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Easy Guide to Appreciating Classical Music | Lifehacker

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Jumping into the world of classical music can be overwhelming, given the near 6-centuries-worth of music available. Nick Douglas shows you where to start. Subscribe to Lifehacker: https://goo.gl/3rNmzw Visit us at: http://www.lifehacker.com/ Like us at: https://www.facebook.com/lifehacker Follow us at: https://twitter.com/lifehacker

Mariah Carey cites Filipino lambs as 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' gains steam in September

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BY   ROBERT REQUINTINA Sep 3, 2023 09:14 PM     AT A GLANCE On Sept. 2, Mariah owed the early success of her popular holiday tune in September to Filipino lambs after it gained 316,000 streams on Spotify. Mariah Carey (Facebook) It's September and Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is already gaining popularity. Thanks to her Filipino fans who streamed her holiday classic as early as September. On Sept. 2, Mariah owed the early success of her popular holiday tune in September to Filipino lambs after it gained 316,000 streams on Spotify.    Mariah reposted an art card from her fan page about her chart-topping Christmas song in September. The 54-year-old chanteuse couldn't be happier for the early Christmas gift from her Filipino lambs.    "Not yet," wrote the "Vision of Love" singer.  "I'll allow it for my Filipino lambs, though. I don't make the rules!" Released in 1995, the song written by Mariah and Walter Afan...

The Child Prodigies of Classical Music (II)

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From Mozart to Richard Strauss By  Georg Predota, Interlude Let’s continue our exploration of early compositions by famous composers. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The young Mozart in Vienna Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (1756-1791) is widely regarded as the child composer par excellence. It was probably because of Mozart that the image of the child composer first entered the public consciousness. On his first visit to London, young Mozart attracted the attention of Daines Barrington, “a polymath who wrote about a variety of curious phenomena.” It was agreed that Barrington would examine Mozart’s musical abilities by subjecting the 8-year-old boy to a number of tests. Barrington brought along the five-part score of a new opera by a London composer, including two lines in the difficult to read contralto clef. “Mozart played it flawlessly, and also captured the composer’s tempos, dynamic, and musical intentions.” Next Barrington asked young Mozart to improvise a love song, and the boy...

Jose Mari Chan kicks off the Christmas season on 'ASAP Natin 'To'

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Plus treats from 'Senior High' stars, hot collab from AC and Chie, and Jamie Rivera's 35th anniversary celebration BY   MANILA BULLETIN ENTERTAINMENT Sep 1, 2023 10:18 AM     AT A GLANCE Celebrate the early yuletide season with a holiday hits party led by the King of Filipino Christmas Carols himself, Jose Mari Chan, together with "It's Showtime's" Isip Bata kids Kulot, Jaze, Lucas, and Imogen, plus Anji Salvacion, P-Pop girl group Calista, and the whole ASAP family with Edward Barber. Your favorite weekend viewing habit kicks off the early holiday season with a bang, featuring an all-star act with OPM and Christmas icon Jose Mari Chan, plus more must-watch treats from your favorite Kapamilya stars and special guests  this  Sunday  ( Sept. 3)  on "ASAP Natin 'To" on Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, and TV5. Celebrate the early yuletide season with a holiday hits party led by the King of Filipino Christmas Carols himself, Jose Mari Chan, together with ...

Scorpions - Still Loving You Piano Cover by Alisa Procenko

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Alisa Procenko Alisa Procenko 25.6K subscribers Subscribe 252,266 views Feb 27, 2023 Scorpions - Still Loving You | Piano Cover by Alisa Procenko

ABBA singer Agnetha makes comeback as solo artist

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BY   AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Aug 31, 2023 11:47 AM     AT A GLANCE While it took ABBA nearly 40 years to return with a new album after the band split in the early 1980s, Faltskog has since produced several solo albums, the last "A" came out in 2013. Agnetha Faltskog stands second left in ABBA's wax figures displayed at Stockholm's ABBA museum (AFP)  STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Two years after iconic Swedish pop group ABBA returned with a new album, singer Agnetha Faltskog has announced she will unveil a new single as a solo artist this week. "So... where do we go from here?," the 73-year-old asked in a post to Instagram late Tuesday. She said the single -- also titled "Where Do We Go From Here?" -- would be premiering on BBC Radio 2 on Thursday.  Singers Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad represented the double A in the ABBA acronym alongside Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. The artist had last week teased that a new release was in the works, in an Instagram pos...