#flute and harp concerto

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Mozart - Masterpost

For his birthday today (1/27) I compiled all of the blog posts I've written about his music over the years on this blog. There's so much more to write about for a composer with as significant an output as Wolfgang...I hope you enjoy anything you haven't heard yet!

Opera

Abduction from the Seraglio

Masses

Requiem in d minor

Symphonies

Symphony no.25 in g minor

Symphony no.36 in C Major, “Linz”

Symphony no.38 in D Major, “Prague”

Symphony no.41 in C Major, “Jupiter”

Concertos

Piano Concerto no.15 in Bb Major

Piano Concerto no.20 in d minor

Piano Concerto no.24 in c minor

Piano Concerto no.25 in C Major

Violin Concerto no.1 in Bb Major

Violin Concerto no.3 in G Major, “Strasbourg”

Violin Concerto no.5 in A Major “Turkish”

Clarinet Concerto in A Major

Double Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major

Horn Concerto no.1 in D Major

Piano

Adagio in b minor

Piano Sonata no.8 in a minor

Piano Sonata no.11 in A Major

Piano Sonata no.18 in D Major, “The Hunt"

Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major

Sonata for Piano, Four Hands in F Major

Chamber Music

Clarinet Quintet in A Major

Clarinet Trio in Eb Major, “Kegelstatt”

String Quintet no.1 in Bb Major

String Quintet no.2 in c minor

String Quintet no.4 in g minor

String Quintet no.6 in Eb Major

Piano Quartet no.1 in g minor

Piano Quartet no.2 in Eb Major

Serenade no.10 in Bb Major, “Gran Partita

Divertimento for 2 Horns and String Quartet, “A Musical Joke"

Violin Sonata no.21 in e minor

Misc.

17 Church Sonatas

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YESSSS VIOLIN CONCERTO BRACKET START FISTFIGHTS !!! also more generally a concerto bracket would be so fun. rach piano 2 vs shostakovich cello 1. fight -lexi

the thing is if you tried to do a concerto bracket for all instruments the violins would sweep anyway no matter what LOL. so much of it is a numbers game in this case. like i remember the music festival i played one summer with a concerto competition with separate sections for "violins" "young violins" "lower strings" "literally everybody else"...maybe someone could run a bracket like that, do separate prelim brackets for violins, pianos, lower strings, and wind/brass, and then put the winners from those individual brackets together in a final? no matter what i think it would be Hilarious to see the violin players of tumblr ripping each other to shreds over like. brahms vs tchaikovsky or whatever

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waking up and listening to bbc radio 3’s Sunday morning classical music programme…. i am hurtling towards 80

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Mozart Concerto for Flute Harp and Orchestra in C major, K 299 - complete

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Mozart. Flute and Harp Concerto K299. Zubin Mehta, Julia Rovinsky, Guy E...

Hoy, Mozart, siempre Mozart...Concierto para Arpa y Flauta K 299...🍀🎶💕🌻🌺🌹

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loved your raut recs especially the violin concerto tysm :)))

general romantic / impressionist / modernist recs?

hey so sorry for responding late but i saw this and just kinda went a bit feral, so im sorry.

Alberto Ginastera

Piano Sonata No. 1 (Terence Judd [pfte.])

Piano Sonata No. 2 (Fernando Viani [pfte.])

Piano Concerto No. 1 (Sergio Tiempo [pfte.], Gustavo Dudamel [cond.] w/ Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Guitar Sonata (Aniello Desiderio [gtr.])

