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And here is more English era music from him. 300 years old!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcknsYVgdkM[/youtube]

We previously heard Elgar with his mysterious Enigma Variations, haunting Cello Concerto, and the celebratory Pomp and Circumstance, often played at graduation ceremonies.

Two of Elgar's British contemporaries are Frederick Delius and Gustav Holst, composers who lived during the same time period and knew each other. I will try to unearth some stories about these three.

For now, here are two of Gustav Holst's works: St. Paul's Suite, and The Planets, an orchestral suite with seven movements, each representing one of the planets neighboring Earth. Pluto was undiscovered at the time Holst wrote this, but ironically, it was disqualified as a planet later anyway! My favorite planets in this suite are Jupiter and Neptune.

St. Paul's Suite

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRRtmrjWsPE[/youtube]

Mercury

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkiiAloL6aE[/youtube]

Venus

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE6_PacCnRw[/youtube]

Mars

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmk5frp6-3Q[/youtube]

Jupiter

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo[/youtube]

Saturn

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO5sB56rfzA[/youtube]

Uranus

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDFGmiXnLjU[/youtube]

Neptune

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4wuV14QlNM[/youtube]

Some Delius:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAKlhMNv-9E[/youtube]

And, just to be random; possibly my favourite French composer for the keyboard - Jean-Henri d'Anglebert:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqABZN9YE1Q[/youtube]

Well, it's between d'Anglebert and Louis Couperin:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26EzKYruFDk[/youtube]

Had a lot of mind-numbing work to do all day long today, this is what got me through.

I know we had clips of Tosca with Pavarotti before, but this was a great (at least to my ear) version.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnO7FBS1akI[/youtube]


Have never heard this that I can remember, but LOVED IT.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3A7FZUcXDE[/youtube]



How did I hate opera for 53 years?! !!

Didn't get to listen to this one all the way through, but enjoyed what I heard.

I always thought that this was a Mozart opera, but I have heard someone say Figaro about them both and gotten them mixed up.
If I hadn't watched the Le Nozze di Figaro, I would never have figured that out!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SIpg4l_ts8[/youtube]

I forgot to mention, wasn't expecting much from Placido Domingo, not sure why - maybe associate him with pop music, but he was pretty darn good!

I posted The Marriage of Figaro on page 5, but nobody said anything.

Ignored and forgotten! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go water my houseplant with my tears.

Did you really? I've been going back and forth and found that I've missed some of them the first time around. Not sure I would have been up to listening to a full opera by page 5 anyway.

So happy right now... I'm stretched out on a soft sofa, reading a novel, and listening to this peaceful Mozart concerto...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lUZhMHpOPM[/youtube]

What novel are you reading?

I like to try to imagine Mozart writing music. I picture him way different from the movie (but in reality I know nothing about him).

Guitar? Piano? Both!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79ajqramV1w[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwgvEOY0vaA[/youtube]

I have to repeat this one -
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8-APBmCQyQ[/youtube]


So that you can appreciate this one! His speaking voice is kind of squeaky, but I got shivers from him explaining it anyway.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tq2klIveXw[/youtube]

DISCLAIMER - I'm not sure if this is exactly classical.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lgHrGV9ZeY[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BdfH0CAKK4[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D5BZ4ITC8U[/youtube]