July, 2013

26 Posts
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Mozart’s Party Piece? ‘Gran Partita’ examined
MOZART, W.A.: Serenade No. 10, “Gran Partita” Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble Mozart’s Serenade K.361 has a lot of mystery surrounding it, generating many articles, thoughts and opinions (both scholarly and informal) with regards to its genesis and function. The work’s
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Castelnuovo – Tedesco
The Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2
Solo Piano Works
Passatempi Op. 54 V . Con brio alla Viennese Pietro Massa Neubrandenburger Philharmonie Stefan Malzew From Castelnuovo – Tedesco The Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 Solo Piano Works (2013) Released by Naxos Castelnuovo – Tedesco: Passatempi Op. 54 –
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St. Thomas in Leipzig
J. S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, “Kommt ihr Töchter helft mir klagen” One of the most wonderful experiences while traveling in Europe is the ability to visit monuments, castles, churches and civic buildings, and the spaces within the urban or
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The Land of Limited Impossibilities
Paul Hindemith and Gertrud Rottenberg III
Paul Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher (Viola Concerto), II If you have ever taken wedding vows, you might still remember uttering the words “for better or for worse.” For Gertrud and Paul Hindemith, the “worse” was slightly more threatening than merely worrying
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Robert Schumann –
Chamber Music with Winds
Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 for clarinet, viola and piano. Ruhiges Tempo. mit zartem Ausdruck Soloists from the Orchestre de Paris From Robert Schumann Chamber Music with Winds (2012) Released by Indésens Schumann: Märchenerzählungen Op. 132 for clarinet, viola and piano –
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Sachsenplatz Choo Choo
Paul Hindemith and Gertrud Rottenberg II
In most cases, prenuptial agreements or matrimonial regimes include provisions for division of property and spousal support in the event of divorce or breakup of marriage. However, these contracts rarely regulate issues relating to the children of a marriage, particularly,
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Matthis the Painter:
Paul Hindemith and Matthias Grünewald
Wilhelm Furtwängler had asked Paul Hindemith to write an orchestral work for the Berlin Philharmonic’s 1933/34 season – just at the moment when Hindemith had decided to write an opera based on the famous Isenheimer Altar (now in the Unterlinden
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The Érard of Your Ways!
“Waldstein” and “Appassionata”
Beethoven’s Transfer of the “Symphonic Ideal” Into His Middle Period Piano Sonatas What had begun as a slight ringing in Beethoven‘s ears around 1789 had progressively turned into partial deafness by 1801. In 1802, while spending the summer in the
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