Category Archives: Classical Music

The vibration of god

Pictures of an Exhibition

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Michaela

Modest Mussorgsky “Pictures of an Exhibition” Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Valery Gergiev From an open air concert June 6, 2011 at Schloss Schönbrunn in Vienna

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Nights in Spanish Gardens

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Michaela

Beauty and Perfection Manuel de Falla: Nights in Spanish Gardens Daniel Barenboim and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Live Concert 2009

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Extremes

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Michaela

Daniel Barenboim’s masterclass on Beethoven. Jonathan Bliss with the final movement of the Piano Sonanta 30 )Op 109) by Ludwig van Beethoven. This is one of Beethoven’s last sonatas and a particular sublime example of his deep connection to Life, … Continue reading →

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Emotions and Music

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Michaela

By Now_is_here George Friedrich Handel successfully exposed Jealousy and Envy, which are the most powerful of negative emotions. Handel also depicts Narcissism in a new light: 1) Handel – Hercules ‘Jealousy! Infernal pest’ “Jealousy! Infernal pest, Tyrant of the human … Continue reading →

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You ask that I forget you ?

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Michaela

I love to watch artists at work. This is a working session of the Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova & Nikolaus Harnoncourt animating the aria “Ch’io mi scordi di te?” from  Mozart’s ” La clemeza di Tito”. (The conversation is in … Continue reading →

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Making Mozart

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Michaela

William Christie and Les Arts Florissants; Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427

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If the tears on my cheek…

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Michaela

One of the most beautiful scenes of the St Matthew’s Passion: Können Tränen meiner Wangen If the tears on my cheeks can Nichts erlangen, Achieve nothing, O, so nehmt mein Herz hinein! O then take my heart! Aber lasst es bei den Fluten, But let … Continue reading →

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Lamb of God

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Michaela

J.S. Bach – St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen, Come, you daughters, help me to lament, Sehet – Wen? – den Bräutigam, See-Whom ? -the bridegroom, Seht ihn – Wie? – als wie ein Lamm! … Continue reading →

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When all the world is renewed

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Michaela

R. Wagner: Parsifal (Good Friday Music) There is beginning in each end. That is the symbolism of Good Friday

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A silent teaching

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Michaela

Daniel Barenboim,  Jonathan Biss and Beethoven (Piano Sonata 30, Op 109) ” It does not shy away from the extremes, and it does not look for a synthesis that is made up through a reduction of the different elements”

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