This is from the Vienna’s Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2013 New Year’s concert. I intended to post it yesterday, but never got around to it. The...
Category - Classical
Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the giants. Classical Archives offers a long list of links with which it says educated music lovers should be familiar. The...
Classical Net has details on the guy with the greatest first name in music history. For an instant, I thought it was a nickname: Along with Piotr Ilyitch...
Lloyds Pharmacy group released a survey this week that said more than 40 percent of respondents reported that music eased their physical pain. Raw Story...
In addition to Isaac Stern and Itzhak Perlman, the conductor is Seiji Ozawa. The three, and the rest of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, team on...
Vladimir Horowitz was a towering figure in classical piano. The descriptions suggest that he ran at full tilt, but never lost control. The clip above —...
Here is the beginning of Wikipedia’s profile of Alexander Borodin, who seems to have been an interesting fellow: Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin[1] (12...
I struggled a bit with the names of the pieces. If anyone has more precise titles, please let me know. The Music Academy Online discusses the importance...
An interesting quote from Jascha Heifetz–considered one of the greatest violinists ever–on the importance of rehearsing: “If I don’t...
Leroy Anderson: The Syncopated Clock The Barber of Seville Johann Sebastian Bach:Double Violin Concerto in D Minor, 2nd Movement/Christmas Oratorio BWV 248...
