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Vol: 151 | 1 May 2016 |
Enjoy love madrigals in the Renaissance,
discover the history of 1905 Russian Revolution,
and what’s happening in the unseen orchestra pit? |
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Rebecca Clarke
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"We Were
All of Us Whipped"
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Rothko and
Pollock
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Intersections of
Art and Music
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Kiss My Ass
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Mozart’s
Tourette syndrome
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Dresdner Musikfestspiele
With more than 30 years of history since its first inception in 1978, the event has now established itself as a distinctive cultural institution in Dresden. Seated on the River Elbe, it is an annual two-week musical gala featuring world acclaimed concerts taking place in Dresden’s historical architectures... |
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Date: May 5 to June 5, 2016
Country: Germany
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| Playing it Safe? |
Dances of Memory |
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Dmitri Shostakovich (1905-1975) had a hard and troubled career within the political machine that was the Soviet Union. At times the model composer and at others, the reviled modernist, he moved between the extremes of popularity and marginalization... |
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In 1933, to celebrate both the 80th anniversary of the Budapest Philharmonic Society and his memories of life in a remote town, Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) wrote the Dances of Galánta. The town of Galánta is located about 50 km to the east of Bratislava... |
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| The Pits—Orchestra Pits That is! |
Sex and Music
The Renaissance and Early Baroque |
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A good part of a musician’s career is spent in a pit, an orchestra pit that is—for opera, ballet and musical theater productions. The pit—an open space beneath and in front of the stage—varies in shape and size and can be cramped, loud, and dark, especially if it is very deep below the stage... |
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The Renaissance – the sixteenth century time of rebirth was also a time for musical games. One of the greatest games of the day was sex. Musical references to sex were everywhere and especially in the madrigal. The madrigal was the secular song of the day... |
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| My music |
Video |
Forgotten records |
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Schubert:
Lacrimosa son io
D.131b
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Mozart:
“Leck mich im Arsch”
Canon in B flat
for 6 Voices |
Schubert:
Piano Sonata No. 13
in A major, D. 664
Allegro moderato
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