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Estonian composer (1864-1941)
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2018-10-18 12:29:17
Untold riches - music from Estonia & the Baltic at the Oxford Lieder Festival
Miina Härma From Tallin to St Petersburg, Solitudes; Kai Rüütel, Roger Vignoles, Mr McFall's Chamber; Oxford Lieder Festival at the Holywell Music Room Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 17 October 2018 Star rating: 4.5Estonia and the Baltic was the theme for a pair of concerts which revealed little-known richesThis year's Oxford Lieder Festival is celebrating the Grand Tour, and as well as the major stops in European music we have some less well known musical cultures. As part of my day at the festival on Thursday 17 October 2018, I caught their visit to the Baltic. The evening recital was given by the Estonian mezzo-soprano Kai Rüütel and pianist Roger Vignoles; From Tallin to St Petersburg gave us a flavour of the various influences in Estonian music with songs by Estonian composers from the 19th and 20th centuries, Russians Sergei Rachmaninov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and […]
2017-02-11 02:15:21
Like most things historical, women have been underrepresented in the genre of classical music. In spite of the odds being against them, women wrote, and continue to write, exceptional classical music that can be enjoyed today. They deserve more exposure. So it feels like a good idea to do my bit to mitigate our cultural musical myopia. Below are 5 female classical composers whose works I have on my iPod right now, with links to songs for each of them. Grażyna Bacewicz Grażyna Bacewicz (Feb 5, 1909) was a respected composer and violinist from with a Lithuanian father and Polish mother, and she chose to identify as Polish. She lived in Warsaw during the second world war and gave secret concerts. Symphony No. 3 Cello Concerto No. 1 Miina Härma Miina Härma (Feb 9, 1864) was a […]
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