Nominate Your Piece of Classical Music for "It's A Knockout"!!! 2012

[Corki]

And as part of my continuation of getting activities going in the Band again, next up is "It's A Knockout". And this is the nice easy part!

 

Between now and SUNDAY 13TH MAY 2012, nominate the piece of classical music you want to see try and win the contest. Follow the simple proforma below to get a nomination in. Name the piece of classical music, its composer, explain why you have nominated it, and provide a YouTube clip (or similar) of the piece.

 

Piece of Music (with composer):
Reason for Nomination:
YouTube (or similar link): 

 

You can nominate more than one piece. Any nomination that is seconded, i.e. Corki suggests Piece X and Jeannaisais agrees with the nomination, automatically qualifies for a place in the "It's A Knockout" contest. There will also be 4 seeded pieces of music, which were the top 4 from when this contest was held in March 2011 - results can be found here! You can see what happened in March 2009 and May 2010! Otherwise, it will be done on a first come, first served basis. If there are any gaps at the end of the nomination period, I will fill in the gaps.

 

PLEASE NOTE: I am looking for a minimum of 4 or 12 nominations (taking into account the 4 seeds), and will be flexible on the "It's A Knockout" format depending on the number of nominations I get.

 

If you have any questions, please post them in this thread.

[Corki]

Nominated Tracks

 

 

Seeded (and with an automatic place in the "It's A Knockout" contest)

1. William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini

2. Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy

3. Piano Concerto #20 In D Minor (1. Allegro) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4. Aquarium (Carnival Of The Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns

 

 

Seconded (and with an automatic place in the "It's A Knockout" contest)

1. Overture to "Candide" by Leonard Bernstein

 

 

Nominated

1. In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Greig

2. String Quartet No. 8 by Dmitri Shostakovich

3. Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre

4. Godzilla Eats Las Vegas by Eric Whitacre

 

 

Added by Corki

1. Night on a Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky

2. The Great Gate of Kiev by Modest Mussorgsky

3. Toccata and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach

4. Concerto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo

5. Jupiter by Gustav Holst

6. O Fortuna by Carl Orff

7. Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner

8. Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber

9. 5th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven

10. Dies Irae by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

11. Swan Lake Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

12. Minute Waltz by Frédéric Chopin

13. 9th Symphony (2nd Movement) by Ludwig van Beethoven

14. Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian

15. Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel

16. Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II

17. Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1 in D by Edward Elgar

18. Les Toreadors by Georges Bizet

19. The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky

[Corki]

The following 4 songs are seeded, since they were the top 4 songs from the March 2011 contest.

 

Seeded (and with an automatic place in the "It's A Knockout" contest)

 

1. Jupiter by Gustav Holst

2. O Fortuna by Carl Orff

3. Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner

4. Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber

 

Please do not vote or nominate these! They already qualify!

[Cbinpdx]

Piece of Music (with composer): Overture to "Candide" by Leonard Bernstein

Reason for Nomination: Because it's a brilliant piece of music by a master; over 100 orchestras performed it within 2 years!

YouTube (or similar link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422-yb8TXj8

[Cbinpdx]

why didn't my post display properly?

[The Bard Babe]

Arch! There are so many to choose from!

 

Piece of music: In the Hall of the Mountain King

 

Reason why: because let's face it, that is one of the most epic songs around. Who doesn't love in the hall of the mountain king?

 

Also nominating

 

Piece of music: Quartett 8-Shostakovich

 

Reason why: because it's a fantastic example of programmatic music and it's written by Shostakovich, who is amazing. It's written for the second world war and represents tanks, guns and warfare. It's one of the trickiest pieces to perform well-if it's not done amazingly, then it's horrible. :)

 

I'll upload the YouTube links as soon as I can.

 

 

[Corki]

why didn't my post display properly?

 

Because I was using the old coding, which obviously does not work on this board version!

[Cbinpdx]

C'mon, you lovers of classical music! Will no one second my nomination?

 

Here's my second nomination - check out the incredibly cool Virtual Choir!

 

 

 

Piece of Music (with composer): Eric Whitacre, Lux Aurumque

Reason for Nomination: The guy's a genius (not to mention heartbreakingly handsome); it's a gorgeous piece; Virtual Choir!!

YouTube (or similar link):

[Cbinpdx]

As a fan of the composer, I must nominate a second piece by Eric Whitacre. You guys are going to love this one! I mean it! He composed this piece while attending the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. The piece got him into Juilliard for his masters program. He stretches the boundaries of "fair use". It's really a very, very clever piece of programmatic music.

 

 

Piece of Music (with composer): Eric Whitacre, Godzilla Eats Las Vegas

Reason for Nomination: Brilliant use of so many musical quotes I can't count 'em; plus clever use of orchestral pieces and players

YouTube (or similar link):

[Bregalad]

Piece of Music (with composer): Overture to "Candide" by Leonard Bernstein

Reason for Nomination: Because it's a brilliant piece of music by a master; over 100 orchestras performed it within 2 years!

YouTube (or similar link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422-yb8TXj8

 

Seconded