Day 104 - Ludwig van Beethoven - Zwölf Variationen über ‘See the conqu’ring hero comes’ aus Händels Oratorium ‘Judas Maccabaeus’

“Songs that suck” theme week, day 4.

Beethoven sucks too. Not all of his works off course, he wrote some fine music. But he also wrote a piece that realy sucks. Or maybe it was Händel that wrote a piece that realy sucks. I only know the variations Beethoven wrote on a theme by Händel. And it realy sucks

YouTube: Variations on a theme by Handel, live performance by The Piace Duo

Day 57 - Georg Friedrich Händel - Vivi, tiranno!

I’m fascinated by countertenors, male classical singers in the alto vocal range. Andreas Scholl is one the greatest countertenors and Heroes may be his top album with aria’s by Hasse, Gluck, Mozart and Händel. My favorite track from this disc is from Händels opera Rodelinda, regina de’ Langobardi called Vivi tiranno.

YouTube: Vivi tiranno, sung by Andreas Scholl, Glyndebourne 1998

Day 7 - J.S. Bach - Air

This is a bit cliché music. Air from Orchestral suite 3 in D major by J.S. Bach. Procol Harum used the music for their Winter Shade of Pale, Bobby McFerrin is humming it with orchestra, and youtube has versions played on bottles, flute quartet, violin, mandoline, guitar (electric and acoustic), piano, etc.
But watch the movie Se7en, the part where Morgan Freeman sits in the library reading Dante Alighieri while the guards are playing cards. Here that music? Thats Air. Cliché? Not there.

YouTube: Ton Koopman/The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra playing Air
YouTube: Bobby McFerrin humming Air
YouTube: Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale