Newsletter Vol: 149 | 1 Apr 2016 Discover Mahler’s childhood in Iglau, listen to Crawford’s avant-garde classical music, and meet with Nora the piano cat.   Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929-2016) Make it new by making it old Maria Szymanowska The Great Women Artists Who Shaped Music McTeague A Dental Opera New populist direction for American opera   In tune Ruth Crawford-Seeger: It’s Depressing! The “Great Depression” was the immediate result of the sudden devastating collapse of the US stock market on 29 October 1929. Known as “Black Tuesday,” it plunged the world into a severe economic downturn in the 1930’s. Construction virtually halted in many countries, personal income and tax revenue dried up with unemployment rising to unprecedented levels... more... What's New Animals in Music Birds and More Composers as Kids Gustav Mahler One of the most important modern composers to take up the ideas of birds and music was the French composer Olivier Messiaen. He had been fascinated with birds for a long time but it was only in 1952, when he was asked to write a piece for the Paris Conservatoire that he really took them up as a compositional inspiration... Gustav Mahler, the grandest symphonist of his age, was born in July 1860 in the village of Kaliště. His background was not particularly artistic. His father Bernhard had grown up labeling bottles in his family’s distillery and dreamed of running a business of his own, while his mother Marie was the daughter of a successful merchant and soap boiler... more... more... Sex and Music The English Renaissance No talking in the stalls please! Although the madrigal in Italy was an occasion for setting some of the most notable poets of the age, when the madrigal got to England after 1558, it quickly succumbed to the most bawdy of texts. Composers were quick to take advantage of the melodic independence of the voices to give the listener something unusual! The word “masterclass” can, for some, conjure up a terrifying scenario: the “private lesson in public”, with a formidable “master” teacher and a trembling student, their every error and slip heard and duly noted by teacher and audience... more... more... Enjoy My music Video Forgotten records Moszkowski: Suite for 2 violins and piano IV. Molto vivace J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 Bruckner: Te Deum laudamus 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.