Strange Recommendation Request

Splicer

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May 13, 2008, 6:56:44 AM5/13/08

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I'm going to come right out and say that I love bombast. Don't know why -
perhaps it has something to do with ego.

That said, I'm looking for recommendations on choral works that might fit
the bill. The best example, IMHO, would be the Soviet National Anthem.
Big, full sound and extremely melodic with gigantic chorus and orchestra
just wailing away. I've heard some Shostakovich that sounded like this and
a few English anthems but that's about it. Someone once suggested Mahler
but I bounce off of his music (as I do Wagner).

So - melodic and big. Any suggestions?

Allen

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May 13, 2008, 8:59:27 AM5/13/08

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Does Prokofiev's music for Alexander Nevsky fall into your canon? If so,
some of the choral music of the Estonian Veljo Tormis might please you.
There is a chance that you might like Penderecki's Seventh Symphony,
which is really an oratorio. And if you can find it, Gubaidulina's
Johannes Passion certainly fits your description. I know that you can
hear excerpts from the Penderecki Sym 7 and various things by Tormis
(try to find Curse Upon Iron) on the web, but probably not the
Gubaidulina, which isn't especially melodic but it certainly fits your
other desires. Good luck in your quest.
Allen

Don Phillipson

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May 13, 2008, 9:58:47 AM5/13/08

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"Splicer" <splic...@gmail.SPAMNOTcom> wrote in message
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Verdi offers plenty. You can hardly beat the Grand March in
Aida (Vienio guerriero vindice) with or without elephants.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Thomas Wood

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May 13, 2008, 10:05:24 PM5/13/08

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"Splicer" <splic...@gmail.SPAMNOTcom> wrote in message
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Berlioz' setting of the Marseillaise.

Tom Wood

Peter T. Daniels

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May 13, 2008, 11:24:45 PM5/13/08

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On May 13, 10:05 pm, "Thomas Wood" <woodtj1...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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Why not go all the way ... Berlioz' Requiem?

Neil

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May 13, 2008, 11:48:24 PM5/13/08

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Bach St. Mathew Passion - Final Chorus
Handel Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus
Beethoven Choral Fantasy
Beethoven Symphony 9 - Movement 4
Orff Carmina Burana

Neil Miller, author of The Piano Lessons Book
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Thomas Wood

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May 15, 2008, 1:08:47 AM5/15/08

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"Peter T. Daniels" <gram...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Yes, but is it melodic? And also, 90% of it is dull.

Tom Wood

richard...@gmail.com

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May 15, 2008, 8:28:31 AM5/15/08

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They seem to be out of fashion now, even in their country of origin,
but Radio Peking short wave broadcasts in English always began with a
reading from the words of Chairman Mao, and a hymn of praise and
celebration with him as the dedicatee. There was more bombast there
than I ever heard in Shostakovich or Prokofiev. See if you can find
an anthology of the People's Liberation Army massed bands and choirs.
Two titles: 'The East is Red' and the Internationale.
I've looked for a set including the Labour Party's old warhorse The
Red Flag, but never found one. I'd love to play it in the US at
Christmas time and wait to see how long it takes for people to
recognise the 'new' words.
Richard

Lora Crighton

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May 15, 2008, 8:38:56 AM5/15/08

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That's how I feel about bombast in general.