Newsletter Vol: 162 | 15 Oct 2016 Pay tribute to the late Sir Neville Marriner, enjoy French music inspired by Marcel Proust, and who is the original Papageno?   Musical Giants of the 20th Century The Art of Lieder (Male Interpreters) The Bauhaus Architecture, Art and Music Composers and their Poets Schubert   Event International Wimbledon Music Festival Founded and directed by Anthony Wilkinson, the festival is created to share the experience of hearing and meeting world class artists in the beautiful churches in Wimbledon. Since its launch in 2009, it has grown exponentially, and is now recognized as an annual feast of world-class music making in southwest London... more... Date: November 12 to 27, 2016 Country: United Kingdom website What's New Sir Neville Marriner (1924-2016) “I just wish I’d started conducting earlier” Movers and Shakers of Music World Emanuel Schikaneder (1751-1812): The Original Papageno The soundtrack to the 1984 hit film “Amadeus” sold more than 6.5 million copies, reached No. 1 on the Billboard classical albums chart and won a Grammy! Recorded by Sir Neville Marriner and his acclaimed chamber orchestra St. Martin in the Fields, it became one of the best-selling classical albums of all time! He has been called “one of the most talented theatre men of his era,” and we primarily know him for writing the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. However, Emanuel Schikaneder was also an impresario, dramatist, actor, singer and composer who penned 56 libretti and 45 spoken-language plays... more... more... An Artist at the Opera Ivan Bilibin Connecting with Proust A Conversation with Steven Isserlis The Russian illustrator Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin took his love for Russian folklore into his designs for the stage, creating clear, finely edged sets. His first illustrations were commissioned by the Russian government for a series of Russian folk story books... Cellist Steven Isserlis will be in Hong Kong in October as part of his Asian tour through South Korea, China, and Japan. The entire Asian tour has been entitled ‘Proust and Music’ and in a recent conversation with the cellist, asked him more about this... more... more... Enjoy My music Video Forgotten records Mater ora filium Schumann: “Mondnacht” (Dietrich Fischer-Diskau/ Günther Weissenborn) Haydn: Trio in G major Allegro 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.