quotation: William Shakespeare

To me, fair friend, you never can be old
For as you were when first your eye I eyed,
Such seems your beauty still.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Discuss

Shakespeare’s Sonnets Audiobook by William Shakespeare

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Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by Chris Hughes.

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Roman Carnival Overture – Hector Berlioz |great compositions/performances

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Roman Carnival Overture – Hector Berlioz

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The YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 performs Roman Carnival Overture, Op.9 by Hector Berlioz at the Grand Finale concert.
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The French composer Hector Berlioz wrote a number of overtures, many of which have become popular concert items. They include overtures intended to introduce operas as well as independent concert overtures.

Les francs-juges

Les francs-juges, Op. 3. Composed 1826. The overture to Berlioz’s first, unperformed opera. It was first performed in the concert hall of the Paris Conservatoire as part of an all Berlioz concert on 26 May 1828. In his study on the composer, Jacques Barzun describes the work as “a genuine tour de force for a young dramatic musician working without knowledge of Beethoven”

Waverley

Waverley: grande ouverture (Waverley: Grand Overture), Op. 1. A concert overture composed in 1828. It was first performed at the Paris Conservatoire on 26 May 1828. Berlioz took his inspiration from Sir Walter Scott‘s Waverley novels.

Le roi Lear

Le roi Lear (King Lear), Op. 4. Composed in Nice in 1831 during Berlioz’s journey back to France after his stay in Italy (due to winning the Prix de Rome). The overture is based on Shakespeare‘s King Lear, a recent discovery for the composer whose love of the dramatist is evident in many other of his works. It was first performed at the Paris Conservatoire on 22 December 1833.

Rob Roy

Intrata di Rob Roy Macgregor (Rob Roy Overture). Composed in 1831 and first performed at the Paris Conservatoire on 14 April 1833. The overture was inspired by Sir Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy. Berlioz was never happy with the piece, regarding it as “long and diffuse”, and withdrew it after the premiere.

Benvenuto Cellini

Overture to the opera of the same name, composed in 1838.

Le carnaval romain

Le carnaval romain, ouverture pour orchestre (Roman Carnival Overture), Op. 9. Composed in 1844 and first performed at the Salle Herz, Paris, on 3 February 1844. A stand-alone overture intended for concert performance, made up of material and themes from Berlioz’s opera Benvenuto Cellini, including some music from the opera’s carnival scene – hence the overture’s title. It is scored for large orchestra, is in the key of A major, and features a prominent and famous solo for the cor anglais.

Le corsaire

Le corsaire (The Corsair). Composed while Berlioz was on holiday in Nice in August 1844. It was first performed under the title La tour de Nice (The Tower of Nice) on 19 January 1845. It was then renamed Le corsaire rouge (after James Fenimore Cooper‘s novel The Red Rover) and finally Le corsaire (suggesting Byron‘s poem The Corsair).

La fuite en Egypte

Overture to La fuite en Egypte (The Flight into Egypt). With two other pieces, L’adieu des bergers and Le repos de la sainte famille, this made up La fuite en Egypte, a short work depicting Jesus and his family fleeing to Egypt to escape the persecution of King Herod, which was first published in 1852. This became the core of the oratorio L’enfance du Christ.

Béatrice et Bénédict

Béatrice et Bénédict. Overture to the opera of the same name, composed in 1862.

Les Troyens à Carthage: Prologue

Les Troyens à Carthage: Prologue (The Trojans at Carthage: Prologue) Berlioz’s epic opera Les Troyens was never performed complete during his lifetime. In an attempt to have the opera staged by the Théâtre Lyrique in 1863, he split it into two parts, with acts 1 and 2 becoming La prise de Troie (The Capture of Troy) and acts 3–5 Les Troyens à Carthage. Only the latter was accepted and Berlioz wrote an orchestral prologue to introduce this version evoking the tragic fate of Troy.

