A collaboration of: “The Classic Music Mafia”
Anthony Aaron, and Steve C.

Steve C / Classic Music Mafia: Here is the image depicting “The Classic Music Gangsters,” a whimsical and imaginative group of classical musicians with a playful gangster twist. The scene is set in an old-world music hall with rich, vintage decor, where the musicians are performing in stylish 1920s-era gangster attire. The atmosphere is mysterious yet sophisticated, capturing the unique blend of classical music and a lighthearted gangster theme. – aka.attrition

Every Sunday morning we present selections for our TBP family to enjoy.

We present symphonies, ensembles, quartets, octets, etc.

Not all of our music is strictly ‘classical’. We may stray a little, but we strive to make all of our selections ‘classy’.

We offer tips on proper ‘symphony etiquette’ and even some selections that are a bit light-hearted and fun aimed at a younger audience. Those pieces will be so designated, and might be a good way to introduce kids to a world of music that they might not have been exposed to or think of as old and ‘stuffy’.

A full symphony will run as long as it will. We don’t want to cut a symphony short. However, we also include some shorter pieces that we try to keep under fifteen minutes in length. You can sample each and hopefully find one or more that pleases you.

We hope that you enjoy our Sunday selections.

Steve C.

Part 3 of 3

This is the last part of our feature of this fine High School orchestra.

Yes, that’s right, these are just High Schooler’s aged from 15 to 17 years old.

So we give you the Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra.

I will start this week with two shorter features – both under 30 minutes.

W.A.Mozart: Clarinet concerto in A major, K.622 with Nadja Drakslar

Gimnazija Kranj Great Christmas Concerto 2011: Ode to the Joy and Belongings. Gimnazija Kranj Great Symphony Orchestra. Solo clarinet: Nadja Drakslar. The legendary Concert in Gallus Hall of Cankarjev Dom was sold out in record time. Nadja is first clarineto player in orchestra.

Conductor: Nejc Bečan.

Concert direction: Primož Zevnik.

Clarinet Concerto K.622:

1. Allegro;

2. Adagio;

3. Rondo Allegro

Beethoven: Symphony No.9 – Legendary Recording of a Stunning Youth Orchestra and Choirs in Hi-Res

Gimnazija Kranj Christmas Concert Series – Anniversary Edition Series.

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, also known as Beethoven’s 9th, is the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven’s greatest work and one of the supreme achievements in the history of western music. One of the best-known works in common practice music, it stands as one of the most performed symphonies in the world.

Maestro Nejc Bečan is a conductor concert master Matjaž Bogataj sopran: Kristina Bitenc mezzo: Monika Bohinec tenor: Martin Sušnik baritone: Rok Bavčar

The Next Six Come To Us Thanks To Z-La.

J.S. Bach: Suite in h-Moll BWV 1067

Edvard Grieg. Piano Concerto in A Minor

SEONG-JIN CHO / Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28

Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano, op.40 (1934)

Erik Satie – Gymnopédies No. 1 and 3 | Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen

ATOS Trio: Mozart – Trio in C-Major, KV548

This One Comes To Us From Ursel Doran.

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no.2 op.18 – Anna Fedorova – Complete Live Concert – HD

Trying to get past the crypto demons, with another submittal. THANKS, Sirs.

A piece performed by all the famous piano virtuosos, always a good listen. Gorgeous venue!!

Anthony Aaron

Glass: Low Symphony – From the Music of David Bowie and Brian Eno

Glass: Low Symphony (from the music of David Bowie and Brian Eno) : 1.

Subterraneans

The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

Dennis Russell Davies

Glass: Low Symphony (From The Music Of David Bowie And Brian Eno) : 2.

Some Are

The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

Dennis Russell Davies

Glass: Low Symphony (From The Music Of David Bowie And Brian Eno) : 3.

Warszawa

The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

Dennis Russell Davies

The 3 selections will play in succession …

Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

An absolutely sublime piece … and during the heyday of vinyl, this was considered THE performance to have.

Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner

Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields

Violin: Iona Brown

Decca Music Group Limited (P) 1972

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

From the same album as ‘The Lark Ascending’ …

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis • Iona Brown • Trevor Connah • Stephen Shingles • Kenneth Heath • Academy of St Martin in the Fields • Sir Neville Marriner • Ralph Vaughan Williams

℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited

Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus”

Also from the same album as ‘The Lark Ascending’ …

Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus” • Iona Brown • Kenneth Heath • Skaila Kanga • Academy of St Martin in the Fields • Sir Neville Marriner • Ralph Vaughan Williams

℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited

Released on: 1972-10-01

I want to see you RUMI

“I want to see you.

Know your voice.

Recognize you when you
first come ’round the corner.

Sense your scent when I come
into a room you’ve just left.

Know the lift of your heel,
the glide of your foot.

Become familiar with the way
you purse your lips
then let them part,
just the slightest bit,
when I lean in to your space
and kiss you.

I want to know the joy
of how you whisper
“more”

Steve C.

