Category: MUSIC
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ALFRED BRENDEL (1931-2025)
An Appreciation by Neil Fulwood How to describe Alfred Brendel? As a pianist, obviously – one of the greatest concert pianists who ever lived. A musician of immense talent and versatility.But also: a poet, essayist, cartoonist; a lover of art; a man who identified completely with the Dadaist movement.But also: a scholar, a teacher, a…
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The Symphonies of Hans Werner Henze – Jonathan Taylor
Gesamtkunstwerk in the Head: The Symphonies of Hans Werner Henze For all its claims to absolute music, the symphony has always been a hybrid – maybe even omnivorous – musical genre, constantly renewing itself by fusing with other genres and art-forms. Haydn frequently employs folk songs in his symphonies, like many composers after him; Mozart’s symphonies…