En français There are a good number of great «French» orchestras within the loose grouping of nations known as la Francophonie – most of them are associated with the French language broadcasters: The CBC Montreal Orchestra (in French, l'Orchestre de Radio-Canada) l’Orchestre National de France is a rebranding of the Symhony Orchestra of l'Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) are obvious examples. Another is what is now known as the Luxembourg Philharmonic ...
Updated Dec-11-2012 at 13:23 by itywltmt
En français The rules will be kept simple: here’s what I found, here’s where I found it, here’s a couple of sentences about it and (possibly) some opinions. Not unlike Olympic Figure Skating, I will provide two sets of marks (letters A to D) on sound quality (SQ) and on overall impression (OI). These grades are entirely subjective, but here are some guidelines: About “sound quality”: my point of reference is my iPod (160 GB iPod Classic) with standard earbud-type ...
Updated Sep-12-2012 at 03:32 by itywltmt
En français As Glenn Gould put it in a documentary I posted in these pages not so long ago, there were two conductors that dominated the North-American airwaves in the first half of the twentieth century: Leopold Stokowski and Arturo Toscanini. No doubt, Toscanini was a legendary figure in opera and orchestral concerts, both in Europe and in America. ...
Updated May-15-2012 at 11:32 by itywltmt
Related thread: http://www.talkclassical.com/13383-mahler-new-york.html Related Article: http://www.ashevillesymphony.org/con...am%20Notes.pdf En français Carnegie Hall, New York , 16 January 1910: In a memorable evening, Sergey Rakhmaninov gives the third performance of his Piano Concerto no.3, with the New York Philharmonic under its new music director, Gustav Mahler. Rachmaninov appeared as soloist in the ...
Updated Jan-16-2012 at 11:32 by itywltmt
To continue my long thematic catalogue of my works I will now describe my compositions that fall under the category of overtures and stand alone orchestral pieces. I am glad there are more pieces here from my so called "avant-garde period." Pre-Avant-Garde period Concert Overture no. 1 in F major (2008) Duration: 4' Instrumentation: 0.0.0.0-2.2.2.0-Perc.-Str. Description: This was one of my earliest ventures into the sonata form. This overture ...
Updated Feb-17-2012 at 06:14 by ComposerOfAvantGarde
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