GM
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You mean the prelude from Te Deum?
GM
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Have a look around the Internet - there'll be copies everywhere, it's very common, especially for weddings.
TM
This was uploaded previously, so thanks to the original poster.
Right-click to download:
EBU Eurovision Fanfare
Right-click to download:
EBU Eurovision Fanfare
NH
Nick Harvey
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You young children who are only into pop music really make me laugh.
That's a piece of serious classical music, so it matters not who plays it, it will sound exactly the same provided the musicians follow the music as written down on the page.
Imagine running Microsoft Word on six different computers. It will behave identically on all six because it always follows the same code.
The same applies to music, believe it or not; follow the code as written down on the stave and it will always behave in exactly the same way and sound exactly the same.
That's a piece of serious classical music, so it matters not who plays it, it will sound exactly the same provided the musicians follow the music as written down on the page.
Imagine running Microsoft Word on six different computers. It will behave identically on all six because it always follows the same code.
The same applies to music, believe it or not; follow the code as written down on the stave and it will always behave in exactly the same way and sound exactly the same.
LI
Not all versions are to necessarily use the same number of instruments regarding variations of pieces though are they... the Doctor Who theme tune has been rerecorded dozens of times by different orchestras, including the BBC's very own. Doesn't mean it sounds EXACTLY the same each time it's recorded does it.
So although the notation is the same, the sound itself, and variety of instruments weaving the sentances together, may not be.
So I personally feel the use of language used presuming people are 'young children' just for wanting a specific recording of a piece, is a little belittling... but perhaps that's just my opinon.
Oh and thanks for this version of the track anyway, as I had lost it a while back. So there's need for my post afterall!
So although the notation is the same, the sound itself, and variety of instruments weaving the sentances together, may not be.
So I personally feel the use of language used presuming people are 'young children' just for wanting a specific recording of a piece, is a little belittling... but perhaps that's just my opinon.
Oh and thanks for this version of the track anyway, as I had lost it a while back. So there's need for my post afterall!

NE
I think Phen was referring to the multiple different versions also knocking around (used mainly before multiple different Eurovision Song Contests) which are either shorter, more jazzed up or for some other reason don't sound anywhere near as fabulously "orchestral" as that rendition. I don't know about any one particular EBU ident, but a short extract from the above version seems to have been the most frequently used in previous times.
As I said in last years thread, for me it's a nice moment of pure Eurocentric bliss.
PS Mark... at weddings? Really?
PPS Phen, sorry I don't login anywhere near often enough to pick up on a (rare) PM quickly.
As I said in last years thread, for me it's a nice moment of pure Eurocentric bliss.
PS Mark... at weddings? Really?

PPS Phen, sorry I don't login anywhere near often enough to pick up on a (rare) PM quickly.
GM
nodnirG kraM
Noelfirl posted:
PS Mark... at weddings? Really?

I'd provide a clip of an organist who clearly had eight fingers on each hand playing it at a wedding last summer - only I can't be bothered to upload it. It's a surprisingly common alternative to Wagner's Bridal Chorus. Well that an Pachelbel's Canon in D.
@ Nick: I agree in principle - in theory any piece of classical music should sound the same; but of course in practise, depending on who has arranged it, it can sound as different as the morning call of the lesser spotted garden wren, and the sound a pat of soft butter makes when landing on a hard surface from four-and-a-half feet.
ST
That's such a basic misconception that I wonder whether you're losing your mind, Nick.
It's rather like saying that everyone pronounces words the same just because they are written down in the same language and format. If you and Mrs Harvey read the same sentence out loud, would they sound the same?
The sound of any live music is always an interpretation by the person and instrument producing it. People are not Microsoft computers, nor are musical instruments!
Nick Harvey posted:
You young children who are only into pop music really make me laugh.
That's a piece of serious classical music, so it matters not who plays it, it will sound exactly the same provided the musicians follow the music as written down on the page.
Imagine running Microsoft Word on six different computers. It will behave identically on all six because it always follows the same code.
The same applies to music, believe it or not; follow the code as written down on the stave and it will always behave in exactly the same way and sound exactly the same.
That's a piece of serious classical music, so it matters not who plays it, it will sound exactly the same provided the musicians follow the music as written down on the page.
Imagine running Microsoft Word on six different computers. It will behave identically on all six because it always follows the same code.
The same applies to music, believe it or not; follow the code as written down on the stave and it will always behave in exactly the same way and sound exactly the same.
That's such a basic misconception that I wonder whether you're losing your mind, Nick.
It's rather like saying that everyone pronounces words the same just because they are written down in the same language and format. If you and Mrs Harvey read the same sentence out loud, would they sound the same?
The sound of any live music is always an interpretation by the person and instrument producing it. People are not Microsoft computers, nor are musical instruments!
JA
That's a piece of serious classical music, so it matters not who plays it, it will sound exactly the same provided the musicians follow the music as written down on the page.
That's just wrong. Sorry Nick, but it is.
Prior to the early 90s, RTE used a version of Te Deum in a different key (Eb) and with a more brassy, staccato orchestration. The music is now used in D and is a much more rounded orchestration. So yes, the musicians can play exactly what's written on the page, but it all depends whether the arrangement on the page is different from the others!
Nick Harvey posted:
That's a piece of serious classical music, so it matters not who plays it, it will sound exactly the same provided the musicians follow the music as written down on the page.
That's just wrong. Sorry Nick, but it is.
Prior to the early 90s, RTE used a version of Te Deum in a different key (Eb) and with a more brassy, staccato orchestration. The music is now used in D and is a much more rounded orchestration. So yes, the musicians can play exactly what's written on the page, but it all depends whether the arrangement on the page is different from the others!