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The oft-adopted adage “pressure makes diamonds” stems from massive pressure and ferocious temperatures combining beneath the Earth’s crust to produce precious stones of enduring value from the single element of carbon: chemistry and physics ultimately give way to craftsmanship and art in achieving the final product. Fortunately, composers experience more pleasure than pressure in producing
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Phillips Exeter Academy Application APPLY ON EMPLOYER’S SITE By using this feature you agree to our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Details Posted: April 11, 2022 Location: Exeter, New Hampshire Show Map Type: Contract – Internship The orchestra intern will direct the Exeter Symphonia (an intermediate string orchestra) and will coach several chamber music groups in […]
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Kings Place, LondonFeaturing works by indisputably great figures from the last 100 years, the programme aimed to attract newcomers with a showcase of contemporary styles Turning Points is the London Sinfonietta’s occasional series at Kings Place, focusing on some the 20th century’s most important composers and their key works, and designed to bring newcomers to modern music. Certainly the audience for the latest concert, which was introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, contained few of the familiar faces seen at the Sinfonietta’s Southbank Centre dates. But then the programme that Gerry Cornelius conducted, containing short pieces by four of the indisputably great figures of the last 100 years, was much more like the kind of concert that was once the orchestra’s bread and butter, and which it plays all too rarely nowadays. Mohr-Pietsch’s thought-provoking introduction talked of “listening rituals”, likening the modern concert hall to the sacred spaces of prehistoric cultures, though […]