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2022-05-19 06:49:56
Classical music meets video art
[…] Schoenberg while invited ensembles - Harvestehuder Kammerchor Hamburg and Rundfunkchor Berlin - were heard in pieces by Brahms and Schoenberg. The micro concerts are available on-line (on demand) to 22 October 2022 via the orchestra's website, their YouTube channel, and the France Musique website. Micro concerts overview Why? (34:14) [YouTube] Visuals: Luis August Krawen Music by Jörg Widmann, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Arnold Schoenberg, György Ligeti Performers: Kent Nagano, Rupert Burleigh, Bernhard Hansky, Volker Krafft, Katharina Konradi, Jana Kurucová, Georg Nigl, Harvestehuder Kammerchor, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester HamburgA New World (35:49) [YouTube] Visuals: Jonas Englert Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ludwig van Beethoven, Anton Webern, Claude Debussy, Toshio Hosokawa Performers: Kent Nagano, Rupert Burleigh, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester HamburgSongs of the Earth (26:42) [YouTube] Visuals: Zbig Rybczyński / Dorota Zglobicka Music: Gustav Mahler, Leoš Janáček, Béla Bartók, Arnold Schoenberg Performers: Kent Nagano, Klaus Florian Vogt, Hellen Kwon, Gabriele Rossmanith, Kristina Stanek, Kady Evanyshyn, Rupert Burleigh, […]
2016-06-12 05:18:09
[…] Mozart continued to compose. It was what he lived for and, more practically, it was about the only thing he really could do, because by all accounts he was in every other regard an eternal child, constantly taken in by various people, almost always short of money (and lavish in expenditure whenever he did have it), and unable to establish the professional connections which would have resulted in secure employment. Mozart, posthumous painting by Barbara Krafft, 1819 The sheer volume and quality of Mozart’s work makes it almost impossible to list even his most famous pieces. ‘Eine Kleine Nacht-Musik’ (‘A Little Night-Music’), is perhaps his single most-recognised piece, but ‘Turkish Rondo’ would probably come close. The opera ‘The Magic Flute’ is playing in Auckland at the moment, and I really wish I could go. Symphonies 40 and 41 are particularly popular, and Mozart’s love for the piano is evident […]
2015-01-10 23:01:39
[…] my God-given digits. (but it must give advanced notice of itself, an opinion challenged by some) There is a also a ROTATIONAL capacity of the thumb that is often overlooked. In slow motion when arpeggios are played, one can readily track this motion and avoid getting LOCKED in! *** Rather than write a THUMB TREATISE in the early 20th Century tradition, attaching fancy diagrams of this and that position as if I were publishing a Krafft-Ebing sex manual, I will refer to a few videos that might better amplify my POSITION about the THUMB. (Politically correct, or not) An adult student practices the F# minor arpeggio experimenting with a smoother THUMB passage: You will notice how her thumb was initially getting in the way: In the context of this thumb ingratiating universe, I was asked the following question by a reader: “On F# major arpeggio, what exactly is […]
2014-04-24 01:15:43
Ten Thousand Miles - Day 23
A Journey to Ten Thousand Hours of Music Practice Practice Time Log Inspiring Artist of the Day MOZART Posthumous painting by Barbara Krafft in 1819 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (German: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ amaˈdeus ˈmoːtsaʁt], (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. At 17, he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and travelled in search of a better position, always composing abundantly. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the capital, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years in Vienna, he composed many of his best-known […]
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