Lunch break with Narciso Yepes and Concierto de Aranjuez.
https://nostr.download/6a1163090b95001ffb11aa5e587d0d6812e7b6b0e5ee8586d62713f92a5b0a1c.mp4
In Vienna, starting December 20, Thierry Malandain’s Marie Antoinette will have its premiere at Volksoper, with Elena Bottaro as Marie Antoinette and Andrés Garcia Torres as Ludwig XVI.
https://nostr.download/171fb40e81c3a5998c11c9b7f26b67346f9b4b864598e874ecc1761b9ef0f92c.mp4
A good morning starts with joy from the Philharmonic of Munich. Anastasia Kobekina plays Schubert‘s Arpeggione Sonata arranged for Violoncello.
Have a wonderful day!
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I want to end the day on a peaceful note, so I'll wish you good night with Khatia Buniatišvili playing the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K. 488), Adagio.
From the Paris Concert at the Eiffel Tower, July 14, 2019.
https://nostr.download/f5e02fe28a1be1805ecfb4756cd26c13e8b0e396631a692f367355b9e8ae47e8.mp4
I decided to add the second movement too. Because why not?
https://nostr.download/a3a07140f2e1581cf61aabd3f7cce3fa07ce6c56c97237c08bba9751cfea0ae9.mp4
A short peaceful moment with Camille Thomas and Beatrice Berrut playing Schubert’s Ständchen.
Bruxelles, 2011
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For this lunch break, we have the first movement from Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, conducted by the legendary Gustavo Dudamel.
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, Barcelona, 2017
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You will listen to what I listen to, so here's
Murray Perahia performing Mendelssohn's "Scottish Sonata". (Tokyo, 1988)
https://nostr.download/9183f1b4b12b15733fd413121b4c7a2439c0f51175bb4776830aee0aba5c0ecd.mp4
Good morning with Hilary Hahn playing Bach's Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1042, accompanied by Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
Have a great day!
https://nostr.download/8391f55ce1b6db5c4ef44487f90da92ee6942638411cfe69c5a267576ea45ca0.mp4
Today I will say goodbye with Mariella Devia singing "Com’è bello!" from Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia".
https://nostr.download/58fe6a3d1f1cec4784385ac0919662024c0a2757e376a970a1fae8efe7d25d32.mp4
One more post off the beaten path, Nina Simone performing "Strange Fruit" at Jazz à Juan, the International Jazz Festival from Juan-les-Pins, France, in 1965. (The festival still takes place every year.)
Nina appears alongside Lisle Atkinson (bass), Rudy Stevenson (guitar & flute) and Bobby Hamilton (drums).
https://nostr.download/19c21bf48a18f92094a2de203c84a2d456fd7919b66c003c4f31d4525d39c24b.mp4
A small detour with Es Devlin's Library of Light in Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano. It was available this spring, and every evening at 8 o'clock, there was a recorded reading of extracts from "The Order of Time" by Carlo Rovelli, read by Benedict Cumberbatch, and preceded by an extract from "Il Cielo Mistico" by Maria Gaetana Agnesi. It’s underscored by Polyphonia with extracts from Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61.
https://nostr.download/1b31a59dfba356721940b4b130d4e98d725a27f5967d3a11a744ebec737cd3c9.mp4
In the second video, her newest installation, "Library of Us," is located on the beach in Miami.
https://nostr.download/10269d4cfccbe1197adcdee3aab8a2ae36032f60c708d7df816c9512b5b9d48b.mp4
I will say goodbye today with a special page of music's history, Arthur Grumiaux’s magnificent interpretation of Ernest Bloch’s Baal Shem, the second movement, Nigun. (Nobody seems to know who the pianist is, only that the recording is from the 1970s.)
https://nostr.download/32edb8460379ebfbf0c66da3610d908bf06160fb3235ee3490b94e44c5efa230.mp4
He really makes it feel like a prayer.
As a side note, Yehudi Menuhin, who knew Bloch since childhood, described him as “a musician like an Old Testament prophet, with a divine fire that could scorch the bystander".
And with this, I wish you all a great evening!
Happy 2nd Sunday of Advent!
”O du fröhliche“ with the Philharmonic of Vienna.
https://nostr.download/f0efe20ef94e3308c320d82e649d9eb4eaf17f8fc8b79cc25f562432e2db5a34.mp4
Perhaps less known in Europe, Jeanine De Bique singing Handel's V'adoro Pupille.
https://nostr.download/aa52760c1fdae289ad44bf41d269012f378ad5913805ee91ecd201a06dda29f4.mp4
A slow morning with Tatiana Nikolaiyeva playing the andante from Shostakovich's 2nd Piano Concerto. (1992)
Have a great day!
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I can't leave this day with so few posts so here's a leap back to 1975 with Henryk Szeryng playing Kreisler’s Schön Rosmarin.
Have a beautiful evening!
https://nostr.download/b807a11b97e1322cdec031921986da9d40fcceb73affe94392e2841d5e169392.mp4
Not much posting today but I'll say goodbye with the trombone from Mahler’s Symphony No. 3.
https://nostr.download/14dc892d810c05b5bf995deeadab229371fbe4fde36d430fbe9f81c4ee3580b4.mp4
Continuing a bit with Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris, beginning on December 14, Nureyev's Nutcracker launches in cinemas.
https://nostr.download/8c739763e2323a4164b5897651846083d7f468342468f8cc231e303f08722a97.mp4
This may come as a surprise to some, but today, Ballet Opéra de Paris is presenting the premiere of “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”, inspired by Victor Hugo's novel.
Have a great day! 🥐☕
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I wish you a beautiful weekend with Ana Vidović playing Bach's Partita in E major, BWV 1006. Wonderful!
https://nostr.download/4e49c048ea3f8aa8cc08401bac1c84d63c7cfe26b5435bf39f5e00ec921ca357.mp4