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 (Standing Ovations)

Gimnazija Kranj Great Christmas Concert 2017 – Invitation to the Dance. Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra and United Choirs performed this stunning music under the baton of maestro Nejc Bečan. The Orchestra sold out two consecutive nights, december 18th and 19th, 2017 in Gallus Hall, Cankarjev doma, Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU. They played as usual with great spirit and musical excelence. Concert master is Nejc Avbelj. Our youth orchestra set another musical milestone. Concert and film director: Primož Zevnik solo flute: Vita Benko

Stravinsky: Firebird – The Legendary Recording of a Stunning Youth Orchestra in Hi-Res Audio

Gimnazija Kranj Christmas Concert Series – Anniversary Edition Series.

Maestro Nejc Bečan is a conductor

solo violin: concert master Matjaž Bogataj

Arrangement: Anže Rozman

The Firebird (French: L’Oiseau de feu; Russian: Жар-птица, romanized: Zhar-ptitsa) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, with a scenario by Alexandre Benois and Fokine based on the Russian fairy tales of the Firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner.

When first performed at the Opéra de Paris on 25 June 1910, the work was an instant success with both audience and critics. The ballet has historic significance not only as Stravinsky’s breakthrough piece but also as the beginning of the collaboration between Diaghilev and Stravinsky that would also produce the acclaimed ballets Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913).

Sound design: Matjaž Culiberg

Flowers: Yasmin d.o.o

Light: Janez Kocjan

Scenography: Žiga Misjak

Master and rerecording processes: Iztok Zupan, Klopotec

concert director and broadcast director: Primož Zevnik

Gershwin: An American in Paris – Stunning Performance

Gimnazija Kranj Christmas Concert 2016 – American Night. In sold out Gallus Hall (Cankarjev dom, Slovenia) The Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra perfomed An American in Paris by George Gershwin. Our kids and their friends played this work of art stunningly. The Concert was sold out in record time of 3 minutes (1500 seats). It was magic musical and artistic experience.

Maestro Nejc Bečan did again an superiror interpretation of this magnificent work od american cultural and musical heritage.

Headmaster: mag. Franc Rozman;

head of production: Gegor Jeraša;

Concert master: Nejc Avbelj;

Concert and film director: Primož Zevnik

Floral: Tina Karba and Marko Trilar

Scenography and Design: Jernej Kejžar (Puhart)

Light design: Janez Kocjan

Tone: tone master: Mitja Krže

Master: Studio Klopotec (Iztok Zupan)

Direction: Primož Zevnik

Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra:

Concert master: Nejc Avbelj

Kazachok from Russia – Awesome Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra Medley

Gimnazija Kranj Great Christmas Concert 2015 – Slavic Night. Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra performed Russian Medely of famous songs and tunes with briliant Marjan Peternel arrangement.

Concert was sold out in record time of two days (1500 seats, Gallus Hall, Cankarjev dom, Slovenia). Our kids played stunningly and set a new standard of playing and performing. This is first real film based russian music medely.

Conductor: maestro Nejc Bečan;

concert master: Nejc Avbelj;

sound design: Mitja Krže;

head of production: Grega Jeraša;

sound mastering: Iztok Zupan (Klopotec production);

concert and film director: Primož Zevnik

Love is in the Air – Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra

Gimnazija Kranj Great Spring Concert 2012 in Gallus Hall, Cankarjev dom. 20.th concert aniversary. Music, Rhytm and Dance. 10 years of Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra. Also celebration of 20th year of our lead sponsor: Hranilnica Lon bank. They performed disco legend: Love is in the Air.

Arrangement: Nejc Bečan.

Sold out concert and amazing performance.

Conductor: Nejc Bečan;

concert direction: Primož Zevnik; glasba:

This Is Heaven – Slavonic Dance op. 72

This is Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra dedication to brave Ukrainian people who suffer under the brutal Russian invasion. Our musicians performed this beautiful Slavnonic Dance a couple of years ago.

The Slavonic Dances (Czech: Slovanské tance) are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Op. 46 and Op. 72 respectively.

Originally written for piano four hands, the Slavonic Dances were inspired by Johannes Brahms’s own Hungarian Dances and were orchestrated at the request of Dvořák’s publisher soon after composition.

The pieces, lively and full of national character, were well received at the time and today are considered among the composer’s most memorable works, occasionally making appearances in popular culture. Opus 72: No. 2 (10) in E minor (Starodávný, traditional dance)

Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra conductor: Nejc Bečan

Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra with Gimnazija Kranj Great Symphony Orchestra

Gimnazija Kranj Great Christmas Concert 2011. Gallus Hall in Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenija. Gimnazija Kranj Great Symphony Orchestra brought german music alive.

Conductor: maestro Nejc Bečan;

concert master: Matjaž Bogataj;

sound design: Matjaž Culiberk.

Concert direction: Primož Zevnik.

Concert was sold out in record time.

Godfather with Great Youth Symphony Orchestra (Simply Oustanding version)

Gimnazija Kranj Great Christmas Concert 2013. Postcards from Italy. Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra performed music from movie Godfather by Nino Rota. This splendid arrangement was made by Marjan Peternel. Amazing performance in Gallus Hall, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Conductor maestro Nejc Bečan;

Concert master: Nina Pirc;

Head of Production: Grega Jeraša;

Sound engineer: Matjaž Culiberg;

master: Iztok Zupan;

Director: Primož Zevnik

The Classic Music Mafia – Adding some class to this joint one Sunday at a time.

Heaven help us…