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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Happy birthday Rossini
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On Rossini, and his encounters with Beethoven and Chopin... Today we get to celebrate something we don't often have the chance to: Gioac...
Friday, January 27, 2012
In praise of Bach (7)
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When posting my 6 previous blogs 'in praise of Bach' I was struck yet again by the frequency of over-the-top phrases spoken through ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
In praise of Johann Sebastian Bach (6)
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The joy of his keyboard music Since my teens I have had a deep love of Bach's music, and as a pianist have enjoyed playing much of his w...
Monday, January 23, 2012
In praise of Johann Sebastian Bach (5)
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Two excerpts from J.S. Bach’s St John Passion 1. Chorale: ‘O große Lieb’ (‘O mighty love’) For Bach it was very important that the music exp...
In praise of Johann Sebastian Bach (4)
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"Bach pierces to the heart": it's a phrase that's regularly encountered describing the incomparable music of Johann Sebas...
In praise of Johann Sebastian Bach (3)
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As someone recently said: "there are many great composers, and then there is J. S. Bach". Bach composed this beautiful aria, ...
In praise of Johann Sebastian Bach (2)
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Bach's B minor mass (of which this Agnus Dei is a part) was hailed in the 19th century as "the greatest artwork of all times and al...
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