This Polish dance reportedly inspired Frédéric Chopin, Johann Sebastian Bach, and George Frideric Handel. The Polonaise is one of the oldest national dances of Poland, with its roots reaching back to the times of the Slavs. It was popular across all social layers of the country, gracing both […]
What New Year’s wishes will definitely come true? The most cherished and intimate – this is what Father Frost from Veliky Ustyug says. What is the secret of the eternal youth of the Ural Snow Maiden? According to her, in love. On the eve of the New Year, fairy-tale characters responsible […]
MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT. Is The Phantom of the Opera based on a true story? Yes and no — the plot of The Phantom of the Opera is fictional but parts are inspired by true stories and legends. While everything in the musical did not actually happen, many elements of the show […]
International crooner Charles Aznavour (1924-2018) immortalized the hit ballad ‘She.’ Unusual for a balladeer, he once accepted an invitation to become Armenia’s ambassador to Switzerland. It was an unusual appointment for an entertainer by any account but more so when we remember he was 84 years old when […]
November 18 each year is said to be the birthday of Santa Claus. Santa Claus’s birthday is always bright, large-scale, colorful and fabulous. 2023, the anniversary year for the project Veliky Ustyug – the Birthplace of Father Frost,’ will not be an exception. The main event of the holiday […]
No one celebrates Christmas and the New Year like the Russians. Everyone in Russia – citizens plus holidaymakers will be able to see the main symbol of traditional Christmas in the New Year and the travelling troupe comes with Santa’s little helpers including, of course, genuine reindeers and […]
Elton John says it for many people: ‘I regard all pop music as irrelevant in the sense that people in 200 years won’t be listening to what is being written and played today. I think they will be listening to Beethoven.’ The music we leave for the enjoyment […]
Many singers bring to mind the pathos of times past or a period of turbulence. Gracie Fields symbolised the austere but homeliness of a pre-war Britain far removed from what it has since become. Gracie lost her citizenship when, during the war in which Italy was at war […]
Ennio Morricone (10 November 1928 – 6 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classical works, Morricone is widely considered […]
Two great football teams, two awesome cathedrals and don’t forget two world-class orchestras. Born 183 years ago the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is the daddy of all orchestras save one. In fact, the orchestra is one of only two that carries the prefix ‘royal’. In fact, 1840 was […]
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