Beethoven's Violin Sonata no. 5

The Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Opus 24, is a violin sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is often known as the "Spring" sonata, and was published in 1801. Its dedicatee was Count Moritz von Fries, a patron to whom the fourth violin sonata, the string quintet of the same year, and the seventh symphony were also dedicated.


The work is in four movements:


Allegro


Adagio molto espressivo


Scherzo: Allegro molto


Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo


The Scherzo and its trio are particularly brief (and as pointed out here the scherzo is canonic).

~Wikipedia
 
To you music people out there, this probably makes sense.  But not everybody is a music people, I will explain.
 
Basically what the previous quote means is that Beethoven's 5th violin sonata is a sonata (duh) with four totally awesome movements.  It really is sweet sounding.
 
To show you how awesome it actually is, I have imbedded videos of all four movements.
 








 
By the way, I have a recital coming up in about a week and I'm planning on learning this after it.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKf043MXTYA
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qLMxTWxcIQ&feature=related
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrRX5iyqS7g&feature=related
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LKYLP-zvHA&feature=related

Gladiator: The Score

I have recently been listening to the score for the movie Gladiator.  It was written by Hans Zimmer so naturally, it's amazing.  One of my personal favorites.  I love how he uses a lot of sweeping and flowing melodies in comparison with many of his other scores.

Here are three of my favorite songs from the soundtrack.







http://www.youtube.com/user/ShabahSaz02#p/u/67/ZAOTSO9ioZk

http://www.youtube.com/user/ShabahSaz02#p/u/56/naovSOqgkJE

http://www.youtube.com/user/ShabahSaz02#p/u/55/vHAvjaHtlMA

My mouth hurts . . .

Ack!  I can't stop laughing!  I found this video on another guys blog I was reading.  He couldn't stop laughing either.  I feel crazy now . . .



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRcI-mFr6aQ&feature=player_embedded

Drawings Old and New

I am very interested in art.  Art has always been a great inspiration for me in many ways including music composition.  Some of the great composers wrote whole symphonies based off of paintings.  Whenever I see a good painting or drawing I always find myself wanting to get out my pencil and paper and create a masterpiece.  Although I may not be an amazing artist, I enjoy drawing.

I haven't been drawing very much recently but am starting to back into it.  Anyhow, I decided that I would let you, yes you, the reader, witness some drawings from my past (and present).  They are shown in order of date - oldest ones being at the top and newest ones being at the bottom.  Note: You must know before viewing these as a critic that I have never had a single art lesson in my life.

2006

2007

2008

2009

And last of all is a prelimenary scetch of some friends daughters.  I hope to do the final sometime :~).

Also I'm going to get some picture of some drawings from 2010 on here soon.