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Stress-free Book Week costumes with a musical twist
By Ria Andriani
Love it or dread it, Book Week is almost here. Try these low-stress costume tips inspired by this year's Symphony of Stories theme, celebrating books and music.
#Books #Music #ClassicalMusic #PrimaryEducation #RiaAndriani
Every single time this song comes on, I just start tearing up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPgZ_Y42iEI
Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Fröst review – dance, dynamism and a wild rumpus as maverick clarinettist-conductor takes charge
By Alexandra Coghlan
Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe ferociously dynamic SCO help Fröst drill down to the rhythmic essence of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony as well as works by contemporary composers
#Proms2026 #Proms #Music #Culture #Classicalmusic #TheGuardian #AlexandraCoghlan
Today's kinda crazy for how I guess normal the Iran war seems for the region. Iranian DJ did a live stream earlier while bombs were falling in Tehran.
Lost to the Ages
New score video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h07HMFoiG0
This piece had a lot of imagery to me of a sort of mysterious, ancient sort of place. I really love the aesthetic of ruins reclaimed by nature.
#composer #piano #fantasy #music #composition #originalmusic #originalcomopsition #classical #neoclassical #classicalmusic #livingcomposer
Good mornig Flowers!
It's the 3rd day of Nemoralia.
Celebrating with lots of ☕ ☕ ☕ & exquisite music by Georg Anton Benda: Concerto in B minor for Harpsichord, Strings & BC
https://youtu.be/ro7iRBDb1VI
#Coffee & #Music #ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic
From a review of a recent AC/DC concert randomly linked from my feed: “…the crowd exited smiling and, in many cases, well-juiced. Outside the arena exit gates, rows of teens were waiting to drive their parents home.”
Hillborg: Lost Landscapes album review – sonic imagination and luminous colours
By Clive Paget
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Kuusisto/Lubman/Falk Winland(Alpha)Unconventional instrumentation adds to the filmic feeling of these three works by the Swedish composer, played on this recording by a powerhouse orchestra on top form
Jon Batiste shares a conversation with Mozart and Thelonious Monk in new albums https://www.npr.org/2026/08/13/nx-s1-5816013/jon-batiste-album-mozart-thelonious-monk?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #classicalmusic #music #npr
Lost to the Ages
New score video: youtu.be/7h07HMFoiG0
This piece had a lot of imagery to me of a sort of mysterious, ancient sort of place. I really love the aesthetic of ruins reclaimed by nature.
#composer #piano #fantasy #music #composition #originalmusic #originalcomposition #classical #neoclassical #classicalmusic #livingcomposer
The voracious, and thoughtful, musical appetite of the PUBLIQuartet https://www.npr.org/2026/08/12/nx-s1-5920293/publiquartet-rhythm-nation-album-review?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #classicalmusic #music #npr
LA Phil/Dudamel; Fantasia Orchestra / Fetherstonhaugh/Glennie reviews – high-contrast programming
By Flora Willson
Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe first of two evening proms began with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s polished but polite Beethoven and intoxicating Adès. Later, the Fantasia orchestra’s bitty playlist-type programme only occasionally sparked into life.
#Classicalmusic #Proms2026 #Culture #Music #GustavoDudamel #RoyalAlbertHall #TheGuardian #FloraWillson
Juilliard Orch/Royal Academy Symphony Orch / Salonen/Frang review – student players let rip, eventually
By Erica Jeal
Royal Albert Hall, LondonEsa-Pekka Salonen led an orchestra of players from London’s Royal Academy of Music and New York’s Juilliard School through 20th-century classics with Vilde Frang the electrifying soloist in Berg’s Violin Concerto
#Proms2026 #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #TheGuardian #EricaJeal
[#rediffusion] Redécouvrez ce grand classique de l'#opéra français ! Georges #Bizet, Carmen, Habanera par le #trio Isnino #violon #alto #violoncelle https://makertube.net/w/12HKFsHeL5uPxhKd97zEpx Merci d'avance pour vos vues / likes / abonnements / partages 😍🙏🎶🎻 #myWork #musique #musiqueClassique #classicalMusic #music @music
Ooh, one of the $1 LPs I bought from the public library says you specifically need to play it with subwoofers, lol. And to make sure your fuses don't blow out. #subwoofer #music
In related news, today is brought to you by Davy Knowles with his rendition of "Fire on the Bayou": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNURy9lm0kk
The Galloping Cure review – powerful new opera tackles the opioid crisis with bite and black comedy
By Clive Paget
Festival theatre, EdinburghMissy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s new music theatre work boasts a richly textured score with a direct but sophisticated musical language. Daniela Mack is ideal as the conflicted doctor as its heart
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/10/the-galloping-cure-review-missy-mazzoli-scottish-opera
#Classicalmusic #Opera #Culture #Music #Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Festivals #Stage #TheGuardian #ClivePaget
Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles / György Kurtág’s Kafka Fragments – Bristol Proms reach for the heavenly
By Alexandra Coghlan
Tenebrae, Nigel Short / Anu Komsi and Sakari OramoSt George’s Bristol / Bristol BeaconSunday afternoon’s two concerts, closing the Proms’ Bristol weekend, brought the superlative Tenebrae, and Sakari Oramo swapping baton for bow to duet with his wife
#Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #GyrgyKurtg #Proms #Proms2026 #Festivals #TheGuardian #AlexandraCoghlan
‘This is asking a lot of the buttocks’: my 23-hour Wagner marathon on a rock hard seat in a heatwave
By Flora Willson
How does it feel to be locked into a venue notorious for its unpadded seating to experience a full-throttle Ring cycle and more? Our critic found out at the 150th anniversary of the mighty Bayreuth festival
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/10/wagner-marathon-bayreuth-ring-cycle-anniversary
#Opera #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #RichardWagner #Bayreuthfestival #TheGuardian #FloraWillson