ovbulleid Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Have you ever wondered how you could hear those two interests combined??? 4 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 About 15 years ago I purchased a dvd "Maine Central, Mountain Division". The backing music was clearly classical but there were no credits, a couple weeks ago Classic FM played the piece whilst I was doing my hours in my local Oxfam. Thanks to their playlist for that day I was able finally discover what the tune was, Schubert suite no1 Rosamunde. It's now on my Youtube playlist along with pieces by Eric Satie and classical Spanish guitar composer, Francisco Tarrega(1859-1909). Never heard of him, well I bet you've heard part of his tune called Gran Vals otherwise known as the Nokia ring tone! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKPR Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 And some lovely footage of Prague station to boot ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 So is each note the same shot/pitch - only dependent upon length the key is pressed? So you could play any music manuscript with the same train and horn notes assigned to each key? Very clever ! dh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted December 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2019 I like trains. I like classical music. But that’s awful. Sorry. 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stokes Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 I like trains. I like classical music. That was good. It really made me smile. It can't compare with a symphony orchestra playing the Nutcracker ballet music but it was never intended to do so. Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 On 21/12/2019 at 21:09, BoD said: I like trains. I like classical music. But that’s awful. Sorry. It might be awful, but is quite interesting and I find the idea rather clever. It made me smile while I enjoyed my morning coffee. Bernard 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 As a variation on a theme, how about this? SNCF's four-note station jingle inspired David Gilmour to write Rattle That Lock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted December 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 23, 2019 Just listened to Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Enough said. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 On 21/12/2019 at 21:09, BoD said: I like trains. I like classical music. But that’s awful. Sorry. I note that it was posted by ovbulleid I’d like to think that the original Oliver Bulleid would have found it a huge joke. After all he did do that horrendous (half coach length) half-timbered bogus Elizabeathan Tudor tavern car as a lightener to that dour sequence of 1940s post-war years. dh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Ow. Clever, but I gave up after a minute. Poor Pachelbel must spin in his grave every time that one is played... Its amazing what you can do with computers, I recall that in one old-style Top Gear episode, James May did something similar with car engine sounds and the Top Gear theme music. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerron Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 On 13/12/2019 at 04:42, w124bob said: classical Spanish guitar composer, Francisco Tarrega(1859-1909). Never heard of him, I have and play his music from time to time. My favourite piece is Caprico Arabe. Classical music is about beauty of sound (particularly classical guitar), so the whistle version of Mr P's Canon fails miserably. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted February 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 29, 2020 May I suggest 'Mood For a Day' played by Steve Howe. 3 minutes of sheer artistry. Just beautiful music. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted March 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2020 One of those ideas that is an interesting bit of fun to do but the results sound awful. I remember when James May did it on TG, that was awful too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Brasher Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I combine my two interests by running trains and listening classical music at the same time when I am alone. I change the trains at the end of each movement. I don't do this at exhibitions or when I have guests or they will find out that I am mad. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nickey Line Posted March 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) On 24/12/2019 at 05:46, nerron said: I have and play his music from time to time. My favourite piece is Caprico Arabe. Classical music is about beauty of sound (particularly classical guitar), so the whistle version of Mr P's Canon fails miserably. Nice! Hadn't heard that before but I am familiar with his 'Recuerdos de Alhambra', which is another of those tunes that everybody's heard... Edited March 7, 2020 by Nickey Line oops... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 The thread title reminds me of this 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_Burman Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 On 23/12/2019 at 13:55, tomparryharry said: Just listened to Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Enough said. Lots of trains there. That opening clarinet solo evokes instant images of NYC's rooftops with their fire-fighting water tanks and plumes of steam coming from heating systems seen during an early morning... and of El trains slowly rumbling over a nearby avenue, their passage casting shadows along side streets... And it's not unduly difficult to attach images from the Pennsy and Long Island Railroad to other parts of the score... GG1s scurrying in and out of Sunnyside Yard while LIRR "Ping-Pong" MU sets bowl past to and from Penn Station... A PRR L1 2-8-2 struggling to get a freight underway somewhere on the Bay Ridge Branch... sitting aboard a commuter train somewhere on the Montauk Branch, watching Kings County fly by through the window while a K4 or G5 on the point gobbles the miles away... it's all there... Cheers NB 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Hedges Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 11/12/2019 at 21:33, ovbulleid said: Have you ever wondered how you could hear those two interests combined??? Not sure if this is the sort of thing you mean, but I listen to Classic FM whilst sat at the modeling bench. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 On 21/12/2019 at 21:09, BoD said: I like trains. I like classical music. But that’s awful. Sorry. t is a joke that is good for about 10 seconds then....... TURN IT OFF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Hedges Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 On 08/03/2020 at 01:21, Darren Hedges said: Not sure if this is the sort of thing you mean, but I listen to Classic FM whilst sat at the modeling bench. Interestingly, during my usual Sunday afternoon session at the workbench, presenter David Mellor declared an interest in railways, and played a number of railway inspired/themed classical pieces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted March 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2020 On 12/12/2019 at 17:42, w124bob said: About 15 years ago I purchased a dvd "Maine Central, Mountain Division". The backing music was clearly classical but there were no credits, a couple weeks ago Classic FM played the piece whilst I was doing my hours in my local Oxfam. Thanks to their playlist for that day I was able finally discover what the tune was, Schubert suite no1 Rosamunde. It's now on my Youtube playlist along with pieces by Eric Satie and classical Spanish guitar composer, Francisco Tarrega(1859-1909). Never heard of him, well I bet you've heard part of his tune called Gran Vals otherwise known as the Nokia ring tone! If I remember rightly, having tried learning Tarrega's Gran Vals, the "Nokia bit" is note for note except that there's an extra note on the end of the ringtone, presumably because it would sound unresolved without it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBAGE Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 On 11/12/2019 at 21:33, ovbulleid said: Have you ever wondered how you could hear those two interests combined??? It's a padded cell for you, bonny lad. Loved it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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