Newsletter Vol: 155 | 1 Jul 2016 Stroll around the Sibelius Academy, celebrate young talents in the BBC competition, and discover Richard Strauss’ tribute to life.   Meet the Critics Critical Ear with Sharpened Pen David Hockney An Artist at the Opera Sir Rudolf Bing Movers and Shakers of Music World   Event Colmar International Festival Founded in 1980 by famous German conductor Karl Münchinger and his Stuttgart chamber orchestra, and under the leadership of Russian violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov since 1989, the Colmar Festival has remained its adherence to demanding standards throughout the years... more... Date: July 5 to 14, 2016 Country: France website What's New Sibelius Academy Music à la “Mode” Phrygian Gates What springs to mind when you think of Europe’s great music colleges? Germany? Britain? Austria? Take a leap north-east, and you’ll come across Sibelius Academy, unassumingly nestled in Helsinki’s University of the Arts, ranking at number 7 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject... In the world of the ancient Greece philosophers, music could greatly affect the mood and character of an individual. In fact, this “ethos of music,” as it was called, even made a person more or less fit for a particular job. Soldiers, for example, should listen to music in Dorian or Phrygian modes to make them stronger... more... more... Celebrating Young Talent The BBC Young Musician competition “Dying is just the way I composed it” Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs Bartok may have declared that competitions were “for horses”, but this year’s prestigious BBC Young Musician competition, which has just reached its thrilling conclusion with the prize being awarded to cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, proved above all that music brings joy and pleasure to those who play it, teach it, engage with it and listen to it... Richard Strauss composed his Four Last Songs at age 84 in 1948. In his early works, Strauss had frequently been reflecting on death in an abstract sense, but in the Four Last Songs, death has become an inevitable reality. Setting poetry by Joseph von Eichendorff and Hermann Hesse, Strauss created a musical last will and testament... more... more... Enjoy My music Video Forgotten records Grigorjeva: Nature Morte II The Butterfly Sutherland Pavarotti – Lucia Baur: Sonata for harp in B flat major , No. 2 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.