Harp Concerto (Nancy Allen [hrp.], Enrique Bátiz [cond.] w/ Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México)

Alfred Schnittke

Concerto Grosso No. 1 (Gidon Kremer [vln.], Tatiana Grindenko [vln.], Heinrich Schiff [cond.] w/ Chamber Orchestra of Europe)

Concerto Grosso No. 2 (Oleg Kagan [vln.], Natalia Gutman [vcl.], Gennady Rozhdestvensky [cond.] w/ USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra)

Cello Concerto No. 1 (Natalia Gutman [vcl.], Gennady Rozhdestvensky [cond.] w/ USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra)

String Quartet No. 3 (Kronos Quartet)

Dmitri Shostakovich

Symphony No. 1 (there was a great recording but when i went to check the recording on yt it wasnt there and it sucks cause it was great)

Symphony No. 5 (Evgeny Mravinsky [cond.] w/ Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra)

Symphony No. 7 (Yevgeny Svetlanov [cond.] w/ USSR State Symphony Orchestra)

Symphony No. 9 (Rudolf Barshai [cond.] w/ WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne)

Symphony No. 15 (this one too dissapeared)

String Quartet No. 9 (Fitzwilliam Quartet)

Violin Concerto No. 1 (David Oistrakh [vln.], Dmitri Mitropoulos [cond.] w/New York Philharmonic)

Maurice Ravel

Violin Sonata No. 2 (Viktoria Mullova [vln.], Bruno Canino [pfte.])

Sonata for Violin and Cello (Jean-Jacques Kantorow [vln.], Philippe Muller [vcl.]

Introduction and Allegro, for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet (Skaila Kanga [hrp.], Academy of St. Martin in the fields)

Alborada del Gracioso (Fritz Reiner [cond.] w/Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Samson François [pfte.], André Cluytens [cond.] w/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire)

Piano Concerto in G (Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli [pfte.], Ettore Gracis [cond.] w/Philharmonia Orchestra)

La Valse (solo piano version) (Seong Jin-Cho [pfte.])

Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (Louis Lortie [pfte.])

Franz Liszt

honestly too many to list here (hehe, liszt here) but heres just some of the ones (marked with Searle numbers)

S.126i, S.139, S.145, S.173, S.174i, S.177, S.178, S.206, S.216, S.217, S.242 (especially no. 20), S.244/12 + 15 + 19, S.252, S253, S.254, S.388, S.390i, S.392, S.393, S.394, S.400, S.409a, S.412iii, S.413, S.418, S.420 (hehe funny number), S.464 (yes i prefer the arrangements, fight me), S.513a, S.558/4 + 12, S.695c, S.697i (not the Busoni version), S.700

Other Composers

Bela Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 2 (György Cziffra [pfte.], Marco Rossi [cond.] w/Budapest Symphony Orchestra)

Olivier Messaien - Le Banquet Céléste (Gillian Weir [org.])

Samuel Barber - Piano Concerto (John Browning [pfte.], George Szell [cond.] w/Cleveland Orchestra]

Kaikhosru Sorabji - Sequentia Cyclica on Dies Irae (Johnathan Powell [pfte.])

Ferrucio Busoni - Piano Concerto (Marc-André Hamelin [pfte.], YL Male Voice Choir [chor.], Osmo Vänskä [cond.] w/Lahti Symphony Orchestra)

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Sonata No. 2 (Nikolai Lugansky [pfte.])

Marc-André Hamelin - 12 Études in All the Minor Keys (Marc-André Hamelin [pfte.])

Eugène Ysaÿe - Sonata No. 5 for Solo Violin (Hilary Hahn [vln.])

Oren Boneh - Sprout (Lung-Yi Huang [gzhn.] w/ C-Camerata Taipei)

Karol Szymanowski - Violin Concerto No. 1 (Lydia Mordkovitch [vln.], Vassily Sinaisky [cond.] w/ BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)

aaaand i think im going to end the list there because this took WAY too long

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185 Years of Tchaikovsky: Honoring The Composer Who Gave The World Its Most Iconic Ballets

From Swan Lake To The Nutcracker, His Music Continues To Captivate Audiences Across Generations And Continents

— 07 May 2025 | Russia Today (RT) | By Maxim Semenov

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian Composer. Born: May 7, 1840, Votkinsk, Russia — Died: November 6, 1893. Saint Petersburg, Russia

Thanks to ‘The Nutcracker’, this Russian Composer gifted the World some of its most beloved Christmas Melodies. His ‘Swan Lake’ became an unexpected symbol of the 1991 August Coup that signaled the Soviet Union’s collapse. His ballets packed theaters when impresario Sergey Diaghilev, who brought Russian ballet to the world stage, introduced them to Western audiences. And even those who know little about classical music instantly recognize the stirring opening chords of his ‘Piano Concerto No. 1’.

