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2021-09-02 19:29:14
Born in Moson, Hungary, in 1873, Carl Flesch received his first violin lessons at age five from a saddler who played at the local church. He was taken to Vienna when he was 10 and studied with Adolf Back for two years. In his teens, his mentors included Jacob Grün and Josef Maxintsak. Traveling to […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2021-03-08 08:39:20
The undeservedly neglected lieder of Josephine Lang are at the centre of this lovely recital from Scottish-German mezzo-soprano Catriona Morison
The dark night has vanished - Edvard Grieg, Johannes Brahms, Josephine Lang, Robert Schumann; Catriona Morison, Malcolm Martineau; LINN Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 March 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) An imaginative programme which moves from songs central to the German lied tradition to those more tangential but no less deserving of performance, in a finely crafted and engaging recital The dark night has vanished from Linn Records, features mezzo-sopano Catriona Morison and pianist Malcom Martineau in songs by Edvard Grieg, Johannes Brahms, Josephine Lang and Robert Schumann. The recital presents songs by two composers central to the German lied tradition alongside two who are seen as perhaps more tangential, one by reason of distance and the other by reason of gender. Whilst Grieg did study at the Leipzig Conservatoire, song in the lied tradition was never central to his art and most of […]
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2021-01-12 18:02:00
Derelict East German Amusement Park Will Become (Another) Berlin Arts District
“Some €45 million has been raised for the project, which was first proposed in 2014 after the city, through the government-owned company Grün Berlin, took over the park’s management. The former Spreepark, as the theme park is known, spans 56 riverside acres that are currently fenced off as old rides and amusement sites sit in […]
2019-11-14 09:43:42
Rating: 0 Marie Schumann (1841-1929) devoted herself to her mother, who relied heavily on her support, both personally and professionally – Marie was chief teaching assistant for her piano class in Frankfurt. Eugenie Schumann recalled: ‘Thanks to Marie, [Clara] could live entirely for her profession, untroubled by the onerous demands of everyday life, which were kept from her so as not to hinder her in the pursuit of her art… My mother fully repaid her devotion with tenderest love, to which gratitude gave a touch of pathos.’ Elise […]
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