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this day in the yesteryear: Globe Theatre Burns to the Ground (1613)

Globe Theatre Burns to the Ground (1613)

 

English: The Globe Theatre. The Globe Theatre, Southwark. This is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, made famous by Shakespeare. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The first Globe Theatre was an Elizabethan theatre where several of Shakespeare’s plays were originally staged. It was built around 1598 in London using timber from an earlier theater and was jointly owned by members of the theatrical company to which Shakespeare belonged. The Globe burned down in 1613 during a performance of Henry VIII. It was rebuilt in 1614, but Puritans closed it and all other theaters in 1642, and it was demolished soon after. What caused the fire in 1613? More… Discuss

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quotation: Henry Fielding

LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.

Henry Fielding (1707-1754) Discuss

Prokofiev – Romeo & Juliet – Leningrad / Mravinsky

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Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet

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quotation: “The whirligig of time brings in his revenges.” William Shakespeare

The whirligig of time brings in his revenges.

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QUOTATION: William Shakespeare – “The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.”

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564)

William Shakespeare (1564)

Though his true date of birth remains unknown, the birthday of famed playwright and poet William Shakespeare is traditionally observed on April 23, the same day on which he died 52 years later. Since his death, his plays, such as Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, have been performed and studied all over the world. Some scholars have speculated that Shakespeare did not write all of the works attributed to him. Who do they suggest was responsible for authoring the Shakespearean canon? More…Discuss

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QUOTATION: William Shakespeare

Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care The death of each day’s life, sore labour’s bath Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, Chief nourisher in life’s feast.

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ARTICLES: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew is one of William Shakespeare’s earlier comedies. Its main plot involves the marriage of the violently tempered Katherina to Petruchio, who claims he can tame her wild ways and make her an obedient bride. Though modern scholars bristle at the play’s misogynistic tones, it has inspired films, a Broadway musical, and a Brazilian soap opera. The Taming of the Shrew even sparked a pseudo-sequel by John Fletcher in Shakespeare’s lifetime. What was it called? More… Discuss

 

ARTICLE: IAMBIC PENTAMETER: SHAKESPEARE’S RHYTHM

Iambic Pentameter: Shakespeare’s Rhythm

Shakespeare’s plays are written largely in iambic pentameter, a poetic meter in which each pair of syllables contains an unstressed syllable and a stressed syllable. It creates a rhythm like that of a human heartbeat: lubb-dupp. Strictly speaking, iambic pentameter refers to five iambs in a row, but poets vary their iambic pentameter a great deal. A common departure is the addition of a final unstressed syllable, which Shakespeare uses in one of his most famous lines. Which line is it?More… Discuss

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QUOTATION: William Shakespeare

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.

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SHAKESPEARE NAVIGATOR A MUST HAVE WIDGET! (YOU ARE ONE CLICK AWAY!)

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Encore: Compositions/Performances: Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture Op.21 by Masur, LGO (1997)

Great Compositions/Performances:  Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture Op.21 by Masur, LGO (1997)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture Op.21
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur, Conductor
Live at Gewandhaus, Leipzig

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for quotes, like the one bellow,  from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“So quick bright things come to confusion.“—Lysander again speaks to Hermia of the fragility of happiness. (“Confusion” means darkness and destruction.)

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VERDI – MACBETH – ACT 3 – RICCARDO MUTI

GIUSEPPE VERDI – MACBETH – ACT 3
Tre volte miagola la gatta in fregola.

 

Prokofiev – Romeo And Juliet – Juliet As A Young Girl (wonderful, expressive composition)

Prokofiev – Romeo And Juliet – Juliet As A Young Girl

 

F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – Suite ‘Ein Sommernachtstraum’ / A Midsummer Night’s Dream Op. 61

Suite – “Ein Sommernachtstraum” op. 61 / Suite – A Midsummer Night’s Dream Op. 61 

– Overture
– Scherzo
– Intermezzo 
– Nocturne 
– Wedding March

Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Conductor: Ton Koopman
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809 – 1847)