A socialite who struggled against his own inclinations, a man of deep sensitivity known to friends as having a “glass soul,” he also composed some of the most significant sacred music in the Russian Orthodox tradition.

We’re talking, of course, about Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Discover the life, work, and personal trials of Russia’s most celebrated composer in this RT feature.

Reproduction of Tchaikovsky's Portrait (1893) by Kuznetsov from the collection of the Tretyakov State Gallery in Moscow, 1966. © Sputnik/Pavel Balabanov

A Child of the Empire

Many great composers seemed destined for music from birth – Beethoven’s father sang at court, Mozart’s was a deputy kapellmeister. These prodigies grew up in refined, aristocratic homes. Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s story, however, took a different path.

Born in 1840 in the industrial town of Votkinsk in the Ural region, Tchaikovsky came from a family rooted in the Russian Empire’s rising professional class. His father, Ilya Tchaikovsky, managed an ironworks – one of the Empire’s most advanced metallurgical plants.

On his father’s side, Pyotr’s family traced its roots to the Cossacks of Little Russia (modern-day Ukraine), who had served Russia faithfully since the 17th century. During the Great Northern War, his ancestor, Colonel Fyodor Chaika, sided with Tsar Peter I against Hetman Ivan Mazepa’s betrayal. After the Battle of Poltava, the family eventually adopted the surname Tchaikovsky and joined the Russian nobility.

His mother’s family added Western European flair. French sculptors and Austrian officers – including Michael Heinrich Maximilian Assier, who became Andrey Mikhailovich Assier upon settling in Russia – rounded out the family tree. Assier rose to the rank of active state counselor, equivalent to a major general.

Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky in Geneva, 1889. © Sputnik

From an early age, music filled Tchaikovsky’s home. His father played flute, his mother played harp and piano, and the family owned a grand piano and a mechanical organ known as an orchestrion. Through it, young Pyotr first encountered Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’, leaving a lasting impression.

His earliest music teacher was Maria Palchikova, a former serf who had taught herself to read and play music. He also absorbed French cultural influence from Fanny Dürbach, a governess brought from St. Petersburg. This blend of European classical training and authentic Russian heritage shaped his artistic vision.

Even as a child, Tchaikovsky showed a deep emotional connection to music. He once became so engrossed while tapping rhythms on a window frame that he broke the glass and severely cut his hand.

“In daily life, people were drawn to him because they could feel how deeply he cared,” recalled his brother Modest. “He was so sensitive that the slightest thing could hurt him. He was like a child made of glass.”

This emotional intensity would later complicate his life – but it also fueled his extraordinary creativity.

Pyotr Tchaikovsky is conferred the honorary title of Doctor of Music by Cambridge University, 1893. © Sputnik/Mikhail Ozerskiy

From Bureaucrat To Composer

Ilya Tchaikovsky envisioned a stable career for his son in law or government. At age ten, Pyotr entered St. Petersburg’s prestigious Imperial School of Jurisprudence.

Though the school’s rigid discipline made him feel isolated, Tchaikovsky quickly earned the affection of teachers and classmates. Remarkably, he avoided both corporal punishment and bullying – no small feat in that era.

Even in a school focused on legal studies, his love of music persisted, though his talents weren’t immediately obvious. While clearly more musically inclined than his peers, no one yet foresaw the heights he would reach.

At 19, after graduating, he landed a civil service job at the Ministry of Finance – a respectable, if uninspired, start to his career.

But the lure of St. Petersburg’s vibrant intellectual and social scene soon proved irresistible. He befriended future poets, writers, and critics, attended salons, banquets, and musical soirées, and embraced a hedonistic lifestyle.

“I, a sickly man with neurosis, cannot live without the poison of alcohol. Every night I find myself drunk,” he later confessed. Along with mounting debts, this lifestyle clashed with his government duties.

