• Concert free for all?

    Updated: 2010-09-06 17:17:40
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Monday , September 06, 2010 Concert free for all If you read Jane Austen's novels or Mozart's letters it becomes clear that audiences at concerts were more animated than is allowed today . Austen talks of comings and goings , people explaining the music etc . and Mozart makes it clear that when they heard a passage they enjoyed , the audience felt free to applaud . Also , Haydn's symphonies with their commanding openings , were calls to attention for inattentive . audiences Some of these attitudes survive today in the

  • Coming in April

    Updated: 2010-09-05 19:40:58
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Sunday , September 05, 2010 Coming in April We now have a full complement of singers and band for the staging of my opera When a Man knows at the Bridewell Theatre in April 2011. Dario Dugandzic , Sarah Barham and John Beaumont will be repeating their roles and the Woman will be sung by soprano Zoe South So I am now busy revising the score ready for the new performances . Posted by Robert H at 7:22 PM Labels : opera 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows

  • Photo of the Day

    Updated: 2010-09-05 12:31:00
    : The Collaborative Piano Blog The piano in ensemble . The piano in real . life Pages Home Subscribe About This Blog About Chris Foley Study with Chris Foley Contact Sunday , September 05, 2010 Photo of the Day The view inside a Boston grand piano , via thomaslu6 Posted by Chris Foley at 8:31 AM Labels : Photos 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom The Complete Collaborator : The Pianist as Partner by Martin Katz . A bible for accompanists collaborators Marilyn Horne Oxford University Press Recent Posts Loading . More Articles Monster List of 100+ Resources on the Collaborative Piano Blog 31 Days to Better Practicing : The Complete Series The Definitive Guide to Building and Maintaining a Repertoire List The Extreme Piano Guide or 30+1

  • Wikio's Top 20 Classical Music Blogs for September 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-04 13:54:00
    : The Collaborative Piano Blog The piano in ensemble . The piano in real . life Pages Home Subscribe About This Blog About Chris Foley Study with Chris Foley Contact Saturday , September 04, 2010 Wikio's Top 20 Classical Music Blogs for September 2010 Back in the good old days of the classical music blogosphere , many of us engaged in blog ranking projects , most notably those by Classical Convert Musical Perceptions and Sounds and Fury I also created a list of top RSS feeds The problem with creating these sorts of lists is that 1 the compilation process was extremely labor-intensive and 2 the criteria for ranking blogs is always changing . Fortunately , social media companies such as Wikio and Invesp are more than willing to fill the void with their own blog-ranking algorithms . Earlier

  • Gut Immling

    Updated: 2010-09-04 09:51:11
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Saturday , September 04, 2010 Gut Immling Whilst we were on holiday in Bavaria we visited the Gut Immling opera festival , to see Wagner's The Flying Dutchman my review of the performance is here on Music and Vision subscription site Posted by Robert H at 9:49 AM Labels : opera review 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows April 2011 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels ballet review 7 book review 17 cd news 14 cd

  • Toronto Opera Repertoire Seeks Pianist/Coach

    Updated: 2010-09-03 19:14:00
    : The Collaborative Piano Blog The piano in ensemble . The piano in real . life Pages Home Subscribe About This Blog About Chris Foley Study with Chris Foley Contact Friday , September 03, 2010 Toronto Opera Repertoire Seeks Pianist Coach Toronto Opera Repertoire is looking for a pianist coach for the 2010 11 season . From the Workinculture.ca listing for the position Job Description Pianist accompanist coach required for community based opera group in downtown . Toronto Requirements Good sight-reading , experience with opera , and stamina : the successful candidate will be the orchestra for 6 performances each of two different operas in February and March , 2011. Additional Information During rehearsal period in September , October and November : 9-hour week evenings only . More hours

  • Harriet Cohen's Bach Book

    Updated: 2010-09-03 14:49:14
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Friday , September 03, 2010 Harriet Cohen's Bach Book I first came across A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen in the late 1970's when Ronald Stevenson included a couple of items from it in his fascinating lecture recital on Bach transcriptions . I remember Ronald playing RVW's Bach piece from Harriet Cohen's book and I think one other . It was an evening which concluded with Ronald giving a towering performance of the Bach Busoni Chaconne having covered a great deal of ground in between , including Grainger's Sheep may safely

