Newsletter Vol: 214 | 15 Dec 2018 Celebrate the opening of Panama Canal with Saint-Saëns, enjoy calming classical lullabies, and who is the “Maiden” in Beethoven’s sonata?   Violins of Hope Tribute to Holocaust Musicians The Sisters of the Prix de Rome Nadia and Lili Boulanger Who Are You? Thoughts on Artistic Identity   Event Valletta International Baroque Festival Built by the Knights of St John after the Great Siege of 1565, Valletta has since become an important cultural city in Malta. To celebrate the city’s special baroque identity, the first edition of the festival has been conceived to be held in 2013. Music gems and operatic works by J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Corelli... more... Date: January 11 to 26, 2019 Country: Malta website What's New Cradle Songs Beethoven and the “Maiden in Love” Although rocking cradles are a rarity these days, cradle songs remain a favorite for getting the little one to sleep, and calming the air in general. One of the most famous of the lullabies was Brahms’ Wiegenlied, which was first published in 1868... To her close friends she was simply known as “Babette,” but everybody else referred to her as Princess Anna Louise Barbara Odescalchi. That, of course, was her married name as she had wed Prince Innocenz Odescalchi in Pressburg, currently called Bratislava... more... more... Camille Saint-Saëns: Hail, California The Pure Blood, or an Opera of Extreme Sensitivity Approaching his 80th birthday, Camille Saint-Saëns was appointed by the French government as “First Delegate to the Franco-American Commission for the Development of Political, Economic, Literary, and Artistic Relations” for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco... In his 1853 collection of stories for children, Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen told the story of the Princess and the Pea, or, as in his title, The Princess ON the Pea. He had first told the fairy tale, which appears to be original to him, in a small publication of 1835... more... more... Enjoy My music Video Forgotten records Graham Ross: Duo Seraphim Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B 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.