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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Johann Sebastian Bach vs. Louis Marchand July 20th, 2012 We would be entirely wrong to assume that musical duels were in the exclusive domain of the 19th Century. Far from it, throughout the 17th and 18th Centuries, musicians busily battled in musical contests that measured technical facility and improvisational - In touch with
Mark O’Connor July 16th, 2012Apart from his numerous accomplishments as a child prodigy, Grammy-winning jazz/folk/classical violinist and composer Mark O’Connor has been one of the pioneers that cross genres in his music making. This year O’Connor joins Bright Sheng’s Intimacy of Creativity and introduces -
Brooklyn Rider July 13th, 2012 Heralded by NPR as “recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble,” the genre-defying string quartet’s gripping performance style has drawn critical acclaim from classical, world and rock music scenes. One of the quartet’s -
Federico García Lorca – Manuel de Falla – The Andalusian Heritage in Poetry, Music and Art July 13th, 2012 Canción de Jinete Córdoba Lejana y sola. Jaca negra, luna grande, Y aceitunas en mi alforja. Aunque sepa los caminos yo nunca llegaré a Córdoba Por el llano, por el viento Jaca negra, luna roja. La muerte me está mirando -
Breaking boundaries – Nadia Boulanger July 12th, 2012 In Woody Allen’s movie, ‘Midnight in Paris’, Gil Pender (Owen Wilson) travelled back to Paris in the 1920s and encountered Ernest Hemingway, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald etc. If I had a chance, I would have - Exercises in the lofty French style
Franz Liszt and Assorted July 11th, 2012Devastated by having been forbidden to see his first sexual conquest and true love Caroline de Saint-Cricq ever again — her father had rather unceremoniously suggested that the boy take his Bohemian behind somewhere else — Franz Liszt seriously contemplated -
Mozart and his World: Salzburg II July 10th, 2012 Around the 5th century BC, a Celtic tribe established a small settlement on the banks of the river Salzach. By 15 BC the settlement had grown into the city Juvavum, and was part of the Roman Empire. The modern name -
Baby, your Shoulders! July 10th, 2012 It is estimated that shoulder injuries are one of the most common injuries among the general public and the third most common complaint among instrumental musicians.A shoulder injury can happen to a young athletic person as well as an older
