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"Ode an das Glück" by Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Reuter added to Classical Music | Writing & Study playlist on Spotify
Today we discovered a wonderful classical composition! Ode an das Glück by Ludwig van Beethoven, Fel
2016-06-23 16:54:11
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As an addendum to April’s “Shakespeare-400” offerings, “Trove Thursday” presents Béatrice et Bénédict, Berlioz’s witty adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing, in a 2009 performance featuring Joyce DiDonato and Charles Workman and conducted by Sir Colin Davis. Much Ado and its quarrelsome lovers was probably the first Shakespeare play I ever saw and it has remained one of my favorites.” While I was still in grade school the local “educational” television station showed Franco Zeffirelli’s London production with Maggie Smith and her then-husband Robert Stephens as Beatrice and Benedict. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOF5rKJExws It made a big impression on me as it was all very theatrical and very Italian, but no copies were thought to have survived until one was recently rediscovered in Washington, DC. Unfortunately it hasn’t yet been shown nor released on DVD. There are, however, several wonderful interpretations of Much Ado available on video […]
2015-01-05 13:09:12
I’d like to start by thanking everyone who visits my blog. It started as a bit of an experiment and when I started writing this in 2011 , I didn’t think it would last. Reading back over past entries reminds me some of the great – and not so great – performances I have attended, recordings I have listened to and general comments on aspects of classical music that have either intrigued me or irked me. So thank you all. In 2014, it felt like I attended fewer performances in 2014, and wrote less that in the previous year but in truth it seems that isn’t true. The year began and ended with two performances that I don’t think I will ever forget. In January, Elektra with Evelyn Herlitzius in Dresden to mark the 150th anniversary of Richard Strauss’ birth; and just a few weeks ago, an emotionally wrenching Tristan […]
2014-12-23 14:38:49
Review – A French Baroque Diva Carolyn Sampson (Soprano) Ex Cathedra Jeffrey Skidmore (Conductor) As with my previous blog , this recital dispels an often commonly-held belief – that French baroque and early Classical music is simply a catalogue of stifling, formulaic compositions that never escaped the shadow of Lully. And furthermore, if you are searching for that gift for the classical enthusiast that ‘has everything’, then look no further. Carolyn Sampson and Ex Cathedra under the skillful baton of Jeffrey Skidmore have created a beautifully crafted recital disc that shows that musical life in France from the 1730s until the eve of the Revolution was incredibly rich and varied. They take as their starting point soprano Marie Fel. She was at the very epicentre of musical life in the capital, performing in all of Rameau’s operas as well as at the Concert Spirituel and the court […]
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