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Box sets capture the scope of Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn was one of music's great self-starters. Much of his career was spent not in the cultural hub of Vienna but in the small town of Eisenstadt, 30 miles away. Comment?
In Tapestry of Columns, a Search for Threads
In his next-to-last Beliefs column, Peter Steinfels looks back at the underlying convictions that emerged over 20 years. Comment?
Haydn's Creation: Cairo Choral Society, Cairo Festival Orchestra, conductor: John Baboukis, accompanist: David Hales, concertmaster: Mounir Nasr El Din, with Clare Dawson , Georges Wanis , Ashraf Sewailam , 8 Dec at the All Saints' Cathedral in Zamalek, 9 Dec, Malak Gabr Theatre, New Cairo Campus, AUC, 11 Dec and Ewart Hall, Tahrir Campus, AUC; and ... Comment?
Church music around the world
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... of course) is renowned for its annual performances of Bach's Passion . On Christmas Eve they sing by candlelight Haydn's Nicolaimesse , Carl Thiel's arrangement of "In Dulci Jubilo" and the German staple "Stille Nacht". EMNY performs - A Renaissance ... Comment?
... gifted pianist and violist. After nine years as a court musician in Bonn, he moved to Vienna to study with Joseph Haydn and remained there for the rest of his life. He was soon well known as both a virtuoso and a composer, and he became the first ... Comment?
Beethoven's Life and Death on Day of His Baptism, December 17th
... look after his two younger brothers. He was able to move back to Vienna in 1792 and as he had previously met Joseph Haydn in Bonn, Beethoven made arrangements to study with the musical master. Beethoven's father died shortly after he arrived in ... Comment?
... dominates a period of musical history as no one else before or since. Rooted in the Classical traditions of Joseph Haydn and Mozart , his art reaches out to encompass the new spirit of humanism and incipient nationalism expressed in the works of ... Comment?
Austria's Christmas Tradition Coming to N.Y.
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... night. This year will not be an exception. Austria's music ambassadors, the Vienna Boys' Choir, will sing Joseph Haydn's "Mass in Honor of St. Nicolas" as well as choral pieces by Franz Schubert. Several days earlier, on Dec. 20, the talented boys ... Comment?
World-ranking Pianism - Malcolm Troup marvels anew at the artistry of Julian Jacobson
... worth of what is on offer fully makes up for the somewhat brittle acoustics. Julian Jacobson began his opening Haydn Variations in F minor as Schnabel used to begin the Beethoven G major Concerto -- as if it had been sounding for some time already ... Comment?
2009 in review: Classical
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... Four monster anniversaries dominated, with the usual danger of overkill (Handel, Purcell) and under-appreciation (Haydn, Mendelssohn). New music triumphed. George Benjamin 's Into the Little Hill overcame a power cut to stir emotions at the Linbury ... Comment?
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Carnegie Hall Presents "The Nativity...
... especially from the 18th century. Its performances of cantatas, oratorios, and masses by Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Haydn have been acclaimed throughout Canada and the United States, in particular thanks to many broadcasts by Radio-Canada, the CBC, ... Comment?
Bach Choir lauds Hayden, Mendelssohn for Christmas
While there hardly was, or is, a composer who has not been influenced by the music of J.S. Bach, certainly Mendelssohn and Haydn fell strongly under the great composer's spell. Comment?
Rattle takes orchestra on UK tour
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... chamber music by Schubert and will debut a new piece by Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa. Classical symphonies by Haydn will also be included on the bill, along with Mahler's monumental Symphony No 3. "I am particularly pleased that our visit opens ... Comment?
Rattle to bring the Berlin Philharmonic to the capital in February
Orchestra will showcase Schubert, Haydn, Mahler and Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa in February 2011 Simon Rattle says the concerts are a rare opportunity to share 'the heart of our work'. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters Aside from a handful of Proms and one-off concerts, Sir Simon Rattle has been a rare sight in Britain since 2002, when he ... Comment?
WUFT-FM announces lineup for new local holiday music performance series
... Dec. 14 at 5 p.m., Dec. 21 at 9 a.m. and Dec. 24 at 1 p.m.: The UF Symphony Orchestra with Raymond Chobaz conducting Haydn, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. The soloist, School of Music faculty member Kevin Sharpe, will perform Mendelssohn Piano Concert ... Comment?
... Tickets (available at the door) are 10 and include mulled wine and mince pies. On Saturday, there's a chance to hear Haydn's Nelson Mass. In 1800, it was performed in front of the Admiral himself while he was visiting Vienna. Saturday's performance ... Comment?
These Iranian Troubadours Show How Music Can Corrupt the Soul
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... dab three to a second to Zandegani's violin. But I am old enough to remember Ruhollah Khomeini banning Mozart and Haydn. So how do the Revolutionary Guards, praetorians of the Ayatollah's spirituality in President Ahmedinejad's oh-so-chaste ... Comment?
Mon., Dec. 14, 7 p.m. Classical Come join the Lunae Duo for a recital of music by favorite Viennese composers including Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, Schubert and Strauss. Comment?
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra/Bolton: Haydn Symphonies Nos 60 'Il...
... it prides itself on a particular affinity with the Viennese classical canon. These fresh accounts of three popular Haydn works have punchy woodwind and nimble, muscular strings. The "father of the symphony", here sounding properly subversive, is ... Comment?
... third trio, in C minor, from his Opus 1 set. Written in 1792 just as Beethoven arrived in Vienna to take lessons from Haydn, it shows an astonishing confidence, melodic fertility, and grasp of form, and in the opening Allegro con Brio movement ... Comment?