  • Harriet Cohen's Bach Book

    Updated: 2010-09-02 13:52:42
    skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Thursday , September 02, 2010 Last night we heard a private recital by the young Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu where she gave a programme mainly devoted to Chopin two Nocturnes , the Ballade no 4 and the Sonata No 3. Also in the programme were Debussy's L'Isle Joyeuse and Constantin Sivestri's Bacchanale as encore . Her Chopin was poetic and robust , totally involving , with the Sonata giving due weight to both the romantic impulses and the classical form of the sonata . Alexandra will be giving a recital at the

  • Recent CD Review

    Updated: 2010-09-02 07:56:06
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Thursday , September 02, 2010 Recent CD Review My review of Jonathan Dove's opera Tobias and the Angel is here on MusicWeb . International I took up the disc prepared to admire but in fact I was charmed and entranced . I hope you will be too . Posted by Robert H at 7:55 AM Labels : cd review 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows April 2011 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels ballet review 7 book review 17 cd news

  • When a Man Knows

    Updated: 2010-08-24 14:37:22
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Tuesday , August 24, 2010 When a Man Knows Saturday saw the successful second performance of my opera When a Man Knows as part of Tete a Tete:The Opera Festival at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith . We had the same cast as last time , still a concert performance , but doing it in a theatre , with proper lighting made a great deal of difference . Also , performing the work for a second time was a great help . Present in the audience was Ian Caddy , who is directing the work when we stage it next year . The opera

  • Review of The Flying Dutchman

    Updated: 2010-08-24 07:32:23
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Tuesday , August 24, 2010 Review of The Flying Dutchman Whilst we were on holiday we visited the opera festival at Gut Immling in Bavaria , seeing The Flying Dutchman My review is here on Music and Vision . Posted by Robert H at 7:31 AM Labels : opera 1 comments : amjadbutt said . Download MP3 Songs Free Are you looking for MP3 players or Ipod players We have huge range of Download mp3 player music players and we offer Download mp3 player software list as well . 1:25 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe

  • 1 Day to Go - Salutary experience

    Updated: 2010-08-20 12:17:13
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Friday , August 20, 2010 1 Day to Go Salutary experience At last night's rehearsal for my opera , When a Man Knows we had that problem which everyone who works with singers has , at some time or other : one of the singers was ill . So I stood in a sketched in the part . It was a salutary experience . It is one thing sitting at your computer or piano and deciding on some rather tricky ideas , time signatures etc . But it is entirely another thing to actually try to sing them I am planning on revising When a Man Knows next

  • Symphony in C++

    Updated: 2010-08-20 04:18:32
    Every now and then I can’t keep my classical music and science nerd parts apart. Today was one of those days. I present: A Symphony in C++: key get_secondary_key(key home_key){ if (home_key.minor == TRUE){ secondary_key=relative_major(home_key); }else{ secondary_key=home_key+5; } }   void sonata_form(key home_key,tempo base_tempo){ //Calculate secondary key secondary_key=get_secondary_key(home_key);   //First get people in the mood [...]

  • Collaborative Piano Studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music

    Updated: 2010-08-18 23:27:00
    : The Collaborative Piano Blog The piano in ensemble . The piano in real . life Pages Home Subscribe About This Blog About Chris Foley Study with Chris Foley Contact Wednesday , August 18, 2010 Collaborative Piano Studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music The Cleveland Institute of Music offers a Master of Music , Artist Diploma , and Doctor of Musical Arts in collaborative piano . For full information about the program , check out the CIM catalog information specific to the collaborative piano programs is on pages 24, 41, and 42. In case you're interested in auditioning , you can also find the complete repertoire for the vocal and instrumental repertoire lists . online Here are the complete course requirements for the Master of Music 40 credit hours Principal Performance Studies MUAP

  • Three Days to GO!

    Updated: 2010-08-18 10:36:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Wednesday , August 18, 2010 Three Days to GO We are rehearsing tomorrow night in our church hall and then on Saturday morning we actually get into a theatre . So far my opera , When a Man knows has been both rehearsed and performed in churches . But on Saturday we will be presenting it at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith , as part of Tête à Tête : The Opera Festival This weekend is the last of the festival , so if you haven't been yet . GO We are , of course , doing the opera in concert . But doing it in a theatre

  • Eugh, I know the feeling…

    Updated: 2010-08-16 19:48:45
    via Reddit. Anyone know where it originally comes from?

  • Three Days to GO!

