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Today is brought to you by a combination of #Maybeshewill and #Network : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1nrtRLhvuQ
The imagery and sampled lyrics are quite relevant to today.
This morning's #workout #music is from Xavier Díaz-Latorre playing compositions from Bach, Telemann and Weiss. He does this one hour performance all from memory as far as I can tell. Impressive. I first got into Lute music in the mid 70s via #progRock bands I discovered in elementary school. Primarily Focus, but also Jethro Tull. I recognize several of the themes here from Jan Akkerman's contributions. Good stuff.
#Lute #Baroque #ClassicalMusic #SoloPerformance #KettleBells #wellness
Himari: Debut album review – teenage prodigy’s playing has depth and feeling
By Clive Paget
Himari/Berlin Philharmonic/Weigle/Wang(Decca)The programme feels a little safe but the 15-year-old Japanese violinist impresses in her debut recording of works by Wieniawski, Chopin, Godowsky and Sibelius
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/24/himari-debut-album-review
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at 80 review – birthday celebration champions bold creativity
By Clive Paget
Royal Albert Hall, LondonJulia Fischer, Pablo Ferrández and Jan Lisiecki brought poetry and virtuosity to Beethoven’s Triple Concerto tour de force and there was vision and cohesion in Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben; Errollyn Wallen’s energetic Flare opened a special evening
#Classicalmusic #RoyalPhilharmonicOrchestra #Culture #Music #ErrollynWallen #TheGuardian #ClivePaget
Good morning Flowers!
here is some joyous music to start the day:
Felice Giardini: Violin Concerto in D major Op.15 No.2
https://youtu.be/6EY-JzQyqdc
#music #ClassicalMusic
#JeudiAutoEdition Redécouvrez aujourd'hui mon #orchestration de la Sonate n° 12 pour piano de #Mozart ➡️ https://nicolashussein.fr/produit/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-sonate-pour-piano-n-12/
Disponible sur Amazon (papier/ebook), The Book Edition (papier) ou Planète Partitions (papier/ebook) 😍🎶
#musique #musiqueClassique #classicalMusic #music #myWork #partition #orchestre #orchestra
Life is a joke and death is the punchline
-- Amigo the Devil, Hungover in Jonestown
Roomful of Teeth/Kahane review – twisty and tuneful songs with a darkly comic edge
By Erica Jeal
LSO St Luke’s, LondonGabriel Kahane’s whimsical song cycle about grief, divorce and death brings irresistible melodies and moments of comic brilliance to the virtuoso US vocal ensemble
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/23/roomful-of-teeth-gabriel-kahane-review
#Classicalmusic #Popandrock #Culture #Music #TheGuardian #EricaJeal
The living dead: we can watch ‘Janis Joplin’ perform or reunite the Beatles, but who are the real winners here?
By Tom Service
Advances in digital technology mean that avatars are ever more realistic, and zombie concerts are coming our way. Exciting as it might be to witness the Fab Four, or Maria Calla on stage, I’d rather have flesh and blood live experiences any day.
#Music #Culture #Classicalmusic #Technology #TheGuardian #TomService
Fire in My Mouth review – Wolfe’s multimedia oratorio tells its tragic story with focus and power
By Alexandra Coghlan
Royal Festival Hall, LondonMarin Alsop, the Philharmonia and three outstanding choirs gave the London premiere of Wolfe’s work about the deaths of 146 workers in a New York garment factory fire in 1911
#Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #ThePhilharmoniaOrchestra #TheGuardian #AlexandraCoghlan
Good morning faes!
Here is some music to start the day by:
Christoph Schaffrath: Ouverture in D minor for Strings & B.c
https://youtu.be/_74R2lswlzE
#music #ClassicalMusic #BarockMusic
Meet the future of the LA Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony https://www.npr.org/2026/09/22/nx-s1-5861910/elim-chan-daniel-harding-conductors-la-san-francisco?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #classicalmusic #music #npr
#Oxford #music people: come along and #PlayForFun with #Cowley #orchestra #tomorrow! No auditions, no performances, no commitment required. https://cowleyorchestra.weebly.com/dates.html All #OrchestralInstruments welcome. #violin #viola #cello #DoubleBass #flute #clarinet #oboe #bassoon #trumpet #cornet #horn #trombone #tuba why not try #conducting taking turns with others? Also, feel free to suggest a piece from our vast #MusicLibrary (>350 sets). #JoinIn #PlaySomeMusic #ClassicalMusic #Baroque thru to #FilmMusic
Forgotten Mozart notebook reveals how a young woman learned to compose
The notebook preserves something that composer-centred histories often miss: the musical work taking place around Mozart, in this case by a young woman.
by Stacy Olive Jarvis
Original article:
https://www.bnf.fr/en/actualitesEN/discovery-unpublished-autograph-manuscript-mozart-bnf-music-department
Books by Mozart at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1368
Good morning Flowers!
