Aloha, @wishfultoki… I’ve missed you and the Sageuk Geek music discussions, too. I’m not quite back yet, but I’m on my way. I’m feeling much better than I have in years, and am playing a lot of catch-up on the domestic front. My Dad is doing much better, too. He celebrated his 94th birthday in late August after fracturing his hip on Mother’s Day. But my poor namsaeng is run ragged taking care of him at home now.
As for Kdramaland, I haven’t had time to watch more than one episode of ADOLESCENCE MEDLEY since the end of July even though I’ve been going bonkers wondering about the English lyrics to one of the vintage ballads in it.
At this rate, DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS? will be over before I get around to seeing it. Sorry for the bait and switch. I wish I could watch in real time, but I can’t quite pull it off yet. Here’s hoping I can get it together in time for QUEEN CHEORIN.
@pakalanapikake,
I am so glad you are back!! I have been meaning to go back and check in. Well, if you will be following BRAHMS this will be great. Lol. I think our ML answered the question in the negative.
So I will quickly go off thread.
You are a radio person. I remember years ago listening to a classical music program on radio that always began with the intro from Brahms Symphony No.1 (Op. 68). I love the tipini. (Btw , does that ring a bell for a radio show?)
A blast from the past with Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic. check out the first few minutes: https://youtu.be/EGRqIGOAPcE
Aw shucks, @marcusnyc20. I’ve missed yakking with you, and hope that all’s well with you in Queens. BTW, I recently made the acquaintance of a lady of Bohemian descent whose kin used to live in Queens, home of Bohemian Hall and its beer garden in Astoria — the oldest beer garden in the city. https://bohemianhall.com/
My Dad the armchair historian and linguist of dead languages (who graduated from Boys’ Latin School) and I were talking the other night, and he mentioned that the Bohemian tribe who faced off against the Romans were Celts. I was stunned. So that explains my lifelong fascination with that part of the world. My proclivity for Russian history likewise makes sense when I consider that the Rus who gave their name to Russia were actually early Scandinavian traders and explorers (i.e., Vikings) who sailed up the rivers into Ukraine, where they built Kiev, and then proceeded through the Black Sea and into the Mediterranean… Apparently it wasn’t just a matter of watching Sergei Eisenstein films such as IVAN THE TERRIBLE and ALEXANDER NEVSKY that got me hooked on Russia and its fascinating history. LOL! I can partly blame it on my World History teacher in high school, but it’s mostly my Irish genes talking. I’ve long suspected that there must be a few Vikings in the family tree. 😉
As for the classical radio show you mentioned, I believe that WQXR in NY presented a syndicated program that aired for many years. When I arrived in Hawaii, I got my foot in the door at the UH station by hosting a classical program that included airing said show that was recorded live at Carnegie Hall in NYC. I think the scholarly host’s first name was Martin… but for the nonce I cannot quite dredge it up from the back of my mind. I may even be confusing two syndicated classical concert programs. Wikipedia may have some clues. I’m pretty sure that Leonard Bernstein had a classical concert broadcast series, just as Maestro Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops did. I got to hear the Pops live at the Hatch Shell — complete with the “1812 Overture” and the associated fireworks — methinks for the 4th of July. What a treat. 😉
@pakalanapikake,
It is so nice hearing from you and thanks for taking a shot at my radio question. I think I have shaken the cobwebs in the noggin and may have come up with an answer. First let me reply to your post in paragraph order:
1. Speaking of beer I am drinking a bottle of Birra Moretti so blame that if this doesn’t make sense. The Bohemian Garden has been on my list to visit but I guess it won’t be for awhile: https://nypost.com/2020/08/11/health-cops-close-bohemian-beer-garden-for-violating-covid-rules/
Don’t get me going!;
2. I may have mentioned that I am a Southie guy. I did not attend BLS (Boston Latin School) but my 3 youngest sisters did (grades7-12). After arriving in NYC in 2013 I became a bit of an opera buff thanks to the Metropolitan Opera. In 2014 I was able to see the Met’s production of Borodin’s Prince Igor. It was a terrific production. Here is a short clip of a scene that takes place is a field of red poppies. This took up the entire stage of the Met. It was incredible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfUtmKeYv-E
3. Of course I grew up with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. You beat me to it since I never attended a July 4th concert at the Hatch Shell on the Charles.
My memory may have been jogged concerning the classical music radio program I remember listening to. I spent my working career in DC and on Sunday nights I used to listen to WAMU’s The Big Broadcast which rebroadcast vintage radio shows like Dragnet and Gunsmoke etc. From what I remember now after The Big Broadcast WAMU would replay broadcast performances of the NBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Arturo Toscanini. The show always began with the NBC Symphony playing the intro to Brahms Symphony No. 1 just like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYGzRzSKVpM
While on the subject of Brahms and Astoria I am enjoying DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS?
