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2023-11-17 19:46:00
First comes the Overture to Il Ruggiero, Johann Adolph Hasse’s – and Pietro Metastasio’s – final work from Orlando furioso. Originally commanded by Maria Theresa for the marriage of Maria Antonia/Marie Antoinette and the French Dauphin, the work's libretto was not completed in time, so it served instead for the 1771 marriage of the Empress's son Archduke Ferdinand Charles, Governor of the Duchy of Milan, to Maria Beatrice, daughter of Ercole (Hercules) III d’Este, Duke of Modena, and his estranged wife, Maria Teresa, Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara in her own right. As heiress to four further Italian territories, Maria Beatrice offered an advantageous match for the Habsburgs, and had originally been intended for one of Ferdinand's elder brothers, Archduke Peter Leopold (now Duke of Tuscany and later Emperor Leopold II). Ferdinand and Maria Beatrice had been engaged since childhood, the treaty thereby concluded recognising Ferdinand as Ercole's heir. […]
2021-09-15 17:18:21
Christ Church Cathedral and the SRDMH are proud to present a talk on Haitian music, Les pionniers de la musique classique d’Haïti. Musicologist Claude Dauphin will present an overview of the first national school of classical composers in Haiti, from 1905 to 2005. He will be accompanied by composer and pianist David Bontemps, who will [...]
2021-03-27 20:30:04
"Night Sun (Adagio for Strings)" by Sylvain Millepied, Amandine Dauphin Violin added to Classical Music | Writing & Study playlist on Spotify
Today we discovered a wonderful classical composition! Night Sun (Adagio for Strings) by Sylvain Mil
2020-08-28 22:29:00
New Focus Recordings: Cellist Diana Golden Releases Tanbou Kache With Pianist Shawn Chang: An Album that Celebrates Haiti’s Rich Art Music Traditions
[…] century to the present, painting an ever-changing, historical picture of the leading composers of the Haitian national school of classical composition. Recorded with pianist Shawn Chang, the album highlights Haitian cello and piano music by Jean “Rudy” Perrault, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Julio Racine, Carmen Brouard, Frantz Casséus, Werner Jaegerhuber, and Justin Élie. The album cover artwork was painted by Haitian-American artist Gina Samson and the liner notes were written by Dr. Claude Dauphin, a leading scholar of Haitian music. In 2011, Golden began working for Open Access to Music Education for Children, a music center for Boston’s Haitian community run by Youth and Family Enrichment Services. While working with cello students who had left Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, Golden found that learning music, including traditional Haitian folk songs, helped them adjust to their life changes and deal with trauma they had […]
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