I listened to Simon Verity whistle this for three solid years, before I actually knew what he was whistling. It is now one of my favourite pieces of music. Not as depressing as it first seems to be - see title.
I don't find it depressing at all ….. just a beautiful piece, although, it does give me the heebeejeebees just a little bit ….. don't know why ….. could be that I've partaken in a few glasses of the hard stuff !!!!! XXXX
Sounds like a bit of a contradiction! We had pretty much everything that Beethoven wrote in a great stack of 78 records when I was a kid. I started listening to some of the 5th one Christmas, because I thought it make me seem more grown-up. Then I found that I actually liked it. We had a stack of Rachmaninov too - played by the man himself. I wish I still had those.
When I was a young girl, my best friend had a pianola and she had lots of rolls of Rachmaninov or was it Rachmaninoff ?!! ….. whichever one, I loved them. They were very passionate and stirring ….. would that be RachmaninOV or RachmaninOFF ? I think it was OFF that I liked !! XXXX
I have always thought this music as melancholy ..beautiful but melancholy
ReplyDeleteYes, but it goes through stages to end up as some sort of emotional resolution. Its far from desperate.
DeleteMy favourite composer. Spell-binding work.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure he could have existed without Mozart.
DeleteI thought it started out a bit sad but more beautiful and intense as it went on - I think it's one of my favourites as well. Tom Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteSomeone had played it on R4, and I was just reminded of it again, Moll.
DeleteI don't find it depressing at all ….. just a beautiful piece, although, it does give me the heebeejeebees just a little bit ….. don't know why ….. could be that I've partaken in a few glasses of the hard stuff !!!!! XXXX
ReplyDeleteAny music that doesn't give you the heebeejeebees, ain't worth listening to! (unless you just want to relax and mong out).
DeleteA confession: Good music often makes my eyes go a little blurry. Not sad, just moved. To somewhere else. Where there are no words.
DeleteGreat to whistle whilst washing the car!
ReplyDeleteYou only have to whistle a couple of notes, and the first one is the one you whistle the most - easy.
DeleteI have never learned to appreciate classical music. There is a piece by Vivaldi that I love.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a bit of a contradiction! We had pretty much everything that Beethoven wrote in a great stack of 78 records when I was a kid. I started listening to some of the 5th one Christmas, because I thought it make me seem more grown-up. Then I found that I actually liked it. We had a stack of Rachmaninov too - played by the man himself. I wish I still had those.
DeleteWhen I was a young girl, my best friend had a pianola and she had lots of rolls of Rachmaninov or was it Rachmaninoff ?!! ….. whichever one, I loved them. They were very passionate and stirring ….. would that be RachmaninOV or RachmaninOFF ? I think it was OFF that I liked !! XXXX
DeleteCan you spell it both ways - like Krushchoff?
DeleteOne of my favourite pieces of music Tom but not sure that I want to hear it whistled.
ReplyDeleteRoger Whitaker did a version I think.
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