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In tune:
Ravel's
Repetition
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The music treatise
in Bolero
In person:
Ogdon-Stokowski CD,
by Ian Pong
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Find out about
Ian's favourite recording
In tune:
Feelings, nothing more than feelings
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The relation between
music and emotions
 

 
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The Al Bustan International Festival of Music
and the Arts

Founded in 1994, the festival sets its goal at being the showcase of diverse cultural performances covering chamber music, dance, marionettes, theatre etc...

Date: 22.2 - 27.3.2011
Country: Lebanon
   
 
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Cecilia Bartoli
Hear the voice of the impressive diva, one of the finest coloratura mezzo-sopranos...

Date: February 22 & 24, 2011

 

 
 
 
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Ravel's Repetition
If God hadn’t desired repetition,
the world would never have been created.

Soren Kierkegaard, Repetition...
 
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Feelings, nothing more than feelings
Music is a beautiful yet complicated creation. For learners, the initial focus ought to be on the technical side. Upon the mastery of the basic skills, however, it is the sensational aspect that the musicians have to observe in detail...
 
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Valentine's Music
For me, Valentine’s Day is no more than an occasion for retailers to sell flowers and chocolates. But for lovers, I think every day can be Valentine’s, and a special thought, sweet message, or just a tender hug can be more inventive, expressive and seductive than mere flowers and chocolates...
 
 
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What's wrong with classical music?
Every day I pass through Toronto’s Bathurst Street Subway Station, on the way to work. And sometimes, on days when I’m not running late, I pause to listen to the classical music that the Toronto Transit Commission pipes into the station...

 

 
 
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“There was lightness and grandeur, seriousness and fun, powerful momentum and meditative restraint. Tiberghien knew exactly what he wanted to say about the music, and did so with a blend of boldness, reasoning and inspiration.”
The Daily Telegraph, London...

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Cédric Tiberghien plays Chopin's Ballade Op. 23.
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Oboist David Walter transcribed Albéniz' masterpiece for piano, Iberia into a work for oboe and piano...
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Aram Khachaturian:
Cello Concerto in E minor

Max Bruch:
Kol Nidrei, Op. 47

Performed by
-André Navarra, cello
-Orchestre de la Société des Concerts Colonne

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