March, 2014

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Music and Religion: Dominus tecum (The Lord is with thee)
Musical Settings of the Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
In 1825, Franz Peter Schubert prepared a musical setting of Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem “The Lady of the Lake.” In the story, a vengeful King is persecuting the heroine, Ellen Douglas, who in turn is hiding in a mountain
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BACH HOUSE WEIMAR instead of a “UNESCO World Heritage Car Park”!
Concerto in the Italian Style in F Major, BWV 971, “Italian Concerto” J.S. Bach spent the years of 1708-1717 in Weimar, in central Germany, as the Konzertmeister at the court of Duke Johann Ernst. This was an important time in
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Stéphane Tétreault
I had a chance to catch up with the handsome, 20-year-old Montréal born cellist Stéphane Tétreault, Interlude’s artist of the month. He already has an impressive dossier. The release of his debut CD, featuring the works of Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky,
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