🌸 𝘽𝙄𝙉𝙄 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝘼𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙁𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙤! 🎈

 

𝘽𝙄𝙉𝙄 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝘼𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙧𝙖 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙁𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙤!

Get ready to sing and dance your hearts out under colorful Hot Air Balloons as the Nation's girl group, Bini will be singing all their Hits with a full band setup at Crocodile Park Concert Grounds, Davao City on Oct 25 (Saturday) at Aurora Music Festival Davao.

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Headlining the night: 𝘽𝙄𝙉𝙄 —the nation’s girl group is bringing their chart-topping hits like:

Salamin Salamin

Pantropiko

Karera

Lagi

...And more!

FULL LIVE BAND SETUP! 𝙎𝙞𝙭 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 returns as the powerhouse band behind BINI, bringing the same electrifying synergy seen in their major shows at the Philippine Arena, Araneta Coliseum, and Aurora Music Festival in Clark.

Joining the line-up are some of today's chart toppers and singer-song writers:

𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙞 — The voice that colors your emotions. Who doesn’t know his breakout hits “Dilaw” and “Saan?”? Now he’s back, painting the charts with new anthems: “Kailan” “Kahel na Langit” “Namumula”

𝙍𝙤𝙗 𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙡 — the voice behind viral anthems like: Miss Miss RomCom Ulap Happy Ending and his viral rendition of Nandito ako

𝘼𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝙎𝙤𝙡 — the rising star whose heartfelt ballads will tug at your soul: Sa Bawat Sandali Nahanap Kita Ikaw Lang Patutunguhan along with his popular version of Burnout and Balisong.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙮𝙨 — From “Aphrodite” to “Be With You,” every song’s a soft-spoken anthem. The Ridleys craft indie-folk tales that echo with longing, warmth that's just perfect for a music festival.

Aside from the electrifying performances, prepare to be wowed by a stunning display of colorful hot air balloons lighting up the Davao sky!

*Children age 5 and older can attend with a ticketed adult companion, and both must have a ticket in the same ticket section.

Prepare for an unforgettable night of music, magic, and memories.

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Johann Strauss：Emperor Waltz Op. 437

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FSO 2015 Oficial | The Bridge on the River Kwai (K. J. Alford)

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Love is in the Air - Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra

Gimnazija Kranj Great Spring Concert 2012 in Gallus Hall, Cankarjev dom. 20.th concert aniversary. Music, Rhytm and Dance. 10 years of Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra. Also celebration of 20th year of our lead sponsor: Hranilnica Lon bank. They performed disco legend: Love is in the Air. Arrangement: Nejc Bečan. Sold out concert and amazing performance. Sponsor: Hranilnica Lon d.d., Kranj. Conductor: Nejc Bečan; concert direction: Primož Zevnik; glasba: Veliki spomladanski koncert Gimnazije Kranj 2012: Glasba, ritem in ples. Koncert ob desetletnici Simfoničnega orkestra Gimnazije Kranj v razprodani Gallusovi dvorani Cankarjevega doma. Koncert je bil posvečen tudi 20. letnici našega generalnega sponzorja: Hranilnice Lon. Love is in the Air (Ljubezen je v zraku) Aranžma: Nejc Bečan; Dirigent: Nejc Bečan; koncertni direktor in režiser: Primož Zevnik

A Question of Virtuosity: Michel Dalberto’s Virtus

 by Maureen Buja

Pianist Michel Dalberto’s latest album, Virtus, poses the question of the meaning of the word ‘virtuosity’. The word seems to have changed its meaning between the end of classicism and the height of romanticism. In the 1860s and 1870s, the Dictionnaire Littré (Dictionnaire de la langue française) defined virtuosos as skilled individuals in any field whatsoever, and it goes on to indicate that virtus, from strong man, now meant a man of talent. So, the man of virtue was gradually changed to the man of skill. And so we have today’s virtuosos.

Michel Dalberto

In his new album, Dalberto shows us the differing possibilities of virtuosity through the 19th century. He opens with what has become the basic definition of virtuoso: Franz Liszt’s concert paraphrase of a waltz from Gounod’s Faust (S. 407). Starting with the basic theme, Liszt then adds the emphasis and techniques that only he is capable of to create a virtuoso performance.

As a complete change of pace, this is followed by Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, K. 545, which carries the name of the Simple Sonata or Sonata facile. This demonstrates virtuosity in another way: Mozart’s ability to create transparent and seemingly simple work, but which, by its very simplicity, speaks of his virtuosity as a composer.