At 21, he enrolled in music classes offered by the Russian Musical Society, which soon became the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He was among the first composition students. When he abandoned his bureaucratic post, no one in the office seemed to notice. “He simply stopped showing up.”

The Greatest Musical Talent in Russia

At the conservatory, the now mature Tchaikovsky finally began to realize his full potential. He composed his first significant works: a cantata based on Schiller’s ‘Ode to Joy’ and the overture ‘The Storm’, inspired by Ostrovsky’s play. These works revealed his ability to draw equally from Western and Russian musical traditions.

While artistic circles can be competitive, Tchaikovsky inspired admiration rather than jealousy. His classmate – and future critic – Herman Laroche declared, “You are the greatest musical talent in contemporary Russia. In fact, you’re our only hope for the future of Russian music.”

Graduating with the conservatory’s top honor, the grand silver medal, Tchaikovsky soon moved to Moscow to teach at the conservatory there.

During the late 1860s and early 1870s, he composed the ‘Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture’, which a biographer described as revealing the main themes of his future work: the psychological drama of unfulfilled love, youthful passion, and the omnipresent shadow of death.

He also embraced Russian history and folk culture, which shone through in his opera ‘The Oprichnik’, set during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Premiered at the Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theaters, the opera was, in Tchaikovsky’s words, “a triumph beyond anything I could have imagined. A huge crowd of students escorted me back to my hotel.”

Not all his works were instant hits. The now-iconic ‘Swan Lake’ struggled at first and only gained worldwide acclaim after his death.

Triumph and Turmoil

By the 1870s and 1880s, Tchaikovsky’s fame had soared. His concerts sold out. For his ‘1812 Overture’, celebrating Russia’s victory over Napoleon, Emperor Alexander III awarded him an order of merit and helped him clear his debts.

He toured Europe, receiving praise from luminaries like Wagner and Liszt, and traveled to the United States, where he conducted at Carnegie Hall’s grand opening. By then, he had composed all the operas, ballets, and symphonies that would become his lasting legacy.

Yet personal happiness eluded him.

His engagement to Belgian soprano Désirée Artôt, a frequent performer in Russia, ended due to her family’s objections. Heartbroken, he poured his emotions into ‘Romance’, Op. 5, for piano.

At 37, he married Antonina Milyukova, a former student. Though she adored him, their marriage quickly soured. Just three months in, he fled to Switzerland. Though they never divorced, they lived apart for the rest of his life.

Speculation about Tchaikovsky’s homosexuality persists. While he had close relationships with prominent homosexual figures and young male students, serious biographers suggest his attachments were largely aesthetic and intellectual. In his letters, he often lamented his inclinations and struggled to repress them.

Finding Solace in Faith

The turbulence of his personal life took a toll on this man with the “glass soul.” But in his 30s, Tchaikovsky found solace in Orthodox Christianity.

Though indifferent to religion in his youth, by the 1870s and 1880s he had turned to faith for comfort. He studied the Gospels and became deeply engaged with Orthodox church music.

Religious themes began to surface in his compositions. In his ‘Sixth Symphony’, the hymn “With the Saints Give Rest” foreshadows death. The 1812 Overture features the troparion “Save, O Lord, Your people and bless Your inheritance.”

He also composed music for major liturgies, including the ‘Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom’ and the ‘All-Night Vigil’.

Metropolitan Ilarion observed, “He was not just a believer but was deeply rooted in the Orthodox Church. The beauty and profound poetry of Orthodox worship always drew him.” Tchaikovsky himself once said, “My love for Orthodoxy is tied directly to my deep affection for the Russian spirit.”

A legacy Beyond Time

Tchaikovsky died suddenly at age 53 during a cholera outbreak in St. Petersburg. His death shocked the nation. The emperor placed the Imperial Theaters in charge of his funeral and paid the expenses himself. The requiem Mass at Kazan Cathedral was so crowded that many mourners couldn’t even get inside.

Tchaikovsky’s life shows that it’s never too late to follow your true calling, that the path to greatness is rarely smooth, and that passion and hardship often go hand in hand with genius.

