Newsletter Vol: 207 | 1 Sep 2018 Enjoy French cello playing, reminisce youthful memories with Tan Dun, and what happened when girls were added to a male audience?   Making Music for Good The Music Children Foundation Piano Songs Songs without Words The Silver Voice on the Silver Screen An Interview with Grace Davidson   In Tune When girls are in the audience, choir boys sing for attention The St. Thomas Choir is an internationally renowned boys choir from Leipzig in Germany. Singing in the choir is a selfless pursuit requiring artistry and discipline. Or is it? New research suggests all it takes to elicit surreptitious attention-seeking vocal behaviour among the boys is to place a few teenage girls in the audience... more... What's New Im Klang In the Middle of the Sound Schools of Cello Playing France The name ‘Im Klang’ says it all. The audience is seated ‘in the middle of the sound’. The players of the Wiener Symphoniker take leave of their traditional places on the concert platform and spread themselves widely throughout the empty Parterre of the hall. Wiener Symphoniker has been holding the “Im Klang” series... When we think of French playing, refinement, finesse, and elegance come to mind, but during the 18th Century in Northern Europe the cello was still considered a lowly, rudimentary instrument compared to the viola da gamba. The French cello school evolved due to the exquisite playing of Martin Berteau... more... more... Homesickness: Tan Dun and his Eight Memories in Watercolour A Salome to flummox the Salzburg glitterati Tan, most widely known for his Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon film score, grew up in a rural Hunan village, and during his teenage years was sent to plant rice with the local farmers. After the Cultural Revolution ended, Tan was selected to attend the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing... This summer’s Salzburg Festival chatter was dominated by the enthusiastic reviews of the new production of Richard Strauss’ Salome and its new star soprano Asmik Grigorian. This Lithuanian soprano, who debuted in Salzburg a year earlier as Marie in Wozzeck, completely stole the show... more... more... Enjoy My music Video Forgotten records Palmeri: Misa a Buenos Aires, "Misatango" Piazzolla: Adíos Nonino Lekeu: Trio in C Minor listen watch listen Copyright Interlude.hk 2018 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.