Music is a ‘never-ending pursuit, and I love it’ I caught young cellist Sterling Elliott towards the end of a mammoth tour of the USA with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, having visited New York, Kansas, Illinois, Arizona,
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Johann Christoph Friedrich, known as the ”Bückeburg Bach”, was born in Leipzig on 21 June 1732 and baptised two days later. He was the 16th of Johann Sebastian Bach’s twenty children and the 9th child from his marriage to Anna
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Inspirations Behind John Luther Adams’ The Immeasurable Space of Tones Latvian-American artist Mark Rothko (1903–1970) is best known for his colour field paintings. Colour field was a purely abstract form of expressionism where, unlike abstract expressionism, all references (emotional, mythic,
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Le Roi d'Ys Overture sets the scene for the tale of mistaken love, jealousy, and treachery and remains one of the most popular parts of the opera. Have a listen to a historic 1930 recording!
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The famous pianist Stephen Hough writes, “the nocturnes are Chopin’s most intimate and personal utterances. Some are wistful, some reflective, some melancholy, some faintly troubled and some serenely joyful. All are sensuously beautiful, suffused with elegance and deeply poetic impulses.”