Thread: Hello I'm new here

Hi,

My name is Kilian and I'm new here. Classical music has almost always been around in my life. I remember falling in love with Mozart by (I think) the age of 9 (I'm 23 now). I can't remember the exact piece(s) though, considering we had a whole box of CD's by a bunch of composers which included a lot of work by Mozart (and unfortunately we don't have the CD's anymore), but I do remember it was a eyeopening experience. It was nothing like I've heard before. I fell in love with the beautiful violin melodies and even considered going to take violin lessons (but I didn't).

At the time we also had a piano at home (not a wing) and my sister took lessons. I think she practised a simple version of Pachabel's Canon in D a lot, but I'm not sure (it was something classical though). I remember being amazed by the sound of the piano and loved it and started to play on it, out of pure curiousity. This held on until I was about 21, by then the piano was removed out of the house (because no one could really play, I was just fooling around most of the time) . It was nice, experiencing the magical sound of piano. I wasn't really good, but I loved doing it and I think my love for piano is at the base of the same love for classical music.

But the real eye-opener to listen to more classical music was Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. It's such a fantastic film about a vandalist who happens to love Beethoven (and the 9th' in particular). After I saw the movie I really got into Beethoven. That was about two years ago. Since then I've listened from time to time, discovering great composers such as Rachmaninov (loved this one, Shostakovich (heard his fifth and was blown away), Dvorak (actually started with his 9th and then moved to Rach and Shosta), and recently I've started listening to Grieg and Haydn (only a little).

Even though I've listened a lot to classical already, I still consider myself as a beginner. The most beautiful thing about classical music is perhaps that I don't fully understand it, but something inside me says I have to embrace it, unravel it. I want to learn more about it, that's why I'm here. (I actually came here googlin' for the diffrerent stage of a classical listener, lolz).

Sorry for the long post!

Welcome to TC! I can see that you have heard some of the music of György Ligeti. Do you greatly enjoy the art of this amazing composer?

Originally Posted by ComposerOfAvantGarde

Welcome to TC! I can see that you have heard some of the music of György Ligeti. Do you greatly enjoy the art of this amazing composer?

I don't know why COAG's advertises his music so much, you can see him writing hate posts about him everyday on this forum.
He also writes 10 page manifests how he hates Atonal music.

You like Beethoven so you can't be an a*shole!
Welcome and enjoy your stay!

Originally Posted by ComposerOfAvantGarde

Welcome to TC! I can see that you have heard some of the music of György Ligeti. Do you greatly enjoy the art of this amazing composer?

Martin, bored

Welcome to TC Kilian ! You'll be in a good company for sure.

Originally Posted by ComposerOfAvantGarde

Welcome to TC! I can see that you have heard some of the music of György Ligeti. Do you greatly enjoy the art of this amazing composer?

Originally Posted by myaskovsky2002

Martin, bored

Same here

Thanks for the warm welcome people.

Originally Posted by ComposerOfAvantGarde

Welcome to TC! I can see that you have heard some of the music of György Ligeti. Do you greatly enjoy the art of this amazing composer?

As a matter of fact, I only recently found out about Ligeti. I've heard some of his work in 2001: A Space Odyssey (also by Kubrick, masterpiece), but until a few days ago I didn't know it was his music used in the film. I actually found out about it in the Stanley Kubrick expedition I visited last tuesday. As it turns out, Kubrick loved the work of Ligeti. He also used his work in The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut. From what I've heard so far: I like it. The pieces of Ligeti are def. enhancing (and enchanting) the beautifully cinematic sequences in Kubrick's films.

As a newcomer to Ligeti, what do you recommend worth listening?

I love Kubrick and I love music! Im sure well get along...

Welcome! It looks like you have an open mind and open ears. You'll fit in well here.

Originally Posted by kiliand

Thanks for the warm welcome people.



As a matter of fact, I only recently found out about Ligeti. I've heard some of his work in 2001: A Space Odyssey (also by Kubrick, masterpiece), but until a few days ago I didn't know it was his music used in the film. I actually found out about it in the Stanley Kubrick expedition I visited last tuesday. As it turns out, Kubrick loved the work of Ligeti. He also used his work in The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut. From what I've heard so far: I like it. The pieces of Ligeti are def. enhancing (and enchanting) the beautifully cinematic sequences in Kubrick's films.

As a newcomer to Ligeti, what do you recommend worth listening?

Chamber Concerto, Piano Concerto, Études for Piano, Three Pieces for Two Piano, Nonsense Madrigals, Melodien, Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet, both string quartets and Le Grand Macabre just to start you off.

Originally Posted by myaskovsky2002

Martin, bored

Well, I'm thankful to CoAG. Thanks to his insistence, I have rediscovered Ligeti and I have been enjoying a lot Ligeti's music in the past months. Certainly Ligeti is my current number 1.

Originally Posted by emiellucifuge

I love Kubrick and I love music! Im sure well get along...

Nice. I see you're from Amsterdam. I'm from The Netherlands too. Did you already visit the Kubrick Expo at EYE Filminstitute? It is worth every penny and energy. :-)

Originally Posted by ComposerOfAvantGarde

Chamber Concerto, Piano Concerto, Études for Piano, Three Pieces for Two Piano, Nonsense Madrigals, Melodien, Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet, both string quartets and Le Grand Macabre just to start you off.

Thank you. Will listen to one of them soon.