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Is Classical Music Dying?
…music continues to thrive and enrich our cultural landscape. “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” Leonard Bernstein…
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Scheherazade, Op. 35 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
…story of a marginalized woman who uses her wit to challenge her violent husband and change an empire. This arrangement, performed by Emre Sabuncuoglu, captures the timeless narrative of standing…
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Brahms – Schicksalslied, Op. 54 for Mixed Choir and Orchestra
…Opera and Philharmonic European Centre of Culture in Bialystok. Violetta Bielecka will be responsible for the choir’s preparation. This symphonic concert is part of the classical music program offered by…
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Gustav Mahler
…troubled relationship, marked by violent disagreements. This tumultuous familial backdrop significantly influenced Mahler’s emotional and creative landscape. At an early age, Mahler displayed his musical gifts. Fascinated by the military…
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Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride – Operas by Christoph Gluck
…of dehumanization with contemporary echoes. Set in an endless cycle of violence, this gripping diptych is conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm and brought to life by American soprano Corinne Winters in…
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Flop or Masterpiece? Ten Classical Works That Made a Comeback
…in Venice in 1853. The audience found the casting of an older, larger soprano in the role of the young Violetta to be inappropriate, leading to boos and jeers. The…
