Let's go 1001 Night on Y/A the Classical Music Forum.A fairytale/fantasy question for classical music lovers?!?

Ooh! Fun question! Why didn't I see this seventh period today at school? I must of overlooked it. That would of given me something to do.

1. Have an endless supply of money to purchase all the classical music I want. This includes the purchasing of CDs, music downloads, opera DVDs, opera tickets, concert tickets, and the gas money to get those performances.

2. Set up a program at our school for solely classical music education. First lesson will be simple; a song is sung to...

3. Throw a party and invite all the regulars of the Y!A Classical section! Now I just need to figure out where to have the party...just not my hometown, it's the epitome of boring! Oh, and when can everyone make it? Sometime this summer sound good? :D

Thanks for the fun, and I enjoyed reading everyone's answers.

Edit: Are travel expenses included in wish #3?

Edit 2: A giant magic carpet? Perfect!

I have wondered the same thing. How many would answer as derisively IN PERSON? Easy to sling insults through a monitor. If the question is so exasperating, why answer??? If you want to set someone straight on what is and is not classical or correct someone on what is a song and what is a symphony, then do so POLITELY. When I first started listening to classical music several years ago, I did not know the difference between a symphony and a sonata or a concerto and an overture. I went for months with only the first movement of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. I did not know there was more to it than one movement. I simply have not had an education in classical music. One can certainly receive a harsh education in classical music from many who have had the education, but I have learned that there are a lot of educated idiots on this forum.

Oh no, at first I thought this had to do with Scheherazade! Because I was going to say that we should put Yiruma in her place. We'd miss out on her stories, but on the other hand, we'd only have to put up with Yiruma for a night- he wouldn't have the talent to escape the axe!

OK, three wishes (which is still a fun question!). I would never free the genie- if he has a taste for classical music, he needs to be enslaved forever. I would be certain to hand off the lamp to the other respected members of this forum :)

1) Exile Yiruma, Eunadi, Cater Burwell, Bella, and people who use classical pieces in commercials to Saint Helena.

Does that all count as one wish? Probably not :( Of course, that's only a temporary measure- more like them will always crop up tomorrow.

2) Give me a time machine, so that I can take all the great composers of the past and give them access to the Berlin Philharmonic and a recording studio. (*dreamy-eyed*)

3) Make one hour of classical music study mandatory in all elemnetary schools. We'll scrap the American Revolution- it's useless anyways.

[Do other countries do this- repeating the *same* thing every single year? "The Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill and Concord and Lexington... it makes me nauseous now. I got yelled at by my teachers every year for reading during class- God forbid I should learn about Chinese history or read Newberry books!]

Anyways, those are my wishes. I would kill for Mutter's talent on violin, but I also think it would lose its magic without the years of training :)

1. To be a virtuoso pianist, prodigy composer and a music theorist teaching at a university by day and performing at night.

2. To have my very own personal orchestra, ballet, opera company, and choir including any chamber combination of the best players/dancers/singers ready to play and record anything I wish (at any time of the night). Concerts will involve an audience of course! They will record in my own concert hall (built with the most beautiful acoustics ever heard) that is set up for recording by the best recording engineers, who will mix/master each and every recording (24 hour turn around).

3. To somehow expose the entire population of the world to become more interested in the arts and truly understand and feel what art really has to offer.

What a fun question! So Djinni Omar is my servant! What fun! There are lots of things I would wish for... It is soo hard to pick just three.

1. To meet Senesino. Simply because I want to hear the castrato voice, and Senesino was one of the best. (Farinelli is too cliched... besides he was a castrato soprano, and wouldn't be able to teach me any awesome technique as it would ruin my voice, whereas Senesino was a castrato contralto, and that wouldn't be so bad for my voice!)

2. For people to take me seriously... I am young but that doesnt mean that I dont know what I am talking about. (Obviously I dont mean you guys here on Y!A... I mean my music teachers.)

3. To be a total virtuoso on ANY instrument that takes my fancy. Actually... no, my wish is: To be able to reach a virtuoso level on any instrument after having learnt it for one year. (First I will learn the lute!)

Best,

MissLimLam

(1) That I would be able to co-ordinate my feet for the pedals with my hands, and could become a great organist; obtaining the post at St.Sulpice in Paris(I was an utter wash-out on the organ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKImiR7a4zw

(2) Meet all the Wagner family - become friends with all them - and be given a life-time(what's left of it)pass, to all future performances at the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth.

(3) Even though I've never conducted an orchestra, be given an appointment for the rest of my life as conductor of the VPO(what a riot that would be: probably would be shot before my first rehearsal).

Alberich

Sorry, I don't trust anyone with the name Omar. LOL

but! if I did.

wait, I still don't...

>.<

1. I would be a virtuoso at my favorite instrument (Violin)

2. I would eternally be 17 (in order to study classical music (technicality?))

3. I would have a "time phone" in which I could call any classical composer I wish as long as I have this phone.

I'm not good at questions like these, but what the hey.

1. I would wish to own all types of musical instruments in the world and be able to play them. I only play 3 instruments, but that's not enough!

2. I would like to bring Ravel back to life so he could compose more masterpieces for the world to enjoy.

3. I would wish to own my own orchestra with my own concert hall. I would be the conductor.

What would your wishes be Stefan?

1. To have the time in the world to listen to at least 1/2 of the composed classical music from all of history.

2. Meet Grieg (my favorite composer)

3. Be able to have the skills of a mastered pianist, and perform well (maybe a Rach. concerto)...'cause my musical skills are limited, and I wish I could improve them. I know I will never be able to master a Rach. Concerto, but if I could look at one page...well..

But if this wasn't about classical music:

1. Genie rules don't apply

2. A thousand more wishes! =D

1) to have enough money not to have to work and pursue my musical interests to the full. This would include continuing my quest to champion undeservedly neglected music, catching-up with my CD reviews (my backlog pile for MusicWeb International is growing ever higher!) and to simply listen to more music (of all my favoured genres).

2) to outlaw 'new age' muzak and banish all perpetrators of this musical outrage to a small island full of excellent electronic Yamaha pianos but no electricity supply.

3) to resurrect a composer who died far too young so that they might realise the promise they showed during their short life. The contenders (for I cannot make up my mind) would include Mozart, Schubert, Arriaga and Karłowicz.