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𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖. 𝗙. 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗮: 𝗔 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗔 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 The first chapter of C. F.…

𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗙 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗘́ 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟲 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔’𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲́ was one of those musicians whose name is less famous among the general public than…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟰–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟱 Chapter 6 is one of the most emotionally…

𝗣𝗔𝗨𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗬 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘆, born 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘆 on 𝟭𝟴 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟭 in Leipzig and dead on…

𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗔 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗛𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗜. 𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 was…

𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 — 𝗚𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿, known in the family as 𝗚𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶, was born in Vienna on 15 June 1904 and died in…

𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 The relationship between 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (1849–1891) and 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 was not one of artistic…

𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬: 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦, 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔 𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗘𝗧, 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗔 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗜.…

𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗔: 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮 occupies one of the most poetic positions in Western…

𝗥𝗲𝗻é 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀 (𝗯. 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟲): 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮, 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 Haydn : Symphony No.92 in G major, Hob.I:92 "Oxford" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np1SSUPR6gQ…

𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗰𝗚𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 (𝗯. 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟬): 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹, 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘆𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗼𝘆, 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗰𝗚𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻, often affectionately known as…

𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀 (𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟰–𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱): 𝗔 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿-𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀 was born on 𝟭𝟳 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟰 in…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗔 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 The 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 represents one of the most extraordinary hereditary musical lineages in European history. It was not simply a family…

𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶 (𝟭𝟲𝟲𝟬–𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟱): 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮, 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗡𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗜. 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿: 𝟭𝟲𝟲𝟬–𝗰.𝟭𝟲𝟳𝟴 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶 was born on 𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘆…

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗔 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁, 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 Bruno Walter was one of the great moral figures of twentieth-century conducting. He was not merely a…

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗗 𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗟 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 — 𝗔 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦 The later encounter, often placed in 𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗹 during Brahms’s last summer, has an almost symbolic quality. Bad Ischl was not…

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗔 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗𝗦 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟 The meeting between 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 and 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 belongs to those rare…

𝗣𝗟Á𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗢 𝗗𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗢 𝗔𝗦 𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 The role of 𝗢𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 was probably one of the great central pillars of 𝗣𝗹á𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗼 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼’s career. It was not simply another important Verdi…

𝗚𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗢 𝗣𝗨𝗖𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘁, 𝗜𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲 The last year of 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶’s life was one of the most dramatic final chapters in the history of opera. It…

𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹, 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗰𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 — 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗟 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟲–𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟭 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹 was one of the most admired Wagnerian conductors of the generation immediately after Wagner himself. Born…

𝗚𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗢 𝗠𝗘𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 The life of 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗿 is full of paradoxes. He was one of the most famous opera composers of the nineteenth century, perhaps the…

𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗔𝗭 𝗕𝗥Ü𝗟𝗟 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 - 𝗔 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀’ 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗹: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘀. 𝟭 & 𝟮 (𝗛𝘆𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬) - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗲 · 𝗕𝗕𝗖 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 · 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗻𝘀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b47TB6Gzazo&list=OLAK5uy_noSE2WG3-DFsBRUfekAfCkTbum4NFpTyA&index=1 𝗜.…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 — 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗡𝗢. 𝟵 𝗜𝗡 𝗗 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟭𝟮𝟱 “𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗟” 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆-𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 — 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝟭. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄ä𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 — 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟭 — 𝗘𝗠𝗜 / 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Soloists: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,…

𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗗𝗜 — 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜 — 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶 was born on 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭, 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟮, in 𝗣𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗼, the same Adriatic city that had once…