Newsletter Vol: 227 | 1 Jul 2019 Enjoy Richard Strauss’ lieders for his wife, get a few sips of the Wine of Kings, and what’s the danger of speaking to the press?   The Fun of Variations Explore the Genre Is Some Music Just Noise? Musicians and Artists Ethel Waters and Beauford Delaney   Event Festival d’Aix-en-Provence First held in 1948, the event is an annual international music festival dedicated to opera. Taking place each summer in Aix-en-Provence, the house programme also features concerts of orchestral, chamber, vocal and solo instrumental music. more... Date: July 3 to 22, 2019 Country: France website What's New On Being a Pianist The Dangers of Speaking to the Press What does it mean to be “a pianist”? In researching this article, I discovered that many people believe the title “pianist” assumes a certain level of capability and should only be conferred upon a select few... The opera Pagliacci (Clowns) made Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) a household name. After it premiered in 1892, this dramatic tale of love, betrayal and eventual murder enthused audience... more... more... Composers and their Poets Strauss Gets Married “Vinum Regum, Rex Vinorum” (Wine of Kings, King of Wines) Richard Strauss used the world of literature in his song settings, from sixteenth-century poems by Shakespeare to the poems of his contemporaries such as Richard Dehmel... Tokay wine was not in the exclusive domain of the rich and royal, but also attracted the arts community. Franz Liszt predictably couldn’t resist a “glass of fiery Tokay”... more... more... Enjoy My music Video Forgotten records Mayer: String Quartet in G Minor Prokofiev: Classical Symphony Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major listen watch listen Copyright Interlude.hk 2019 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.