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André Rieu & Orchestre - Emmerich Kálmán Komm Zigáni spiel auf deiner Geige

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Very old TV recording of André Rieu 1995 !!!

Westlife - When You Tell Me That You Love Me (Official Video) with Diana Ross

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96M views 14 years ago #westlifesongs #BestOfWestlife #DianaRoss 96,219,237 views • Oct 4, 2009 • #westlifesongs #BestOfWestlife #DianaRoss Westlife - When You Tell Me That You Love Me (Official Video) ft. Diana Ross

Maurice Ravel La Valse

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1,369,696 views Aug 14, 2010 Myung-Whun Chung Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Don Pasquale takes over PPO's concert

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BY   MANILA BULLETIN ENTERTAINMENT Feb 24, 2024 07:54 AM     AT A GLANCE For its seventhconcert, thePPOwill haveaconcert-style performance of the Italian operaunder the baton ofPPOmusic director and principal conductor Maestro Grzegorz Nowak. Filling the gap in the opera programming in the Philippines, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra present Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale as part of its 39th concert season on March 8, 7:30 pm, at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater. For its seventh concert, the PPO will have a concert-style performance of the Italian opera under the baton of PPO music director and principal conductor Maestro Grzegorz Nowak. With the Italian libretto by Giovanni Ruffini, Don Pasquale is one of the most popular opera buffas, along with Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and Donizetti’s other opera The Elixir of Love. It is known for i...

Creating a New Music World: Liszt’s Hungarian Fantasia

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By Maureen Buja , Interlude The Fantasia / Fantasy as a genre in the 19th century (versus the 17th-century English fantasias, which were very different) gave the composer enormous range to use his imagination on whatever he had decided to fantasize about. In   Liszt ’s case, his   Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Melodies   from 1849–1852 takes Hungarian folk themes of contrasting character and, in a free form, makes improvisational-style permutations on the music. Hermann Biow:  Franz Liszt , 1943 To look at where Liszt got this material, we have to look back through his own catalogue. Liszt’s  Magyar Rhapsodiak/Ungarische Rhapsodien , S242/R105c, which was written for solo piano around 1846–1847, uses many of the same melodies that appear later in his  Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14 in F minor , S242/R106, perhaps the most famous of his  Hungarian Rhapsody  cycle of 19 works, written in 1847. Some of the melodies in the  14th Rhapsody  come from ...

Charlie Chaplin: The Fiddle and the Tramp

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by  Georg Predota, Interlude Did you know that Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889-1977), probably the most famous and most important actor in the silent film era, was a committed amateur violinist who also composed a number of his film scores? Long before Chaplin contemplated an acting career, he turned to music to escape the abject poverty of his youth. Charlie grew up in the London district of Kennington with his mother, who had no means of income. As a result, the young lad was twice sent to the Central London District School for paupers. When his mother was committed to a mental asylum, Charles and his brother were sent to live with their estranged father. Charles Sr. was a severe alcoholic who died at age 38 from cirrhosis of the liver. Charlie Chaplin in  The Vagabond , 1916 © Limelight Magazine Given the dismal state of his upbringing, it is not surprising that Chaplin was looking for a way out. And initially, Chaplin turned to music. “I had great ambitions to be a conce...

How Can I Be a Better Musician?

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Ten Top Classical Musicians Share Their Tips By Emily F. Hogstadt , Interlude Over the years, we’ve had the honor of talking with many of the greatest musicians in classical music today. Today, we’re gathering some of their best advice for musicians in one article. If you ever find yourself stuck in a rut creatively, we’re here to help! Here’s some of the best advice our experts have given us: 1. Try yoga! Violinist Elena Urioste With the amount of travel and moving through the world, and with the flexibility that our extremely irregular profession requires of us, something like a yoga or mindfulness practice – even if you spend just five minutes breathing or doing some gentle stretches at some point in the day – can be a real safe haven for us, a sort of refuge. Violinist Elena Urioste Yoga and other practices that make you more mindful will help you be more aware of your surroundings and more “plugged-in” to what you’re thinking about and playing. Remember, you’ll never...