Newsletter Vol: 147 | 1 Mar 2016 Meet with our new contributor Emily, enjoy piano concert with Kandinsky, and discover composers’ gems during exile.   What’s the point of reviewing concerts? Role of music critics and reviewers Music by a Medium The Story of Rosemary Brown Sex and Music Medieval France Light vocal genre of lasciviousness   Event Lucerne Festival at Easter The prestigious Lucerne Festival had first begun in 1938 in the gardens facing Richard Wagner’s villa in Tribschen. Its first season had featured the legendary Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini conducting an élite orchestra specially assembled for the occasion. Located at the picturesque and historic Old Town of Lucerne, the festival holds three signature events every year- Lucerne Festival at the Piano, at Easter and in Summer... more... Date: March 12 to 20, 2016 Country: Switzerland website What's New Music in Exile Displaced by War Music and Art Schoenberg and Kandinsky With Nazi security forces hot on his heels, Kurt Weill crossed the French border on 22 March 1933. For the next two years Weill settled in Paris, and the composer barely managed to make a living. He completed his Symphony No. 2, and produced his final collaboration with Bertold Brecht... In January 1911, the painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was in Munich and went to a concert. He and the other members of the Munich New Artists’ Association heard something that changed Kandinsky’s whole artistic theory. The concert was of music by Arnold Schoenberg and it prompted Kandinsky to start writing to Schoenberg... more... more... Minors of the Majors Antonín Dvořák: Mass in D major, Op. 86 “If music be the food of love, play on.” Shakespeare and Music VI – Macbeth The 19th Century witnessed a climate that was uniquely favorable to choral singing. It offered the masses, with the eager support of governmental authorities, an ideal outlet for their artistic energies. The repertory predominantly centered on the great choral heritage of the past... “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!” Bloodstains cannot be scoured nor erased in Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. Intense ambition and a consuming lust for power lead the Scottish general Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth to commit murder and to seize the throne. The protagonists are propelled into a murderous rampage... more... more... Enjoy My music Video Forgotten records Henselt: Valse Melancolique, Op. 36 Kurt Weill: Marie Galante, “Youkali” Mozart: Piano Sonata in F major, K. 332 Allegro assai listen watch listen Copyright Interlude.hk 2016 All rights reserved. Important: If you are not receiving Interlude's newsletter regularly, please check your spam folder. Also add the address info@interlude.hk to your addressbook.