The Beatles Concerto

[mr music]

Has anyone ever heard of The Beatles Concerto arranged and composed by John Rutter (yes, the songs of the Fab Four). I don’t want the music, I was just interested if anyone has ever heard of this piece or even played it. I understand it’s very Rachmaninoffian.


Edit: Actually a quick search on my Wiki shows it was first recorded in 1979 – not as new as I thought.

[makeanote]

Hey there Mr Music,

Its a fun piece of music. Not so much Rachmanninoff, but more like Addinsel. I found a link to hear part of it (just through Google):

https://www.imeem.com/people/Zrcr1L/music/36cZS3vp/royal-philharmonic-orchestra-beatles-concerto-i-she-loves-y/

Trust this helps,
Ian

[go12_3]

What an enjoyable concerto that is!  I already listened to it and with such fun finger works on the keyboard.  Fantastic!       

best wishes,

go12_3

[mr music]

Yes, I must say I like this. Thanks for the link Ian. I only found out when someone was talking about it and a cursory visit to youtube could find no recordings of this, which was quite surprising to me, btw I like Addinsel's music very much.

Just out of interest did anyone like They Queen Symphony by Tolga Kashif when he did it with the Royal Philarmonic ?

Mr Music.

[mikey6]

I did hear the Queen Symphony which was quite hideous - 4 or 5 queen songs arranged for orchestra spread over 4 movts I think.

[retrouvailles]

Wow, that was some of the worst kitsch I've heard in a long time. I suppose it's just a great work for having fun (it's certainly fun), but I would keep it away from concert halls. It certainly isn't any sort of "high art" and doesn't compare to other piano concertos being composed today, for a variety of reasons. And yes, this is not like Rachmaninoff, but more like the Warsaw Concerto of Richard Addinsell. And btw, John Rutter usually composes choral music. He should just stick to that. The orchestration is just as kitschy as the conception of the piece.

*gets head of out clouds*

[thierry13]

Hey there Mr Music,

Its a fun piece of music. Not so much Rachmanninoff, but more like Addinsel. I found a link to hear part of it (just through Google):

https://www.imeem.com/people/Zrcr1L/music/36cZS3vp/royal-philharmonic-orchestra-beatles-concerto-i-she-loves-y/

Trust this helps,
Ian

At 7:00 is a quote of the final of Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto. You can find the exact same passage in the 3rd movement.

[indutrial]

Wow, that was some of the worst kitsch I've heard in a long time.

Agreed. This work is nothing more than sensational trash. There are too many real piano concertos by good composers that have not been given their proper due to morally justify this kind of cheap cash stab.

This is coming from a huge Beatles fan who likes all of the original songs that this composer piles musical horseshit on top of. This work adds nothing to music as a whole and doesn't even do a good job of representing the best melodies the Beatles had to offer. Just a bunch of tinkle-tinkle on the piano and over-the-top gestures with the orchestra. Symphonic rock is the worst genre to spawn out of the public's complete misinterpretation of classical music.

[thierry13]

This work is nothing more than sensational trash. There are too many real piano concertos by good composers that have not been given their proper due to morally justify this kind of cheap cash stab.

This work adds nothing to music as a whole. Just a bunch of tinkle-tinkle on the piano and over-the-top gestures with the orchestra.

All that could be said about Jazz as a whole.

[kelly_kelly]

John Rutter usually composes choral music. He should just stick to that. The orchestration is just as kitschy as the conception of the piece.

YES. The orchestration in his Gloria is incredibly boring to play.

[thierry13]

And btw, John Rutter usually composes choral music.

Ho god yes he does, and it's AWFUL! It's the worst crap I've ever been imposed to sing in my whole life! Damn university compulsory choir...

[retrouvailles]

Ho god yes he does, and it's AWFUL! It's the worst crap I've ever been imposed to sing in my whole life! Damn university compulsory choir...

Completely agreed. I am so glad that in my choir class we opted out of singing his music. We instead sang some pieces our choir commissioned from some graduates of our uni, and they were much better.

[indutrial]

All that could be said about Jazz as a whole.

It could also be applied to your posts vis-a-vis this forum. Is it me, or are they becoming more idiotic-sounding and out-of-context as time goes on. Your stupid arguments against jazz fell flat on their face over a year ago and bored this forum to near-death in the six months to follow. I'll stay on the side of Darius Milhaud, George Gershwin, George Antheil, William Bolcom, William Albright, Elliott Carter, Ervin Schulhoff, Jaroslav Ježek, Tibor Harsanyi, Georges Auric, Alexandre Tansman, Bohuslaw Martinu, Frederick Rzewski, Nikolai Kasputin, Charles Wuorinen, Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Paul Hindemith, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Kurt Weill, Leonard Bernstein, and countless other humbling musical geniuses who would assert that you are flatly wrong.

[thierry13]

Is it me, or are they becoming more idiotic-sounding and out-of-context as time goes on.

Is it me, or that was the POINT. The debate is over since a long time ago and I allready said I was fooling around. It was fun tough, even if it still isn't my favorite type of music. I did not think half what I said. It was for the point of taking a point of view and pushing it to the extreme. I do not enjoy jazz that much, but I don't think it's crap either. Believe me or not, I had a great time and my arguments had their validity to some extent.