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Classical music

  • WorldView Episode 12: Barbara Harbach

    May 15th, 2022 | By Hinke Younger
    Tags: Charlottesvilleclassical, Classical music, Hinke Younger, Programming, WorldView

    Known for her lengthy career in composition and efforts to support underrepresented communities, Barbara Harbach has become a prominent figure in modern American classical music. She has written works for symphonies, musicals, film, ballet, solo artists and choirs, composing a symphony as recently as 2017.  Barbara Harbach was born in Pennsylvania in 1946. She studied […]

  • WorldView Episode 11: Ravi Shankar

    May 8th, 2022 | By Hinke Younger
    Tags: Charlottesvilleclassical, Classical music, Hinke Younger, Programming, WorldView

    A sitar virtuoso and composer of North Indian classical music, Ravi Shankar became famous in the mid-20th century for his solo performances and collaborations with Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison. He inspired a generation of musicians and is considered to be one of the greatest Indian musicians of all time.  Ravi Shankar was born in […]

  • Anders Eliasson symphonies present a unique voice

    May 3rd, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Anders Eliasson, BIS, CD Review, Christian Lindberg, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Gustavsson, Orchestral music, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, SACD, Sakari Oramo

    Anders Eliasson isn’t as well-known outside of Scandinavia as he should be. This release should help remedy that. Eliasson had an epiphany when he attended the Royal Swedish Academy of music in the 1960s. As he wrote, “It was a time of unbearable self-denial. Metrical rhythms, melodies, even particular intervals were all taboo in contemporary […]

  • WorldView Episode 10: Adrienne Albert & Jacques Hétu

    May 1st, 2022 | By Hinke Younger
    Tags: Charlottesvilleclassical, Classical music, Hinke Younger, Programming, WorldView

     This episode of WorldView features music performed on  double reed instruments—such as the bassoon and the oboe—and written by composers from America, Canada, and Croatia. In Ancient Greece, instruments with two reeds were held in higher regard than any other; in Renaissance Europe they became a favorite medium for minstrels and bards. Updated versions of […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #PoetryMonth 2022 Week 4

    Apr 29th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicsaDay, #PoetryMonth, Amy Beach, Andre Previn, Augusta Read Thomas, Classical music, Maurice Greene, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Twitter

    What’s the connection between classical music and poetry? To celebrate Poetry Month, the Classics a Day team encouraged folks to find out. For the month of April, the challenge is to post poetry used in classical music or works inspired by poetry.   Here are my posts for the final week of #PoetryMonth 4/25/22 Ralph […]

  • Hans Werner Henze: Nachtstücke und Arien worth exploring

    Apr 28th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Hans Werner Henze, Marin Alsop, Naxos, Orchestral music, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Even when he was the darling of the Darmstadt avant-garde, Hans Werner Henze was his own man. In time he moved away from the aggressive modernism of that school — literally and musically. Werner settled on an island in the Gulf of Naples, where he became a neighbor of William Walton. At the same time, […]

  • Pál Hermann Complete Surviving Music Vol. 2 ensures legacy

    Apr 27th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Pál Hermann, Toccata Classics

    Volume One in this series featured Pál Hermann’s orchestral works. This volume presents his surviving chamber and instrumental music. “Surviving” is the operative word in this series. Pál Hermann (1902-1944) was one of the foremost cellists of the 1930s. This Hungarian artist was also an innovative composer. He had studied with both  Béla Bartók and […]

  • Poul Ruders Dream Catcher – An Accordion Showpiece

    Apr 26th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Bjarke Mogensen, Bridge Records, CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Odense Symfoniorkester, Orchestral music, Poul Ruders, Scott Yoo, Sebastian Lang-Lessing

    In America, most people don’t consider the accordion a symphonic instrument. In northern Europe, though, it’s a different matter. Danish Poul Ruders isn’t the only classical composer to write for the instrument. He’s definitely one of the more talented, though. Sound and Simplicity is fairly new work, completed in 2018. Ruders subtitled it “Seven Pillars […]

  • Charlottesville Symphony’s Triumphal Season Closer

    Apr 25th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Adam Carter, Bedrich Smetana, benjamin rous, charlottesville symphony, Classical music, Concert Review, Franz Joseph Haydn, Richard Wagner

    The final concert of the Charlottesville Symphony’s 2021-2022 season was also the first. The first concert that the full orchestra appeared onstage. COVID protocols severely limited the participation of the wind instruments throughout the season. The symphony responded with some imaginative programming that didn’t require a full orchestra. It was good to have the ensemble reunited, […]

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