Re: A guy likes 18th, 19th century "classical" music. What do you play for him

Harris: Sym #3
Copland: just about any
Berg: Lyric Suite
Schoenberg: Transfigured Night
Stravinsky: Firebird, Petrouchka
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Adagio For Strings
Carter: Early works like Sym 1, Elegy.
Schuman: The George Washington Bridge (great piece for band)

Surely this guy has heard the late Romantics like Mahler and the Impressionists. It's hard to imagine Shostakovich Sym 5 as being objectionable. Getting a bit more adventurous:

Reich: Different Trains
John Adams: The Chairman Dances
Carter: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, Symphony of Psalms
Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste; String Quartets
Milhaud: Le Creation du Monde, many others

There's lots more, of course.

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Topic - A guy likes 18th, 19th century "classical" music. What do you play for him - tinear 17:26:22 09/27/06 (11)

Prokofiev, Copeland, Vaughan Williams, Bax, Holst... - Ben 10:46:33 10/03/06 (0)

Do you mean approachable modern/post mopdern works?? - Harmonia 15:21:20 09/29/06 (0)

What are considered "transitional"?, you ask - Feanor 09:35:15 09/29/06 (0)

Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Bartok, Britten, Stravinsky, Orff, Adams - Bambi B 06:39:25 09/29/06 (0)

Try some Kronos Quartet, specifically "White Man Sleeps" - risabet 22:40:56 09/28/06 (2)

Re: Try some Kronos Quartet, specifically "White Man Sleeps" - jec01 08:01:59 09/29/06 (0)

Also: Kronos Quartet: "Early Music" : post-modern ecleticism done really well - Bambi B 06:02:06 09/29/06 (0)

Exactly what I was after! Gracias, amigos. nt - tinear 16:13:51 09/28/06 (0)

For Modern, Vaughan Williams, certainly... - SE 04:56:03 09/28/06 (0)

Re: A guy likes 18th, 19th century "classical" music. What do you play for him - chaprajilla 01:44:12 09/28/06 (0)

Re: A guy likes 18th, 19th century "classical" music. What do you play for him - D Harvey 18:48:49 09/27/06 (0)

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Re: A guy likes 18th, 19th century "classical" music. What do you play for him - D Harvey 18:48:49 09/27/06 (0)

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