Here is some delightful music to start the day:
Baldassare Galuppi: Concerto in C minor for Strings & B.c No.4
https://youtu.be/9bO9ocWnXTc
#music #ClassicalMusic #BarockMusic
[#rediffusion] Redécouvrez ma #composition : Fantaisie op. 3 pour #alto, #clarinette en la et #piano https://makertube.net/w/9TDv6XvxH7znv5DvVMSxMs #musique #musiqueClassique #classicalMusic #music #myWork #NewMusic Merci d'avance pour vos vues / likes / abonnements / partages 😍🙏🎶🎻🎹 @music
‘Good music is good music, and most music is not!’ As he hits 90, master minimalist Steve Reich looks back
By Flora Willson
At 14, he heard Stravinsky and resolved to be a composer. As Reich approaches his 10th decade, the man revered by the likes of David Bowie reflects on a life that changed the soundtrack of modern living
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/22/steve-reich-turns-90-interview
#SteveReich #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #TheGuardian #FloraWillson
Chorus:
[Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark & David Crosby]
Hey Mr Tambourine Man
play a song
for me
I'm not sleepy & there ain't no place
I'm goin' to
Hey Mr Tambourine Man
play a song
for me
In the jingle jangle morning
I'll come
followin' you
Bluebeard’s Castle/Oedipus Rex review – gory, gruesome and gripping double bill
By Rian Evans
Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffJoe Hill-Gibbins’ claustrophobic staging of Bartók’s opera of dark symbolism is paired with his brand new production of Stravinsky’s psychological drama, with Peter Hoare superb as the tragic hero
#Opera #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #WelshNationalOpera #TheGuardian #RianEvans
Good morning Faes!
A new Monday, a new week. Have a great start!
Here is some wholesome music by Henry Purcell: Suite from 'King Arthur, or The British Worthy', Semi-Opera Z. 628
https://youtu.be/fGy30FOAFSI
#music #ClassicalMusic #BarockMusic
Exhausted by optimisation, I’m seeking solace in the past. As Sibelius’s swans soar skywards, so do my spirits | Joseph Earp
By Joseph Earp
Humans have always been capable of transcending the lock box of daily life with little more technology at their side than wood, string, a baton and their voices
#Classicalmusic #Music #JeanSibelius #GustavMahler #Technology #Culture #TheGuardian #JosephEarp
The world's greatest song that simply shouldn't exist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPKHKkylciI #music
Henry Herford obituary
By Barry Millington
Baritone with an appealing tonal quality who was an enterprising explorer of song and more than 70 roles in opera
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/20/henry-herford-obituary
#Classicalmusic #Opera #ScottishOpera #Glyndebourne #Music #TheGuardian #BarryMillington
Hey lovely people. My beautiful friend Emma and I are running an online workshop about friendship and networking. It promises to be a wonderful time.
The whole focus is building sustainable creative communities that see us through this rollercoaster thing called life.
4th October, 9am NZT, Pay-what-you-can.
(Available for 2 weeks for people who can't attend on the day.)
https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/friendship-networking-for-creatives-tickets-1997295430398
#creative #writing #writingcommunity #art #artist #musician #music
Good morning Flowers!
Have a great Sunday!
Here is some festive music by Johann Joseph Fux: 'Concentus Musico Instrumentalis' Ouverture-Suite in G minor Op.1 No.4
https://youtu.be/Es0MSxeTSrs
#music #ClassicalMusic #BarockMusic
September is Classical Music Month! Celebrate classical music across the
curriculum with film. Our curriculum guides and discussion guides feature
classroom-ready lesson plans, discussion questions, rich multi-media resources
and more.
https://journeysinfilm.org/classical-music-month/
@education @edtech
@homeschooling
@histodons
@music @classicalmusic
#ClassicalMusicMonth
#Education #Teachers #Homeschooling #MusicEducation #Music #MusicHistory #History #ProjectBasedLearning #ClassicalMusic #Chevalier #DefiantRequiem
Damals sortierte man die Band unter Art-Rock ein.
#music #classicalmusic #sterncombomeissen
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IbjWn-BVBjk&list=RDIbjWn-BVBjk&start_radio=1&pp=ygUzc3Rlcm4gY29tYm8gbWVpc3NlbiBlaW5lIG5hY2h0IGF1ZiBkZW0ga2FobGVuIGJlcmdloAcB&ra=m
Good morning Faeries!
Have a great weekend!
Here is some joyful music by Francesco Durante: Concerto in A major for Strings & B.c No.8 'La Pazzia'
https://youtu.be/njr8BDyzWvM
#music #ClassicalMusic #BarockMusic
CBSO/Yamada review – apocalyptic and soul-shaking Mahler opens the season
By Clive Paget
Symphony Hall, BirminghamOrchestral discipline was tight and solo contributions distinguished in Kazuki Yamada and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s finely judged interpretation of Mahler’s transcendent Resurrection Symphony
#Classicalmusic #Choralmusic #CityofBirminghamSymphonyOrchestra #Music #Culture #TheGuardian #ClivePaget
Phaedra Ensemble: The Music of Meredith Monk review – fleeting rough edges amid polished beauty
By Flora Willson
Kings Place, LondonWorks by the not-quite-minimalist composer’s included her Realm Variations and quartet Stringsongs in a compelling concert
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/18/phaedra-ensemble-meredith-monk-review-kings-place
#Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #KingsPlace #Choralmusic #TheGuardian #FloraWillson