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Manchester Collectiveâs Sirocco blows away New York
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Manchester Collective and Abel Selaocoe aim to reshape classical music with their collaboration Sirocco. Their breathtaking performance at the 92nd Street Y is more rock concert than chamber recital.
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The Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University is partnering with the Vancouver Recital Society to bring renowned, rising artits to London, Ont.Notice of AGM All members are welcome and encouraged to attend The Annual General Meeting of the Vancouver Recital Society Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 12:45pm Royal Bank Cinema, Chan Centre, UBC Meeting Business 12:45pm The membership will be asked … Continue reading
Franz Joseph Haydn Sonata in B-flat Major, Hob. XVI:41 In 1784 Haydn wrote three keyboard sonatas for Princess Marie, the new bride of Prince Nicholas EsterhĂĄzy, grandson of Haydnâs employer Prince Nicholas I. Each is a two- movement work, without … Continue reading
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 In the Napoleonic era, when a Viennese aristocrat was thinking of entertaining friends at home, he might pop down to the local shop to pick up a six-packâa … Continue reading
Jean Sibelius Kyllikki, Three Lyric Pieces for Piano Op. 41 Finlandâs national composer, Jean Sibelius, has earned an honoured place in the modern canon chiefly on the merits of his orchestral works, notably his seven symphonies, the Violin Concerto, and … Continue reading
This evening the Arcanto Quartet offers us a chance to explore chamber music from the end of the 17th century to the recent past, sampling music for four players by Henry Purcell (1659â95), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770â1827), and Benjamin Britten … Continue reading
Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata in A major, BWV 1015 Before taking up his post as Cantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig in 1723, Bach served as Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen (1694-1728). The young Prince was of the Calvinist … Continue reading
Alexander Borodin Sonata for Cello and Piano in B Minor (adapted for clarinet & piano by RaphaĂ«l SĂ©vĂšre) The role of the noisy neighbour in music history is an unjustly neglected theme for research but well worth considering in the … Continue reading
Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808 Bachâs keyboard suites are a remarkable amalgam of the florid keyboard idiom of the French, the lyrical gift for vocal melody of the Italians, and the sober contrapuntal … Continue reading
Robert Schumann FĂŒnf StĂŒcke im Volkston, Op. 102 Long before Martha Stewart made middle-class home furnishings a âthing,â the Biedermeier period (1815-1848) ushered in a bourgeois age of cozy home interiors that celebrated domestic family life and gave music a … Continue reading
Beethovenâs Late Piano Sonatas If ever a composer were to be remembered as going out swinging, that composer would be Beethoven. As âsunsetâ periods go, the blaze of glory that the late piano sonatas and quartets, the Diabelli Variations, the … Continue reading
