Hardly any report has provoked as much reaction as “Does every concert need a red thread?”. It shows you deal with critical reports and also have your own opinion. Your opinions are important to us and your colleagues. Therefore: don’t be afraid to make your opinion known. Criticisms or suggestions
Your opinion is welcome Weiterlesen »
Brass music is diverse. Also in the instrumentation. If it is a brass instrumentation, abbreviated to “Bra” in our country, then it is still relatively simple: the instrumentation includes all brass instruments. With fanfare instrumentation, saxophones are added, but there are also extended types, for example, when flutes are still
Are you a Ha, a Fa or a Bra? Weiterlesen »
These days, exactly on 21 October, the 90th anniversary of the death of the doctor, storyteller and playwright Arthur Schnitzler was commemorated. Like Thomas Bernhard in the 20th century, Arthur Schnitzler at the turn of the century 18/19 was considered a provocateur per exzellente for the “upper society” and militaria
Arthur Schnitzler: Provocateur per excellence Weiterlesen »
With this title we mean the musical centre of Hollywood. For hardly any publisher can offer more recordings and editions of film scores for wind orchestra than the publisher Marc Reift from Crans-Montana, Switzerland. 72 CDs with film scores from all over the world are currently on offer with almost
Hollywood is in Switzerland Weiterlesen »
Bran Mac Febail receives a visit to his castle from a mystical woman from the Otherworld, who makes wonderful music sound with a silver branch. She tells him that this branch comes from the apple tree in the land of Emain Ablach, the paradise island in the ocean. After her
A wonderful sea voyage to a strange island. Weiterlesen »
“Hardly any other British composer has contributed more to overcoming the boundaries between “U” and “E” music than Malcolm Arnold. Most music and cinema lovers will know him as the composer of the music for the film “Bridge on the River Kwai”, for which he deservedly won an Oscar.In addition
Sir Malcolm Arnold: a border crosser of music Weiterlesen »
Cecilia is known as an emergency helper and since the late Middle Ages also as the patron saint of church music. However, Cecilia only owes this patronage to a translation error in which it says “cantantibus organis”, which actually means “when the musical instruments sounded” (meaning the feast for her
House Music Day – Musicians’ Day Weiterlesen »
The legend of the “Pied Piper of Hamelin” is known worldwide, having been translated into more than 30 languages. It is estimated that more than a billion people know it. Even in faraway countries it is often part of the school curriculum; it is particularly popular in Japan and the
The Pied Piper of Hamelin: Invention or truth? Weiterlesen »
There’s Mr Bailey. He is somewhat vain, if not snobbish. In his fine loden he moves in the circles of aristocratic society. And here is Mr. Dunningham. He has his butterfly net under his arm, stares more at the sky than at the ground, just a dreamer. Mr. Peabody is
When Four English Gentlemen Meet…. Weiterlesen »
