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The Heroic Hercules in France
As a mythological character, Hercules is one who has always captured our attention. Famed for his strength and for his adventures around the known world, he’s caught the attention of writers and musicians for centuries. The stories and feats of
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  • Molding a new Tradition? Molding a new Tradition?
    Not so long ago, chamber music simply did not register in Hong Kong. Sure, various chamber groups were featured during the Arts Festival and on other special occasions, and student groups — primarily emerging from the Academy of Performing Arts
  • Mostly Gibbons…. Mostly Gibbons….
    Orlando Gibbons Great King of Gods (1617) Fantasia a 3 (1620) Glorious and Powerful God See, see the world is incarnate Cambridge plays host to some fascinating combinations of music and architecture. There is no shortage of unusual venues for
  • The Royal Instrument from the Classical Age to Present The Royal Instrument from the Classical Age to Present
    Liszt : Prélude and Fugue on the Name of B.A.C.H Schumann : Six Fugues B-A-C-H, op. 60 During the Classical period of the 18th century, organ music was seldom written, since most composers started to write for the newly invented
  • Essentials for Good Posture Essentials for Good Posture
    Looking good, feeling good and sounding good are inextricably linked when it comes to playing our instruments. We strive to play with “good technique” but do we have the same commitment to play with good posture? Good posture helps our
  • Music for Broken Heart Music for Broken Heart
    To stir and to soothe It’s Valentine’s Day again. Just a year ago, I wrote about Valentine’s Day gifts and love-inspired music. So why is it that this year, I want to write about music for a broken heart?
  • Leopold Hofmann Leopold Hofmann
    Cello Concerto in D major, Badley D3 Flute Concerto in G major, Badley G2 Concerto for Oboe and Harpsichord in F major, Badley F1 Leopold Hofmann (1738 – 1793) was an Austrian church musician and composer of instrumental music. His
  • What is love? What is love?
    Clara Schumann 3 Romanzen, Op. 22 (1853) Helen Fisher, a Canadian-American anthropologist and human behavior researcher, is a leading expert on the biology of love. She divides the experience of love between men and women into three overlapping stages: lust,