On the episode one recap here is part of my comment (I took the opportunity to correct a typo, lol):
Has anyone noticed that the first two episodes are like a PPl for Steinway and Sons pianos. Steinway pianos are still made in the US in Astoria, Queens NY across the East River from Manhattan. Here is some history. It is a short piece. https://www.steinway.com/news/features/steinway-an-american-story
You hadn’t mentioned you’re from Southie before now, as far as I recall. Now I’ve gotta ask which neighborhood you’re from. By any chance did you attend English High School? Gramps taught there until he was forced to retire at the age of 70 [and then lived to be 102!] — but that was back in 1965. Gramps was born on Bowen Street, but the entire block was demolished to make way for public housing. I think his family’s parish was Sts. Peter and Paul. Grandma’s family belonged to Gate of Heaven parish — which was on the other side of the park at Dorchester Heights.
Auwe! Bohemian Hall beer garden was busted. The Governor had better watch out. He may end up being defenestrated by irate Czechs. 😉
That Met production of PRINCE IGOR is wild. The dance among the red poppies reminds me of an early STAR TREK episode. LOL! It also reminds me of the floral displays at Filene’s(?) every Easter. I was mightily impressed as a kid with the giant tiger made out of a gazillion tiger lily blooms.
Now that I think of it, it may not have been a July 4th Pops performance I’m remembering. My family attended the festivities for Dad’s 25th MIT reunion in 1976, IIRC. The Pops concert may have been part of that.
Thank you for the link to Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony. I couldn’t listen to the whole thing tonight because I’m turning into a pumpkin at the moment. I’ll give it a listen tomorrow.
LOL at the Steinway PPL in DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS? — I thought the same thing about I WANNA HEAR YOUR SONG with Yeon Woo-jin and Song Jae-rim. 😉 I’m glad to hear that you are enjoying the show. I’d read that Kim Min-jae had been practicing for months for it.
I’m looking forward to getting back to DramaBeans, too. Aloha until then. 😉
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PakalanaPikake
September 4, 2020 at 6:55 AM
DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS?
Johannes Brahms: “Wiegenlied,” Opus 49, No. 4 [Lullaby”], strings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t894eGoymio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiegenlied_(Brahms)#Lyrics
WishfulToki
September 4, 2020 at 7:49 AM
@pakalanapikake!!! I’ve missed you. I’m so glad you’re watching this too. We’ll have a ball with all the music references. 😀
pickleddragon
September 4, 2020 at 7:50 AM
Looking forward to both your notes on the Tzigane piece!
WishfulToki
September 4, 2020 at 8:01 AM
I almost forgot oops! Check my fanwall in a bit. 😀
PakalanaPikake
September 15, 2020 at 7:32 AM
Aloha, @pickleddragon…
I haven’t had the time or energy to tune in, so I’m afraid I’ll have to post retroactively. Better late than never, eh? 😉
PakalanaPikake
September 15, 2020 at 7:30 AM
Aloha, @wishfultoki… I’ve missed you and the Sageuk Geek music discussions, too. I’m not quite back yet, but I’m on my way. I’m feeling much better than I have in years, and am playing a lot of catch-up on the domestic front. My Dad is doing much better, too. He celebrated his 94th birthday in late August after fracturing his hip on Mother’s Day. But my poor namsaeng is run ragged taking care of him at home now.
As for Kdramaland, I haven’t had time to watch more than one episode of ADOLESCENCE MEDLEY since the end of July even though I’ve been going bonkers wondering about the English lyrics to one of the vintage ballads in it.
At this rate, DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS? will be over before I get around to seeing it. Sorry for the bait and switch. I wish I could watch in real time, but I can’t quite pull it off yet. Here’s hoping I can get it together in time for QUEEN CHEORIN.
bong-soo
September 4, 2020 at 5:40 PM
@pakalanapikake,
I am so glad you are back!! I have been meaning to go back and check in. Well, if you will be following BRAHMS this will be great. Lol. I think our ML answered the question in the negative.
So I will quickly go off thread.
You are a radio person. I remember years ago listening to a classical music program on radio that always began with the intro from Brahms Symphony No.1 (Op. 68). I love the tipini. (Btw , does that ring a bell for a radio show?)
A blast from the past with Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic. check out the first few minutes:
https://youtu.be/EGRqIGOAPcE
I will be in touch.
