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# **Mozart - Piano Concertos No.5 KV 175 - No.6 KV 238 - No.11 KV 413 - Christian Zacharias - Neville Marriner ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-147533426?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-147533426?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175…

# **Lovro von Matačić (1899–1985)** ## **A Life in 20 Chapters** Lovro von Matačić stands as one of the **most profound, uncompromising, and morally complex conductors of the 20th century**. Revered by musicians for…

# **Handel - Saul - Nicholas McGegan** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-saul-147141303?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-saul-147141303?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-saul-147141303?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **George Frideric Handel – *****Saul***** (HWV 53): Power, Madness, and the Tragic Birth of the English Oratorio (1738–1739)** **1. A Decisive Moment in Handel’s Life**…

# **Handel - Samson - Nicholas McGegan ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-samson-147141466?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-samson-147141466?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **George Frideric Handel – *****Samson***** (HWV 57): Blindness, Inner Strength, and the Birth of Moral Tragedy (1741–1743)** **1. A Work Born at a Turning…

# **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…

# **Handel - Rinaldo - Nicholas McGegan** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-rinaldo-146976726?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-rinaldo-146976726?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Magic, Crusade, and the Birth of Italian Opera in London** **Rinaldo** occupies a unique and decisive place in Handel’s career: it was **his first Italian opera…

# **Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Nos. 13 - 14 - 15 - Emil Gilels** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-146777945?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/beethoven-piano-146777945?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 13, 14, and 15 – History, Dates, and Artistic Context** **Vienna, 1800–1802: Crisis,…

# **Johann Pachelbel** **A Life in 20 Chapters (1653–1706)** **Chapter 1 – Birth in a Fractured Germany (1653)** Johann Pachelbel was born in **September 1653** in **Nuremberg**, one of the most important cultural centers…

# **Joseph Haydn and the Morzin Years (1757–1760): The Birth of a Composer in Public ** **Haydn: Symphony No. 4 in D Major- Adam Fischer ** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iFWJBasAnI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iFWJBasAnI) By the late 1750s, **Joseph Haydn was…

# **Plácido Domingo: A Life in 20 Chapters** **Chapter 1 — Madrid, 1941: Born into the World of Zarzuela** **Plácido Domingo** was born on **21 January 1941 in Madrid**, into a family where music…

# **ALAN CURTIS — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** *A monumental portrait of a scholar-musician who reshaped our understanding of Baroque opera* ## **Chapter 1 — The Birth of a Curious Mind (1934)** Alan…

# **PAUL KLETZKI — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** *A monumental narrative biography* ## **Chapter 1 — Łódź: Birth in a Multicultural World (1900)** Paul Kletzki was born Paweł Klecki on March 21, 1900,…

# **A Detailed Timeline of Major Handel Opera Revivals at Göttingen** (1920–2020) ## **I. The Founding Era of Oskar Hagen (1920–1933)** This period marks the **birth of the modern Handel opera revival**, with Göttingen…

# **Pauline Viardot — A Life in 20 Chapters** **The Voice of Europe, The Muse of Composers, and One of the Most Influential Artists of the 19th Century** ## **Chapter 1 — A Childhood…

# **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 - Amadigi di Gaula - Opera - 1715 - Christian Curnyn ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-amadigi-144841248?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/handel-amadigi-144841248?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. The Birth of *****Amadigi*****: Handel in His London Prime (1713–1715)** When Handel composed *Amadigi di Gaula* in…

# MODEST MUSSORGSKY & VARVARA MIRONOVA A TRAGIC LOVE OF CLASS, FRAGILITY, AND FATE ## **I. A Soul Searching for Warmth** Modest Mussorgsky was a man of extraordinary sensitivity, a composer whose inner world…

# **Meyerbeer - Robert le Diable - Opera - 1831 - Marc Minkowski - ** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/meyerbeer-robert-144754985?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/meyerbeer-robert-144754985?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/meyerbeer-robert-144754985?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **I. Birth of a New Operatic World** When **Giacomo Meyerbeer** premiered *Robert le Diable* on **21 November…

# **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…

# **BENIAMINO GIGLI — A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** *A full, expansive biography* ## **Chapter I — Recanati: The Birth of a Voice (1890–1900)** Beniamino Gigli was born on **March 20, 1890**, in the…

# **THE CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE OF RIMSKY-KORSAKOV** ## **Chapter I — Tikhvin: Birth in a Provincial, Noble, and Musically-Sleeping World** Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was born on **18 March 1844** in the quiet provincial town…

# **GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI – A LIFE IN 20 CHAPTERS** ## **Chapter I — Birth in Jesi (1710)** Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born in the small town of Jesi, near Ancona, in 1710, into…

# **Celebration of the birth of the “ballet de cour”** The engraving corresponds to the year **1582**, since it is a **later re-engraving** based on the original copper plate included in *Ballet comique de…

# **Lully - Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Vénus - Christophe Rousset ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/lully-ballet-de-144111335?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/lully-ballet-de-144111335?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **Lully – *****Ballet Royal de la Naissance de Vénus*** When **Jean-Baptiste Lully** composed the *Ballet Royal de la Naissance…