His body of work – blending Western European influences with the soul of Russian Orthodox culture – created masterpieces that still captivate audiences worldwide.

Today, ballets like ‘The Nutcracker’, ‘Swan Lake’, and ‘Sleeping Beauty’ are staples of every major opera house. Immune to politics or sanctions, these timeless classics stir emotions ranging from bittersweet nostalgia to warmth and inspiration.

So, when you hear the ‘Waltz of the Flowers’ from ‘The Nutcracker’ drifting through city streets on Christmas Eve, remember the brilliant Russian composer who gave the world such beauty – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Quick Facts:

Born: May 7, 1840, Votkinsk, Russia

Died: Nov 6, 1893 (53 Years), Saint Petersburg, Russia

Cause of Death: Cholera

Spouse: Antonina Miliukova (Married 1877–1893)

Height: 6′ 2″

Plays: Swan Lake (1995), Jewels (1967), Serenade (1934)

Siblings: Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Aleksandra Davydova, More

Parents: Ilya Petrovich Tchaikovsky, Alexandra Andreyevna d'Assier

Nephews: Vladimir Davydov (via Aleksandra Davydova), Georgy Davydov (via Aleksandra Davydova)

— Feature By Maxim Semenov, A Russian Journalist Focusing on the Post-Soviet States

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ACTU DES ARTISTES | KASPAR ZEHNDER

Depuis hier soir, KASPAR ZEHNDER est a la tête de l'Orchestre national du Pays de la Loire pour trois concerts.

🎶Au programme : Gabriel Fauré : Pélléas & Mélisande Claude Debussy : Suite bergamasque (Orchestration de Lisa Heute) Amadeus Mozart : Concerto pour flûte et harpe 📅 3, 4 et 5 avril 2025 📍 Angers, Nantes et Loches 🔗Plus d’infos : https://onpl.fr/concert/flute-et-harpe-mozart-a-lhonneur/

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世界の音楽 — ドイツ

1) J.S. Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (Early 18c)

2) J.S. Bach: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 - 9. Schafe können sicher weiden (1713)

3) Telemann: Recorder Concerto in C, TWV 51:C1 - 4. Tempo di minuet (Early 18c)

4) Quantz: Flute Sonata in G, QV 1:105 - 3. Allegro (Mid 18c)

5) CPE Bach: Solfeggio, H 220 (1766)

6) Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2, "Moonlight" - 1. Adagio sostenuto (1801)

7) Beethoven: Symphony #5 in C minor, Op. 67 - 1. Allegro con brio (1808)

8) Spohr: Concertante for Violin and Harp in G, WoO - 2. Adagio (Early 19c)

9) Weber: Konzertstück for Piano & Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79 (1821)

10) Schumann (C): 3 Romances, Op. 11 - 1. Andante (1839)

11) Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44 - 4. Allegro ma non troppo (1842)

12) Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte V, Op. 62 - 6. Allegretto grazioso, "Frühlingslied" (1844)

13) Brahms: Ein deutsches Ftequiem, Op. 45 - 3. Her, lehre doch mich (1868)

14) Wagner. Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D – Act 3: Siegfried's Funeral March (1874)

15) Karg-Elert: 66 Choral-improvisationen, Op. 65 - Nun danket alle Gott (1908)

16) Comedian Harmonists / Creole Love Call (1930)

17) Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - Alabama Song (1930)

18) Orff: Carmina Burana – O Fortuna (1937)

19) Marlene Dietrich / Lili Marleen (Lilli Marlene) (1945)

20) Strauss (R): Vier letzte Lieder, TV 296 - 4. Im Abendrot (1948)

21) Peter Alexander / Der mond hält seine wacht (1955)

22) Freddy Quinn / Heimweh (1956)

23) Karlheinz Stockhausen / Kontakte (1960)

24) Bert Kaempfert / Moon Over Naples (1964)

25) Horst Jankowski / A Walk in the Black Forest (1965)

26) Marion Maerz / Er ist wieder da (1965)

