[BotRH] May's Music Themes - Classical Music & Eurovision Song Contest

[Corki]

The Band's search for its Dream Band takes the second month of its two month break. As a recap, our Dream Band currently consists of the following members:

 

Carlos Santana as the guitarist

Geddy Lee as the bass player

Within Temptation's Sharon den Adel as the Female Vocalist

Queen's Freddie Mercury as the Male Vocalist

 

Last month saw the Band focus on soundtrack and film music. And for May, we have a double helping of themes - our main theme will be Classical Music, with a period at the end of May (and part of June) that focuses on the fun and games of the Eurovision Song Contest.

 

 

NOMINATE YOUR BEST CLASSICAL COMPOSER

Until Thursday 13th May 2010, I am looking to you to nominate who you think are the best composers of Classical Music, whether contemporary or past masters. I am looking for between 8 and 16 nominations, and those nominated will go into the "It's A Knockout" contest to decide who takes the title of the Band's Favourite Classical Composer.

LINK TO NOMINATE COMPOSERS --> now closed

 

 

NOMINATE YOUR BEST PIECE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC

Until Thursday 13th May 2010, I am looking to you to nominate what are your favourite pieces of Classical Music, and they can be recent masterpieces or old time classics. I am looking for between 4 and 12 nominations, since there are 4 seeded pieces from when this contest was held in March 2009. All those nominated will go into the "It's A Knockout" contest to decide which piece will takes the title of the Band's and DM's Favourite Piece of Classical Music.

LINK TO NOMINATE CLASSICAL PIECES --> now closed

 

 

IT'S A KNOCKOUT THREADS

Once we have our nominations for both categories, there will be two "It's A Knockout" threads running - one to pick the winner of the composers, and one to pick the piece of music.

"It's A Knockout" thread for Soundtrack Composers

"It's A Knockout" thread for Pieces of Soundtrack Music

 

 

TUNE OR NO TUNE

As a result, for the following weeks, some great pieces from the world of Classical Music will be picked for "Tune or No Tune", as well as the winning piece from the "It's A Knockout" contest for Soundtrack:

 

- Monday 3rd May 2010 --> Riders of Rohan by Howard Shore

- Monday 10th May 2010 --> Jupiter by Gustav Holst

- Monday 17th May March 2010 --> Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven

- Monday 24th May 2010 -->

- Monday 31st May 2010 -->

 

If you want to nominate a song that you think demonstrates amazing qualities for Classical Muisc for "Tune or No Tune", please contact Corki by PM or email (shen_an_calhar@hotmail.co.uk).

 

 

ORIGINAL vs. COVER

After the success this thread had in September, this thread is still going strong. Each week, 2 songs will be posted for your to vote on. Corki will be running this until further notice. Also, if you want to run the thread for a week, please drop Corki a PM. It will try its best to keep to the Band's musical theme for the month.

THREAD: http://forums.dragonmount.com/index.php/topic,47430.0.html

 

 

GENERAL CLASSICAL MUSIC THREADS

There will be a general discussion thread about Classical Music. Please watch for the announcement of when this thread is started.

 

 

THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Every year, for the past 50+ years, Europe has come together to celebrate music, both awesome and terrible, in the annual contest that is Eurovision. This is now the third year that the Band has dedicated time to the Eurovision Song Contest. This year's contest comes from Oslo after last year's winner (with a horrible song!) was Norway. We will host a wide variety of threads for the week commencing 17th May 2010. This includes:

- Corki's running commentary on the first and second semi-finals (25th and 27th May respectively)

- Corki's running commentary on the Grand Final (29th May)

- A general discussion thread on the joys of Eurovision over the years

- A general discussion on this year's contest from May

- A chance for the Band to pick their winner from those in the Grand Final using the Eurovision points scoring system --> last year's winner was Iceland (who should have won the real contest!)

- Much, much more!

[Corki]

The first Classical Music "Tune or No Tune" is up, and features the March 2009 winner of the "It's A Knockout" thread for Classical Music - Jupiter from The Planets Suite by Gustav Holst.

 

Also, song 81 is up for "Original vs. Cover". The current tune is Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by JS Bach, with Sky doing the cover.

 

Nominations for both composers and pieces are still open.

[Corki]

Both the "It's A Knockout" threads are now open and votes are being accepted!

 

For Composers:

Round 1, Tie 1: Mussorgsky vs. Shostakovich

Round 1, Tie 2: Brahms vs. Greig

 

For Pieces:

Round 1, Tie 1: Jupiter by Holst vs. Bolero by Ravel

Round 1, Tie 2: Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov vs. Night on a Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky

[Corki]

Latest news:

 

- Both Mussorgsky and Greig are through to the second round of the "It's A Knockout" for Composers

- Jupiter and Night on a Bald Mountain made it into Round 2 in the "It's A Knockout" for pieces of Classical Music

- the original of Jupiter won in "Original vs. Cover"

 

The next ties for both Composers and Pieces are up:

Composers - Round 1, Tie 3: Wagner vs. Debussy Vote here.

Pieces - Round 1, Tie 3: Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn vs. Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel Vote here.

 

The latest "Tune or No Tune" has been posted, and features Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven. Vote here.

 

And finally, Aram Khachaturian's well known Sabre Dance has a challenger in "Original vs. Cover". The challenge comes from British heavy metal band, Skyclad. Vote here.

[Corki]

Latest news:

 

- Debussy won through into Round 2 for the "It's A Knockout" contest for composers

- Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel is safely int Round 2 for Classical Music Pieces "It's A Knockout"

 

The next set of ties for "It's A Knockout" threads are now open and votes are being accepted!

 

For Composers:

Round 1, Tie 1: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart vs. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Vote here

Round 1, Tie 2: Georges Bizet vs. Sergei Rachmaninoff Vote here

 

For Pieces:

Round 1, Tie 1: War March of the Priests by Felix Mendelssohn vs. Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber Vote here

Round 1, Tie 2: Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner vs. Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin Vote here