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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗕𝗬 𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗡 Schumann : Abegg Variations, Op.1 - 1829-30 - Evgeny Kissin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5dEmNbF8ec The first important piano work that 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 considered worthy of publication was the 𝗔𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗴…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗕𝗬 𝗙𝗥𝗘́𝗗𝗘́𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡 Chopin - Polonaise Op.Posth B.1 No.11 in G minor (Vladimir Ashkenazy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mczBEsrCaW8 Composed in 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟳, when Chopin was approximately 𝟳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱. He had been born on…

𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 - 𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗵𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲 / 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 - 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNTmpISEBWA

𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶 — 𝗢𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗼, 𝗥𝗩 𝟳𝟮𝟴 — 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀 Production: Festival della Valle d’Itria, Martina Franca, 2017 Orchestra: I Barocchisti Orlando: Sonia Prina Angelica: Michela Antenucci Alcina: Lucia Cirillo Bradamante: Loriana Castellano Medoro:…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 – 𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝟭𝟱 𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭–𝟮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶: L’Orfeo Rotraud Hansmann (soprano), Nigel Rogers (tenor), Eiko Katanosaka (soprano), Günther Theuring (tenor), Lajos Kozma (tenor), Kurt Equiluz (tenor), Max van…

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 Dear members, My name is 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮̀𝘀, and I am the creator and administrator of this group, as well as of a wide network of Facebook…

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 Dear members, My name is 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮̀𝘀, and I am the creator and administrator of this group, as well as of a wide network of Facebook…

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 Dear members, My name is 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮̀𝘀, and I am the creator and administrator of this group, as well as of a wide network of Facebook…

On October 18, 1991, new music director 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗶𝗺 shared the podium with two of his predecessors, 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶́𝗸 and 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶, to bring the 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮’s centennial celebration to a grand…

On April 5 and 6, 1907, 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸 programmed a concert of “compositions by living writers,” including music from five countries. The first half opened with 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱’𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘆’s Wallenstein’s Camp (France), 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘇𝘂𝗻𝗼𝘃’s Spring…

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…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧, 𝗔𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗔 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻…

# 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…

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟲), aged 29 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟵 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 / 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Schumann’s portrait by 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿, who created numerous lithographs of prominent — and…

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟲), aged about 16 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, around 𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟲 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 This coloured miniature is 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 and probably dates from 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵.…

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸 at the age of 15 Lithograph by 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲, Hanover, 1835 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘂 This lithograph was produced during 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗸’s highly successful appearance at the royal court in 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿. The music notebook…

𝗧𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗸 (𝗯. 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟲): 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁, 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜. 𝗔 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲…

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…

𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁 - 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗸𝗶 Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan") Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Kletzki

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟰 — 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟳–𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟵) With this fourth chapter, Schubert’s life begins to open outward in…

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟬: 𝗡𝗔𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗦, 𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗔 (𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟴–𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟬) If Rome had revealed to Handel that a city without opera could still become a place of musical glory, the…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 “𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” (𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟮–𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟰) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭: 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺, 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗔 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 When people speak of the room where Beethoven composed…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗪𝗜𝗚 𝗩𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 (𝗜𝗜𝗜) “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀” (𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟵–𝟭𝟳𝟴𝟯) 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗳𝗲 In the spring of 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟵, a new figure entered Beethoven’s life — 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗼𝗯 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗳𝗲, a…