[Car tune] Slumber Song

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... oh, just let them get in, you know, who cares?  Their signals are broken, and here it goes ..."



"Slumber Song" by Frederick Delius
Performance by Julian Lloyd Webber, cello, John Lenehan, piano.

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[Car tune] Improvisation #15 in c

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... you know, don't rear-end that person even though they cut you off ..."



"Improvisation #15 in c" by Francis Poulenc
Performance by Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano.

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[Car tune] Reverie

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... that person really shouldn't have been passing you on the right, that really wasn't a lane, take a deep breath, relax ..."



"Reverie" by Claude Debussy
Performance by Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano.

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[Car tune] Golden Dreams

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... and to help take your mind off the break lights and the rest, when's the last time you heard a car tune that came to us from Teheran? ..."



"Golden Dreams" by Javad Maroufi
Performance by Amir Farid, piano.

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Beethoven’s Ninth Connections

Went to the Pacific Symphony's opening Sunday Connections concert.

The Saturday performance will broadcast on KUSC on Sunday, February 7 at 7 PM (PST).

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Even though it was Sunday, it was a full blown concert, themed with "getting along with your neighbors".

It started with The Star-Spangled Banner, not every day that you get to sing along with a full orchestra and chorus.  :)

The first half had a world premier by composer-in-resident Narong Prangcharoen, about Orange County!  I liked the part where he gets stuck on the 405 and you hear car horns, Doppler effect and everything.  I wonder if he listened to Rich Capparela's car tunes?  :)

The concert closed with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.  I think this is the third time I listened on the ninth on a Sunday concert, last time was in June 2012, they did a plaza-cast on the night concert that time.  Kevin Deas was bass-baritone back then as well!  He was so funny.  :)

Music director Carl St.Clair conducted with Mary Wilson (soprano), Milena Kitic (alto), John Bellemer (tenor), Kevin Deas (bass-baritone), and the Pacific Chorale.

Aaron Copland:  “The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land

Narong Prangcharoen:  Beyond Land and Ocean (World Premiere)

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, Choral

[Car tune] Braveheart: For the Love of a Princess

Gail Eichenthal's car tune.

"... as you brace yourself for that dude who keeps changing lanes without signaling, or dudette who does the same ..."



"Braveheart: For the Love of a Princess" by James Horner
Performance by City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by James Fitzpatrick.

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