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In tune / Arts :
Diaghilev and the
Ballet Russes
When Art danced
with Music
In essence / Anecdotes :
Don’t lose your Head!

Haydn’s Skull

In essence / Anecdotes :
Beethoven’s
Immortal Beloveds
Passionate love letters

 

Risor Festival of Chamber Music
Established in 1991, the festival is an annual celebration of chamber music in the popular tourist city of Risør, Norway...

Date: June 25 to 30, 2013
Country: Norway
In tune / Society In tune / Society
The Importance of Listening
Can one cook an authentic Chinese meal without ever having had a taste of the cuisine? It would be safe to say that the above would prove extremely tricky...
Music and Religion
The Catholic Retaliation

The Counter-Reformation began with the Council of Trent in 1545 and ended at the close of the Thirty Year’s War in 1648...
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In essence / Roots In essence / Inspiration
Beethoven and his Op. 2
Historians and scholars habitually divided Beethoven’s life and work into three periods, a concept that originated with Johann Aloys Schlosser’s biography published after the composer’s death...
Plants growing in the wrong climate: Verdi and his String Quartet
Originally, the term “Grand Opera” meant nothing more than a work that dealt with a serious subject...
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Selected videos My music Forgotten records

Piotr Anderszewski:
3 Masques Op. 34
(Szymanowski)

Poets from the East
Leonid Desyatnikov:
From Kashchey's Life

Françaix – Daniel-Lesur – Damase
Françaix: Concerto Grosso
in G major, Op. 6 No. 1

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