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Classical Court From Perotin to Prokofiev (and beyond), performed by Caruso to Khatia, it's all here. |
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Classical Court From Perotin to Prokofiev (and beyond), performed by Caruso to Khatia, it's all here. |
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In Reply to: How did you come by your love of classical music? posted by tinear on October 31, 2020 at 07:23:02:
I grew up a rock n roller. Learned to play guitar when the Beatles hit the scene and became the lead singer in our neighborhood garage band because no one else would sing. Played in rock bands as a teenager - David Bowie and Alice Cooper were influences and I loved the progressive rock music of the 70's like Yes, Genesis and King Crimson (still enjoy that stuff today). As I matured, I joined a wedding band (mainly as lead singer) and did that gig for years. We were very successful - when it came time to say goodbye to that gig I told my band mates that I'd play out our existing contracts which ran 2 years out.
During my time in the wedding band, our bass player suggested I give a listen to Dvorak's 9th Symphony since I'd been showing interest in the classical genre and had acquired a few LP's (Beethoven syms). I was hooked from that point forward and began an intensive LP buying spree of various classical composers including a box set of the Bartok String Quartets by the Julliard Qt which were weird, perplexing and wonderful. By the late 80's I'd pretty much shifted my listening from pop/rock and spent most of my time in classical. I've also spent lots of time as a worship leader in contemporary worship churches from the early 90's until recently when I backed away to let the young 'uns have their time.
I learned classical music by listening and through biographies and books about classical music and the composers as well as acquiring scores. It's been a wonderful (and ongoing) discovery process. I'm blessed to be a reviewer for Fanfare Magazine (and prior to that a reviewer at High Res Audio). But, in my semi-retirement, I've returned to my roots and have put together a one-man Beatles show where I have 90+ Beatles songs from throughout their career in my live repertoire. Gigs have been few and far between during the covid thing but hope to be back actively performing before too long. The link is to my JPGR Tribute YouTube channel.
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