The Power of a Good Tune
Newsletter

Vol: 131 | 1 Jul 2015

Meet with Maestro Bernstein the interpretive genius,
enjoy memorable tunes by Rachmaninoff,
and discover the real career of Borodin.

 
Music and Art:
Arnold Böcklin
Inspirations for
Reger’s tone poems
Ida Haendel
Great Women Artists
Who Shaped Music
Sherlock and Music
And Mysteries
Roles of his violin
 
Event
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
First held in 1948, the event is an annual international music festival dedicated to opera. Taking place each summer in Aix-en-Provence, the house programme also features concerts of orchestral, chamber, vocal and solo instrumental music...
Date: July 2 to 21, 2015
Country: France
What's New
Sorabji Chemical Alexander
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892-1988) was an English composer and pianist who wrote some of the most unusual 20th century piano music. He maintained a tight control over his output, and, following a poor performance, he banned all public performances of his work between 1936 and 1976.
An ancient Russian proverb states, “You cannot hunt two hares at the same time.” Sounds pretty self-explanatory to me, but Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (1833-1887) disagreed! In musical circles, Borodin (1833-1887) is primarily known for his symphonies, the opera Prince Igor...
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Leonard Bernstein
An Interpretive Genius
Sergei Rachmaninoff:
The Power of a good Tune
There can be no doubt that Leonard Bernstein (1914-1990) was “one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history.” He once told the New York Times, “I want to conduct. I want to play the piano. I want to write for Hollywood. I want to keep on trying to be a musician...
Sergei Rachmaninoff certainly knew a good tune when he heard it. But recognizing a good tune was simply not enough for him. He frequently took it apart and closely analyzed its contents before reassembling them in new forms and guises...
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Enjoy
My music Video Forgotten records

KARLOWICZ, M.: Songs
(Rappe, Poblocka)

Eric Carmen: “All By Myself”
(Celine Dion)

Strauss: Quartet for Piano
and Strings in C minor, op. 13

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