Sybille Specht News
German operatic mezzo soprano, chorale conductor, voice teacher
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2017-04-12 18:52:08
[…] out-pour of emotion that he was feeling after the death of his daughter, and also the prospect of dying himself. Strangely, he did not call Das Lied a symphony because of the infamous ‘curse of the ninth symphony’ (where past composers happened to die after writing their Ninth Symphonies, for instance Beethoven) to ‘stall’ time on his inevitable death and having to say that final goodbye. It has been documented from both Alma and Richard Specht that Mahler was so against numerically naming his ‘ninth’ work that he thought he has warded off the danger he believed he was in by not naming Das Lied. Floros quotes Schoenberg’s memorial speech of 1912 to commemorate Mahler, and I find it poignant to share one particular part of it so that we can gauge an understanding of how prevalent this ‘curse of the ninth’ was for composers: “It seems that the Ninth […]
2016-11-18 16:00:48
De klassieke muziek van N-India (deel 1) (door Ad Groot) Ik was 13 jaar toen ik voor het eerst met Indiase muziek in aanraking kwam. Vanzelfsprekend was dat een plaat van Ravi Shankar . Het was in de hippie-tijd en de belangstelling voor Indiase muziek en oosterse spiritualiteit nam een grote vlucht. Ravi Shankar en George Harrison. Ik kon toen nog niet bevroeden dat daar de kiem werd gelegd voor een liefde van de Indiase klassieke muziek die tot op de dag van vandaag voortduurt. Maar daarover later meer! Eerst een stukje geschiedenis. De Indiase muziek heeft een lange traditie en een eeuwen oude oorsprong. De vroegste beschaving van India staat bekend als die van de Indus-vallei (ca 3000v. Chr.). (Noot: klik hier voor historische blog) De kennis ervan is gebaseerd op archeologische vondsten. Verscheidene vondsten tonen […]
2015-09-09 14:05:34
[…] concerto in 1887. It was his final work for orchestra and was first performed on October 18, 1887. Brahms planned to write a second concerto for violin and cello but destroyed his notes for it when the Double Concerto in A minor was not well-received. Clara Schumann (wife of the composer Robert Schumann and an excellent musician in her own right) didn’t like it, and neither did a famous critic at the time named Richard Specht. I think it’s quite a good concerto and I’m sad Brahms never wrote a second one. Enjoy! Or click here to see on YouTube.
2015-04-30 05:59:08
A Dec. 6 gala marking the Music Center's 50th anniversary made a profit of $1.9 million, Lisa Specht, who chairs the board, said in an email, "but other elements of the fundraising campaign haven't been as successful." A Dec. 6 gala marking the Music Center's 50th anniversary made a profit of $1.9 million, Lisa Specht, who chairs the board, said in an email, "but other elements of the fundraising campaign haven't been as successful."
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