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Today we are going to continue our exploration of Edvard Grieg’s lyrical pieces with Opus 12, No. 1, “Arietta.”
In the next few musical notes, I will share lyrical pieces by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Born in Bergen, Norway, Grieg lived during the time when Norway was under the rule of the United Kingdom of Sweden ..
Today, I’d like to share with you the overture from the opera “Oberon” by German composer Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1926). Weber lived a short life; he died at 40. In fact, he composed “Oberon” ..
Both of my older kids will be off the first week of January. Jonah is a senior at CU Boulder, and Hannah is a senior in high school. Grasping for an opportunity to spend time with them, I offered to take them on a short, ..
On October 22, 2023, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra held a special concert “Salute to Israel” to honor the victims of the October 7th massacre. It performed Hatikvah and Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony “Eroica”. ..
Tchaikovsky composed six “numbered” symphonies, seven if you count Manfred, and eight if you count the unfinished symphony, which was supposed to be Tchaikovsky’s sixth numbered symphony. In 1889, four years before ..
Tchaikovsky composed this symphony in 1875, completing it in just a few months. Despite the pain that came with composing this masterpiece, he did not mention it much in letters to his friends, other than mentioning that ..
