What are you listening to now?
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wrote on 28 Jan 2023, 03:12 last edited by taiwan_girl 2 Jan 2023, 01:37
My new favorite song. Kind of makes me a bit sad however. Growing up in a rural village, the loss of family farms is happening all over, so I can relate to this song.
Link to videoDriving through the Land of Lincoln always gets me thinking
Of the flatlands where I come from and the life I left behind
The corn grew high on Grandpa's farm
Now they boarded up the barn
That way of life from long ago just withered on the vineYou can take a girl out of the heartland
But you can't take the heartland from the heart
Of a flatland girlYou can plant your dreams in God's green acre
Send 'em to Heaven in a grain elevator
But prayers don't run a tractor
or promise a summer rain
And I found out when I was young
Thet a farmеr's day is never done
And whеn the hard times hit the heartland
And I had to move awayYou can take a girl out of the heartland
But you can't take the heartland from the heart
Of a flatland girlThen one day from the Windy City
In blew a man who could talk too pretty
Had a long look and Grandpa shook
That's been five years ago
Nowadays when I'm up in the Land of Lincoln
I ask myself, "What were they thinking?"
All that's left is a photograph of the flatland fields of homeYou can take a girl out of the heartland
But you can't take the heartland from the heart
You can take a girl out of the heartland
But you can't take the heartland from the heart
Of a flatland girl -
7 days later
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wrote on 4 Feb 2023, 15:09 last edited by
Just released on Apple Music. I'm a huge fan of the the Handel keyboard suites. Just started listening to this now, so no opinion yet.
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Just released on Apple Music. I'm a huge fan of the the Handel keyboard suites. Just started listening to this now, so no opinion yet.
wrote on 5 Feb 2023, 17:19 last edited by@George-K said in What are you listening to now?:
Just released on Apple Music. I'm a huge fan of the the Handel keyboard suites. Just started listening to this now, so no opinion yet.
Meh.
Very dry. No passion or joy in it.
Gimme Ragna Schirmer's or Murray Perahia's performance any day.
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wrote on 10 Feb 2023, 16:13 last edited by
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wrote on 10 Feb 2023, 16:41 last edited by
This guy's WTC is very good IMO. He also has a WTC2 performance on youtube.
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This guy's WTC is very good IMO. He also has a WTC2 performance on youtube.
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@George-K said in What are you listening to now?:
Just released on Apple Music. I'm a huge fan of the the Handel keyboard suites. Just started listening to this now, so no opinion yet.
Meh.
Very dry. No passion or joy in it.
Gimme Ragna Schirmer's or Murray Perahia's performance any day.
wrote on 10 Feb 2023, 19:59 last edited by@George-K said in What are you listening to now?:
@George-K said in What are you listening to now?:
Just released on Apple Music. I'm a huge fan of the the Handel keyboard suites. Just started listening to this now, so no opinion yet.
Meh.
Very dry. No passion or joy in it.
Gimme Ragna Schirmer's or Murray Perahia's performance any day.
That's disappointing to hear. I've liked Cho in some things I've heard though I've not heard him in Handel. I have both the Perahia and Schirmer recordings - and agree that they're excellent.
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@George-K said in What are you listening to now?:
@George-K said in What are you listening to now?:
Just released on Apple Music. I'm a huge fan of the the Handel keyboard suites. Just started listening to this now, so no opinion yet.
Meh.
Very dry. No passion or joy in it.
Gimme Ragna Schirmer's or Murray Perahia's performance any day.
That's disappointing to hear. I've liked Cho in some things I've heard though I've not heard him in Handel. I have both the Perahia and Schirmer recordings - and agree that they're excellent.
wrote on 10 Feb 2023, 20:27 last edited by@kluurs said in What are you listening to now?:
That's disappointing to hear. I've liked Cho in some things I've heard though I've not heard him in Handel
Yeah, it was, of course, technically very good, but didn't have the "soul" or "joy" that Perahia and Schirmer have. Jarrett's recordings of the suites are a bit on the dry side, but I still enjoy them.
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wrote on 10 Feb 2023, 22:02 last edited by
@George-K said in What are you listening to now?:
@Horace at 3:02, does he repeat the G in measure 9?
I don't know. Are you familiar enough with that piece that it sounded wrong to you?
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@George-K said in What are you listening to now?:
@Horace at 3:02, does he repeat the G in measure 9?
I don't know. Are you familiar enough with that piece that it sounded wrong to you?
wrote on 10 Feb 2023, 22:07 last edited by@Horace said in What are you listening to now?:
I don't know. Are you familiar enough with that piece that it sounded wrong to you?
Yep. I learned it many moons ago. In fact, I tried to hack my way through it this week.
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@Horace said in What are you listening to now?:
I don't know. Are you familiar enough with that piece that it sounded wrong to you?
Yep. I learned it many moons ago. In fact, I tried to hack my way through it this week.
wrote on 10 Feb 2023, 22:08 last edited by@George-K said in What are you listening to now?:
@Horace said in What are you listening to now?:
I don't know. Are you familiar enough with that piece that it sounded wrong to you?
Yep. I learned it many moons ago. In fact, I tried to hack my way through it this week.
He misses the G and hits A instead. Then repeats the A, which follows the score.
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@George-K said in What are you listening to now?:
@Horace said in What are you listening to now?:
I don't know. Are you familiar enough with that piece that it sounded wrong to you?
Yep. I learned it many moons ago. In fact, I tried to hack my way through it this week.
He misses the G and hits A instead. Then repeats the A, which follows the score.
wrote on 10 Feb 2023, 22:14 last edited by George K 2 Oct 2023, 22:15@Horace said in What are you listening to now?:
He misses the G and hits A instead. Then repeats the A, which follows the score.
That's right. I mis-heard.
I just found it glaring, because that's the fugue subject - the ascending 5 note motif.
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@Horace said in What are you listening to now?:
He misses the G and hits A instead. Then repeats the A, which follows the score.
That's right. I mis-heard.
I just found it glaring, because that's the fugue subject - the ascending 5 note motif.
wrote on 10 Feb 2023, 22:18 last edited by@George-K said in What are you listening to now?:
@Horace said in What are you listening to now?:
He misses the G and hits A instead. Then repeats the A, which follows the score.
That's right. I mis-heard.
I just found it glaring, because that's the fugue subject - the ascending 5 note motif.
Yep. Well, he recovered well.
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wrote on 11 Feb 2023, 03:15 last edited by
Hey George - Thomas Schwan does the Beethoven Pathetique.
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Hey George - Thomas Schwan does the Beethoven Pathetique.
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wrote on 12 Feb 2023, 03:09 last edited by
Tik Tok shared this [one](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRt24oaU/ with me.
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wrote on 25 Feb 2023, 02:56 last edited byLink to video
White City is one of my favorite albums. I haven't listened to it in a while. I came across this, and I'll give it a
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