27) Alexandra / Zigeunerjunge (1967)

28) Nico / These Days (1968)

29) Wolfgang Dauner Quintet / Take Off Your Clothes to Feel the Setting Sun (1969)

30) Amon Düül II / Archangels Thunderbird (1970)

31) Lucifer's Friend / Ride the Sky (1970)

32) Ash Ra Tempel / Amboss (1971)

33) CAN / Mushroom (1971)

34) Juliane Werding / Am tag, als Conny Kramer starb (1971)

35) Faust / It's a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl (1972)

36) Les Humphries Singers / Mexico (1972)

37) Neu! / Super (1973)

38) Wolf Biermann / Ermutigung (1974)

39) Bläck Fööss / Drink doch eine met (1974)

40) Cluster / Caramel (1974)

41) Udo Lindenberg & das Panik-Orchester / Cowboy Rocker (1974)

42) Tangerine Dream / Phaedra (1974)

43) Eberhard Weber / The Colours of Chloë (1974)

44) Popol Vuh / Aguirre I (L'acrime di rei) (1975)

45) Marianne Rosenberg / Ich bin wie du (1975)

46) Boney M. / Daddy Cool (1976)

47) Silver Convention / Get Up and Boogie (1976)

48) Kraftwerk / Trans-Europe Express (1977)

49) Hannes Wader / Die Moorsoldaten (1977)

50) Nina Hagen Band / Unbeschreiblich weiblich (1978)

51) Passport / Ataraxia, Part 2 (1978)

52) Dschinghis Khan / Dschinghis Khan (1979)

53) Karat / Albatros (1979)

54) Abwärts / Computerstaat (1980)

55) Fehlfarben / Ein jahr (Es geht voran) (1980)

56) Rheingold / Dreiklangsdimensionen (1980)

57) Weltklang / Veb Heimat (1980)

58) D.A.F. / Der Mussolini (1981)

59) Die Doraus und die Marinas / Fred vom Jupiter (1981)

60) Extrabreit / Hurra, hurra, die Schule brennt (1981)

61) Palais Schaumburg / Wir bauen eine neue Stadt (1981)

62) Biermösl Blosn / Was braucht ma auf'm Bauerndorf (1982)

63) DöF / Codo (...düse im Sauseschritt) (1983)

64) Nena / 99 Luftballons (1983)

65) Trio / Herz ist trumpf (Dann rufst du an....) (1983)

66) Alphaville / Forever Young (1984)

67) Dissidenten / Fata Morgana (1984)

68) Hubert Kah / Engel 07 (1984)

69) Klaus Lage / 1000 und 1 nacht (Zoom!) (1984)

70) Moti Special / Cold Days, Hot Nights (1984)

71) Propaganda / Dr. Mabuse (1984)

72) Scorpions / Rock You Like a Hurricane (1984)

73) Einstürzende Neubauten / Halber Mensch (1985)

74) Heinz Rudolf Kunze / Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (1985)

75) Modern Talking / Cheri Cheri Lady (1985)

76) Camouflage / Love Is a Shield (1989)

77) Matthias Reim / Verdammt, ich lieb' dich (1990)

78) Jam & Spoon / Stella (1992)

79) Mouse on Mars / Saturday Night Worldcup Fieber (1995)

80) Blümchen / Boomerang (1996)

81) Die Sterne / Was hat Dich bloß so ruiniert (1996)

82) GAS / Zauberberg 1 (1997)

83) Wise Guys / Jetzt ist Sommer (2001)

84) Max Richter / November (2002)

85) Ulrich Schnauss / On My Own (2003)

86) Juli / Perfekte Welle (2004)

87) Rammstein / Mein Teil (2004)

88) Isolée / Schrapnell (2005)

89) Ayọ / Down on My Knees (2006)

90) Sibylle Baier / Forget About (2006)

91) Clueso / Gewinner (2009)

92) Hans Zimmer / Time (2010)

93) C418 / Sweden (2011)

94) Blawan / Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage (2012)

95) Helene Fischer / Atemlos durch die Nacht (2013)

