For as long as composers have been writing music, they’ve been inspired by the mystery, mood, and mythology of the night. We’ve gathered ten pieces of classical music about the night that explore themes associated with the hours after dark,
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Intimacy Revisited: A Look at Hong Kong’s Performer/Composer Summit, Two Years Later May 29th, 2013 Two years on, the question remains: what, exactly, is Hong Kong’s University of Science and Technology doing dropping gobs of money to invite top-class musicians from around the world to spend two weeks on a campus without a music department? -
Without Music, Life would be an Error:
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche May 29th, 2013Friedrich Nietzsche Das zerbrochene Ringlein Piano Sonata in G Major “God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.” This most widely quoted statement originating with Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) first appeared in the 1882 publication Die fröhliche -
Envy the Cellist May 28th, 2013 Why I Love the Cello Because it is me. Because it is the closest sound to the human voice. Because I can engulf it with my body in an embrace. Because when I tell people that I play the cello -
The Intimacy of Creativity Review May 27th, 2013 Spent two great afternoons at the City Hall enjoying two world premiere concerts following the third season of The Intimacy of Creativity, a two week intensive collaboration between emerging composers and world renowned artists. The two concerts, on April 28, -
Music for the Puppet Theatre
Verdi and Donizetti May 25th, 2013Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) was one of the most prolific Italian composers in the second quarter of the 19th Century. He composed roughly 100 songs, several symphonies and oratorios, cantatas, chamber and church music. Yet his reputation invariably stands or falls -
André Ernest Modeste Grétry May 25th, 2013 Curious Matters of the Heart André Ernest Modeste GrétryString Quartet in D major, Op. 3, No. 4 Zemire et Azor: Air de Ballet It is hardly uncommon for relatives and friends — generally called heirs — to squabble over the -
Music Healing Healers May 24th, 2013 It was in the Fall of 2012 that an email went out to many of my colleagues in the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra: we were in a stressful situation, with our having been locked out by our management because of our -
Fate or Destiny?
Verdi and Teresa Stolz I May 23rd, 2013Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del destino, Act 1, “Me pellegrina ed orfana” Having finally tied the knot, Peppe Verdi and Peppina Strepponi enjoyed an extended period of matrimonial peace. Whenever possible, they spent quality time at the Villa Verdi, located