Newsletter Vol: 228 | 15 Jul 2019 Explore the challenges of orchestra musicians with kids, enjoy Verdi’s Falstaff at the Grange Festival, and how close are classical and pop music?   What’s with Bach Explore His Influences Making It In the Music World Musicians and Artists Virtuosos and Ingres   Event Verbier Music Festival Founded by Swedish concert organizer Martin T:son Engstroem in 1994, the event is an annual international music festival that takes place in the mountain ski resort of Verbier, Switzerland. Apart from featuring concerts staging international soloists, the festival also nurtures young musicians. more... Date: July 18 to August 3, 2019 Country: Switzerland website What's New The Pop Classical Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Playing Music In a sense, the thing furthest away from Classical music is pop music. But, in another sense, the two kinds of music are far closer than you think! In the modern world, we’re surrounded by sound. Luckily, in the 21st century, unless you run into a jack hammer or other industrial sound, we can choose our own soundtrack... When I began playing in an orchestra I found it quite challenging, even though I had grown up hearing my father practice and racing with his cello to engagements. The lifestyle was more demanding than I imagined with day-time rehearsals, evening concerts, touring, teaching, and my own daily practice sessions... more... more... The Little Festival That Could Verdi’s Falstaff at The Grange Festival Unwritten Things Going Beyond the Notes With the eye of a Shakespearean theatre director, an extraordinary sense of comedic timing, and a choreographer’s sense of movement he delivered a thrilling Falstaff set in a very contemporary Windsor, where wily middle-class housewives clash with the ridiculous antics of a faded aristocrat... The notated musical score is a wonderful thing. Contained within it are myriad markings, signs, symbols and directions which guide us in our recreation and interpretation of the composer’s intentions. The ability to recognise, understand, interpret and act upon all those signs and symbols is an integral part of the musician’s skillset... more... more... Enjoy My music Video Forgotten records Raff: Ode au Printemps, Op. 76 Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850 Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen, Op.410 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.