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2019-04-30 07:00:00
The Australian Financial ReviewAmid "gold rush" conditions in Melbourne's western industrial property market, private developer Berton Investments has signed up transport group Secon to a ...
2019-03-09 01:00:00
Massenet - Manon - Victoria de los Angeles
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)Victoria de los Angeles, Henri LegayMichel Dens, Jean Borthayre, Liliane Berton,Choeurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra -Comiquedir: Pierre MonteuxLa Damoiselle élue (Debussy) - Les Nuits d'été ( Berlioz)Boston Symphony Orchestra - dir: Charles MunchTestament SBT3203 (2000) 3CD mono ADD rec. 1955&1956[flac&cue;cover, inlays,booklet&disc scans] In Act 2, Manon, reading the letter her lover Des Grieux is writing to his father, sings the line, "nulle voix n'a plus In Act 2, Manon, reading the letter her lover Des Grieux is writing to his father, sings the line, "nulle voix n'a plus de doux accents" ("no voice has a sweeter sound"). It wouldn't surprise me if Victoria de los Angeles blushed while singing it, for she's perfectly describing her luscious, characterful soprano at the peak of its powers in 1955, when this best of all recorded Manons was made. She encompasses all its moods, from the fragile young Manon on her […]
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2016-10-24 20:02:18
Canada Will Be 150 Years Old Next Year And There Will Be Big Celebrations. But What Culture Are We Celebrating?
“What effect will all this well-meaning cultural, environmental and athletic activity produce? As the optimistic descriptions washed over me, I had to remind myself that public celebrations of a national birthday can indeed be transformative: just look at centennial year. To author and historian Pierre Berton, it may have been “the last good year,” as he would subtitle his history of 1967 published in 1997, but to those of us who were very young in the Summer of Love, the centennial celebrations shone a warm light into our childhoods that we have carried with us through life.”
2015-10-15 15:04:03
Bernhard Crusell In 1775 Bernhard Crusell was born in Nystad (Uusikaupunki), Finland. In Stockholm, while in school, he established himself as a clarinet soloist. At the age sixteen he received an appointment as the director of the regimental band, and a year later became principal clarinet with the Hovkapellet (Royal Court Orchestra), which was directed by his composition teacher, the German composer Abbé Vogler. Between 1791 and 1799 Crusell studied music theory and composition with Abbé Vogler and another German teacher, Daniel Böritz, when Böritz was resident in Stockholm. In 1803 while in Paris Crusell studied composition at the Conservatoire with Gossec and Berton. He composed pieces, including concertos and chamber works, not only for his own use, but also for other wind players in the court orchestra. In 1811 he travelled to Leipzig where he established a relationship with the music publisher Bureau de Musique, which became part of […]
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