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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-03-28 23:24:03
[…] this day, whose historical roots can be found in Schiller’s “An die Freude” text of 1785. Elaine Sisman (Columbia), focusing on the second movement, explored the spectrum of humor (scherzo, scherzoso, even scherzando in other Beethoven works) to wonder about how much that abiding sonata form is really a joke. James Parsons (Missouri State University) demonstrated how the Choral Fantasy, op. 80, adumbrates the Ninth’s finale, with a close comparison of the different texts. Christopher Reynolds (University of California, Davis) illustrated with convincing examples how the Ninth anticipated certain melodic and harmonic gestures in Wagner’s Ring, which, we remember, debuted 148 years ago at the Wagner Festspielhaus in Bavaria, where only Beethoven’s symphonies, are regularly performed alongside Wagner’s work. Lewis Lockwood, senior counsel to all who were present, celebrated, in but a few words, the “ingathering” for those who would heed Seid umschlungen, Millionen! I was sorry to miss the […]
2024-02-02 09:30:07
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Violinist Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds & Pianist Luka Okros Reveal The Fascinating Music Of Bibik In A Recent Release
I've been listening to the violin sonatas of Valentin Bibik, a neglected composer who spent much of his career teaching at the Conservatoire in Kharkiv.
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