ThaSchwab

I've been listening to the broadcasts of the 2012 Spring for Music festival recently and I realized I really liked the piece that is played in the intros to the WQXR recordings. Could someone maybe identify it for me?

http://springformusic.com/ (click on any to hear, the piece is alone for around ten-twenty seconds)

I have no intention of becoming a medical doctor, but I've been wondering ... do doctors who open private practices need residencies under their belts? Do they need hospital experience? I say this because, obviously, private practitioners are paid much more and it'd seem odd if they didn't require residencies.

Most of us probably know that when orchestrated his own "Le Tombeau de Couperin," he omitted the wonderful Toccata movement (as well as the Fugue). However, conductor/pianist Zoltan Kocsis apparently made an orchestration of said Toccata (or someone else did, but I believe Kocsis did it and is conducting in this link), and I actually enjoy it; I think it'd be cool of the orchestrator kept with Ravel's instrumentation, however, but what's here is fine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0GevBsIJNA

Does anyone here think Ravel would approve of this orchestration (as in, enjoy it)? If not, why?

This is the only place I can find an excerpt of it:

http://www.dpr.org/#

It's the live stream's introduction; it should play whenever opened. Sounds twentieth-century.

There's a rather upbeat song, sung by a male and sounding fairly recently released, in which the main lyrics (chorus?) are "Oh like a good old fashioned [?][?]."

Does anyone know what I'm talking about, and the title?

This may be a bland description of the song, but it's all I got.

The main melody, which starts off with five "Oh's" followed by seven words that I can't make out, is repeated at least twice at the end of the song. This maybe in a different key (the melody) but, as I said, it's all I got:

(Eighth rest)

C

B-flat

G

F

D-sharp

F

G

F

D-sharp

F

G

C

B-Flat

Great song, sung by a male singer.

So ... whose Requiem (Dvořák, Verdi, Fauré, Mozart, etc.) to you enjoy listening to the most? Do you enjoy Giuseppe Verdi's Sanctus, or Gabriel Fauré's Sanctus? So on.

I love Verdi's, and I only recently listened to the whole thing about a week ago. His choice of chords and his placement of such chords is brilliant.

So many professional violinists studied under her, and I hear that she was a brilliant teacher.

However, was she as good a player as a teacher? I have a feeling that to be a great teacher, you don't HAVE to be a great player.

Let's just say I'm asking as if I'm referring to your favorite instrument. Of course, if you like one register in general, that's fine, too.

My favorite instrument is the bassoon, and personally, I like the lower register, specifically anything under middle C. In the instrument that I play, the viola, the lower register is my favorite. Hell, this is pretty much the case with any instrument, with the exception of the clarinet (middle is so ... tranquil), trombone, trumpet, and violin.

Ex. Mamianka, you play the flute. Do you enjoy (is it easier?) the low or high register?

As in, a question about professionals.

I've seen many orchestral performances on YouTube and other websites, and I've attended many live, professional performances as well. I often see, primarily on the Internet, string players who use different fingerings, some shifting while others aren't, etc. Is this normal in professional ensembles? Is it common, is it frowned upon? I've also never seen opposite bowings (opposite bowings is NOT a good thing, I know). Anyone with professional experience in playing or conducting would be greatly appreciated.

What is the easiest, as well?

Obviously, parts are different for each instrument, and some may be harder than others, but whatever instrument you play, there's always a difficult piece. I'm looking for violists and violinists primarily because I play the viola.

What is the greatest orchestral performance you've ever attended?

It's as simple (?) as that. The best performance I've ever attended was one by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; it was then-Music Director Andreas Delfs' last concert series (second last concert overall), and they played Brahms' First symphony (in C Minor, Op. 68), and Mozart's Jupiter symphony. It was sublime.

NOTE: This is a repost of a question in the Performing Arts section, due to the fact that I got two responses; one made no sense and the other one somehow was picked as a best answer.

It's as simple (?) as that. The best performance I've ever attended was one by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; it was then-Music Director Andreas Delfs' last concert series (second last concert overall), and they played Brahms' First symphony (in C Minor, Op. 68), and Mozart's Jupiter symphony. It was sublime.

What piece is ... Snoopy "playing" at the beginning, when the Peanuts are all playing in the orchestra? It's bright and in a high register, and ends on three major chords (all instruments).

Preferably lengthy, significant solos. I'll say trumpet solo from the second movement of Ottorino Respighi's Pines of Rome, as well as the saxophone solo from the first movement of Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, Op. 45.

I live in New Berlin (a "suburb" of Milwaukee), and I'm facing west. There's a bright star that's twinkling (variable star?) .. what is it?

This and/or your favorite ending. To me, the most energetic is the 1st movement of Sibelius' 5th. So fast, so exciting, and all the while being chugged along by the flutes, oboes, and strings.

As in, if you've ever heard a really great piece that just so happened to be underplayed (in your opinion), is it/what is your favorite?

My favorites are Dvorak's "Golden Spinning Wheel," and Wagenaar's concert overture to Cyrano de Bergerac.

http://www.mso.org/main.taf?p=9,5,1 = It's free, type in the credentials and there's a great recording of the overture by the MSO.

Do you enjoy speaking English? Is it easy, difficult, or, dare I say, fun to speak?

People adding 'apostrophe + s' on words (ex. word's) that don't need it, or people constantly using the wrong form of words (ex. your, you're, there, they're, their, etc)?

I personally can get rather frustrated over both equally, but wrong word forms get to me the most.