Rebecca Naomi Jones

Russian Choral Society

Arensky’s got musical talent is inherited from both parents. His father – a doctor, an amateur cellist, and his mother – a great pianist. One romantic evening – playing together, autumn rain outside the window, a hand to hand, glowing cheeks … and here in Russia July 12, 1861 there is a new brilliant composer. Anton Arensky childhood growing up in a musical atmosphere, but serious music with him began to engage in seven years, and at nine he was already composing simple Pieces for piano. After high school – St. Petersburg Conservatory where he studied theory and composition with Rimsky-Korsakov. Examination of his work – the ballad ‘Forest King’ by Goethe, a few vocal solos and orchestral scherzo Professors were marked as ‘outstanding’.

After a brilliant 21-year-old Conservatory composer was invited to teach a class on harmony and counterpoint at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1889, received the title Professor, Arensky became lead classes of instrumentation, fugue and a free composition, while acting as a conductor of Russian Choral Society. His pupils were, among others, are brilliant future composers as Rachmaninoff, Gliere, Scriabin (An exception to them, however, in his second year of free essays!) In 1895, Arensky retired from the Conservatory and returned to his native St. Petersburg, where he was invited in order to offer the position of Managing Court Chapel. Upon his retirement in 1901, Arensky, being a brilliant pianist and an experienced conductor, a lot of concerts abroad and studied composition. In his last years Arensky had lived in Nice, in the Crimea, fighting tuberculosis. But to no avail – she took him in his creative prime – forty-five. Arensky’s musical style was formed under the influence of Schumann’s works, Chopin, Mendelssohn, but most of all – Tchaikovsky. The best known and loved by his piano and chamber works, though, besides the numerous vocal and chamber music in his creative works is a list of major forms – three of the opera, ballet, and three concerts, two symphonies, fantasy for piano and orchestra, etc.

The Byrds Music

Our staff are often asked about the impact that had on our classic rock music, and, in particular, rock music of 60-70s. Classic – it's something that never goes out of fashion, on it and the classics. Because of the influence the share of inspiration, which has brought and continues to bring classic rock music in the work of our team is hard to overestimate. It is worth to explain what we mean by classic rock in general. Homeland rock can be called America, but American rock music was not entirely original. Greatly influenced by her British influences, later – "British invasion", which will be the beginning of formation of a new stage in rock music.

'Father' of rock considered to be a rock 'n' roll was born in the late 40s in America and has incorporated the features of blues, jazz, country and boogie-woogie. After 10-odd years on the scene there are the ones we later called the legends of world rock music and American rock Music will open for a new page of history, a page called "rock music of 60-70s." The Beatles, The Rolling stones, The Byrds, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Bob Dylan – to name a few names that can not forget, speaking of the rock music of 60-70s and about who inspires us and continue to inspire our creativity. American rock music of this period distinctive by the fact that at this time there were many subgenres and direction of rock: punk rock, hard rock, avant-garde. Jazz-rock, Latin rock, raga-rock. It was a great era in rock music, combining lyricism and drive. We are also often asked whether the fact that rock music of 60-70s influenced, and found a map in our work, the fact of our disrespect for Russian rock musicians. Of course, it is not.

Russian rock singers and musicians in other words playing in the genre of "Russian rock" certainly worthy of respect, and creativity of many of them are classic rock music, but rock music other has other features and a different spirit. Russian rock – a genre completely original, self-contained, but little is absorbed from the rock music, whose origins date back to the days of the birth of rock 'n' roll. The current situation is such that music is simplified. As is known, the simpler the text and melody, the easier it is perceived by the song, the easier it is to make it popular. This trend is showing us not only pop musicians, but also Russian rock singers. Under the pressure of global simplification classic rock music ceases to be something natural, and it becomes something unique. Every generation has its pluses and minuses, and minus the present is that for the sake of popularity in the victim brought quality. But, as mentioned at the beginning of the note, the classics do not go out of style, quality music always finds its audience, even if not massive. And our team, in turn, will try to continue focus on quality and an audience that can appreciate it.

Live Disco 80

Live disco '80s. No people in Russia who would not love the old songs about the main thing. Ask a 5-year old child if he knew a song about Pinocchio or a song from the cartoon "The Bremen Town Musicians" We have called to you for an hour? And he will sing to you this songs. And these songs in the afternoon 100 years. In 2002, a new wave of musical creativity in all of Russian and foreign music. Rhythms of disco, rock and roll, pop-rock again translated into modern hits artists of the 21st century. On television out of the country project, "Old Songs of Home." Autoradio yearly festival of Disco 80 that collects the full house in the "Olympic". What happened to the people why they have given their preference for old songs 60s, 70s, 80s.

The answer is clear. Songs from favorite cartoons and movies all the past years, bribing its purity, both in text and in the melody. In the songs of the past do not have the explicit business strategy, in these songs lies the soul composers and authors of texts. But not only songs from cartoons and movies continue to like the people of all generations. Let us remember the songs of legendary groups such as "Flowers" Dobry Well done "," Jolly Fellows "," Machine Time, "" Sunday , Deep purple , AC / DC , composers Yuri Antonov, Sergey Dyachkov, Stas Namin, and others.

