Tragic Love Stories Behind Classical Composers ~ Video
‘Forever thine, forever mine, forever us.’
HEARING BY TOUCH ~ HELEN KELLER SHOWED HOW
Deaf and blind since infancy, Keller had spent her life redefining what was possible. But one evening, gathered around a radio with her family, she was about to experience something utterly unexpected.
Immortal Beloved
‘Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, and then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us. I can live only wholly with you or not at all.
CLASSICAL MUSIC was born of the Working Classes
Classical music is a musical genre that identifies folk culture. Such melodies also entertain, inspire, comfort, and impress, and great music crosses many borders to embrace other cultures as nothing else can
REFLECTIONS ON LIFE BEFORE CLASSICAL MUSIC
MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT Of humble background I can’t imagine what introduced me to good music. Certainly, there was little to be cheerful about in post-war Britain. In our humble home, with its primitive radio that broadcast only four programmes’ we kids were told to be very quiet […]
I DON’T LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT
MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT. I often wonder if the staff of advertising agencies are on illegal substances. ‘If it isn’t classical, it isn’t music’ is my approach to music. My favourite station is Venice Classical Radio (VCR) simply because the station provides 100 per cent classical music. There […]
WHEN THE STAR IS THE GUITAR
MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT: Musically nothing evokes the Spanish experience as does Richard Harvey’s melody Concerto Antico; especially when it is played by John Williams, the internationally acclaimed guitarist. The sincerest form of flattery being imitation, this guitar concerto is adorned in a rich filigree of Spanish lace. […]
Music and Opera is Strictly for Adults
MICHAEL WALSH MUSIC CORRESPONDENT: If X-rated entertainment is music to your ears, then orchestral music may be just what you are looking for. Enthusiasts of soaps would eat their hearts out if they knew what we classical fans have been enjoying for the last few hundred years. If […]
MUSICAL NOTES – NANA MOUSKOURI
Nana Mouskouri is an international nightingale who has sold 300 million records and recorded over 1,500 songs in fifteen different languages on 450 albums. Over a career spanning five decades, she has been awarded more than 230 gold and platinum albums, which surely makes her the top female […]
Singing in Church is Huge Part of Russian Christianity, Profile of one of Russia’s Greatest Choirs (VIDEO)
The Moscow Synodal Choir was founded in 1721 and is now the oldest professional choir in Russia. In fact, its origins can be traced further back to 1589, when the first professional church choir was formed, then known as the Patriarchal for it was the choir, which used to sing at the church services officiated by the Patriarch. Patriarch was the top position in the Church hierarchy in Russia well up to 1700, when the Russian reformist Tzar Peter the Great reformed the church administrative system.
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