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ONLINE BRIDGE-Music what do you listen to when on BBO?

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Posted 2005-October-26, 14:54

Frances, you are by far not alone, great music! Right now, as I read this, I am listening to Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Elias" (we're having a concert with that in january). Most pieces of Dvorak are fantastic, not to forget Berlioz, Sibelius and Debussy and and and.... Did you ever listen to Nigel Kennedy? A sensitive rebel and on the violin (of course not everybody's darling...).
But I am a music maniac and love different stuff. An interesting thing is CAMILLE: "Le fil", it is French (perhaps) Jazz; she took one tone (le fil) and performs with her voice pieces around that, very few instruments. Stefano di Battista's "Parker's Mood" is really fine for dreaming, relaxing, playing online bridge or whatever. And good old QUEEN: hmmmmm :D My favourite CD is "A Night At The Opera". I better stop now, n8 :)
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Posted 2005-November-04, 18:22

House Music!

:D :) :) :) :) ... Ahhhh its 1989 all over again!

The deeper the better. I need a full-on dose of mad 303 action to get the juices flowing. Tribal, Acid, Deep, Electro, Proggy, Breaks - its all good!! And its always good for the soul to be throwing a few shapes whilst reaping a few IMPs!
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Posted 2005-November-05, 12:48

pigpenz, on Sep 29 2005, 05:14 PM, said:

Jlall, on Sep 29 2005, 03:29 PM, said:

Now that I have an ipod, I may use it when I play live (if its allowed) as well.

i was gonna ask that if you ever use your ipod when you play live bridge, why would they not allow it, afraid you have watson play of the hand on ipod :(

I am using my ipod at a sectional this weekend. It's nice, I think I will continue to do it. It is also allowed :(
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Posted 2005-December-06, 03:01

"Last X-mas" by Wham, "Santa Claus is coming to town", "Jingle Bells"ect. ect.: please hand me some earmuffs.... :)
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Posted 2006-April-10, 06:51

Diana Krall *wow* :)
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Posted 2006-April-10, 08:46

Neil Young "rust never sleeps"
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Posted 2006-April-10, 09:22

Often Robert Cray or Etta James. I can't listen to something I don't love, but I also can't listen to something I love too much. I need something so familiar it kind of fades into the background. Hard to plan the play of the hand when you're across the room grooving and shimmying.
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Posted 2006-April-10, 09:23

I have a strange musical ritual playing online bridge.

I listen to soul music, especially Barry White, Luther Vandross, Low Rawls, and James Brown.

It's the only time I listen to soul music.
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Posted 2006-April-14, 06:07

It appears my tastes are similar to Frances'.

Since it's Easter, Bach's St Matthew Passion.
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Posted 2006-April-21, 04:32

At the moment its the online Streaming of Annie Nightingale's Radio 1 show from last night - some absolutely SLAMMING Breaks.
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Posted 2006-May-11, 23:08

FrancesHinden, on Oct 26 2005, 05:40 PM, said:

I seem to be in a bit of a minority.
Until last week my computer hard disk had a bit on an emphasis on 'B', as it had:
Bruckner symphonies 6,7,8,9
Bach B-minor mass, magnificat
Beethoven piano sonatas
(and some other stuff by Haydn, Handel, Mendelssohn and Elgar).
But! Our hard disk broke, we've just replaced it, and the new one has no music at all on it yet. I think I'll go back to Schubert piano sonatas & string 4tets for a while, haven't listened to them for ages.

I'm also part of this minority. I listen to many orchestral recordings, mostly remastered versions of classic LPs from the 1950s/60s. I am a big fan of the work of Herbert von Karajan, who has achieved a technical perfection from the Berlin Philharmonic that no orchestra has matched since. All records are of Karajan and the BPO unless otherwise noted. My favorites for bridge are

Relaxing (first online game, or tense period)
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 6
- Dvorak, Symphony No. 8, von Dochnanyi Cleveland
- Grieg, Peer Gynt Suites, Karajan VPO
- Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1, with Berman

Exciting (whistle along during a casual game)
- Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2, Leinsdorf Chicago, with Richter
- Dvorak, Symphony No. 9
- Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
- Strauss, Die Fledermaus, Karajan [old] Philharmonia, with Schwarzkopf, ...

Dominating (listening while playing well)
- Bach, Brandenburg Concertos, I Musici
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Furtwangler Bayreuth, with Schwarzkopf, ...
- Offenbach / Rosenthal, Gaite Parisienne
- Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture with choral, Lockhart Boston Pops

Contemplating (listening while playing less well)
- Mozart, Violin Concerto, with Mutter
- Ravel, Bolero
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