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2020-06-24 09:20:53
German Minister: Why we’re giving 1bn Euros to culture, 9bn to Lufthansa
Culture Secretary Monika Grütters attempts an explanation: Genaues Hingucken hilft, Linke Vergleiche von Äpfeln mit Birnen helfen nicht. Bei der...
2020-03-13 10:00:00
[…] Five of the best recordings of Beethoven's sonata cycles Teplitz, now Bad Teplice Czech Republic It was at this spa resort that Beethoven began his Seventh Symphony and where he met poet and philosopher Goethe. Ira F Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies San Jose, California The largest collection of Beethoven materials outside Europe is over on the US West Coast at San Jose University. How many symphonies did Beethoven write? Theater an der Wien Linke Wienzeile, Vienna Beethoven premiered a number of works here, including Fidelio and his oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives. ‘Beethoven Palace’ 11 Lazenská Street, Prague The composer had two fruitful stays in Prague, giving concerts and composing. One of his favourite places to spend a night was this former hotel.
2018-04-04 07:55:22
Planet Hugill’s roving music correspondent, Tony Cooper, reports on Berlin’s Festtage
Daniel Barenboim, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Photo Terry Linke) Berlin Festtage, Debussy: Le Martyre de saint Sébastien, Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, Mahler Symphony No. 7; Martha Argerich, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim; Berlin Philharmonie Reviewed by Tony Cooper on 24 Mar 2018 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Rare Debussy, Mahler's Seventh Symphony and more in BerlinEvery year at Eastertide, Berlin’s Festtage draws classical music and opera lovers to the German capital, a vibrant and happening city that I just love visiting. They come from all corners of the globe and this year (Easter 2018) I was pleased to be counted one of them, hearing Daniel Barenboim conducting Debussy's Le Martyre de saint Sébastien and Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (with Martha Argerich) with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler's Seventh Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as catching the Orchestra of Deutsche Oper […]
2015-11-02 14:00:05
[…] the Nevsky Prospekt is a minor landmark in Saint Petersburg. In 1792 Andres Kyrillovitch was appointed the Tsar’s diplomatic representative to the Habsburg court in Vienna, one of the crucial diplomatic posts during the Napoleonic era. He was a chief negotiator during the Congress of Vienna that resettled Europe in 1814, and asserted Russian rights in Poland. In 1808 he established a house string quartet consisting of Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Louis Sina, Franz Weiss, and Joseph Linke. Razumovsky was an accomplished amateur violinist, and also known as a competent torban (Ukrainian theorbo) player. Of four torbans known to have been in his possession one is preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. His commissioning three string quartets from Beethoven in 1806 was the act that has made his name familiar. He asked Beethoven to include a “Russian” theme in each quartet: Beethoven included Ukrainian themes in the first two. Razumovsky was […]
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