The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #98920   Message #1969937
Posted By: bubblyrat
16-Feb-07 - 12:55 PM
Thread Name: Favourite Non-folk/trad/blues artists
Subject: RE: Favourite Non-folk/trad/blues artists
I love full-on,brassy,loud classical pieces: The Firebird, The Great Gate at Kiev( from Pictures at an Exhibition ),The conclusion to Bolero,ditto Holst"s Planet Suite, that kind of thing.AND---I am crazy about those big,ballsy,fairground organs from Belgium & Holland. A couple of years ago, I was at the Great Dorset Steam Fair,where there are always dozens of such organs ( or "Orgels) & I found a particularly large & splendid-looking model from Holland. I went round the back to place a "request " with the owner / operator,as many 'afficionados' do, asked for the march "Aces High", from the eponymous film, and went back and stood about ten feet away,and it was the most incredible musical experience !! You can feel all the vibrations from the organ-pipes, and it"s like drowning in an ocean of notes !! Wonderful!!