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Symphony Saturday (the Return!)
I’ve been meaning to dust off this once-regular feature of mine, in which I take time each Saturday to explore the world of that grandest of classical music forms, the symphony — and what better time than right now? During … Continue reading
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Symphony Saturday
In this installment, we finally reach what is, for me, the most fertile ground for emotionally moving symphonic work ever: late 19th century Russia. The symphonic tradition, as Leonard Bernstein once pointed out, is a Germanic one, and even in … Continue reading
Symphony Saturday
After last week’s big dose of heavy Austrian Romanticism, a lighter work seems called for this week: the Symphony in C by Georges Bizet. Bizet’s life was, in many ways, the archetype of the 19th century artist: he struggled to … Continue reading
Symphony Saturday
I meant to get this one done last week, but time intruded (I can’t believe how much time I spent trying to make my book trailer work!), and I never got the post written. I could have written it, really, … Continue reading
Symphony Saturday
Next up: Felix Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn is a composer I’m not terribly familiar with, I’m sorry to say. Like many of the great musical prodigies, he lived quickly and died young, when he was only 38 years old. In those thirty-eight … Continue reading
Symphony Saturday
This post got swallowed by The Move That Ate Tokyo, but now that routine is at long last shaping up at Casa Jaquandor 2.0, it’s time to get back to this. We’ll continue with the symphonies of Robert Schumann, this … Continue reading
Symphony Saturday
OK, folks, obviously I’m not sure I’ll be able to get these posts done on the weekly schedule I’d hoped for at the outset (whilst moving is in progress — by the second week of May, the dust should be … Continue reading
Symphony Saturday
Today we come to the end of Hector Berlioz’s symphonic output, during which we’ve seen that Berlioz was one of the most unique of symphonists, refusing to adhere to the standards of the symphonic form. This work is no exception. … Continue reading
Symphony Saturday
Of all of Berlioz’s literary muses, and there were many, none burned quite so bright in his head and heart than Shakespeare. It was through a performance of Hamlet that Berlioz first saw actress Harriet Smithson, thus inspiring his most … Continue reading
Symphony Saturday
In 1833, after a concert of his music, Berlioz was introduced to Niccolo Paganini, who was already one of the most famous figures in the musical world, owing to his unimaginable virtuosity with the violin. (Paganini is one of those … Continue reading