The #1 Musical Experience

Herb Williams

Works of classical repertoire often exhibit complexity in their use of orchestration, counterpoint, harmony, musical development, rhythm, phrasing, texture, and form. Whereas most popular styles are usually written in song form, classical music is...

  • 5 minutes 38 seconds
    Jazz Love-Romantic
    As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisational style), and gypsy jazz (a style that emphasized musette waltzes) were the prominent styles. Bebop emerged in the 1940s, shifting jazz from danceable popular music toward a more challenging "musician's music" which was played at faster tempos and used more chord-based improvisation. Cool jazz developed near the end of the 1940s, introducing calmer, smoother sounds and long, linear melodic lines.

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    14 October 2022, 3:52 pm
  • 16 minutes 35 seconds
    I - Allegro Schubert String Quintet
    Schubert String Quintet, D. 956

    The String Quintet in C major, D. 956 - and often referred to as Op. posth. 163- was Franz Schubert's final chamber work. It is a cello quintet, in the sense that it is scored for a standard string quartet lineup plus an additional cello -with the viola being by far the most common choice. The work has been described as a chamber music masterpiece, and since its public performance in 1850 and its publication in 1853, it has gained status as one of Schubert's finest works.

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    8 September 2022, 6:22 pm
  • 6 minutes 21 seconds
    Mozart Requiem in D minor,
    Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - VI. Benedictus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart started composing the Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626) in Vienna in 1791, following an anonymous commision from Count Franz von Walsegg, who requested the piece to commemorate the anniversary of his wife's death. Mozart passed away on December of 1791, however, having finished and orchestrated only one movement. The Requiem is widely considered one of Mozart's greatest works, and its composition process is surrounded a shroud of mistery and myths, usually attributed to Mozart's wife Constanze, who had to keep secret the fact that Mozart hadn't completed the work in order to be able to collect the final payment from the commision. It is commonly accepted that Mozart finished the Introitus, and left detailed sketches of the Kyrie and Dies Irae all the way to the first eight bars of the Lacrimosa and parts of the Offertory. There are now several completions of the Requiem Mass, though the most common by far (considered the standard version of the piece) is the one by Franz Xaver Süssmayr. He not only completed the movements Mozart left (borrowing an unespecified amount from Joseph von Eybler's previous attemps at completing the work) but also added several movements of his own: Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei. He then added a final section, Lux aeterna by adapting the opening two movements which Mozart had written to the different words which finish the Requiem Mass. The myth surrounding this work was increased by the fictional rivarly between Mozart and Antonio Salieri first expressed in 'Mozart and Salieri', a play by Alexander Pushkin, which in turn inspired an opera by Rismky Korsakov of the same name, the inmensely popular 1979 play 'Amadeus', by Peter Shaffer, and it's 1984 film adaptation by Miloš Forman. The Requiem is scored for 2 basset horns in F, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets in D, 3 trombones (alto, tenor & bass), timpani (2 drums), violins, viola, and basso continuo (cello, double bass, and organ). The vocal forces include soprano, contralto, tenor, bass soloists, and an SATB mixed choir.

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    15 August 2022, 11:38 pm
  • 14 minutes 29 seconds
    Bach - Fantasia and fugue in Gm, BWV 542
    The Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, is an organ prelude and fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach. It acquired that name to distinguish it from the earlier Little Fugue in G minor, which is shorter. This piece is not to be confused with the Prelude and Fugue in A minor, which is also for organ and also sometimes called the Great. It was transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt as S.463.

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    1 August 2022, 4:00 pm
  • 10 minutes 32 seconds
    Schubert- Piano Trio no. 1 in B flat major, D. 898 - Allegro moderato
    Schubert Piano Trio no. 1 in B-flat major, D. 898
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    Franz Schubert finished his Trio in B flat major, D. 898, in 1827. It was published in 1836 as Op. 99, eight years after the composer's death. It is a work for piano, violin, and cello, it spans four movements and an unusual total length of 40 minutes.

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    22 July 2022, 7:17 pm
  • 13 minutes 10 seconds
    1812 Overture
    Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Op. 499
    The Year 1812 (festival overture in E♭ major, Op. 49), also known as 1812 Overture, is an orchestral work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky commemorating the unsuccessful French invasion into Russia, and the subsequent devastating withdrawal of Napoleon's Grande Armée, an event that marked 1812 as the major turning point of the Napoleonic Wars. The work is best known for the sequence of cannon fire, which is sometimes performed, especially at outside festivals, using live cannons. When performed indoors, orchestras may use computer generated cannon sounds or huge barrel drums. Although the composition has no historical connection with the America-Britain War of 1812, it is often performed in the US alongside other patriotic music. The overture debuted in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow on August 20, 1882.

