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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…

𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗟 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖, 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘, 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗞 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 Daniel Harding occupies a singular place among conductors of his generation. He has never been…

# **THE CITIZEN AND THE GENIUS (Book: Mozart, His Character, His Work** by Alfred Einstein) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Character, Society, and Destiny Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his creative path as a **child prodigy**. As…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗚 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗨𝗦 The 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 is one of the oldest, most prestigious and historically influential institutions of higher musical education in Russia. Together with the…

𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗦 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧 𝗣𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗔 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗨𝗠𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗩𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗧, 𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗬, 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥…

𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 ════════════════════════════ 𝗜. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗦 The second chapter turns from 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 as an individual man to the formation of the household in which Wolfgang…

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗖. 𝗙. 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗩 𝗖𝗼̈𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰, 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴 𝗜. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗩 Chapter IV of C. F. Abdy Williams’s 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵…

𝐀𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐇𝐎𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂: 𝐀 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄, 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 Alcohol has occupied a far more ambiguous place in the history of classical music than tobacco. Wine, beer, champagne, absinthe,…

# **Farinelli — Anecdotes and Curious Episodes from the Life of the Most Famous Castrato in History ** Carlo Broschi (1705–1782), known to the world as **Farinelli**, became the most celebrated singer of the…

# **Shostakovich: Ballet Suites - Concertos ** **CD 1** **Shostakovich: Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 “Jazz Suite No. 2”** **Shostakovich: Moscow, Cheryomushki Suite, Op. 105** Arranged for orchestra by Andrew Cornall **Shostakovich: Jazz…

𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐌 𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑... 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋 One of Britain's most gifted composers achieved success in both the concert hall and the cinema. When 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐦 𝐀𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐝 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟏–𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔) was…

𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗠 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲 — 𝟭𝟱𝟲𝟰–𝟭𝟲𝟭𝟲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲 was not merely the greatest dramatist of the English language; he became one of the most inexhaustible literary sources for…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶’𝘀 𝗢𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 was one of the most powerful and celebrated dramatic tenors of the nineteenth century, a singer whose name is forever linked with…

# **The Legend of Gustav Leonhardt - Box Set 15CDs ** **CD 1** **Bach, J S**: Geschwinde, geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde Cantata, BWV 201 Monika Frimmer (soprano), Max van Egmond (bass), David Wilson-Johnson (bass),…

**Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709) **was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist who played a crucial role in the development of the concerto. Born in Verona and active mainly in Bologna, he worked at the Basilica…

# **Mozart’s Tonal Circle: Restraint as a Quiet Revolution (Book: **Mozart, His Character, His Work by Alfred Einstein**)** **Impossible—yet precisely here Mozart’s revolutionary nature reveals itself**, even though **he never advertises it** and **never…

# **Mozart - Piano Concertos No.22 KV 482 - No.27 KV 595 - Christian Zacharias - Neville Marriner ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-147534145?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/mozart-piano-no-147534145?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) ## **Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482 (1785)** Grandeur, theatrical drama,…

# **J.S.Bach - Alessandro Scarlatti - Cantatas - Albinoni - Vivaldi - Telemann - Concertos - Maurice Andre - Helen Donath - Iona Brown - ASMF - Neville Marriner ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/j-s-bach-vivaldi-147450491?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/j-s-bach-vivaldi-147450491?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) **J. S. Bach…

# **Telemann Edition Brilliant [50CD Box Set] ** **Audio + Booklets: ** [https://www.patreon.com/posts/telemann-edition-147165015?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/telemann-edition-147165015?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link) CD 01 **Tafelmusik I** (Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder) CD 02 **Tafelmusik II** CD 03 **Tafelmusik III** CD 04 **Tafelmusik IV** CD…

# **Mozart: His Favorite Instrument — the Clarinet** Although **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart** was universally admired as a master of the **keyboard** and an excellent **violinist**, his **true instrumental affection** lay elsewhere. Among all orchestral…

# **Mozart: The Instrument He Feared in Childhood** As a child, **Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart** was not only sensitive to sound—he was **acutely vulnerable to it**. One of the lesser-known but well-attested details of his…

# **Homage on the 200th Anniversary of the Death of Joseph Haydn – Helmut Müller-Brühl – Cello Concerto – Trumpet Concerto – *****Harmoniemesse*****.** [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/hommage-zum-200-144576502?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link](https://www.patreon.com/posts/hommage-zum-200-144576502?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/hommage-zum-200-144576502?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)