Mike in Japan  +  680857 Fri, 27 Feb 09 02:15 PM  What do you think is the best piece of music EVER?   I think it has got to be the second movement of Beethoven's  Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73'  (thanks for helping with the correct title, Orpheus) I know my naming of the piece is not entirely accurate. Would someone more knowledgeable than me please advise the exact name of this piece, please?    Please enjoy what is believed to be Beethoven's  last  piano work before he died. It is sublime! Mike in Japan Joined on Tue, Aug 19 2003 Senior Member 4,371 I do like to be beside the seaside Video, Arts

	Avangi  +  681008 Fri, 27 Feb 09 10:22 PM I'm partial to the Brahms second, but the Emperor ain't bad.  Are we limited to piano concerti here? How about James Taylor's Fire And Rain, or the Bartok Concerto For Orchestra or Jerome Kern's Smoke Gets In Your Eyes?    -   Steven Sondheim's Send in the Clowns?   (How can you pick one?) My favorite Beethoven is one of the middle quartets (the first Rasumovsky   -   Op. 59, #1).  How can I leave out the Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Bach)? And the Copland 3rd is very special to me, not to mention the Mahler 1st.   - impossible task!  Some like to say "The Art of the Fugue" is the greatest work, though not completed  (Die Kunst der Fuge  -  Bach). Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,180 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier

	Mike in Japan  +  681124 Sat, 28 Feb 09 07:27 AM Please... there are absolutely no limitations! Please post them all!!!  Mike in Japan

	bolahenk  +  681197 Sat, 28 Feb 09 01:17 PM I appreciate the classical music, but here i ve seen a solo music that is really impressive. The reed flute is someting that touches the hearts.  bolahenk Joined on Sat, Feb 28 2009 Turkey New Member 06 Video, Arts

	Mike in Japan  +  681230 Sat, 28 Feb 09 03:21 PM You bet, and those downglides are fabulous! Mike in Japan

	Avangi  +  681235 Sat, 28 Feb 09 03:39 PM bolahenk “ The reed flute is someting that touches the hearts.  ”   Out of curiosity, does the term "reed" apply to the material from which the body of the instrument is made, or to the method of producing the vibration, as with the mouthpieces of traditional "western" instruments? The tone has a purity similar to western flutes, distinct from western "reed" instruments, like oboe, sax, bassoon, etc. Avangi

	bolahenk  +  681293 Sat, 28 Feb 09 08:00 PM The name of the flute is actually "ney" or "nay". It is also known as "the reed flute" which refers to the main material it is made. The mouthpiece is only used in its Turkish types. The Persian reed flute doesnt include the mouthpiece. It is known that the ney is an instrument which sounds most like "human" sound. bolahenk Languages

	Avangi  +  681302 Sat, 28 Feb 09 09:03 PM Many thanks, bolahenk.  I'm assuming then that one searches for a hollow reed in nature which has the desired diameter and bore, rather than mechanically boring out a solid piece of wood, as one might do with a clarinet or "western" "recorder." Avangi

	Kooyeen  +  681694 Sun, 01 Mar 09 10:38 PM It is absolutely impossible to define the best music ever made, or the best song ever. Every kind of music conveys a range of different emotions to different people in different situations, so you can't define musical beauty, for the same reason you can't always say whether a paining is better than another one. There are definitely some characteristics you can consider when you want to judge a song in terms of its "quality" (technique, lyrics, instruments, originality, etc.). I think I could give at least 100 examples right away of songs that I would associate with extreme high quality. I am going to give you just two examples, a classic one (not complete) and a curious one (a piano cover). Enjoy. Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,969 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts Video, Writing, Arts, Lyrics, Songs