The solo violin has long been acknowledged as the perfect instrument to express emotions like love, longing, heartbreak, rapture, and romance. The Romantic era lasted from the early nineteenth century to the early twentieth century and produced numerous works that
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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 -
In touch with Graham Ross May 22nd, 2013 So, to start with: what does your role as Director of Music actually include? My job as Director of Music covers all the practical music-making aspects of the College. I’m different to the Director of Studies in Music, who is -
Tourists, Pigeons and Giovanni May 21st, 2013 Giovanni Gabrieli, In ecclesiis I vividly remember my first visit to Venice. Mind you, I came prepared, at least in the literary sense, as I had eagerly plowed through various portrayals of the city in novels ranging from Lady Chatterley’s -
Music and Religion:
Long Live the Queen! May 14th, 2013If you were hoping to read an article on a particular female monarch, I must disappoint you, because the title refers to the pipe organ, famously called the “Queen of Instruments” by the French composer and writer Guillaume de Machaut.