Johnnie Basch

Many of the greatest composers of the 20th century wrote for classical guitar. A prime example is Benjamin Britten's "Nocturnal after John Dowland" op. 70: THREAD 1/? Marcin Dylla plays Nocturnal by Benjamin Britten youtu.be/s7QXAxRnln8 via @YouTube

How I feel about work today 😅

Name the conductor

@PAHoyeck @somewutbased For Spinoza fans, it’s all one fanbase

@somewutbased Didn't know Spinoza had a fanbase!

Who is the philosopher with the most annoying fanbase?

Messiaen looking exactly the way you would expect him to look

This Japanese lute is nothing short of astonishing 😍

Allemande from Cello Suite No. 2 - J.S. Bach (Guitar) Short 5 youtube.com/watch?v=cWDeWf…

@symeew13 It happens every time. You talk about Meatloaf’s music and people go “who?” Then you say, “you know, Marvin Lee Aday,” and they reply “oh yeah, why didn’t you just say Marvin Lee Aday to begin with? how am I supposed to know his birth name was Meatloaf?”

Can YOU match these music legends to their birth name?

Facts!!!

@Music_Goddesss What saddens me most is knowing that people in general will die without ever having given classical music a single chance. Because they think it's "boring," "difficult," or "elitist." Little do they know that they are missing out on one of life's greatest joys.

The Count of Monte Cristo, by Herman Melville

@_Tony_Morris_ Gotta love Berkeley

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Depends on which century you mean.

#jokeoftheday I know the feeling! You? #music

@BaschJohnnie Not going to argue with you Johnnie Basch…I may risk you throwing me off a building or firing a rocket launcher at me from 3 feet away. Inside a small apartment.

Urban fears and social breakdown are quashed by the fantasy of vigilantism in Death Wish (1974), an unsubtle but effective response to impotence in the face of rising crime. Not perfect, but compared to the incongruous sequels it’s a ruddy masterpiece ⭐️⭐️⭐️½

@Rob197711 Most action movies have cheese, but DW3 has 20 min street war w explosions, bazooka, molotovs, dudes on fire, ppl flyin off motorcycles, chaos, almost 100 deaths. Tallying up the raw amount of action packed in, i think my position is justified that its better action than average.

@BaschJohnnie I dunno dude…if you swapped ‘better’ for ‘funnier’ I may agree with you….

@JSBachMusic Both are great! Love to hear Bream play Bach on guitar and Kirchhoff play it on lute. Same w Bach on piano vs harpsichord, I love Gould on piano and Pinnock on harpsichord.

BACH’S WEDNESDAY POLL Johann Sebastian Bach’s seven surviving lute works — how do you prefer to hear them? Vote below and leave a comment! #Bach

"Compared to Bach, we all suck!". Pat Metheny, jazz guitarist and composer. Agree with Pat? #Bach

@JasonFruit_ @KlassicalKat_88 interlude.hk/classical-musi…