‘Hold Onto That Joy of How Much You Love Music’ Georgian pianist Salome Jordania is based these days in London but is highly in demand across Europe, the US and Asia for solo engagements, having performed from Texas to Tokyo,
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Today, marrying a cousin is unusual, but throughout history it was hardly unheard of, especially in close-knit families where relatives often lived near one another. The musical world was especially interconnected, and several composers found love within their own extended
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Paintings in Carl Schimmel’s String Quartet No. 2, “Six Faces” The paintings in Carl Schimmel’s Second String Quartet, Six Faces, are all Cubist works painted between 1911 and 1920. The 4 women and 2 men are shown with their belongings:
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At the end of Beecham's 1958 Meistersinger Prelude, the crowd erupts. These live Berlioz and Wagner recordings from the Royal Festival Hall capture a conductor who prized "the dramatic and picturesque" above all. Have a listen!
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Ten decades, ten symphonies, and one central question: what happened to the symphony over the 1800s? The form entered the century as a genteel curtain-raiser: twenty minutes of Classical politeness, often featuring courtly, aristocratic minuets. It left the century capable
