MOZART - "Sonata in A minor K.331: Turkish March"

[elleng]

was just on the radio

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I used to be able to play that.

Though not without mistakes...

[elleng]

2. A rough one, I'm sure!

[locks]

3. Thanks elling

I sometimes forget how lucky we are in Denver and Boulder to have a classical radio station 24/7 with no commercials. If I had money I'd leave it to Colorado Public Radio so this beautiful blessing could be enjoyed long after I'm gone.

[elleng]

4. You're welcome, locks.

I'm pleased to have one here too, and available on-line 24/7. I contribute a small amount monthly.

[Enrique]

5. where have I heard this?

it is one of those pieces that makes me wonder how I am so familiar with it, since I don't listen to classical music.

[elleng]

6. HERE!

[Enrique]

7. thanks but...

but I wouldn't know in a million years that that was the same tune.

[Xipe Totec]

8. +1 nt

[Xipe Totec]

9. Liszt Rondo Fantastique "El Contrabandista" Valentina Lisitsa

[elleng]

10. Fantastique!

[hifiguy]

21. Lisitsa is freaking amazing.

See my post below. Man, can she blow the house down playing Liszt!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Wow, that is wonderful, my dear elleng!

Love love love Mozart!

[elleng]

12. It's one of my favorites, CalPeg,

and not often played on my radio station.

[Ron Obvious]

13. Mozart

I just heard on a science podcast I listen to, that music by Mozart (particularly Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K.448) is used to severely reduce the incidence of seizures in certain epilepsy patients. It doesn't surprise me. The Mozart effect (increasing IQ) may have turned out to be a myth, sadly, but listening to Mozart definitely affects brain states. I often had it on at work, as did many programmers.

[Enrique]

14. oh, you mean the Jawbreaker Song!

[elleng]

15. Yup, THAT one!!!

Now do your homework, kid!!!

[Throd]

16. A different take on that old classic...

[elleng]

17. A serious classic, so many 'takes!'

[hedgehog]

18. A Sale Is Booming: Rare Stradivarius Drums Up For Auction

http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2015/04/01/396395237/a-sale-is-booming-rare-stradivarius-drums-up-for-auction

[elleng]

19. April 1???!!!

"It's an astonishing discovery," said Metropolitan Philharmonic Principal Timpanist David Sheppard, who supervised the cleaning and restoration of the instruments. "Once we were able to remove the remaining traces of pasta and parmesan, all we needed to do was stretch calfskin for the heads. We actually found cattle grazing in the same forest where Stradivari sourced the wood for his violins."

[hifiguy]

20. Mozart's nice and all,

but this is some REAL pie-anna playin'

[elleng]

22. SURE is!!!!

[hifiguy]

23. Lisitsa can be a little bit of a showoff, like Lang Lang

but hey, its Franz Liszt, and he was the supreme rockstar showoff pianist of his day, so why not?

[DeSwiss]

24. K&R

[elleng]

25. WOW!

Sounds like she slipped in a few 'minor' notes in there.

[Enrique]

26. controversy in the YouTube comments!