Great Compositions/Performances: Valentina Lisitsa plays Chopin “Heroic” Polonaise op 53 A flat major Valentina Lisitsa

Great Compositions/Performances: Valentina Lisitsa plays Chopin “Heroic” Polonaise op 53 A flat major Valentina Lisitsa

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Great Compositions/Performances: Valentina Lisitsa plays Rachmaninoff Prelude in g minor op. 23 No. 5

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Great Compositions/Performances: Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll (Conductor: Sergiu Celibidache & Münchner Philharmoniker)

Great Compositions/Performances:  Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Conductor: Sergiu Celibidache & Münchner Philharmoniker

Apart from the operas, Wagner composed a small number of pieces; this stems from his reluctance to conceive music which didn’t belong to the sacredness of the drama, fundamental expression of his thought.
The “Siegfried Idyll” is a symphonic poem for chamber orchestra, composed by Richard Wagner (1813-1883) as a birthday present to his second wife, Cosima, after the birth of their son Siegfried in 1869. It was first performed on Christmas morning, 25 December 1870, by a small ensemble on the stairs of their villa at Tribschen.
Wagner’s opera “Siegfried”, which was premiered in 1876, incorporates music from the Idyll. It was once thought that the Idyll borrowed musical ideas intended for the opera, but it is now known that the opposite is the case: Wagner adapted melodic material from an unfinished chamber piece in the Idyll and later incorporated it into the love scene between Siegfried and Brunhilde in the opera.

 

Great Compositions/Performances: Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite I. Complete

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Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite I. 
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Make Music Part of Your Life Series: Chopin Fantasia op.13 on Polish Airs – Sergio Fiorentino – Guilford Philharmonic – V.Handley

Chopin Fantasia op.13 on Polish Airs – Sergio Fiorentino, piano.
Guilford Philharmonic – Vernon Handley.
recorded: 14 February 1966 Guildford, Civic Hall

 

Make Music Part of Your Life Series: Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 3 in Eb, op. 12 no. 3

I. Allegro con spirito [0:00]
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Hiro Kurosaki, violin
Linda Nicholson, fortepiano

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SAINT OF THE DAY

ST. ABBAN
March 16: Abbot and Irish missionary. An Irish prince, Abban was the son … Read More

March 16

St. Abban St. Hilary St. Aninus St. Dentlin St. Eusebia St. Finian Lobhar St. Finian Munnu Bl. John Amias Bl. John Cacciafronte St. Julian of Antioch Bl. Robert Dalby St. Megingaud St. Patrick of Malaga

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There’s no jealousy in the grave.

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Josef Mengele (1911)

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Ferdinand Magellan Reaches the Philippines (1521)

Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain on September 20, 1519, with five vessels and about 265 men. Sighting the South American coast near Pernambuco, he searched for a suspected passage to the South Sea and ultimately discovered the strait that bears his name. On March 6, 1521, Magellan reached the Marianas and 10 days later the Philippines, where he was killed in a battle with the natives. How many of Magellan’s original crew members returned to Spain alive in 1522? More… Discuss

 

NEWS: MOBILE DEVICES DISTRACTING PARENTS AT MEALTIMES

Mobile Devices Distracting Parents at Mealtimes

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• Bollywood

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