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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Years in Vienna
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Years in Vienna

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Just when Mozart’s success leapt to unprecedented heights and it seemed he could do nothing wrong, fortune turned against him. A new exhibition puts the spotlight on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s five distinct years in Vienna, 1784-1789.  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the genius we all know for his myriad operas and concertos, is still hitting the headlines today. During the ongoing work being done for the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM/International Inventory of Musical Sources), Dr...

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The Bolshoi—A New Golden Era Begins
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The Bolshoi—A New Golden Era Begins

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The prospect of a new golden era returns to the Bolshoi, and while London’s opera-goers give Plácido Domingo one of the loudest and longest standing ovations, New York City’s Carnegie Hall is gifted more than $950,000, at the same time enticing us with winter warmers for chilly February nights. Whether you happen to be in London, New York, Paris, Milan or any number of other major cites, the winter season always offers rich rewards to...

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The Legend of Zelda And Classical Operas
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The Legend of Zelda And Classical Operas

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The Legend of Zelda and the journey that follows—a journey that may take you onwards to classical operas such as Anna Bolena, Siegfried, and La Traviata, courtesy of The Met: Live in HD, as the curtain rises on a glittering new opera season. As everyone knows, October, 2011 saw the 25th anniversary of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda. This quarter-century landmark was celebrated with an anniversary concert in two cities, LA and London. The first...

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Italian American Guitars & Harpsichords
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Italian American Guitars & Harpsichords

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Our regular musical interlude this time includes a look at some innovative Italian American guitar makers and the legacy of early harpsichord music that continues to flourish in New England today.  If you had to name the most versatile musical instrument of the last hundred years, chances are it would be the guitar. There are few other modern instruments that have crossed the boundaries of classical, jazz, blues, flamenco, folk, country, world, and biggest of...

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Fake Instruments, Real Ones—Stradivari And Salò
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Fake Instruments, Real Ones—Stradivari And Salò

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Works of high value have too often been copied, faked and forged, and fake musical instruments are no exception, in particular Stradivari and Salò violins. So when rare instruments make an appearance at auction houses, like a unique viola of 1575 at Christie’s New York, it often causes a stir.  If you think you own a violin made by Antonio Stradivari, because the label says so, you are very likely to be in for a disappointment when...

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Frédéric Chopin—Genius Of Piano Performances
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Frédéric Chopin—Genius Of Piano Performances

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Born over two hundred years ago, Frédéric Chopin’s creative genius and virtuoso piano performances dazzled the society of the day. Despite a restless and turbulent life, he produced compositions—the famous nocturnes, études, polonaises, and many more—that are amongst the most famous piano pieces ever written. Frédéric Chopin was born in Poland in 1810, and is known as one of the greatest composers for the piano. Frédéric Chopin showed a prodigious talent from a very young age, composing...

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