Another choice that might not appeal to everyone – the description in the video describes this composition as “gloriously off the wall” – which sort of sums it up quite well.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Technically this is not a “full work” – the “entertainment” as it was called consisted of many of Edith Sitwell’s poems and the performances mostly choose just some excerpts of the whole. My choice is a compromise between a single song – which would be very short – and the whole (whatever that actually is). I tend to agree with one of the comments on the video which says how much he likes the piece – but that he can only take so much at any one time \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n
Helpfully, there is a little introduction in this video to explain a bit about the music for those who are unfamiliar with it.<\/p>\n
When I posted the Prokofiev last Monday I had several possible “themes” to follow for the subsequent posts – one of which was triggered by the fact that the Prokofiev is famously used as the theme tune for a TV programme – I expect you all (or at least most of you) know which one. Got me thinking that we could have a memory test – some (rather old) TV theme tunes to identify.<\/p>\n
Yesterday’s music was in many ways popularised by its use in a number of films and TV programmes and it is often the case that we become familiar with some music without knowing what it actually is.<\/p>\n
Today is the first memory test – and the particular part is the “Popular Song” (which begins at around 7:15 in the video). Can you remember which TV show? (I know not everyone views these posts immediately, so I will not comment either way if anyone feels like they want to guess! \ud83d\ude03 – wouldn’t want any spoilers \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02)<\/p>\n