Blogs about: Dmitri Shostakovich
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TSO November 14th
I was fortunate to attend the Toronto Symphony Orchestra concert tonight, thanks to the kindness of my friend Bill Denning. It was the first time I’ve seen them in a few years, and my first encounter… more →
Eruditos - Classical Music ♫
Music - 52 Works Recently Studied
wrote 1 week ago: Shostakovich, Dmitri: String Quartet 7 in f♯, Op. 108 (1960). Shostakovich, Dmitri: String Quartet 8 … more →
The Lost Arias of Henk van Strijk - The Re-discovery of Voice and its Reconciliation to Place
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wrote 3 months ago: The Lost Arias of Henk van Strijk, or, in Dutch, my original language, De echt verloren arias van He … more →
Cheeky Dmitri
wrote 6 months ago: First published in The Leopard: The orders Dmitri Shostakovich received were clear … more →
Mortal Dreams of the Demigod : A Quest of Identities
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wrote 6 months ago: Mortal Dreams of the Demigod, my second work of poetry, is concerned with the obligations of the cho … more →
Mariinsky in Chapel Hill, part 2
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wrote 6 months ago: Two evenings with St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Orchestra left me punchy drunk on music. It’s easy to f … more →
Dmitri Shostakovich - 5th Symphony
wrote 6 months ago: Симфония 5 Symphony NO. 5 Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович, 1937 Written by Dimitri Shostakovich, 1937 … more →
Classical music education: Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras will hold FREE open rehearsals and information sessions this Saturday morning at the University of Wisconsin School of Music.
wrote 7 months ago: By Jacob Stockinger On this Saturday morning, Oct. 20, music students, families and teachers are inv … more →
Little Rock Wind Symphony: CARMEN and Clarinet
wrote 7 months ago: The Little Rock Wind Symphony kicks off the 2012-2013 season tonight with an evening entitled … more →
Rewarding Cycle of the Late Beethoven Quartets - The Enterprise Quartet
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wrote 7 months ago: Beethoven, in the 1820 Stieler portrait. (Courtesy: Wikipedia) The Enterprise Quartet of Edmonton is … more →
Babi Yar Massacre - 71 Years Ago Yesterday - Shostakovich & Yevtushenko
wrote 7 months ago: Edmonton, AB, 1 October 2012 I’m writing a section on Shostakovich—the symphonies and string q … more →
Sunday Tune: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Ion Marin, Jian Wang : Anton Dvorák, Dmitri Chostakovitch
wrote 7 months ago: Watch the concert here: … more →
DAN BLOCK'S NEW WORLDS: "DUALITY"
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wrote 7 months ago: As a player expertly able to fit himself into many kinds of music, Dan Block has added his own flavo … more →
Auto Bahn
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wrote 7 months ago: Dude ked, come on down to the Auto Bahn, we got some stupid good deals fah ya heah. There’s like, I … more →
Pointless
wrote 7 months ago: It would be pointless, I suppose, for me to waste any time at all on the news story to which I was a … more →
Dmitri Shostakovich: The Bolt
wrote 8 months ago: By the time Dmitri Shostakovich’s three-act ballet, “The Bolt,” premiered in 1931 in Leningrad, this … more →
String Quartet No. 8, Dmitri Shostakovich
wrote 8 months ago: Dmitri Shostakovich is rare in the canon of the greats in that he is associated almost as much with … more →
Music Radio
wrote 8 months ago: Hello, everyone. Tonight, I will share some reflections on music radio. As I begin writing this, I a … more →
Anyone Can Write a Poem (In 4 Easy Steps)
wrote 9 months ago: Chef Gusteau “Anyone can cook.” Chef Auguste Gusteau, from Pixar’s Ratatouille If … more →
Ten of the best: Symphonies
wrote 9 months ago: Whether you love them or hate them, the Symphony is apart of the classical music repertoire. Every y … more →