    Updated: 2010-08-06 07:32:36
    skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Friday , August 06, 2010 Apologies for the sparse postings . Last weekend we were in Boppard , a charming small town on the Rhine where London Concord Singers sang a concert a the Evangelische Kirche on the Saturday evening , followed by Mass at the Church of St . Severus on Sunday morning . Posted by Robert H at 7:30 AM 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows April 2011 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels ballet

  • Recent CD review

    Updated: 2010-08-06 07:30:32
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Friday , August 06, 2010 Recent CD review My review of Marc Antoine Charpentier's David et Jonathans from Pinchgut Opera is here An appealing record of what sounds like a fascinating performance Posted by Robert H at 7:27 AM 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows April 2011 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels ballet review 7 book review 17 cd news 14 cd review 245 Competition 1 concert review 92 diary 184 feature

  • Choose Your Own Damn Mahler Adventure

    Updated: 2010-08-05 02:10:04
    Do you love Mahler? Do you want to marry him and have his babies? Well it’s a bit late for that, but it’s not too late to participate in Deutsche Grammophon and Decca’s latest foray into the classical music social media scene. They’ve done a bang-up job arranging this one. The idea is that they [...]

  • Not quite dead yet

    Updated: 2010-08-04 02:07:55
    Holy crap! Check this out! TEXT! Yeah, writing is mysteriously appearing in this space, and that’s because despite all the stuff that’s been happening recently my fingers have not completely broken up their relationship with the keyboard. And what “stuff” could have been happening? Well as an e.g., in an unrelated order of importance… Various [...]

  • Previews

    Updated: 2010-07-25 10:37:53
    Previews of the opera festival are out, though no mention of <span style="font-weight:bold;"When a Man knows yet!</script

  • Recent CD Review

    Updated: 2010-07-24 10:55:06
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Saturday , July 24, 2010 Recent CD Review My review of another of Christ Church Cathedral Choir's recordings from the Nimbus catalogue , this time the Frank Martin and Francis Poulenc masses . The review is here on MusicWeb . International An attractive combination of works , strongly characterised and intelligently sung Posted by Robert H at 10:53 AM Labels : cd review 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows April 2011 Subscribe To Posts

  • Recent CD Review

    Updated: 2010-07-16 08:15:49
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Friday , July 16, 2010 Recent CD Review My review of a disc of Magnificats by Cavalli is here on MusicWeb . International You won't quite get the crisp , vibrant music-making which this music deserves Posted by Robert H at 8:14 AM Labels : cd review 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows April 2011 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels ballet review 7 book review 17 cd news 14 cd review 245 Competition 1 concert

  • Review of Manon

    Updated: 2010-07-14 07:28:14
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Wednesday , July 14, 2010 Review of Manon My review of Massenet's Manon from Covent Garden , with Anna Netrebko in the title role , is here at Music and Vision subscription site Posted by Robert H at 7:27 AM Labels : opera 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows April 2011 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels ballet review 7 book review 17 cd news 14 cd review 245 Competition 1 concert review 92 diary 184 feature

  • The Arts Blog Wikio Sources

    Updated: 2010-07-11 04:55:37
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  • orange county center for contemporary art

    Updated: 2010-07-10 20:54:58
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  • Berlin Philharmonic Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

    Updated: 2010-07-10 20:54:55
    , Berlin Philharmonic From Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia Jump to : navigation search Berliner Philharmoniker Background information Also known as Berlin Philharmonic Origin Berlin Germany Genres Classical Occupations Symphony orchestra Years active 1887- present Website www.Berliner-Philharmoniker.de Members Principal Conductor Simon Rattle Pianist-in-Residence András Schiff Pierre-Laurent Aimard Former members Founder Ludwig von Brenner Notable instruments Concert Organ Karl Schuke , Berlin IV 72 The Berlin Philharmonic German Berliner Philharmoniker is an orchestra based in Berlin Germany In 2006, a group of ten European media outlets voted the Berlin Philharmonic number three on a list of top ten European Orchestras after the Vienna Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

  • Recent CD Review

    Updated: 2010-07-10 08:55:50
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Saturday , July 10, 2010 Recent CD Review My review of Rossini's Otello from the Rossini in Wildbad Festival , recorded live on Naxos , is here If you are curious about Rossini's version of Otello then you will not go far wrong with this Naxos recording Posted by Robert H at 8:54 AM Labels : cd review 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom When a Man knows When a man knows April 2011 Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Labels ballet review 7 book review

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