Music has always played a major ration of my life, as from the primordial age I can remember classical music until the end of time playing in our home. dad had a lot of 78s and an electric artiste which required frequent needle changes. In fact I used to watch him change them religiously all eight plays not something he would allow anyone else do!!
As children, we used to provide singing recitals - especially at Christmas times!! I am grateful for the outing our parents gave us to music even if father was a bit single minded when, in the tardy 50s my brother Kenneth, bought house a recording of a new rock-n-roll singer called buddy Holly I think dad thought it was not proper music and that the stamp album couldnt possibly be in the works to the same customary as his Beethoven or Mozart recordings!!
He used to have constant discussions later Kenneth roughly playing them on his radiogram. And as for the Beatles and Rolling Stones history I wanted to act out a few years higher no comment!!
Both my two brothers were taught to achievement classical music upon the piano by our Aunty Win. For myself; it was 1962 and I was in the distance too excited in my Uncle Franks brand new MGB roadster to concentrate try as my mum did to back me!!
My eldest brother, Robert, turned out to be a highly practiced musician playing the French horn professionally for many years. Kenneth, my additional brother, in innovative years, would acquire all his beer bought for him in the NAFFI bar, bashing out songs subsequent to we had a session mind you he always had a bad head the neighboring day!
After I left home and joined the British Armed Forces, I have to say my mates were not too happy nearly Grieg instinctive played in the barrack room. same problem as my father had exchange music. appropriately I had to use earphones to listen to him. But as soon as 'The Who' came on now, that was a every other version - after that we used to acquire into cause problems when the duty Sergeant for playing the music too loud!!
Anyway, higher than the years, I have developed a passion for every types of music and my heap of vinyl archives has now grown to include Amadeus Mozart through to Led Zeppelin. But, I guess if I had to pick just one piece of music to consent to that desert island it would have to be:
Mozarts Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No1 in F Minor, Op 73
My favourite recording of this outstanding piece: (only one of several!)
Deutshe Grammophon 136550 SLPEM (stereo - 1968) Karl Leister, Clarinet, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik.
I bought this recording whilst stationed in Germany in 1970 past then I have obtained supplementary good recordings of the Concerto, but I locate Karl Leisters explanation of the Adagio(in particular) perfectly captures Mozarts goal of writing the most profoundly expressive movement for a solo instrument.
I never fail to be moved by it
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