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    14 July 2022, 11:35 pm
  • 26 minutes 19 seconds
    J.S Bach - La passion Selon Saint Matthieu - 2nd Partie - 5
    Bach St. Matthew's Passion, BWV 244
    Johann Sebastian BachChoir and OrchestraSt. Matthew's Passion, BWV 244
    The St. Matthew's Passion (Matthäus-Passion), BWV 244 is a sacred oratorio by J.S. Bach, written in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by picander. It sets chapters 26 and 27 of the Gospel of Matthew (in Luther's German translation) to music, with chorales and arias. One of the masterpieces of Western Music, its original latin title is Passio Domini Nostri J.C. Secundum Evangelistam Matthaeum. Bach revised the work in 1736 and included two organs, and revised it again on 1742 for a new performance, switching (probably due to practical motives) the second organ to harpsichord, adding a viola to the continuo group in Chorus II and inserting a ripieno soprano in both. There is evidence of a further revision in 1743–1746.

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    12 July 2022, 5:14 pm
  • 15 minutes 47 seconds
    J.S Bach - La passion Selon Saint Matthieu - 1st Partie - 4 (1)
    Bach St. Matthew's Passion, BWV 244
    Johann Sebastian BachChoir and OrchestraSt. Matthew's Passion, BWV 244
    The St. Matthew's Passion (Matthäus-Passion), BWV 244 is a sacred oratorio by J.S. Bach, written in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by picander. It sets chapters 26 and 27 of the Gospel of Matthew (in Luther's German translation) to music, with chorales and arias. One of the masterpieces of Western Music, its original latin title is Passio Domini Nostri J.C. Secundum Evangelistam Matthaeum. Bach revised the work in 1736 and included two organs, and revised it again on 1742 for a new performance, switching (probably due to practical motives) the second organ to harpsichord, adding a viola to the continuo group in Chorus II and inserting a ripieno soprano in both. There is evidence of a further revision in 1743–1746.

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    12 July 2022, 5:12 pm
  • 59 seconds
    Use A MUSICAL GIFT To Make Someone Fall In Love With You
    Falling in love is one of the best things that you can feel in this lifetime. nothing can ever make you that happiest person unless you found your other half. It can be challenging or difficult on how to express your love to the other person. Sometimes, you can become too much in love to the point that you will end up being speechless when your loved one is around.

    Do you want to be extra romantic to that special person?

    Is there something that you wish your girl or guy to know right now? Do you want to express how grateful and happy you are because of their presence in your life? Did they do something recently that made you feel proud?

    All you have to do is to choose or select the right song for every moment.

    One of the best ways to make this happen is to dedicate your time and attention into creating a special playlist for that special person. Think of all the beautiful songs that they like listening to. Put them into one playlist and share it as soon as possible. Another way of making this suggestion is to select the songs that you want to dedicate to them. Nothing can ever make you that happiest person unless you found your other half. It can be challenging or difficult on how to express your love . Sometimes, you can become too much in love to the point that you will end up being speechless when that special person is around.

    Do you want to be extra romantic to your loved one?
    Is there something that you wish your them to know right now? Do you want to express how grateful and happy you are because of their presence in your life?

    All you have to do is to choose or select the right song for every moment.

    One of the best ways to make this happen is to dedicate your time and attention into creating a special playlist just for them. Think of all the beautiful songs that they like listening to. Put them into one playlist and share it with that special person as soon as possible.

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    2 July 2022, 4:05 pm
  • 20 minutes 48 seconds
    Mozart- Don Giovanni, K. 527 - 11. Act II - Scene V - Dinningroom
    Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, literally The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. A work based on the legends of Don Juan, fictional libertine and seducer, it was premiered in 1787. Although sometimes classified as comic, it blends comedy, melodrama and supernatural elements. A staple of the standard operatic repertoire, Don Giovanni is one of the most-performed operas worldwide. It has also proved a fruitful subject for writers and philosophers.

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    24 June 2022, 2:59 pm
  • 15 minutes 24 seconds
    Violin Partita no. 2, BWV 1004 - 5. Chaconne [Piano arrangement]
    Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004, from the year 1717 to 1723. It has been suggested that this partita, and especially its last movement, was conceived as a tombeau in memory of Bach's first wife Maria Barbara Bach (who died in 1720). The partita contains five movements, given in Italian as: Allemanda, Corrente, Sarabanda, Giga and Caccona.

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    13 June 2022, 4:51 pm
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