Newsletter Vol: 184 | 15 September 2017 Tour around the alpine “Julier Pass”, discover Elgar’s dream of blue knickers, and what are the dangers of being a musical prodigy?   Choosing Between the Violin and Viola? Why Not Play Both? Poetic Muse Edward Elgar and Caroline Alice Roberts The Systematic Musician Goal-oriented Practice   Event Festival Verdi Festival Verdi has been an annual tradition in Parma since 2004; named after one of the greatest Italian opera composers of the 19th century, Giuseppe Verdi. With the goal of presenting every Verdi Opera by the bicentennial year of the composer’s birth... more... Date: September 28 to October 22, 2017 Country: Italy website What's New Vertical Theatricality Edward Elgar: Dreaming of Blue Knickers The alpine “Julier Pass” also known as the “Pass dal Güglia” and “Passo del Giulia” is a mountain pass in Switzerland. It connects the Engadin valley with the province of Graubünden, and provides the watershed between the basins of the Rhine and Danube Rivers... It’s always been fashionable to emphasizing artistic greatness at the expense of some more down-to earth-human qualities. Mozart wrote exceptional music but he also wrote scatological letters to his cousin. Wagner gave us the Artwork of the Future and a number of anti-Semitic diatribes... more... more... The Dangers of being a Musical Prodigy Wolfie Mozart and Smallpox The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Klara Berkovich and Hilary Hahn Growing up a musical genius can be very dangerous! When Leopold Mozart realized that his son Wolfgang had a unique talent, he saw a great opportunity to make money. Shuffling his son and daughter around the courts and musical centers of Western Europe... Shinichi Suzuki believed that the ability to learn music parallels the acquisition of language. His famous “Suzuki Method” is based on creating a positive environment that fosters musical immersion at an early age... more... more... Enjoy My music Video Forgotten records Weinberg: Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 Bach: Concerto F moll by Andrei Gavrilov J. C. Bach: Piano Sonata No. 2 in C minor, op. 17 listen watch listen Copyright Interlude.hk 2017 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.