The next work, Brahms’ Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35 returns us to the idea of the virtuoso performer, but now matched with a virtuoso composer. Written by Brahms for the virtuoso pianist Carl Tausig, it’s a triple hit, since the original theme was by the violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini. Described variously as ‘fiendish’ and ‘one of the most difficult works in the literature’, and ‘diabolical’. Even Clara Schumann nicknamed them the ‘Witch’s Variations’.

Dalberto plays both books 1 and 2, but joins them in a unique manner. Each book, as written, starts with a statement of Paganini’s theme and then goes into a complete set of 14 variations. Dalberto chooses to play Book 1 through Variation 12, then goes directly to Book 2, Variation 1, skipping the restatement of the theme. This is not unusual, and when the Books are being played back-to-back as they are here, the omission of the restatement of the theme is not unique.

At the end of Book 2, he plays Variation 13, then Variation 13 of Book 1, and closes with Variation 14 from Book 1. He omits Book 2, Variation 14, entirely. He doesn’t explain this decision, but perhaps considers the final Variation of Book 1 a more definitive ending.

Franz Liszt’s Réminiscences de Norma (after Bellini’s opera), S.394, follows, bringing us yet another example of virtuosos creating their own versions of music that everyone knew.

Franz Liszt: Réminiscences de Norma (after Bellini’s opera), S.394

The last virtuoso piece was somewhat of a surprise. We’re familiar with all of Liszt’s versions of Schubert songs, but this is one by Sergei Rachmaninoff. His piano transcription of Wohin? from Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin is a curious amalgam of Schubert’s original song with extra colouration. Rachmaninoff did some 14 transcriptions, ranging from Fritz Kreisler’s Liebesleid and Liebesfreud to Bach’s Violin Partita in E major, but this Schubert work is unique.

The playing is top-notch, if some of the decisions, particularly about the Brahms, are inexplicable. Virtuoso music in the hands of a virtuoso performer is always impressive.

Michel Dalberto: Virtus

La dolce volta LDV148
Release date: 14 March 2025

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Pianists and Their Composers: Franz Liszt

by Frances Wilson 

Franz Liszt divides opinion. For some he is regarded as one of the greatest pianist-composers of the Romantic era; for others, he is a showman and a charlatan who wrote vulgar, showy music.

3D rendering of Franz Liszt by Hadi Karimi

In fact, he was a remarkable musician and human being. Sure, as a performer he could be flamboyant and extravagant in his gestures, but he helped shape the modern solo piano concert as we know it today and he also brought a great deal of music to the public realm through his transcriptions (he transcribed Beethoven’s symphonies for solo piano, thus making this repertoire accessible to both concert artists and amateur pianists to play at home). He was an advocate of new music and up-and-coming composers and lent his generous support to people like Richard Wagner (who married Liszt’s daughter Cosima).

His piano music combines technical virtuosity and emotional depth. It’s true that some of his output is showy – all virtuosic flourishes for the sake of virtuosity – but his suites such as the Années de Pèlerinage or the Transcendental Etudes, and his transcriptions of Schubert songs demonstrate the absolute apogee of art, poetry, and beauty combined.

Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich brings fire and fluency to her interpretations, underpinned by a remarkable technical assuredness. Her 1972 recording of the B-minor Sonata and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 is regarded as “legendary”.

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

Australian Leslie Howard is the only pianist to have recorded the solo piano music of Liszt, a project which includes some 300 premiere recordings, and he is rightly regarded as a specialist of this repertoire who has brought much of Liszt’s lesser-known music to the fore.  

Lazar Berman

Lazar Berman

Berman’s 1977 recording of the Années de Pèlerinage remains the benchmark recording of this repertoire for many. Berman brings sensibility and grandeur, warm-heartedness, and mastery to this remarkable set of pieces.

Alim Beisembayev

Alim Beisembayev

Winner of the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition, the young Armenian pianist Alim Beisembayev’s debut recording of the complete Transcendental Etudes is remarkable for its spellbinding polish, precision, and musical maturity, all supported by superb technique.  

Yuja Wang

Yuja Wang

Yuja Wang has been praised for her breath-taking interpretations of Liszt’s First Piano Concerto which combine force and filigree, emotional depth, and technical mastery to create thrilling and insightful performances.