Reshaping the Sonic Universe
 
In tune / Arts :
Music and Arts in 19th &
20th Century Russia II
Russian-inspired music

Artist of the month :
Matthias Goerne

Most amazing baritone
of his generation
In essence / Anecdotes :
Vincenzo Galilei

Reshaping the
Sonic Universe
 

Canterbury Festival
Initiated in the 1920s by George Bell, the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, the festival is now Kent’s largest international festival of arts and culture...

Date: October 19 to November 2, 2013 Country: United Kingdom
In essence / Roots In essence / Anecdotes
Finding a way in: Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie
Who’s going to write it? How long’s it going to be? For how many people? These are just a few of the questions that are asked when a new work is commissioned...
Daphnis et Chloé vs Diaghilev et Ravel – a match made in hell?
For all its charm and wonder, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé wasn’t a bump-free production from either side of the fence…
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In touch In person
with mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená
With her father a mathematician and her mother a biologist, it would have been natural for Magdalena Kožená to become a scientist. Nevertheless, she chose to be a musician...
Slava
When I was a student I would often sneak into the Toronto Symphony Orchestra concerts. My father, who was a member of the cello section, would bring a program home...
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Selected videos My music Forgotten records

Boris Giltburg plays
Rachmaninov Sonata No 2

Veni Emmanuel - Music for Advent
Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil, Op.37: VI: Bogoroditse Dyevo

Franck – D’Indy – Schmitt
Franck: Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra

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