Sunday, August 30, 2020

Classical corner

From Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, here is "Morning Mood". The first time I heard this piece, it was on the soundtrack of an orange juice commercial. Why not? The perfect morning drink and the perfect morning music.

9 comments:

bruce said...

I always thought this was used in Fantasia but apparently not. I can't recall when I first heard it but surely it's been used in kid's shows since we were young.

Spiny Norman said...

I first heard it in a Warner Bros cartoon. I can't recall which one at the moment.

By far the best version of the Peer Gynt Suite I've ever heard isn't actually the Suite, but highlights of a stage production of the musical play.

The Hall of the Mountain King is vastly better with the chorus.

Steve Skubinna said...

Every time I hear this I have to sort out whether it's Rossini or Grieg. For some reason my mind always goes first to the William Tell Overture.

Deborah said...

Beautiful all around! Thanks, Paco! I'm going to bookmark it. Have a great week all!

Spiny Norman said...

Ah, found it!


(Hall of the Mountain King, with the chorus. Crank it up, it's really impressive - even if you don't understand Norwegian.)

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Spiny Norman said...

Slay him! Slay him! He has bewitched the King's fairest daughter! Slay him!

(One translation of the trolls' chanting.)

The King shouts at the end (roughly) Ice to your blood, friends!

It's apparently an Old Norse/Old English phrase meaning something like, Pipe down, you rascals!

Or, in modern internet terms, STFD and STFU.

(Previous comment deleted for multiple typos. Yeesh.)

RebeccaH said...

I believe the first part of "Morning Mood" actually was used in a Fantasia segment, segueing into "The Moldau" as the storm progresses. I also think it was the music played while Saul is being euthanized in the movie Soylent Green. But I could be wrong, it's been a long time.

I also believe "The Hall of the Mountain King" was the music (also used in Fantasia) played during the Sorcerer's Apprentice segment with Mickey Mouse as the apprentice.

I developed my love of classical music from Disney cartoons when I was a child. Thanks for that, Walt.

Steve Skubinna said...

RebeccaH, I believe Saul chose Beethoven's Sixth for his departure. Which is okay, but I think that I'd go for Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, or the choral part of Beethoven's Ninth, or Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War.

Also I like to think that if I were pushed into a situation where death was the only alternative, it would not need to be MY death. Or not only mine. Just sayin'.

Incidentally, I think the music accompanying The Sorceror's Apprentice segment was a tone poem by Paul Dukas, of the same title.