January, 2018

41 Posts
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The Piano is for Playing
Returning to playing seriously after an absence, whether due to injury or stress, or simply a loss of interest in the instrument, can be tough. Lack of regular practise means fingers and limbs may be less than responsive, sluggish or
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Forgotten Cellists: Leonard Rose
American cellist Leonard Rose, born in 1918, came by his talent honestly. His father was a cellist, as was his cousin Frank Miller, the legendary principal cello of the Chicago Symphony, with whom Rose studied before he attended Curtis Institute
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SORO, E.: Sinfonía romántica / Danza fantástica / 3 Aires chilenos / Andante appassionato
Sinfonía romántica II. Adagio From SORO, E.: Sinfonía romántica / Danza fantástica / 3 Aires chilenos / Andante appassionato (2017) Released by Naxos Soro: Sinfonía romántica – II. Adagio Enrique Soro rose to great esteem not only as Chile’s leading
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Classical Music Apps (Part One)
There is a plethora of classical music applications or ‘apps’ (computer software that can be downloaded to your electronic device) for everyone nowadays, from students to professional musicians to music-lovers. In Part One of this series, we look at some
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Music is What I Have to Do – An Interview with Ishay Shaer
Israeli pianist Ishay Shaer discovered that he just couldn’t live without music. When he went off to university, dutifully putting music behind him to concentrate on computer studies, his days were filled with the minutiae of school: studies and papers
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Lyricism and Percussionism
We associate John Cage with a number of different sound events – the percussion group that he took on tour around the West Coast in the late 1930s, random radio sounds from his work for 12 radios (Imaginary Landscape No.
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Ring Bells! Sing Songs!: The Musical VI
Roaring onto the Broadway stage and changing the musical forever was Disney’s The Lion King, with music by Elton John. No musical had taken a children’s animation as its source and turning the fantasies of a cartoon into a performance
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Shenyang
‘A Duty to the Music’ Based in Shanghai, Chinese bass-baritone Shenyang performs in Hong Kong with the Hong Kong Philharmonic this month. Although from a musical family (both his parents were singers too), Shenyang came relatively late to the world
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