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Oct 3, 2024 · Korina Kilian from the Leipzig Municipal Libraries, holds a music newly discovered manuscript. Picture: Alamy Composed for string trio, the seven-movement piece is believed to have been written in the mid to late 1760s, when Mozart was a teenager.
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Jan 11, 2024 · Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 (‘Choral’) Written when the composer himself was profoundly deaf, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is without question, one of the greatest works in the classical repertoire, labelled by Classic FM presenter and Beethoven expert, John Suchet, as “the culmination of Beethoven’s genius”. It’s his longest …
The 15 greatest pieces by Franz Liszt - Classic FM
Sep 20, 2023 · La Lugubre Gondola No.2. The dark and moody La Lugubre Gondola, which translates to The Black Gondola, is an important late work of Liszt’s.Whilst visiting his son-in-law and fellow composer, Richard Wagner, on Venice’s Grand Canal in late 1882, Liszt began composing the piece after having a premonition of Wagner’s death. Lo and behold, on 13 February 1883, his eerie prediction came to pass.
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Aug 20, 2024 · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Continuing the tradition of names with three words and four well-formed syllables in the middle one, is the child prodigy and all-round genius, Mozart. Composing in, and defining, the Classical era, Mozart wrote 41 symphonies, numerous concertos, revolutionary Italian operas including The Marriage of Figaro and Cosí fan tutte, and chamber works that are ...
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Dec 14, 2022 · Judy Garland, the shining star of Hollywood’s Golden Era, sang it first for a scene in Meet Me in St Louis (1944) in which her character comforts her younger sister, Margaret.. The song “began with the melody,” says songwriter Hugh Martin. “I found a little madrigal-like tune that I liked but couldn’t make work, so I played with it for two or three days and then threw it in the ...
‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ lyrics - Classic FM
Dec 9, 2020 · We reveal the lyrics and history behind the carol that demands – and makes you feel rather hungry for – figgy pudding. A joyous encore at Christmas choral concerts around the country, ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ is also heard on doorsteps, in pub corners and outside supermarkets throughout the month of December. It even makes an appearance at the end of best-Christmas-film-of-all ...
15 most famous opera songs and arias - Classic FM
Jan 27, 2023 · Nessun dorma - Puccini. If Puccini’s aim was to bring opera to the masses, ‘Nessun dorma’ from Turandot has safely triumphed beyond all measure.Over the last few decades, the King of tenor arias has been reshaped into a roaring electric guitar solo by the legendary Jeff Beck, a pop-opera social media hit by Queen’s lead singer Adam Lambert, and a talent show mainstay.