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Vol: 142 | 15 Dec 2015 |
Wishing you a Happy New Year
full of Music and Harmony! |
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Music and Art:
Pollock
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Higdon’s Saxophone Quartet
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Waltz your Way
into 2016!
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Music for the New Year
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The Music is the
Least of It
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Recycled Orchestra
of Cateura
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Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival
The HKICMF was first launched in 2009 by Premiere Performances of Hong Kong. As a registered charity, The PPHK is designed to contribute to the cultural diversity of the city by organizing concerts and recitals of classical music with high international standards... |
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Date: January 20 to 27, 2016
Country: China
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Auld Lang Syne packaged by
Joseph Haydn |
You’re a Pro and You Still
Have to Practice? |
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Welcoming the New Year frequently involves a glass of champagne and a celebratory kiss from somebody nearby. At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve the English-speaking world, either before or after extensive toasting and kissing, also collectively launches into more or less dignified renditions of Auld Lang Syne... |
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Once I entered an elevator with my red cello case. I swung it up so it stood upright. Although I tried not to make eye contact someone was still prompted to ask questions. Man: That thing sure looks heavy for a little lady like you. How long did it take you to learn to play that thing? Me: I’ve been playing for more than 50 years but I always have more to learn and more to practice... |
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“If music be the food of love, play on.”
Shakespeare and Music III: The Tempest |
Minors of the Majors
Felix Mendelssohn: “On New Year’s Day,” Op 79, No.2 |
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Although The Tempest, written in 1610, is thought to be one of Shakespeare’s greatest works, it had a lukewarm reception. The subsequent ban on the performance of dramas in the theater in 1642 caused The Tempest to disappear into obscurity. Not until the 20th century was there a resurgence of interest... |
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It has become customary to celebrate the arrival of the New Year with the biggest fireworks money can buy. And there are always plenty of sumptuous nourishment, plenty of champagne and plenty of severe cases of the “cocktail flu” the very next morning! Seemingly, for a short period of time humanity decides to deliberately forget about its worries and troubles... |
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Forgotten records |
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Swieta Panienka
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Johann Strauss Senior:
Radetzky March
(Chinese Version) |
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
in B flat major, Op. 60
Allegro ma non troppo
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