Question

Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" as he never imagined it? :-D

Answer 1

Other Tink, this is beautiful! I feel sure Beethoven would love it...his music with improvisation, still played dueling in the back yard...I listened twice (nope, eight times), and about to cycle it again! In the same spirit, here for you is one of my own most beloved classical pieces, Boccherini NIGHT MUSIC IN THE STREETS OF MADRID, Dad and the kids jamming down...best rendering ever, I know Boccherini would love this too!

Comments

Virginia, I needed to add his most familiar sound, which was also one of my old "earworms"

Minuet of the Quintet Op.11 No.5:

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Oh Marianne yes I love this minuet...btw, have you seen the old 1950's movie with Alec Guinness, LADYKILLERS? It is CERTAINLY one of my all-time favourites!

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Yes, Virginia, now that you remind me, I saw this movie long ago, but I don't remember it well.

But now, that I saw the trailer and looked into the info (there was also Peter Sellers)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ladykillers

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Marianne, I did not even recall Peter Sellers in that, I was SO taken with Mrs. Wilberforce and Sir Alec Guinness...also this film was the first time I had EVER heard any Boccherini, and have been smitten with his music ever since...

I recently watched an old movie starring Alastair Sim, you prolly know of him? Well I had never heard of him, and again just fell in love...well it turns out that LADYKILLERS was actually written with Alastair Sim in mind, but ended up with the Marvelous Sir Alec, who truly did it justice!

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@Virginia

Lol - no, I did not remember him well, and I had to check:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Sim

On the Continent, we had also a Sim, less famous, of course, and mainly involved in TV shows:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim_(actor)

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Marianne, Sim...he was part of a comedy team Les Grosses Têtes, The Big-Heads?

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Yes, Virginia, you said it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTL_(French_radio)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Grosses_T%C3%AAtes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Bouvard

and this show was both, challenging intelligence and knowledge, with rather salacious expressions and stories, and some scandals occurred, of course ...

I heard it mostly on the radio (while driving or stuck in some traffic jam), and I must admit, certain jokes were a bit too gross or went, somehow, too far, even if they were hilarious. But without Philippe Bouvard, it is not the same, though Laurent Ruquier is very good and popular too.

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Marianne I see Philippe Bouvard is still alive, still with us, age 87 now!

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Yes, Virginia, Bouvard is still there, and still active - and nobody forgot about his contagious, shaking laughs (mute):

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Yes, Sim was part of the core group:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim_(actor)

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Marianne, this video clip gives me a message it cannot play on my browser...I found some Bouvard on YouTube however!

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Hello, Virginia; I found the "silent" video only on DailyMotion (there is no need for comments or sounds, as Bouvard's "shaking laughs" are hardly heard but well seen).

I hope that the video found on YouTube shows enough though. Here's one (2 seconds):

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Oh Marianne...I actually cycled this SEVERAL times...Bouvard is wonderful, so dear!

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Answer 2

Never listened to him or Boccherini much but I like these two.

Loved watching Master and Commander as I do all stories of the sea and loved the music.

Comments

Oh Rooster, yes the Beethoven piece is incomparable...and someday, I must actually watch MASTER AND COMMANDER...the Boccherini should be ideal there!

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Oh and btw, Rooster...maybe you had better go on over to this other question and do some emergency moderating...as you will see I am corrupting BOTH Marianne and O'Tink...I think I am prolly/definitely a bad influence here...    

http://www.ihavesolved.com/36356/musical-definitions-not-to-be-taken-too-seriously#c36435

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Lol - Virginia, the feeling is mutual.

Answer 3

That is very different from what we hear usually, and the duel(l)ing of banjo and guitar sounds great.

also Boccherini's Night Music in the Streets of Madrid is cheerful.

And being reminded of Luigi Boccherini, I'll add a Fandango with Castanets:

Comments

Marianne, I get a message this video is blocked in the USA for copyright...I think I found a version that is permitted here, but prolly not as lovely-well done as this one you posted!

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Was it this one, Virginia?

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Marianne, I think Other Tink found it...might this indeed be the Boccherini fandango you were posting?

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Oh, too bad (it was the Carmina Quartet). But I hope that T(h)ink could provide the link. I'll check, as there are several parts.

Here's another part - just in case (Boccherini-Quintetto):

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Marianne this time it does come through, and it is lovely; beautifully done, even the castanets are wonderfully played.

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Virginia, as my first link did not work on your side, I sent another, different one, and also T(h)ink posted another group.

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Got 'em, Marianne, ty...a fine enhancement to my ongoing appreciation of Boccherini! I may look up more about his life...the castanets...his name sounds Italian, but he must have loved Spain...

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Yes, Virginia, he was an Italian composer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Boccherini

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Luigi_Boccherini

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Marianne, your links certainly do explain his connection to Spain...also, I learned the minuet in LADYKILLERS is one of his signature best-known pieces!

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Yes, Virginia - this Minuet is really famous.