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Posts Tagged Tchaikovsky

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April 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

We Need To Talk About Classical Music…Because We Never Have: Our Introduction To Classical Music

I’m going to tell you a bit about my background with classical music; some of my early touchstones, how I educated myself and explored options, and some of the favourite pieces I’ve collected and my go-to composers. That sort of thing. And then you can do the same. Seem reasonable? Otherwise we’ll be here all […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Brandenburg Concertos, Classical, Classical Music, Film Score, Glenn Gould, Gorecki, Instrumental, Introduction To Classical Music, Mozart, Nigel Kennedy, Our Introduction To Classical Music, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Tchaikovsky, We Need To Talk About Classical Music…Because We Never Have, We Need To Talk About Classical Music…Because We Never Have: Our Introduction To Classical Music ·

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January 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 593

Daniel Barenboim, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 in F Minor, Op.36 (1972) I have a fairly omnivorous approach to classical. I learn on the job. I go in, open-minded, find things I dig, some I don’t – and though I’m not at the level of being able to tell things apart (different versions, conductors, performers) I can […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1972, 50c, Adante Sostenuto, Classical, Daniel Barenboim, Dump Shop, F Minor, Instrumental, LP, New York Philharmonic, Op.36, Paul Ubana Jones, Record, Recycling Centre, Symphony No. 4, Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 in F Minor, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 593, Vinyl ·

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July 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 673

V/A, Beethoven (?) This giant box-set of Beethoven on vinyl has been with me for about 20 years now…I started listening to classical music at the end of my high-school years, I was convinced it might help me with study. It didn’t. But I did get hooked onto all those key composers: the big names […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Beethoven, Brandenburg Concertos, Classical, LP Boxset, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, The Vinyl Countdown # 673, Vinyl, Vivaldi ·

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June 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Orchestra Wellington 2. LITTLE RUSSIAN (June 20, Wgtn)

Orchestra Wellington with Michael Houstoun and Leila Adu: 2. LITTLE RUSSIAN MFC Saturday, June 20 For the second performance in Wellington Orchestra’s six-part series it was to Leila Adu, 2014’s emerging composer in residence. Her commissioned piece, Rain as Blessings Fall, kicked off the evening, a dose of rain – and cold – in the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Blessings as Rain Fall, Gig Review, Gig Review: Orchestra Wellington 2. LITTLE RUSSIAN (June 20, Leila Adu, Little Russian, Live Gig, Marc Taddei, MFC, Michael Houstoun, Orchestra Wellington, Piano Concert No. 3, Prokofiev, Symphony No.2, Tchaikovsky, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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April 21, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Orchestra Wellington 1. KAMARINSKAYA (April 18, Wgtn)

Orchestra Wellington with Michael Houstoun: 1. KAMARINSKAYA MFC Saturday, April 18 It was the opening of Orchestra Wellington’s 2015 season, a special season that will feature Michael Houstoun as soloist across all six performances. Each program will see Orchestra Wellington perform one of Tchaikovsky’s symphonies. So for this – KAMARINSKAYA – the first performance in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Classical, Gig Review, Glinka, Kamarinskaya, Marc Taddei, Michael Houstoun, Orchestra Wellington, Rachmaninov, Shine, Tchaikovsky, Wellington ·

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November 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Tchaikovsky

had the stare and intense strain of a certified maniac. Perhaps that’s why he tended to attack the listener’s senses. Never arrogant – like Beethoven; not angry, such as Brahms. Not often patronising, nor condescending (strike Vivaldi and Mozart – in that order). The stare of the madman always came through.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Poem, Tchaikovsky ·

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