That these composers and groups are the epitome of the term "living" disco-80s. Nowadays there are many groups, which songs to echo the past, with no public performance rights of these masterpieces. Yes, and when and who was interested in paying money for something that someone parodies of our favorite songs with you. But to hear the old songs about the main thing in new dance arrangements with new stage direction by young talented and educated artist is always interesting. Now imagine that such a group exists. This group has official permission to execution of all the songs included in the theatrical, costume, music show, an executable of the musical group. This group was awarded medals and orders for the creation of cover versions of these songs. If you are interested, then we say that this is a group. Holders of titles and medals of "honor and benefit of Russia", a special diploma and prize Big Moscow Circus "for outstanding achievements in the circus arts," Knights of the Order of the Silver and Gold "Serving Art" group show VIA "flower children". VIA shows a group of "flower children". Author Victor Rusinov source

Electric Wizard

Growling is also used as the main vocals, but the musicians are not averse and using a clean male vocals, for example, under the collective Fallen or female name – stands out on this background, early work of Funeral. Thergothon, Funeral and Skepticism are considered the founders of this movement, but at this stage as typical representatives of the funeral doom metal covers such groups, as: Shape of Despair, Pantheist, Mournful Congregation, Until Death Overtakes Me, and others. Drone-doom metal: it's over, perhaps even more difficult for the listener than funeral doom, because the drone-doom embodies a combination of ambient and noise. This flow characteristic understated distorshenom distorted guitar and bass. The compositions are mostly rather long time and are on average 10 minutes to an hour, and sometimes groups of albums, performing drone-doom metal, and does a structured composition. Often in the work groups this stylistic direction do not find the drums and vocals that sometimes it seems impossible. The brightest representatives: Earth and Sunn O.

Stoner-doom metal: is also a crossing of two stylistic trends, such as – stoner rock, and Of course, doom metal. To determine this trend was even coined a special term stoom, which means mixing the aforementioned genres. Musically, the stoner-doom metal is a mixing of elements of psychedelic rock, blues, and doom metal with melodic vocals. Group follow-style apartments in the retro-1970s than, strictly speaking, quite bright and stand out. Typical representatives are: Electric Wizard, Sleep, Cathedral (later works). Sludge-doom metal: it can be described as a mixture of dense stoner doom metal sound and the typical rough vocals of hardcore.

Fleetwood Mac

He got the 6th place in the British charts, suggesting that the British blues became popular enough among youth. Eric Clapton himself has already quit 'Bluesbreakers', without waiting for the release of this superb album. The year before, in the 1965th, Eric left the 'Yardbirds', being dissatisfied with the direction chosen by the group ('Yardbirds' in fact, by the time gradually began to move away from the rhythm & blues). But now, Clapton decided to organize a traditional blues trio in the Chicago style. Oddly enough, of this venture failed, and the dream of leadership in the group disappeared after the first rehearsal group. So there was one of the best (if not the best) progressive blues-rock bands CREAM.

Despite the constant creative differences, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker to create great music. On the first album, 'Fresh Cream' (1966), they gave us a great heavy blues, who immediately took up the many different groups. But few people know that their long improvisations, 'Cream' virtually invented hard rock. Already on their next record, 'Disraeli Gears' (1967), in music, 'Cream' appeared psychedelia: this way, with each new work increased their level of skill, and it is possible to call a progressive style of blues. Despite the fact that the 'Cream' existed only two and a half years, they already released four excellent albums, in no way inferior to one another. Effect of 'Cream' on many other artists is really huge. At the same time great groups have been formed 'Fleetwood Mac' and 'Ten Years After', they came close to blues and hard rock have a huge commercial success.

Muse Musical

Musicians at the festival – this phenomenon has its historical character, as well as the phenomenon of music itself. Since ancient times, the invention of the first, primitive musical instruments, music accompanies people everywhere. In joy or sadness, the human mind wants to find a reflection of the emotions in the music … In the historical context of the development of music is inseparable from the active development of sensory abilities – the course of human exploration of the auditory musical material in a changing cultural environment is the most fundamental level of musical history. At the time of Bach and Handel music perception, as well as the world in general, significantly different from our (think medieval view of humanity to the cosmic or natural phenomena). But then there was the so-called secular music …

And in those times, as now, the band played dance music at parties and balls.))) What attracts us to this kind of creativity? … about the art of music is referred to as "the most sensual of arts." Poetry or painting, for example, it is impossible to perceive level of physiological reactions, the music can not only be perceived, but played without the inclusion of the intellect, and the horizon of such a hearing and making music is quite broad (disabling meditative practice rational thinking through certain chants, dancing in a disco song of patients with speech disorders and logical unit). Neurophysiological effects of music have long been used in medicine. The acuteness of perception of music is directly linked to human condition, its location and course of time. According to the tradition that goes from ancient times, music recognize most generalized, abstract art – art equivalent of philosophy and mathematics. Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa Renaissance saw a music creation tool of the universe.

A special aspect of the specificity of music – the ratio of its temporal nature (any musical phenomenon exists as an irreversible sequence of intonation and intonational systems) and artistic and conceptual integrity. Music (from the Greek. – Muse) – an art form, artistic material which is sound, specially organized in time. Now, like hundreds of years ago, without the music does not do hardly any celebration. Sounds a 'live' band or a radio, a warm home environment or in the concert hall, the music makes your mood, the atmosphere …