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## **J.S.BACH: Music as a Family Language** Johann Sebastian Bach was born on **21 March 1685 in Eisenach**, into a family in which music was not learned as an external discipline, but **absorbed as…

# **50 Anecdotes and Curiosities from the Life of Johann Sebastian Bach** **Childhood and Early Formation** 1. Bach was born into a **musical dynasty spanning several generations**, where music was not a profession but…

# **Handel - Solomon - Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-solomon-147140986?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-solomon-147140986?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) By the late **1740s**, Handel was at the **absolute height of his artistic authority** in London. Having definitively abandoned Italian opera, he had reshaped English…

# **André Cluytens — A Life in 20 Chapters** A conductor of **quiet authority, intellectual balance, and human decency**, André Cluytens occupies a singular place in twentieth-century musical history. Neither a revolutionary nor a…

**A brief note to the members of this group** During the past **20 months**, this Facebook group—together with **21 other public classical-music groups** I manage—has grown organically into a network of **more than 165,000…

**A brief note to the members of this group** During the past **20 months**, this Facebook group—together with **21 other public classical-music groups** I manage—has grown organically into a network of **more than 165,000…

**A brief note to the members of this group** During the past **20 months**, this Facebook group—together with **21 other public classical-music groups** I manage—has grown organically into a network of **more than 165,000…

**A brief note to the members of this group** During the past **20 months**, this Facebook group—together with **21 other public classical-music groups** I manage—has grown organically into a network of **more than 165,000…

**A brief note to the members of this group** During the past **20 months**, this Facebook group—together with **21 other public classical-music groups** I manage—has grown organically into a network of **more than 165,000…

**A brief note to the members of this group** During the past **20 months**, this Facebook group—together with **21 other public classical-music groups** I manage—has grown organically into a network of **more than 165,000…

# **Wolfgang Sawallisch — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life in Music (1923–2013)** **1. A Bavarian Childhood Marked by Discipline and Silence** Wolfgang Sawallisch was born on **August 26, 1923, in Munich**, into a…

# **Handel - Orlando - Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-orlando-146976172?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-orlando-146976172?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Madness, Heroism, and the Collapse of the Baroque Ideal** **Orlando** is one of the most psychologically daring operas ever written by **George Frideric Handel**. Premiered…

# **Handel - Arianna in Creta - Nicholas McGegan** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-arianna-146974237?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-arianna-146974237?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) Composed by **George Frideric Handel** and premiered in London in **1734**, *Arianna in Creta* retells the ancient myth of **Ariadne and Theseus**, but reshapes…

# **Riccardo Chailly — Anecdotes and Curiosities from a Life in Music** **1. A Childhood Immersed in the Orchestra Pit** Riccardo Chailly did not “discover” music—he was born into it. As the son of…

# **The Duel of Giants: Porpora and Handel in London ** London in the 1730s: An Operatic Battleground By the early 1730s, London had become the most lucrative and volatile operatic capital in Europe.…

# **Yannick Nézet-Séguin — A Life in Music ** [[https://yannicknezetseguin.com/en/](https://yannicknezetseguin.com/en/)](https://yannicknezetseguin.com/en/) **Origins and Formation (1975–1995)** Yannick Nézet-Séguin was born on **March 6, 1975**, in **Montreal, Quebec**, into a francophone Canadian family for whom culture and…

# **Handel - Messiah - Peter Dijkstra ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-messiah-146667770?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-messiah-146667770?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **History, dates, context, anecdotes, and legacy ** *Messiah* is not only Handel’s most famous work; it is **one of the most influential cultural creations in…

# **Offenbach, La Belle Helene - Michael Plasson - Norman, Aler, Bacquier - (Toulouse 1984) ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-la-146649251?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-la-146649251?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Jacques Offenbach – *****La Belle Hélène*** *(1864)* **Jacques Offenbach**’s *La Belle Hélène* is one of the supreme…

# **Offenbach - Robinson Crusoe - Alun Francis** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-crusoe-146649092?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/offenbach-crusoe-146649092?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Jacques Offenbach – *****Robinson Crusoe***** (Robinson Crusoé)** *(1867)* **Jacques Offenbach**’s *Robinson Crusoe* is one of his most original and theatrically inventive opéras-comiques, a work that…

# **Igor Stravinsky and Pierre Monteux: A Creative Alliance That Changed Modern Music ** The relationship between **Igor Stravinsky** and **Pierre Monteux** stands as one of the most decisive collaborations between a composer and…

# **Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 64 - 84 - 90 - Nikolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia - Bela Drahos ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146634816?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-symphonies-146634816?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Symphony No. 64 in A major, Hob. I:64 (c. 1775)** **A work at the edge…

# **Mahler’s Fourth Symphony** ## *Why Klemperer Offers the Most Profound Metaphysical Reading* Among the many great interpretations of **Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4**, the reading by **Otto Klemperer** stands apart not because it…

# **Joseph Haydn — 50 Curiosities and Anecdotes from an Extraordinary Life** 1. **He was born into humble circumstances**: Haydn was born in **1732 in Rohrau**, the son of a wheelwright and a cook.…

# **Joseph Haydn: Born into Humble Origins** **Joseph Haydn** was born on **31 March 1732** in the small village of **Rohrau**, near the Hungarian border of Lower Austria. His beginnings were strikingly modest, especially…