Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach was the second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach’s. He was born in Weimar, Germany. He lived from 1714 until 1788 and was the leading composer of the pre-Classical period. He studied at the Thomasschule, Leipzig, where his father was cantor, and at Frankfur...
Percussion, and Orchestra. This was not intended to supersede Bartok’s original conception, but rather to broaden the work’s possibilities for performance, particularly in the American market, where the publisher doubted that the chamber version would be programmed often. ...
” accompanied a group of Lisette Model’s photographs made at Sammy’s Bar that were reproduced in the September 1994Harper’s Bazaarmagazine. Taken from below and at a slight diagonal angle, the image captures the vitality and vibrancy of the performer belting it out on the stage at Sammy...
It is a sign of the times that recordings are the saviour of neglected composers such as Alexandre Tansman. Rarely is his music played in concert. Yet in his lifetime, and particularly in the 1920s and 30s, it was performed by major orchestras and conductors across Europe and the USA. ...
While in Ireland, Stravinsky and his wife Vera visited President Éamon de Valera at Áras na Uachtaráin, the James Joyce Tower in Sandycove and the monastery of Clonmacnoise in County Offaly. His wife was particularly struck by the latter: ‘the river, and the ruins, so beautiful, so...