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𝟮𝟬 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀’𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝟭. 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘇 — Chicago Symphony Orchestra — Walter Hendl — 𝗥𝗖𝗔 / 𝗥𝗖𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗼. Probably the most legendary account: incandescent, fast, sharply etched, and almost…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮 𝗕𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗻-𝗕𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗻, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘁, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗼, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻…

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗’𝗦 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 Opera has always lived at the crossroads of several arts. It is music, theatre, poetry, painting, gesture, architecture, and psychological drama…

𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗔 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗥: 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗛𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 To speak of 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻’s appearance is not merely to describe a face, a dress, or a series of…

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶 - 𝗔𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗮 - 𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗼 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶 - 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 https://www.patreon.com/posts/veracini-adriano-158803977?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗶’s 𝗔𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗮 belongs to one of the most fascinating moments in the history of eighteenth-century opera: the competitive…

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 — 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗢 𝗡𝗢. 𝟭 𝗜𝗡 𝗗 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥, 𝗢𝗣. 𝟭𝟱 𝟰𝟬 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 The following list is 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, but a broad discographic…

𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧, 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶 was born in 𝗞𝗶𝗲𝘃 on 𝟮𝟬 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟳 and died in 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 on 𝟮𝟭 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟱, one…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟴–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯 Chapter 3 is one of the decisive transition chapters…

𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜 — 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟱 The first chapter begins far before the birth of Johannes…

𝗖𝗘́𝗖𝗜𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗘 𝗝𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗨𝗗 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘆 𝗖𝗲́𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘂𝗱, later 𝗖𝗲́𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘆, was born on 𝟭𝟬 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟳 and died on 𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯. She is remembered above…

𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗛𝗡’𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗡 𝗔 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘆 and 𝗖𝗲́𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘂𝗱 had 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻: 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲, 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹, 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝗶, and 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘅 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁. Their family life belonged…

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…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 The influence of 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 on 𝗗𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 was not a matter of simple imitation. Shostakovich did not…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 The section 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗥 from Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words brings us to the most tragic…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗞 𝗢𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 The section 𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥 from Beethoven, the Man and the…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟯 — 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵: 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹, 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲, 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 With Chapter 13, Schubert’s life passes fully into…

𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 — 𝗔 𝗣𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 To understand 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 only as a…

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…

# 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 # 𝗘𝘁 𝗟𝘂𝘅 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝗶𝘀 ## 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 Death in the eighteenth century was never extraordinary in itself. Disease moved quickly through Europe, medicine…

# 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟳 — 𝗘𝘁 𝗟𝘂𝘅 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝗶𝘀 ## 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 After the triumphant premiere of 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗭𝗮𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹ö𝘁𝗲 in September…

# 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗’𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 - 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟲 — 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 ## 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗭𝗮𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹ö𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 ## 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 By the spring of…

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…

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 The history of classical music is often presented as a noble succession of geniuses: 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻, 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁,…

𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 The history of orchestral conducting is not made only of great interpretations, legendary recordings, schools of performance, and unforgettable…