I've never been to any of the BBC Proms. Recommendations / general advice? [more inside]
posted by rose selavy on Jul 25, 2009 - 11 answers

I'm looking for other classical music that sounds like the "Majini IX - In Flames" track from Resident Evil 5. [more inside]
posted by Ziggy Zaga on Jul 24, 2009 - 3 answers

I've been trying to branch out my musical tastes, and have started recently to listen to atonal and serialist music (Boulez, Schoenberg, Webern). There is something about it that I like, but I'm not quite sure what it is, and I feel like if I knew more about the music in question I could better appreciate it. [more inside]
posted by Frankieist on Jul 23, 2009 - 16 answers

How do you pronounce composer Charles Wuorinen's name? Which syllable is accented?
posted by mediareport on Jul 16, 2009 - 8 answers

My list of favorite classical composers makes sense to me intuitively but not logically, and I don't know how to continue the list. Can anyone help? [more inside]
posted by quarantine on Jun 5, 2009 - 20 answers

I once heard a really lovely version of Pachelbel's Canon that was performed by a percussion ensemble--the whole thing was drums, tympani, etc. I think it was a University ensemble, maybe University of North Texas? I heard it around 2000, so it's not exactly new, but I have been unable to find it again. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
posted by liketitanic on May 13, 2009 - 2 answers

Suggestions for classical guitar tab? [more inside]
posted by starman on May 6, 2009 - 6 answers

Please help me find an online avant-garde classical music site that posted full pieces you could listen to for free. The site let you browse by composer, genre and instruments. I think "america" may be in the URL, but I'm not sure. I do recall that it was almost entirely unusual repertoire 20th century stuff. Does this ring a bell? [more inside]
posted by mediareport on Mar 5, 2009 - 10 answers

I have 400 classical music tracks on my MP3 player, and I'm sick of all of them. Help me find more! [more inside]
posted by orrnyereg on Mar 5, 2009 - 17 answers

Looking for examples of 'happy' and 'sad' renditions of a work within the western classical repertoire. [more inside]
posted by Gyan on Jan 30, 2009 - 9 answers

Romantic-era classical music for someone who is not fond of Romantic-era classical music? [more inside]
posted by NemesisVex on Oct 4, 2008 - 11 answers

I want to learn to play the opening bars of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1...without being able to play the piano. [more inside]
posted by spamguy on Aug 6, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm trying to identify this series (and, possibly, find a copy): At some point in the late 80's/early 90's, someone videotaped a series of Boulez lectures on twentieth-century music for me. He was talking through one piece in each programme, and had an ensemble on hand to play the musical examples, and the whole piece at the end. [more inside]
posted by monkey closet on Jul 9, 2008 - 2 answers

What music written after 1830 is playable by an amateur violinist? [more inside]
posted by spamguy on Jul 7, 2008 - 4 answers

Help me identify the classical musical piece used as an introduction to a wildlife series shown on French TV (more inside) [more inside]
posted by Auden on Apr 27, 2008 - 2 answers

How can I get my iPod to display the composer tag? [more inside]
posted by KirkJobSluder on Apr 2, 2008 - 5 answers

What should a modern, semi-professional a capella choral group wear as concert attire? [more inside]
posted by greekphilosophy on Jan 17, 2008 - 19 answers

Please guide me toward more classical music... [more inside]
posted by docpops on Jan 3, 2008 - 13 answers

I played a piece in orchestra in high school that I think was named Aces Däd, but I can't seem to find that anywhere. [more inside]
posted by ZaneJ. on Dec 22, 2007 - 6 answers

Please recommend classical music related to Christmas/birth of Jesus - preferably including comments on specific recordings. [more inside]
posted by medusa on Dec 13, 2007 - 12 answers

Name that composer! [more inside]
posted by tomble on Dec 1, 2007 - 6 answers

What modernist classical music should I listen to? I am a big fan of Sigur Ros, especially Takk and (), and I'd like to listen to something similar. I also like Amnesiac by Radiohead quite a bit. [more inside]
posted by KokuRyu on Nov 25, 2007 - 44 answers

What is this TV show that teach classical music? [more inside]
posted by zouhair on Nov 1, 2007 - 6 answers

Where to find encouragement and support for a young composer? [more inside]
posted by grahamwell on Aug 11, 2007 - 2 answers

Name some good online sources for recommendations and also reviews of recorded performances of classical music. [more inside]
posted by Gyan on Aug 2, 2007 - 4 answers

In the summer of 2003, in Berlin, I heard a piece of music for two treble instruments and one bass instrument of the same family (or anyway closely related). In the performance I heard, these were, I think, two oboes and a bassoon—definitely everything involved was a reed instrument. It was a modern piece with lots of dissonant passages. Everything else about it I've completely forgotten. The composer may have been German but may not have been. Can't remember where I heard it. I certainly can't remember what its title was. But maybe one of you knows?
posted by kenko on Mar 3, 2007 - 9 answers

I'd like to learn a classical stringed musical instrument and eventually join an amateur string quartet. I'm an adult with decent musical ability and a good sense of pitch, but no background with stringed (especially bowed) instruments. I'd be equally interested in any of the stringed instruments typically found in a string quartet. Which instrument should I choose? Which instrument would make me most valuable to a potential quartet? Are there more adult amateurs playing one than another? Any advice on learning a stringed instrument as an adult?
posted by dan_of_brainlog on Feb 2, 2007 - 24 answers

