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# **Mendelssohn - The Young Felix Mendelssohn - The Atlantis Ensemble - Original Instruments ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-145088126?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **CD 1** **Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 1 (1824)** 1 Allegro vivace 2 Adagio 3 Scherzo -…

# **Mendelssohn - Octet, Op. 20 - Eroica Quartet: How could someone so young have written something so perfect?** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-op-145087239?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mendelssohn-op-145087239?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)** ** **A Miracle of Youth, a Blueprint for Romantic Chamber Music, and One of…

# **NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT AND THE SYMPHONIES OF HAYDN** *A Full Narrative Analysis, Including the Paris Symphonies (Concentus Musicus) and the London Symphonies (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)* To speak about **Haydn under Nikolaus Harnoncourt** is to…

# THE INNER LANDSCAPE OF NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT — A FULL PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST Nikolaus Harnoncourt was one of those rare musicians whose artistic identity was inseparable from the structure of his mind…

# **NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** ## **CHAPTER 1 — A Childhood Between Empires and Traditions (1929–1939)** Nikolaus Harnoncourt was born in Berlin on December 6, 1929, into a world already…

# **MARIA CALLAS AND HER HEROINES** Maria Callas lived her art so completely that the boundary between the woman and the characters she portrayed dissolved into something fluid, unstable, and profoundly revealing. To watch…

# **Maria Callas – A Life in 20 Chapters** ## **Chapter 1 – Origins in a Divided Family (1923–1937)** Maria Kalogeropoulos was born in New York on December 2, 1923, into a Greek immigrant…

# **Handel - The Occasional Oratorio - Robert King ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-oratorio-144926391?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-oratorio-144926391?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) The genesis of **Handel’s *****Occasional Oratorio***** (1746)** cannot be understood without the turbulent atmosphere of mid-18th-century London. In the winter of 1745–1746, England…

## **Official Announcement** Welcome to this community, and thank you for being part of one of the most active and significant networks devoted to classical music on Facebook. My name is **Alejandro Rosàs Navarro**,…

# **Haydn - String Quartets Op.2 - Leipziger Streichquartet** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-string-op-144731982?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-string-op-144731982?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-string-op-144731982?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) The string quartets collected under **Op. 2** belong to the same early period as the Op. 1 set, when Haydn was still exploring the…

# **Haydn - String Quartets Op.1 - Leipziger Streichquartet ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-string-op-144731620?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/haydn-string-op-144731620?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. The Birth of a New Genre (c. 1757–1760)** The works later gathered under **Op. 1** belong to one of the most…

# **MICHAEL VOGL (1768–1840): THE DEVOTED MENTOR-FRIEND** ## **I. Origins, Early Formation, and the Making of a Viennese Baritone** Michael Vogl was born on **August 10, 1768**, in the Upper Austrian market town of…

# **Where Could Claudio Monteverdi Have Contracted Malaria?** *A historical–medical reconstruction* Claudio Monteverdi’s final illness — described in contemporary sources as a *“quartana fever”* — is highly compatible with **chronic malaria**. The key question…

# **A DETAILED STUDY OF LOUIS SPOHR’S VIOLIN TECHNIQUE** ## **I. Introduction — Spohr as Violinist: A Bridge Between Eras** To understand **Louis Spohr’s violin technique** is to stand at a crossroads in the…

# **LOUIS SPOHR — SYMPHONY No. 9 (“ERINNERUNG AN MARIENBAD”), A FULL ANALYSIS** # ***(WoO 75, 1851)*** ## **I. Introduction — A Late Work of Memory and Atmosphere** Although Louis Spohr never numbered it…

# **A FULL ANALYSIS OF LOUIS SPOHR’S EIGHT SYMPHONIES** ## **I. Introduction — Spohr’s Symphonic World** To explore the eight symphonies of **Louis Spohr** is to enter the most refined borderland between the Classical…

# **REYNALDO HAHN — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood in Caracas and Paris, and the Awakening of a Poet-Musician** Reynaldo Hahn was born on **August 9, 1874**, in Caracas, Venezuela, the youngest of…

# **ERNEST SCHELLING — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood Genius, and the Formation of an Artist** Ernest Henry Schelling was born on **July 26, 1876**, in Belvidere, New Jersey, into a family that…

# **JOSEPH MARX — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood, and the Awakening of a Rich Inner World** Joseph Marx was born on **May 11, 1882**, in Graz, a city whose cultural life blended…

# **SIR DONALD FRANCIS TOVEY — A LIFE** ## **I. Origins, Childhood, and the Early Emergence of a Musical Mind** Donald Francis Tovey was born on **July 17, 1875**, in Eton, into an intellectually…

# **Anton Holzapfel and the Sonnleithners: The Schubertiade Households** ## **I. The Social and Cultural Landscape of Early 19th-Century Vienna** In the Vienna of the 1810s and 1820s, salons were the lifeblood of musical…

# **Johann Sebastian Bach - Passions Oratorium (Alexander Grychtolik) - Il Gardellino ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/johann-sebastian-144575785?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/johann-sebastian-144575785?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH — *****PASSIONS-ORATORIUM***** (RECONSTRUCTION BY ALEXANDER GRYCHTOLIK)** **Il Gardellino – A modern revival of a lost Bach Passion**…

# **A PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT OF FELIX MENDELSSOHN IN HIS FINAL YEAR (1847)** Felix Mendelssohn’s final year unfolded like a slow-breaking storm. On the surface he remained the elegant Kapellmeister of Leipzig — refined, disciplined,…

# **Bach - Cantatas Vol. 01 - Bach-Stiftung, Rudolf Lutz - BWV 182 - 81 - 129 ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-cantatas-01-144504166?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/bach-cantatas-01-144504166?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. BWV 182 — *****Himmelskönig, sei willkommen***** (Weimar, 1714)** **1. Historical Setting: Bach’s First…