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2020-02-03 15:16:30
Palestrina, Peter Serkin 2020
This Week in Classical Music: February 3, 2020. Palestrina, Peter Serkin. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina might have been born on this day in 1525, although it could be any day between February 3rd of 1525 and February 2nd of 1526: he died on February 2nd of 1594 and the eulogist mentioned that he was 68, and according to other sources, he died one day short of his 69th birthday. One of the greatest composers of the late Renaissance, he was recognized as such during his lifetime: in 1575, the agent of the Duke of Ferrara, who, we can assume, was very knowledgeable in these things as the Duke’s court was Italy’s musical center, had written of Palestrina that he was “now considered the very first musician in the world.” Palestrina’s output was enormous: 104 masses are extant, about 300 motets and many other pieces of music. In addition to the […]
All the conducting master class
2018-06-08 15:26:25
The Noah Greenberg Award was established by the Trustees of the New York Pro musica antiqua in memory of their founder and first director. The award is intended as a grant-in-aid to stimulate active cooperation between scholars and performers by recognizing and fostering outstanding contributions to historical performing practices. Both scholars and performers may apply, […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2016-11-27 09:54:50
Death of an early countertenor
Russell Oberlin made his name in the 1950s when the only countertenor to be heard on the world stage was Alfred Deller. He co-founded New York Pro musica antiqua in 1952, standing out as ‘a lone practitioner’ in the USA. Three years later Leonard Bernstein engaged him for a Messiah recording and kept him in mind when composing Chichester Psalms. Glenn Gould (see video) was another admirer. Russell also appeared as Oberon in the London premiere of Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. But in 1964, at the age of 36, he gave up public performance and retired to teach at Hunter College. Russell Oberlin died yesterday in New York at the age of 88.
2014-12-27 20:59:00
As happened this year, in 2015 the high point will be the Daniel Barenboim marathon, again with the WEDO (West Eastern Divan Orchestra) and Martha Argerich. But other aspects of concert life are open to considerable criticism: the Philharmonic season, the Sunday morning concerts with Argentine artists, and particularly the so-called Fifth anniversary Cycle. Of course, there´s always the reflected glory of the concerts programmed by the Mozarteum Argentino and Nuova Harmonia, of which I wrote weeks ago. But they simple hire the Colón, it´s no merit of the institution. The Barenboim concerts are billed as "Stellar subscription series: Festival of music and reflexion" (this last word refers to yet another dialogue between Barenboim and Felipe González; why not someone else?). A […]