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6 days ago · The unusual and imaginative program of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, with soloist Antoine Tamestit, and Mozart’s Requiem and Ave Verum Corpus— seemed to provide a window into van Zweden’s musical thinking. And the sheer excellence of the playing was a taste of what might have been.
2 days ago · Dvořák took organ, piano, and violin lessons from his German-language teacher Antonín Liehmann. Liehmann also taught the young boy music theory and introduced him to the composers of the time; Dvořák had much regard for Liehmann despite his teacher's violent temper.
5 hours ago · The chapel, with its decorations and excellent acoustics, charmed even W.A. Mozart himself, who played the organ here. The Mirror Chapel is heated during winter. Program A. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (Spring & Summer) L. van Beethoven - Emperor Concerto - Adagio un poco mosso W. A. Mozart - Requiem - Lacrimosa B. Smetana - The Moldau (Vltava)
6 days ago · About Amanda Forsythe, soprano. American soprano Amanda Forsythe — warmly praised for her performances on both sides of the Atlantic — is a regular soloist with the highly acclaimed Baroque ensembles Les Talens Lyriques, Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, Boston Early Music Festival, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Tafelmusik, Apollo's Fire, Opera Prima, Pacific Musicworks, Early ...
1 day ago · The Romantic era of Western Classical music spanned the 19th century to the early 20th century, encompassing a variety of musical styles and techniques. Part of the broader Romanticism movement of Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert are often seen as the dominant transitional figures composers from the preceding Classical era.
2 days ago · Franz Schubert by Wilhelm August Rieder (posthumous, 1875, after an 1825 watercolour done from life) Franz Peter Schubert ( German: [fʁants ˈpeːtɐ ˈʃuːbɐt]; 31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a vast oeuvre, including ...
5 days ago · Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, popularly known as the “Moonlight Sonata,” is one of the most famous and iconic pieces in the classical piano ...
