Classical Music

FAN FOLLOWING FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:52:14 +0000

After the end of the time span for classical music, came the era of romantic music which still exists but still there exists a strong fan following for classical music. You can check out blogs, online clubs, communities, fans of classical music are spread all over. They are still in love with it because of its simplicity, sentiments and melodious music. There is an existence of over 620000 tracks, over 8300 composers and 30000 artists of classical music on internet.

HISTORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:51:49 +0000

We listen to music as a trend of current era but the roots originate from as early as 11th century. After the Medieval Age, Renaissance and Baroque came the time of classical music which extended its passion from 1750-1820. Classical music was dominated by homophony type of music. Mainly four people are the founder of classical music, Johann Christian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus, Ledwig van Beethoven and Franz Joseph Haydn.

Renee’s recipe for success

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:06:25 +0000

Both parents of Renee Fleming were teachers of singing. So there is no wonder that Fleming received an exceptional musical education. The real success came to Fleming when she won the Metropolitan Opera National Auditions in 1988. Thereafter she was invited to sing at the Houston Grand Opera and New York City Opera. Later Fleming was asked to perform Mozart’s Countess and she did it exceptionally. She had an ability to maintain splendid soprano sounds effortlessly. Renee has reached the top due to her absolute commitment, pattern-like devotion and her pure human nature.
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How The Nutcracker Ballet Appeared

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:06:16 +0000

Famous choreographer Marius Petipa wanted to compose the music for the tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by Hoffman. So in 1891 he assigned Peter Tchaikovsky to compose this music. One year later the debut performance of “The Nutcracker” failed. Audience didn’t like it. So did the critics. After that time “The Nutcracker has been one of the most frequently world scale performed ballet. This ballet is being performed in every ballet company. Why this bad started ballet has such a success today? The explanation is simple. In 1950s another great choreographer George Balanchine produced a fresh version of “The Nutcracker” that is widely used today.
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Love letter of Beethoven

admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:06:07 +0000

Beethoven loved a lot of women and was never out of love. After Beethoven’s death the love letter of Beethoven was found among his documents. The given letter is very popular and frequently referred to in television, movies and advertisements. There is no name and address of the person to whom it was meant. No one knows the year when it was written and whether it was sent or not. The only thing that is known is that the letter was written on the sixth and seventh of July. This letter shows another side of Beethoven. And if you have not read it you will get a real pleasure by reading it.

Talented composer died

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:02:23 +0000

Fruitful and changeable composer and pianist, Lukas Foss, died at his home at the age of eighty six. Notwithstanding the fact that Lukas was an immigrant from Germany from the very beginning he was deemed as an essential person in the blossoming world of American composition. He protected the works of his colleagues. Mr. Foss liked to investigate the byways of avant-garde. He concentrated on different methods and digital music, as well as on minimalism and impromptu. While he used one style and another his voice remained distinguished. That was because he didn’t believed to rules and never stuck to those approaches he admitted.

Silk Road Ensemble Tour.

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:02:08 +0000

Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble will perform in six cities of North America. The program they will perform will cover the topic of Classical Arabian Story of Layla and Majnun. The Silk Road Ensemble is an organization that was founded by the cellist Yo-Yo Ma as a nonprofit, cultural and artistic educational formation in 1998. “Within a decade our group has joined the lovely customs and new knowledge by examining cultural intersections”- says Yo-Yo Ma. Music masters together with Yo-Yo Ma will perform two programs showing the differences in cultures of the countries linked by Silk Road. The ensemble uses western and non-western instruments.

Zimmerman will not play piano in US anymore

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:01:57 +0000

Polish pianist Zimmerman first appeared in Los Angeles, USA, when he was twenty one years old. Directed by Carlo Maria Giulini he performed as a soloist in Los Angeles Philharmonics. At that time the Philharmonics had a contract with Deutsche Grammophon to record two piano concertos of Chopin. Namely at that time the career of Zimmerman has begun. In 80’s Zimmerman performed Bethoven and Brahm’s piano concertos. Thereafter he was selected to play on the piano with the orchestra at the Festival in Salzburg.
Recently on his debut at Disney Hall, Zimmerman told that he would not perform in the United States anymore because of the US military policies overseas and especially in Poland.

The quaint house of Joseph Patelson

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:01:42 +0000

Joseph Patelson Music House in Manhattan has attracted novices and masters of music. Around sixty years it was full with compositions of Bach, Mozart and Strauss. There were a lot of buyers who asked for the pieces of advice from specialists and at times crabbed sales clerks. The daughter-in-law of Joseph Patelson, Marsha, admits that she planned to close the shop and sell it. The house stands not far from the Carnegie Hall. Nowadays’ world of digital devices has made such places as Joseph Patelson Music House nothing more than a strange remnant.

Goodbye Mr. Smirnoff!

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 07:01:30 +0000

One of the most respected American chamber groups, the Julliard String Quartet, carried out a parting concert before great auditorium at Alice Tully Hall on Tuesday. The group will continue its activity, but in smaller structure. The first violinist Joel Smirnoff is parting the group to grow the president of Institute of Music in Cleveland. The group was forming a little bit longer than ten years. Although its performances seem to be rough, the latter are always lively and impressive. The group started its performance with “Quartet in E flat” composed by Mendelssohn to honor the two hundred year’s anniversary of that composer.