Can we save classical music?
The current state of classical concerts would be unrecognizable, even enraging, to the performers and audiences of the past centuries. The stifling rules and ri... Continue Reading...
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AND THE CHAMBER FESTIVAL PLAYS: ARTIE’S NOVEMBER 2018
DAY ONE
Over two evenings in the sultry month of November the NCPA presented high quality and substantial chamber music. It was the much anticipated arrival of... Continue Reading...
NERDING OUT: WHY YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CARE WHAT KEY YOUR ARIA IS IN
Singers, how closely do you pay attention to the key signature of the arias you sing? You know how to read music, of course - but that's not why I ask. Turns ou... Continue Reading...
Beethoven’s magnum opus
A brief history of the master’s most spectacular work: Symphony No 9. By Manohar Parnerkar
Beethoven’s most celebrated work, Symphony No 9 in D minor, Opus 125... Continue Reading...
CLASSICAL MODERNITY
Sometimes one hears the critique that classical music is no longer compatible with modernity. What “modernity” is supposed to mean always remains in darkness,... Continue Reading...
The Rediscovery of Florence Price
How an African-American composer’s works were saved from destruction.
In 2009, Vicki and Darrell Gatwood, of St. Anne, Illinois, were preparing to renovate an ... Continue Reading...
9th Calcutta International Classical Guitar Festival
Since 2010, the Calcutta Classical Guitar Society has hosted the Calcutta International Classical Guitar Festival. 14-16 December 2018 at the ICCR in Kolkata, w... Continue Reading...
The Somerville College, University of Oxford, Choir Tour to India – 2018
Somerville College, University of Oxford, was founded in 1879 to include the excluded, and named in honour of the Scottish mathematician and scientist Mar... Continue Reading...