a piece that is actually originally for viola! it's by rebecca clarke!

it is also very beautiful...

ty for asking!!!!!! it was fun listening to these again...

[veliseraptor]

Favourite violin concerto and cello concerto? (I remember a while back you answered a ask saying you appreciate classical music especially cello and strings)

thanks to this ask I spent all afternoon listening to violin/cello concertos so thank you for that

I do appreciate classical music especially cello and strings! this one was hard though because part of my issue is that a lot of my favorite music is next to impossible to track down, because I only know it as "music that I heard at home growing up all the time, would recognize instantly by ear but have no idea who the composer might be or often even what time period it's from."

but from what I've been listening to recently while it was a tossup between Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor and Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B Minor, I think I ultimately have to give this one to Elgar. vibing with it slightly more, at least this afternoon.

as far as violin concerto goes I think I'm biased by hearing it recently (and played live) but I really enjoyed seeing Ray Chen play Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor. (fun fact! Ray Chen played the violin on the Arcane soundtrack, notably here and in "What Could Have Been.")

not sure it totally counts as a cello concerto but I have this instrumental version of Kol Nidrei that I'm also kind of obsessed with

[kaylmao]

i got tagged by the lovely @official-saul-goodman to share the top 10 songs on my repeats playlist :)

1. The Welsh Arrow - Pierre Bensusan

2. Haydn: String Quartet no. 62 "Emperor" II. Poco adagio; cantabile - Allegro String Ensemble

3. Avril 14th - Aphex Twin

4. Science/Visions - CHVRCHES

5. Overture/All That Jazz - Broadway Cast of Chicago

6. J. S. Bach: Sonata no. 1 for Solo Violin in G Minor II. Fuga - Hilary Hahn

7. Elgar: Cello Concerto - Sheku Kanneh-Mason and London Symphony Orchestra

8. Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 8 - Borodin Quartet

9. Raise Your Voice - Broadway Cast of Sister Act

10. Mist & Shadow - The Sword

this was a lot of fun thank u for the tag!!!!!! im tagging @lilac-est @loverboy-ish @deathcap420

[tinyshe]

Classical Music that Goes HARD Tracklist: 0:00:00 Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 2 "Summer": III. Presto * 0:02:40 Jenkins - Concerto Grosso for Strings "Palladio": I. Allegretto Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov * Violin: Yuliya Lebedenko 0:05:13 Wagner - The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries Brahms - 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: 0:10:12 No. 5 in G Minor, Allegro 0:13:23 No. 1 in G minor, Allegro molto Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, Peter Pejtsik 0:16:54 Litvinovsky - Pinocchio: X. In fuga dai briganti * 0:18:26 Litvinovsky - Pelléas and Mélisande: III. Galliard. Navire dans la tempête (Galliard. Ship in a storm) 0:21:05 Haydn - Die Worte des Erlösers am Kreuze: IX. Il Terremoto 0:22:51 Litvinovsky - Le Grand Cahier: X. L'Incendie Brahms (arr. Naughtin) - 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: 0:25:10 No. 2 in D Minor, Allegro non assai 0:28:17 No. 21 in E Minor, Vivace 0:29:36 No. 11 in D Minor, Poco andante 0:32:33 Händel - Suite No. 11 in D Minor: III. Sarabande 0:35:22 Händel - Suite No. 7 in G Minor: VI. Passacaglia 0:43:06 Albéniz (arr. Naughtin) - Suite Española No. 1: V. Asturias - Leyenda 0:50:07 Schubert - Erlkönig (The Elf King), D. 328 0:53:45 Bizet - L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2: IV. Farandole Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov * Mandolin: Anna Ignatova 0:56:52 Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Overture Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, Peter Pejtsik 1:01:37 Rossini - William Tell: Overture Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, Peter Illenyi 1:14:45 Offenbach - Orphée aux enfers: Galop Infernal (Can Can) 1:17:06 Verdi - Aida: Marcia Trionfale (Triumphal March) 1:23:29 Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, Op. 39 No. 1 Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, Peter Pejtsik 1:29:52 Rossini - La Gazza Ladra: Overture Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, Peter Illenyi 1:41:20 Strauss - Radetzky March, Op. 228 1:44:03 Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture 1:51:55 Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio 1:59:03 Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto Allegro 2:05:23 Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: In the Hall of the Mountain King 2:07:49 Mozart - Requiem, K. 626: III. Dies Irae 2:09:56 Verdi - Requiem: II. Dies Irae Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra, Peter Pejtsik 2:12:29 Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco (Live) Orquesta Reino de Aragón, Ricardo Casero