the set of the noteworthy arts documents
On January 15, 1941, in the chilled hall of a prisoner of war camp in German-controlled Silesia, a huge crowd of prisoners and Nazi guards gathered to listen to the musicians performing. Stalag was buried under the snow. There were 30,000 of prisoners (mostly French, but there were also Polish and Belgians). Four musicians played…
The opera “Tristan and Isolde” in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer was profoundly influential among Western classical composers and provided inspiration to composers such as Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Karol Szymanowski, Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg. Many see Tristan as the beginning of the move away from conventional…
“Of all my children, this is the one that cost me the worst birth-pangs and brought me the most sorrow; and for that reason it is the one most dear to me.”
Serie di arie da concerto, e cori. Su sfondo scenico meraviglioso. E costumi, bellissmi. Sgargianti. Peraltro cantato benissimo, nonostante i seri problemi in orchestra. Un cast pressoché omogeneo e di alto livello. Autentiche ovazioni per Pertusi, in piena recita. Non da meno Teresa Romano e la grande Anna Pirozzi. Le due straordinarie donne di Verdi,…
Fare una Biennale Musica più all’avanguardia di questa credo sia difficile, se non impossibile. Musica che si auto riproduce da sola, strutturata su algoritmi, su clonazioni. Musica realizzata con l’intelligenza artificiale. È una musica che tende ad oggettivarsi, a divenire collettiva. Addirittura si produrrà musica dalla interazione di cellule conservate di un musicista scomparso. Il…
Great news from one of the great performers of Wagner operas. Dramatic tenor Gianluca Zampieri will return in 2023 as TANNHÄUSER in NDM Ostrava! As a winner of the Mattia Battistini Opera Contest Gianluca Zampieri started his international career performing in major opera houses in Italy (e.g. Bologna, Venezia, Genova, Roma, Palermo, Catania, Torino) and…
On this day 1951 Walt Disney releases animated musical film “Alice In Wonderland”, featuring Kathryn Beaumont, J. Pat O’Malley, Ed Wynn, and Streling Holloway and songs by Sammy Fain and Bob Hilliard. https://buy.stripe.com/bIY14m9ZLeTCeDmbII
In the world of academic music, gender inequality has historically existed. Despite persistent public calls to abandon age-old prejudices, women are largely ignored there, but there are many examples of their success.
“History of culture” has made a short list of names in academic conducting that have made or will soon make the whole world talk about them.
On this day 1939 Frank Sinatra makes his recording debut, with The Harry James Orchestra, singing “From the Bottom of My Heart” and “Melancholy Mood”. From the Bottom of My Heart” is a song Frank Sinatra recorded alongside Harry James and his orchestra. This initial recording in 1939 has arranged by Andy Gibson. This recording was released…
Some people may think – and perhaps not unjustly – that certain types of music are better suited to the rehearsal room than the concert hall. But, as Andreas Brantelid’s selection shows, this is not always ‘applied music’, but music that explores technical and sound-related boundaries, thereby attaining a quite exceptional emotional proximity – glimpses even of a breath-taking intensity.
“Piatti’s Dodici Capricci for solo cello is extremely well known among cellists, and largely unknown to the concert audience. The twelve short pieces are unusually virtuoso, as they each focus on a certain technical element,” Andreas Brantelid explains.
“Since I was a boy and practiced on the caprices, it’s always been a dream for me to record them in a way that they sound as good as they deserve and maybe help them get into the concert halls.”
With the album, Andreas Brantelid looks back on his musical education and dedicates the album to his teacher, Mats Rondin, who passed away in 2014.