Classical music.

amos hames said:
I quite like music from movie soundtracks such as Star Wars and Things like that which are by The London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by The Likes of John Williams. These count in a roundabout way. My favourite though is The Planets Suite by Gustav Holst.
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Anybody remember the Mighty Mouse cartoons? They used a full orchestra for the music.
 
I do recall the cartoon but I don't remember the accompanying music . At Senior School, Music was a compulsory subject and we were " forced" to listen to classical music. I would like to take this opportunity to offer my gratitude to those individuals who set the syllabus , it was probably one of the pleasurable things that happened in school , especially in the context of later life because of the appreciation I developed as I matured.

As an aside we were also encouraged to play an instrument , I chose a clarinet which I was absolutely hopeless at , it taught me to read music ,but I never mastered any techniques and gave up . It did however produce an additional benefit, whenever I see a busker playing a clarinet , mostly abroad, they are always guaranteed a large donation out of sheer admiration. :)
 
I, too, play the clarinet and enjoyed being in the marching band in high school. We played many interesting pieces including traditional marches and classical numbers.
 
I didn't want to start a new thread but a couple of things musical , the BBC prom tonight is the music of Quincy Jones its on BBC 4 at 22:00 . I think ,whilst not classical music, it will be an excellent watch .

I also want to mention the sad passing of Jazz Great Toots Thielmans who died today age 94 . Any Jazz lovers on the forum will have heard of him I am sure he played with all the greats Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson and Benny Goodman .

Despite all of that he is probably most famous for two things , he was the harmonica player on Sesame Street and his most iconic piece is probably the opening title to the film Midnight Cowboy which , even if you have not seen the film , you would know [you can listen to it on You Tube] . I think he was probably a player on a par if not greater than the magnificent Larry Adler.
 
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