I'm an amateur classical pianist. I used to give solo recitals at college, and I would like to start performing again out here in the real world. But what sort of group/organisation/event do I need to get involved with to have this kind of opportunity? Could I organise a little independent recital for myself, or is that weird and too egotistical? [more inside]
posted by chrismear on Dec 19, 2006 - 18 answers

I'm trying desperately to remember the name of a piece of music (and its composer). It's a twentieth-century piece, and fairly famous. It's quite soft and mournful and titled something like "Miss ______ Died Today." I've known this for years and it's just slipped out of my head.
posted by Bromius on Dec 17, 2006 - 11 answers

What's the best way to locate scholarly writing and analysis of a given piece of classical music? [more inside]
posted by agropyron on Jul 24, 2006 - 19 answers

Where can I find a cartoon short with the ghost of Schubert and possibly Bugs Bunny? [more inside]
posted by KirkJobSluder on Jul 19, 2006 - 6 answers

Should I finally join ASCAP, despite my misgivings about copyright, the music-licensing industry, and certain practices by ASCAP and similar orgs? Yes, the cash would make a real difference for me, given the way ASCAP handles my genre and given my low income overall. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 18, 2006 - 4 answers

Can anyone recognize this theme(YSI mp3 extract; 1.2MB) from Manuel de Falla's El Amor Brujo? I have a strong sense that I've heard it appropriated as(or "inspired") some movie's theme, but the IMDb soundtrack search doesn't throw up anything familiar, credited to de Falla.
posted by daksya on Jun 13, 2006 - 1 answer

What are the best books offering analysis of Beethoven's symphonies? Other classical works? [more inside]
posted by agropyron on May 22, 2006 - 16 answers

What other orchestral music should I try next? [more inside]
posted by Jon Mitchell on Apr 16, 2006 - 19 answers

I want to publish Mozart differently. What problems might I run into? [more inside]
posted by fireflies to stars on Mar 11, 2006 - 6 answers

"It was from Handel that I learned that style consists in force of assertion." Help me find the source of this G.B. Shaw quote. [more inside]
posted by bmckenzie on Feb 16, 2006 - 6 answers

Best version of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana? The headline pretty much says it all. What's the best version and why do you think it's the best one? I'm looking for the classical version, not any of the techno or remixed versions, and when I say "best", I mean the best performance/conductor/orchestra that's hopefully available on cd. For what it's worth, I've only heard a few versions, but I especially liked the version of O Fortuna used in the movie Excalibur. I think it has just the right amount of dramatic flair and I like the slightly faster speed.
posted by edjusted on Feb 11, 2006 - 8 answers

Help me appreciate classical music. [more inside]
posted by synecdoche on Jan 27, 2006 - 25 answers

Inspired by the 250th anniversary of his birth, I want to put together a nice collection of Mozart's music. However, I have no idea where to start. Can anyone recommend favorite recordings of Mozart's music for me to start with?
posted by alms on Jan 27, 2006 - 14 answers

What is the famous piece of demonic-sounding choral and orchestral music that goes ?
posted by Protocols of the Elders of Awesome on Jan 12, 2006 - 15 answers

DamnMusicStuckInMyHeadFilter: I am looking for a "holiday" piece of music that has been on the radio station playlists but for some reason no DJs will say what it is (I really hate that) [more inside]
posted by Botunda on Dec 28, 2005 - 3 answers

Recommend unaccompanied brass quintet recordings of Christmas carols on CD. [more inside]
posted by cribcage on Dec 2, 2005 - 3 answers

I feel silly for asking this, because I really feel as though I should know the answer, but what the heck is the music in the link in this FPP?
posted by dersins on Dec 2, 2005 - 6 answers

I want to listen to classical music. [more inside]
posted by dead_ on Nov 18, 2005 - 37 answers

MusicFilter/HorrorFilter: This is a long-shot but I'm looking for the name of a piece of classical music that is so frequently used in horror movies and horror parodies that it's become a bit of a cliche... [more inside]
posted by captainscared on Nov 17, 2005 - 19 answers

Please help identify this piece of music. I have been trying to find out for years and figured I'd give it a try here. The link goes to a flash slideshow of Holocaust artwork by Samuel Bak. The music is a slow, sad violin piece. I would like to know the name of the piece of music being played and the artist performing it. I have already contacted the website owners, who got me in touch with the webmaster, none of which had any clue about the music. You would think they would have had to get permission to use it and therefore would know who it's by, but basically they were no help at all despite my best efforts. Do any of you recognize this? Thanks in advance
posted by RoseovSharon on Aug 8, 2005 - 10 answers

I'd like some recommendations for classical music. [more inside]
posted by vernondalhart on Jul 28, 2005 - 45 answers

I've got a Satie piece in my head and it just won't quit. And it's not on any Satie CDs I've checked out of the library. I'm pretty sure it's featured in the movie "Being There," though. It's mostly in a major key, and it's relaxed and friendly. Any thoughts? Anyone have the soundtrack listing at their fingertips?
posted by CrunchyGods on May 8, 2005 - 2 answers

What recordings of Bach are considered essential? Which ones do you think are the best?
posted by ori on Apr 24, 2005 - 21 answers