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by Georg Predota March 7th, 2025 Tags: Ravel

Ravel at 150: A Legacy of Innovation 150 years ago, on 7 March 1875, the small village of Ciboure in the Basque region of France saw the birth of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Son of a Swiss engineer and a Basque

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From Tragedy to Art: Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

Catalan Passion
Enrique Granados and Maria de los Desamparados Gal y Lloveras

Romantic Collaborators of Alberto Ginastera
Mercedes de Toro and Aurora Natola

What Siegfried Wagner found in Hong Kong!

Chausson and a Symphonic Love Story

When Boys are Girls

Mozart’s Musical Journey
5 February 1783: Symphony No. 35 (Haffner)

At the Center of the Musical Universe
Carl Maria von Weber

Dining with Ravel – The Ceramics of Clarice Cliff

Rossini and His Overtures

Violent and Unnatural Deaths in Opera I

Love for the City: Elgar’s Cockaigne

Beethoven the Tax Cheat

Beethoven’s Lairs
“Kreuzgasse 35”

Lullistes et Ramoneurs!
The debate surrounding French opera

Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801-1866): The Missing Link

Unsung Concertos
Paul Hindemith: Klaviermusik mit Orchester, Op. 29

1,001(Arabian) Nights II
Folk Tales in Music

Cyril Scott’s Oriental Fantasies

Bowing to History – Casadesus’ Homage à Chausson

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