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2020-09-17 18:46:42
Composer Jean Sibelius was trained as a violinist, although he never became a virtuoso performer. He auditioned, unsuccessfully, for a place in the Vienna Philharmonic when he was 26, and it was difficult for him to overcome this disappointment when he was not accepted. As such, it is pretty easy to imagine all sorts of personal issues that sublimated in Sibelius’ Violin Concerto. Certainly inner feelings were at play when he wrote it. One of Sibelius’ strongest supporters at the time was the violinist Willy Burmester, who was eager to play the new concerto on which Sibelius was working. The
2020-07-23 04:49:00
Classical (and Other) Streaming Services
[…] don’t recall any ads), Student, and Premium at €5 and €10 respectively, the latter offering CD quality. Idagio does not offer high resolution. Until someone reminds Idagio’s accountants, it’s even cheaper than that in the US, as I am being billed $10, not €10 (about a 13% discount), for Premium. For the paid plans, music is streamed at CD quality; no high-resolution option is offered. Idagio does integrate with several audio operating systems, including Bluesound, Burmester, and Nativ. Sadly, that’s not a very large list, which means there’s a good chance that you will need to connect your laptop to your audio system via a USB cable for the best sound. Luckily my NAD C 658 streaming preamp (review forthcoming) does use Bluesound, and the connection worked perfectly. Primephonic In many ways, Primephonic was the most appealing service of the […]
2019-11-14 17:22:09
Violinist Leonid Kogan Was Born On This Day in 1924 [ON-THIS-DAY]
Soviet violinist Leonid Kogan was born on this day in 1924. Dying in 1982, aged just 58 from a heart attack, he is remembered as one of the foremost virtuoso violinists of all time. For much of his performance career he concertized on the 1733 ‘ex-Burmester’ Guarneri del Gesu. LEONID KOGAN | BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2019-05-17 16:45:42
In September 1902 Jean Sibelius wrote to his wife that he had just conceived “a marvelous opening idea” for a violin concerto, and if he was speaking of the way that the work actually begins in its finished form, “marvelous” is indeed the term to apply: against a hushed D minor chord played by the strings of the orchestra, the soloist enters delicately on a dissonant note, yearning as it leans into the chord. The magic begins already during the first few seconds of the piece. While working on the Concerto throughout 1903, Sibelius kept his friend, violinist Willy Burmester apprised
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