PakalanaPikake
September 15, 2020 at 8:09 AM
Aw shucks, @marcusnyc20. I’ve missed yakking with you, and hope that all’s well with you in Queens. BTW, I recently made the acquaintance of a lady of Bohemian descent whose kin used to live in Queens, home of Bohemian Hall and its beer garden in Astoria — the oldest beer garden in the city.
https://bohemianhall.com/
My Dad the armchair historian and linguist of dead languages (who graduated from Boys’ Latin School) and I were talking the other night, and he mentioned that the Bohemian tribe who faced off against the Romans were Celts. I was stunned. So that explains my lifelong fascination with that part of the world. My proclivity for Russian history likewise makes sense when I consider that the Rus who gave their name to Russia were actually early Scandinavian traders and explorers (i.e., Vikings) who sailed up the rivers into Ukraine, where they built Kiev, and then proceeded through the Black Sea and into the Mediterranean… Apparently it wasn’t just a matter of watching Sergei Eisenstein films such as IVAN THE TERRIBLE and ALEXANDER NEVSKY that got me hooked on Russia and its fascinating history. LOL! I can partly blame it on my World History teacher in high school, but it’s mostly my Irish genes talking. I’ve long suspected that there must be a few Vikings in the family tree. 😉
As for the classical radio show you mentioned, I believe that WQXR in NY presented a syndicated program that aired for many years. When I arrived in Hawaii, I got my foot in the door at the UH station by hosting a classical program that included airing said show that was recorded live at Carnegie Hall in NYC. I think the scholarly host’s first name was Martin… but for the nonce I cannot quite dredge it up from the back of my mind. I may even be confusing two syndicated classical concert programs. Wikipedia may have some clues. I’m pretty sure that Leonard Bernstein had a classical concert broadcast series, just as Maestro Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops did. I got to hear the Pops live at the Hatch Shell — complete with the “1812 Overture” and the associated fireworks — methinks for the 4th of July. What a treat. 😉
bong-soo
September 16, 2020 at 5:39 PM
@pakalanapikake,
It is so nice hearing from you and thanks for taking a shot at my radio question. I think I have shaken the cobwebs in the noggin and may have come up with an answer. First let me reply to your post in paragraph order:
1. Speaking of beer I am drinking a bottle of Birra Moretti so blame that if this doesn’t make sense. The Bohemian Garden has been on my list to visit but I guess it won’t be for awhile:
https://nypost.com/2020/08/11/health-cops-close-bohemian-beer-garden-for-violating-covid-rules/
Don’t get me going!;
2. I may have mentioned that I am a Southie guy. I did not attend BLS (Boston Latin School) but my 3 youngest sisters did (grades7-12). After arriving in NYC in 2013 I became a bit of an opera buff thanks to the Metropolitan Opera. In 2014 I was able to see the Met’s production of Borodin’s Prince Igor. It was a terrific production. Here is a short clip of a scene that takes place is a field of red poppies. This took up the entire stage of the Met. It was incredible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfUtmKeYv-E
3. Of course I grew up with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. You beat me to it since I never attended a July 4th concert at the Hatch Shell on the Charles.
My memory may have been jogged concerning the classical music radio program I remember listening to. I spent my working career in DC and on Sunday nights I used to listen to WAMU’s The Big Broadcast which rebroadcast vintage radio shows like Dragnet and Gunsmoke etc. From what I remember now after The Big Broadcast WAMU would replay broadcast performances of the NBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Arturo Toscanini. The show always began with the NBC Symphony playing the intro to Brahms Symphony No. 1 just like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYGzRzSKVpM
While on the subject of Brahms and Astoria I am enjoying DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS?
On the episode one recap here is part of my comment (I took the opportunity to correct a typo, lol):
I hope to see you back on DramaBeans soon.
PakalanaPikake
September 17, 2020 at 9:47 PM
Holy Moly, @marcusnyc20 bong-soo!
You hadn’t mentioned you’re from Southie before now, as far as I recall. Now I’ve gotta ask which neighborhood you’re from. By any chance did you attend English High School? Gramps taught there until he was forced to retire at the age of 70 [and then lived to be 102!] — but that was back in 1965. Gramps was born on Bowen Street, but the entire block was demolished to make way for public housing. I think his family’s parish was Sts. Peter and Paul. Grandma’s family belonged to Gate of Heaven parish — which was on the other side of the park at Dorchester Heights.
Auwe! Bohemian Hall beer garden was busted. The Governor had better watch out. He may end up being defenestrated by irate Czechs. 😉
That Met production of PRINCE IGOR is wild. The dance among the red poppies reminds me of an early STAR TREK episode. LOL! It also reminds me of the floral displays at Filene’s(?) every Easter. I was mightily impressed as a kid with the giant tiger made out of a gazillion tiger lily blooms.
Now that I think of it, it may not have been a July 4th Pops performance I’m remembering. My family attended the festivities for Dad’s 25th MIT reunion in 1976, IIRC. The Pops concert may have been part of that.
Thank you for the link to Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony. I couldn’t listen to the whole thing tonight because I’m turning into a pumpkin at the moment. I’ll give it a listen tomorrow.
LOL at the Steinway PPL in DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS? — I thought the same thing about I WANNA HEAR YOUR SONG with Yeon Woo-jin and Song Jae-rim. 😉 I’m glad to hear that you are enjoying the show. I’d read that Kim Min-jae had been practicing for months for it.
I’m looking forward to getting back to DramaBeans, too. Aloha until then. 😉