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Vol: 122 | 15 Feb 2015
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Discover Haydn’s pranks in his symphony,
travel to the Grand Canyon with Grofé,
and dance in Bach’s chains in modern music.
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J.M.W. Turner and
Frédéric Chopin
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Visions of Modernity
in Art and Music
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“Selling”
Classical Music
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Ad Bloopers
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For the Fun
of it All!
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Jacques Ibert
(1890-1962)
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Hong Kong Arts Festival
The Hong Kong Arts Festival not only showcase top artists from around the world, but also exhibits the best of Asian and local talents alongside them. Since 1992 the Young Friends Scheme (YFS), an integrated arts education and audience development programme, has been bringing a wide range of events. |
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Date: February 27 to March 29, 2015
Country: China
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| What's New |
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| Instruments of the Orchestra: I. The Violin |
From Front to Back and Back to Front!
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 47 |
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When you attend a symphony orchestra concert, the first instrument you see, on the left of the stage, are the violins. These are small string instruments that are played with a bow. The instrument is held in the left hand and the bow in the right hand... |
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Joseph Haydn was famous for his pranks! When he was a choirboy at St. Stephen’s cathedral in Vienna in 1749, he decided to test the sharpness of a new pair of scissors by snipping off the pigtail of one of the other choirboys... |
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| Dancing in Bach’s Chains |
The Armchair Traveller |
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What happens when you take a synthesized excerpt of the fugue in B-minor from Book 1 of the Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach and use it to frame a pop song? In the case of Lady Gaga and her song “Bad Romance,” it translated to 5.6 million digital downloads and 12 million copies sold around the world. |
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Many composers are inspired by the places that they live, or by the people they know and their music can convey those images long after the places or people are just memories. The American composer, Ferde (or Ferdie) Grofé, was a multi-talented performer, arranger and composer... |
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| My music |
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Forgotten records |
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Piano Trios - Fauré / Pierné
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Igudesman and Joo
“and now Mozart”
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Mozart: Trio in B flat major
K. 502
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