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2012-01-27 Friday Historical for Mozart's Birthday, plus some news
First of all, I'm delighted to announce that I have "a new gig", contributing to The Spectator Arts Blog. My first piece is out today and it's a look at six of the best young opera singers I've come across in the last year or so. First up is Sophie Bevan, who will be singing her namesake in Der Rosenkavalier for ENO from Saturday. And five more budding superstars... Read it here.
And it's Mozart's birthday, and it's Friday, so here is some Friday Historical Mozart: the first movement of the Concerto for Three Pianos, with Sir Georg Solti (conducting and playing), Daniel Barenboim and Andras Schiff, and the English Chamber Orchestra. Happy 256th birthday to our darling Wolferl!
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And it's Mozart's birthday, and it's Friday, so here is some Friday Historical Mozart: the first movement of the Concerto for Three Pianos, with Sir Georg Solti (conducting and playing), Daniel Barenboim and Andras Schiff, and the English Chamber Orchestra. Happy 256th birthday to our darling Wolferl!
The Well-Tempered Ear / welltempered.wordpress.com
2012-01-26 Classical music news: Wisconsin Public Radio will hold the third annual Bach Around the Clock on Saturday, March 17. Start practicing now.
By Jacob Stockinger This year, Johann Sebastian Bach (below) â by general consensus the greatest composer who ever lived and who affected all the composers who followed after him â turns 327. Bach was born on March 21, 1685, he died on July 26, 1750, at age 65. So why not celebrate? Why not indeed! Wisconsin [...]
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2012-01-26 Sergei Bortkiewicz â Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 16
Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877 – 1952) Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 16 [1912] I. Lento – Allegro deciso II. Andante sostenuto III. Molto vivace e con brio Stephen Coombs (Piano); BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Jerzy Maksymiuk (Conductor) Download (78.83 MB) Mediafire Rapidshare
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This is the scene in my living room, where an Italian TV crew has just set up an improvised studio... […]
The Well-Tempered Ear / welltempered.wordpress.com
2012-01-25 Classical music review: High school musician and critic Mikko Utevsky praises the new opera âWired For Loveâ by UW student Jerry Hui.
ALERT: This weekâs FREE Friday Noon Musicale, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in the Landmark Auditorium (below) of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, 900 University Bay Drive, features oboist Scott Ellington and pianist Ted Reinke, in music by Alex Wilder, Gordon Jacob and Srul Irving Glick. For information, call 608 233-9774 or visit www.fusmadison.org. [...]
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"Ambition is the grand enemy of all peace." John Cowper Powys, The Meaning of Culture... […]
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2012-01-25 Ernest Bloch â Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1
Ernest Bloch (1880 – 1956) Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 [1920] I. Agitato II. Molto quieto III. Moderato Jascha Heifetz (Violin); Emanuel Bay (Piano) Download (34.31 MB) Mediafire
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Many of us waited with bated breath during the recent breakdown of talks between management and the orchestra at NYC Opera. Even though the season is proceeding, the company’s plan to keep themselves afloat (if not artistically viable) seems dubious at best. No music director, draconian cuts for the players and chorus, and no base [...] […]
