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Pass notes No 2,892: Mozart

5053 days ago

Guardian Music — Radio 3 is devoting the first 12 days of January to the composer, playing everything he ever wroteFull name: Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, but friends called him Wolfie.Age: Ageless.Could you be slightly more specific? OK, 254. ... more info

The BBC's Mozart marathon: genius idea or musical overload? | Tom Service

5055 days ago

Guardian Music — Radio 3's decision to play every last Köchel number over 12 days in the New Year will thrill many Mozart fans. But is it an immersion too far?Hoping that you love Mozart as much as I do, I can now go public with certain Mozartian informations I've b... more info

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BSO/Karabits – review

5060 days ago

Guardian Music — Colston Hall, BristolBritten and Rachmaninov are not often put together, but Kyrill Karabits and his Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra here chose two works with more in common than might at first be assumed. Britten's early masterpiece, the Sinfonia da ... more info

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dueling banjos, John Prine on Scott Miller Christmas EP (MP3)

5061 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Scott Miller - Joyful, Joyful (MP3) "Joyful, Joyful" (downloadable above) is "Dueling banjos" meets "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" (Ludwig van Beethoven, from Choral " Ode To Joy " Symphony No. 9 Opus 125), and it's one of seven... more info

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Beethoven: Late Quartets - Tokyo String Quartet

5063 days ago

Guardian Music — (Harmonia Mundi, three CDs)This set completes the Tokyo Quartet's Beethoven series for Harmonia Mundi. The group has recorded the cycle before, with a different first violin and cello, for RCA in the 1980s, but the basic characteristics remain the sa... more info

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Henryk Górecki appreciation

5063 days ago

Guardian Music — Adrian Thomas writes: My introduction to the music of Henryk Górecki (obituary, 13 November) came on a Polish LP of his music that included the orchestral Scontri (Collisions, 1960) and Refren (Refrain, 1965). The strength and originality of his mu... more info

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At this school, kids get in trouble if they don't turn up the music

5064 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The real-life School of Rock teaches young musicians how to jam.Roll over Beethoven. At the School of Rock, studying the classics means learning the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" and Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall," not "Moonlight Sonata." more info

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RLPO/Wigglesworth – review

5065 days ago

Guardian Music — Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolWhen Ryan Wigglesworth had his earliest professional composition performed at the age of 12, he was so shy he didn't attend the concert. Though still only 30, he is now comfortable enough to appear as conductor, composer a... more info

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The best classical concerts for Christmas 2010

5066 days ago

Guardian Music — Stockhausen, Mahler, Wagner, Schumann, Benedict Mason – yes, and an outstanding Handel's Messiah in EdinburghmusikFabrik The outstanding Cologne-based group take up residence for the final weekend of the Huddersfield contemporary music festival, pl... more info

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