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A beauty! What’s her name?

YouTube video by Echo Cheng Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A minor - Kit Armstrong & Soloists of Lucerne Festival Orchestra

How about some Florence Price for Wednesday in the form of her piano quintet?

Listen to it all if you have time, or the still, spacious andante at 16’30 followed by the joyous Juba at 22’30.

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Excellent - will look him up. Thank you

Not a name I know. Tell me more…

YouTube video by DW Classical Music Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 | Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich & Anastasia Kobekina

I’m starting Tuesday with Dvorak, his heart-felt cello concerto.

He was emphatic about its final shape, writing to his publisher, “I give you my work only if you will promise me that no one … shall make any alteration in it without my knowledge and permission.”

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YouTube video by inwit Lynne Dawson sings "Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion"

Monday morning joy to get you up and at ‘em!

Rejoice greatly from Handel’s Messiah.

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Great stuff isn’t it?! Glad you enjoyed it too 😃🎶

YouTube video by Accademia Italiana del Flauto Emmanuel Pahud - Concertino op. 107 for flute and piano by Cécile Chaminade

Something flutey from Chaminade for Sunday morning.

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Oh dear!! Hope Handel can help you through it! 😃

YouTube video by greatclassicrecords Händel: Dixit Dominus: De torrente in via bibet - Gardiner*

A snippet from today’s topic - De Torrente from Handel’s Dixit Dominus. It talks of drinking deeply from the refreshing stream in the context of tiredness & adversity. It’s so beautiful - a perfect way to start the w/e.

To put it more succinctly - this is stunning. Listen!
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Happens to musicians all the time.

I agree - beautiful

I went to see The Choral today. What a lovely film! It is very moving and, of course, I adore the music of Elgar’s Gerontius. Big recommend.

YouTube video by dialsforsilhouettes Purcell: Fantasia Upon One Note (Jordi Savall)

Purcell’s Fantasia on one note - gentle contemplative music for Sunday morning.

The tenor line literally holds on to a single note throughout. (I like the suggestion that Purcell had a mate who couldn’t really play, so this allowed him to take part.😉)

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Ooh I don’t know this but perhaps ought to. I’d it as good as the violin concerto?

Book a class | Charlotte Newstead Charlotte Newstead is a concert soprano, singing teacher, choral coach and music appreciation teacher, based in the south west of England.

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The classes also make excellent Christmas presents. Just sayin…

If you want a helping hand to widen your awareness of the classical repertoire, do join one of my online groups. You would be completely welcome whatever your prior knowledge of the repertoire. And I don’t choose duffers! If we’re listening to it, there’s a reason!

I cannot stress enough that there is more to classical music than Mozart and Beethoven (both of whom I adore!) There is also so much more than “Relaxing Adagios.”

Golly. First Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht earlier in the week and today, Smetana’s Piano Trio. Music appreciation classes where almost nobody knew the music in advance, and everyone ended up incredibly moved and emotional. I don’t think we’ve had so many tears since we met during lockdown.

YouTube video by Trio Bohémo B. Smetana: Piano Trio in G Minor, op. 15, Trio Bohémo

Smetana’s Piano Trio was written soon after he lost his 4 year old daughter. In a devastating period of around 5 years, he lost 3 daughters and his wife.
The highly emotional Trio reflects his pain and anger and deep anguish. It’s the subject of today’s music appreciation.

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It’s so depressing. I’m desperate for Labour to stop pratting about because if they fail, what follows is likely to be awful. I cannot fathom what the hell they are playing at - how CAN they be this inept?!

That’s certainly what I’ve been thinking.

New season for Clevedon Adult Studies has dropped! I’m talking about Violin Concertos on 21st March - what a gorgeous day this will be!! Bach, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Korngold and a zillion others.
Would love to see you there!

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Things they don’t tell you about performing:
1) the night of a gig you’ll barely sleep. May as well plan housework or tax return and make use of the time
2) the night AFTER the night of a gig, you’ll sleep like a fairytale princess. Plan nothing after 7pm, turn the light out before 8pm and lean in.

Don’t think I knew there was evidence he was directly influential - tell me more please! 😃

Strauss was indeed a big fan of his.

Good point

Love this piece!