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Sunday Opera Matinee – “Jenufa” March 19
WorldView Episode 53: Celebrating One Year of WorldView (Part I)!
#ClassicsaDay #WomensHistoryMonth Week 2, 2023
March is Women's History Month. And for Classics a Day, it's another opportunity to focus on classical music composed by women. And not just composers in the 21st Century.
Oliver Triendl Delivers With Karl Weigl Piano Concerto
Oliver Triendl performs to his usual high standards. His gestures are, well, big and bold.
Erwin Schulhoff - His Legacy Survives
This is an excellent overview of Schulhoff's works. The Nazi suppression of Schulhoff's music removed it from circulation. And it's only been in the last decade or so that attention has returned to Holocaust composers.
Ole Hjellemo's Music Returns after Long Hiatus
The Makris Symphony Orchestra directed by Jorn Fossheim is in fine form. Hjellemo's second symphony is a big piece, using an expanded orchestral. The Makris SO rises to the occasion.
Sunday Opera Matinee – “Adriana Lecouvreur” March 12
WorldView Episode 52: Ruth Watson Henderson & William Mathias
#ClassicsaDay #WomensHistoryMonth Week 2, 2023
Every year when we do this theme, I discover more female composers whose music I have never heard before. But it's music that deserves to be heard -- and more than once.
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