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Opera at Habitat Series: Richard Strauss’ Capriccio (German with English subtitles / 155 mins).
Opera at Habitat Series: Richard Strauss’ Capriccio (German with English subtitles / 155 mins).
Sunit Tandon introduces a recording of Richard Strauss’ lyrical last opera, subtitled “A conversation piece for music”. The theme of the opera can be summarized as "Which is the greater art, poetry or music?” This question is dramatized in the story of a Countess torn between two suitors: Olivier, a poet, and Flamand, a composer. The opera is a light-hearted treatment of a serious subject: the relative importance of music, poetry, dance and theatre, cleverly set as an opera within […]
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Piano Recital by Zoraver Mehta
Piano Recital by Zoraver Mehta
A recital by teenaged pianist, Zoraver Mehta, who is the all-India topper of the Advanced Grade Piano Certificate examination conducted by Trinity College London. An eclectic programme, encompassing all the periods of Western classical music for piano, from Scarlatti and Mozart to Chopin and Rachmaninoff will be performed. One of the highlights is the pianist's arrangement of, and improvisation on , some of the best-known jazz standards of the early 20th century.
