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Heinrich Ignaz Franz 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 (1644–1704) was a 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 composer and violin 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗼𝘀𝗼. He is best known for the 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀, famous for their technical brilliance and 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮. He worked in 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 and became one…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟲 — 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 (𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟯–𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟰) With Chapter 6, Schubert’s life enters one of its most revealing and painful…

𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬’s 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 Leonard Bernstein occupied a decisive place in the artistic formation of Michael Tilson Thomas. Although Tilson Thomas came from a deeply musical background and…

𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟭, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟰 – 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 The world of classical music says goodbye to 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀, one of the most distinctive, imaginative, and influential conductors of his generation. He…

𝗞𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗚𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗗: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 20 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 1. 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad was born on 12 July 1895 in Hamar, Norway, and died on 7 December 1962…

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐧 Dear members of my Facebook groups and followers of my professional profile, I would like to invite you to join me on 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐧, where you will find a…

𝐔𝐧𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Going to a concert hall or opera house can be one of life’s most moving experiences. Live classical music offers beauty, concentration, presence, and…

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭? Although live concerts offer intensity, presence, and a sense of occasion, recorded music is not merely a second-best substitute. In many situations, it is…

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜? In an age when almost any song is available instantly on a phone, computer, or speaker, some people ask why live…

𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞 (1699–1783) was a 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 of the 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 era, especially famous for his 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬 and 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜. Born in 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐟, near Hamburg, he first worked as a singer before studying composition…

𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚 (1686–1768) was an 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫, 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫, and one of the leading masters of 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 in the 18th century. Born in 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬, he became especially famous for his skill in training…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟱 — 𝗟𝗔 𝗗𝗢𝗟𝗖𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗔 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗹𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 (𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟮) If the preceding years had been marked…

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶'𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟮 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟰 The opening night of Verdi's Don Carlo at La Scala on 12 April 1954 was a gala evening for the opening of the 32nd…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮 — 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝘁𝗸𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗸𝘁 (𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟴–𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟯) With the second chapter, Schubert’s life begins to move beyond the narrow but…

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 (𝟯𝟯 𝗖𝗗𝘀) https://www.patreon.com/posts/herbert-von-33-156003270?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗥. 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 Also sprach Zarathustra 𝗖𝗗 𝟮 𝗥. 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗦 Don Juan; Till Eulenspiegel; Tod und Verklarung 𝗖𝗗 𝟯 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 Beethoven: Symphony…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 - 𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 - 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 - 𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-sacred-155994503?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗖 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗞𝟲𝟲, 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮, 𝗞𝟯𝟮𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗞𝟯𝟭𝟳 '𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀' 𝗩𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖,…

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.…

𝗚𝗔𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗔𝗨𝗥É - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 - 𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗢 Audio Recordings in Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/gabriel-faure-147902542?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝟭-𝟱: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 Ballade · Barcarolles · Impromptus · Mazurka · Nocturnes · Piano Sonata · Pièce en forme de…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟭-𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚é𝘇𝗮 𝗭𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘆 𝘇𝘂 𝗩á𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗸𝗲ö 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟵-𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟰. 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗱𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝘇𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟭. 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 The relationship between Franz Liszt (1811–1886) and Géza Zichy (1849–1924) stands as one of the…

𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 (𝗯. 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟴) 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟯, 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟴, in 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗢𝗵𝗶𝗼, 𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 is one of the most distinguished 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 of the late 20th century, renowned for her 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲,…

𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗡 — 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗦 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 - 𝗥𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗺 (𝗕𝗜𝗦) https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-138221921?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link “𝗔 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” Beethoven’s 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 (𝟯𝟮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹) form…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗢𝗽.𝟰𝟯 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 - 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 A Fabulous Recording https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-of-op-138575073?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘂𝘀, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟰𝟯 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 — 𝗜𝘁𝘀…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻, 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗲 — 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟬 𝗔 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻 Ludwig van Beethoven was born in a modest dwelling at Bonngasse 20, in the small but culturally…

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…