96) Moderat / Bad Kingdom (2013)

97) Revolverheld / Ich lass für dich das Licht an (2013)

98) Andreas Bourani / Auf uns (2014)

99) Tocotronic / Electric Guitar (2018)

100) Nils Frahm / Because This Must Be (2021)

ドイツ人の音楽を150、200曲選ぶことは容易だ。しかしベートーヴェン、ブラームス、カン、クラフトワークといった大御所にマスターピースが集中し、中堅が意外に薄い。ボニーMや日本で人気の高かったアラベスクのような、ありふれた中庸ポップがもてはやされる傾向にあり、英仏伊に比べ人口の多さのわりに多様性に欠ける印象。

地方分権の根付いた連邦制であり、現在も世界一の移民受け入れ国。そうした風土において、総力戦のできる国民国家としての糾合を図る言葉は、ヒトラーやトランプの演説のような俗悪な扇動・大衆迎合に陥らざるをえないのかもしれない。

[roselynia]

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THANK YOU, ROU!!! AAAAA- I'm sorry this took so long to respond to. I really had to think. :') AND IT TURNED OUT SO LONG.

I'll do these questions for Sylas, Lukas, Elvina, Felix, Kaen, and Hana bc they're the main group of my OCs. (I would also choose Theo and Seb, but I always choose them for other things. :') ) I'll color-code them so it makes it easier to read.

💭 - THOUGHT BALLOON — what is your oc's MBTI, enneagram, and/or other personality aspects (if known/interested in)?

Sylas: MBTI: ENTP-A | Enneagram: Type 3w2

Lukas: MBTI: ENFJ-A | Enneagram: Type 2w3

Elvina: MBTI: INFJ-T | Enneagram: Type 2w1

Felix: MBTI: ISTJ-A | Enneagram: Type 6w5

Kaen: MBTI: ISFJ-T | Enneagram: Type 6w7

Hana: MBTI: ENFP-T | Enneagram: Type 1w2

🎻- VIOLIN — does your oc play any instruments? what is their skill level (beginner/intermediate/advanced/virtuoso/etc)?

Sylas: Plays the piano and the harp (virtuoso). He has trained since childhood and is a natural musical prodigy.

Lukas: Plays the violin and is quite skilled (advanced). He started it to complement (and challenge) his brother, but he genuinely enjoys it. He also has basic piano skills.

Elvina: Doesn't play an instrument consistently but knows basic piano skills (beginner). She was taught as a child but never pursued it seriously. She is a very talented vocalist, however.

Felix: Plays the cello (intermediate). It's a quiet, soothing activity for him, and he loves the melancholic tones it can create.

Kaen: Tried playing the guitar once but gave up because it didn't hold his attention. He’s not musically inclined.

Hana: Plays the flute (intermediate). She loves the light, airy tones.

🎮- VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER — what are three of your oc's favorite hobbies?

Sylas: Dueling, Playing/Composing Music, 4D Chess

Lukas: Flirting/Socializing, Cooking, Sparring, Dancing

Elvina: Writing (Poetry, Songs), Stargazing, Dancing, Reading (Myths, Legends)

Felix: Training/Working out, Sketching/Drawing, Reading

Kaen: Dueling, Hiking, Training Magic

Hana: Gardening, Swimming, Baking

🎶- MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

Sylas: Loves classical and instrumental pieces. He gravitates toward intricate compositions that challenge the ear, such as symphonies or concertos. | Listens to Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Debussy, and darker tones like Wagner. He would also enjoy modern cinematic scores by Hans Zimmer or Two Steps From Hell. | Often listens to music. Music is his background noise while studying, practicing, or reflecting.

Lukas: Loves trashy, catchy pop. The kind of music that’s fun, upbeat, and unapologetically cheesy—the kind of music you’d hear blasting from car speakers at a stoplight when you're coming home after a long day. | Listens to artists like Lady Gaga, Doja Cat, Britney Spears, Charli XCX, Bruno Mars, Kesha. | He listens to music often. Music is his guilty pleasure, especially while cooking or lounging around. He’s the kind of guy who shamelessly sings into a spatula.

