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𝗠𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁. 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻: 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 During the summer of 2025, I had the deeply moving experience of visiting the 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗯𝗯𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁. 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻, the sacred place where 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻…

𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟵 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿 – 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 / 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 – 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻, 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀-𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝘀-𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟲 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23sLcw2oIMA&t=972s

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 — 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟰 𝗶𝗻 𝗘-𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, “𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰” — 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟴–𝟴𝟬 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.- 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗶𝗺.(In my opinion, this was Barenboim’s recording as a conductor that has excited me the…

𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗠 Among the great composers of the early twentieth century, 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 occupies a singular and fascinating place. He was one of the central figures of the 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱…

𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗔𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡’𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗕𝗘𝗗 𝗔 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟳 The episode of 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 visiting the dying 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 is one…

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱: 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 The relationship between 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 belongs to one of the most fascinating lines of continuity in late…

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗩𝗢ŘÁ𝗞 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗣𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 The relationship between 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻í𝗻 𝗗𝘃𝗼řá𝗸 is much more difficult to describe than the relationship between Brahms and Dvořák.…

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀, 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 The relationship between 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀 was not a friendship in the usual sense, nor was it a direct personal feud…

𝗔 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 — 𝗔 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 This past summer, during my visit to 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, I had one of those quiet and unforgettable encounters that only music can truly prepare us…

Standing: 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘇 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗹, 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿, 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗽𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 (𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗹'𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿), 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻. Sitting: 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸, 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗺𝘀. 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗥𝗖𝗟𝗘 𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣, 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗦𝗠, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗦…

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶 with 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕ö𝗵𝗺, 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵ö𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗿, and 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗮 (Limited rights for specific editorial clients in 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆.) 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶 (𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟬, 𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟬 – 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟵, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟵), opera singer, 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮, singing with 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕ö𝗵𝗺,…

𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 Anton Bruckner’s influence on later composers was profound, though not always straightforward. Unlike Wagner, whose influence was immediately visible in opera, harmony, and aesthetics, Bruckner’s legacy developed…

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𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 - 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁𝘀 - 𝗞𝘂𝗶𝗷𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-155957326?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 - 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘁𝘀 refers above all to the two great chamber works Mozart wrote for piano, violin, viola, and cello: the Piano Quartet No.…

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘀, 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2116812 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟬𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻, 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿

𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟱 By 1864, Tchaikovsky was fully immersed in his studies at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 under Anton Rubinstein. Unlike many…

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆 (𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲) 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 (𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁): 𝗟𝗲𝘃 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀, 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗼𝘃, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗶 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗳𝗳. 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟮

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆 (𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟭–𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟲) was 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, and 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 who occupied an important place between 𝗧𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆 and the younger generation of Russian musicians. Trained at the 𝗦𝘁. 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 under 𝗥𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗸𝘆-𝗞𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃, he…

𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 There are musicians whose fame rests on one supreme gift, and then there are those rarer figures whose…

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 - 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗦𝗸𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗰𝘇𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶 https://www.patreon.com/posts/anton-bruckner-139330088?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗦𝗸𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗰𝘇𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝗻𝗲 Stanisław Skrowaczewski’s Bruckner cycle with the Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra is one of the most admired…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟵 – 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟯 – 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 – 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 – 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 – 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗮 – 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTTeLz7kj2E&t=1026s

𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗸 - 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼.𝟵 𝗶𝗻 𝗘 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟵𝟱 “𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱” - 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟵 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQ5PW7UgmY&t=136s 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀: 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 - 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟯

Anton Bruckner room in St. Florian monastery - 1930 - Photograph by Richard Werian. (Photo by Votava/brandstaetter images via Getty Images)