Elvina: Loves upbeat or harmonious pop songs that are easy to sing along to. She is drawn to music that highlights vocal talent and creativity. | Listens to Pentatonix, Pharrell Williams, Maroon 5, and cover artists like Jayn or Smooth McGroove. She’d also enjoy game soundtracks like “NieR: Automata” or “Kingdom Hearts.” | She listens often, especially while writing or relaxing. Singing along is her favorite way to unwind, whether it’s alone or with close friends. (Picture her and Lukas obnoxiously singing along to Espresso while Felix wonders why they're his best friends)

Felix: Loves dark, heavy, and emotional music. He enjoys melodic death metal, viking metal, and the occasional acoustic song. | Listens to Æther Realm, Insomnium, Amorphis, and Wintersun. He also appreciates the occasional dark, orchestral track or acoustic covers of metal songs. | Doesn't listen to music too often of his own accord, at least not as much as his two best friends.

Kaen: Loves high-energy music that fuels his adrenaline. He’s drawn to rock, punk, and fast-paced electronic tracks that keep him moving. | Listens to Fall Out Boy, AWOLNATION, Panic! at the Disco, Daft Punk, or even some EDM artists like Martin Garrix or Zedd. | Mostly listens to music when trying to hype himself up, like when practicing or training. The difference between his and Sylas's music taste is astounding.

Hana: Loves things like lo-fi beats, instrumental pieces, or traditional music; anything that makes her feel connected to the world around her. | Listens to artists like Joe Hisaishi, Nujabes, Ryuichi Sakamoto, ENRA, Bon Iver. Also listens to City Girl, Lofi Girl playlists, khai dreams. Is obsessed with Studio Ghibli soundtracks. | Listens mostly when studying or gardening. She probably listens to music the least out of everyone on this list.

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for sleepover saturday, do you have any oboe concerto (or other concerto) recs? I want to listen to concertos more but I have no clue where to start

my own random music rec is brahms alto rhapsody I have absolutely no idea how well-known it is but I keep listening to it and going insane

loooove the kalliwoda concertino in f. she is my fave. i think concertinos should count. mozart is your bog standard oboe quartet everybody learns it. marcello is also classic and probably the best known baroque oboe solo piece outside of js bach and vivaldi i would hazard to say. hashtag c minor though d minor is for freaks. then vaughan williams has probably the most iconic oboe concerto of the twentieth century and i think it's great to listen to but trying to learn it myself in undergrad was punishing, didn't speak to me musically. some other wildcard oboe concertos, i really like josef fiala's rep even though they're kind of just bog standard classical concerti. and the grunge concerto (by scott mcallister) is. difficult to adequately describe.

as for non oboe concerti. i loooove mozart's clarinet concerto. and the flute and harp concerto. donizetti has kind of a fun english horn concertino. oh and fiala has a really great concerto for clarinet and english horn, what a fun combo of soloists. mercadante has a good flute concerto in e minor. uhhhh. strauss horn concerto is kinda fun. oh and the haydn trumpet concerto in e flat. and vivaldi has some recorder concerti that are just really fun/ny to watch performed

and to pay lip service to the string concertos i will shout out the dvorak and saint saens cello concertos, mendelsson and brahms violin concertos, stamitz for viola, and the bottesini for bass. there's an endless number of string (esp violin) concerti out there so you might be better off asking a string player for more thorough recs. oh also shoutout to the vivaldi mandolin concertos. i saw avi avital live once right before the pandemic and it was doooooope

and there's about a million and two piano concertos out there so i won't go too deep into those but anyway my favorites are tchaikovsky no 1, gershwin, and beethoven no 5. also ravel has a cool piano concerto for the left hand. and the mozart concertos like. roughly nos. 17-25 which they play fucking constantly on my local classical radio station. and the one in f for 2 (or 3) pianos. that one's fun

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Mozart - Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra in C major, K. 299 (K. 297...

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W.A. Mozart - Concerto for Flute and Harp KV 299 (2nd movement)