Juliette Greco had many additional names: “The Black Sun of Paris”, “The Grand Dame of Chanson”, or just affectionately “Jujube”, as she mentions in her autobiography, she was called. She died on 23 September at the age of 93. With her France lost the last great chansonette besides Edith Piaf…
No one sang “Déshabillez-moi” like her: Juliette Greco Weiterlesen »
Basically Haka means “dance” in the Maori language. But the term also stands for a special dance of the New Zealand natives, with which the warriors once used to prepare for battle and intimidate the enemy – through sweeping movements, frightening facial expressions and chanting. Nowadays, the haka has also
In the land of long tongues Weiterlesen »
Ferdinand David was a close friend of Mendelssohn and was concertmaster of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at the time. In 1938, the composer suggested a violin concerto to his friend, which was conceived in the same year. However, it took another six years to complete and was not premiered until
A quiet piece of violin history Weiterlesen »
In August we have again digitalised several CDs and the recordings are now available on our web radio. For € 5,95 we sell these sound carriers now. Among them are very interesting recordings such as “The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World” by the Johan Willem Friso Military Band and
Archive store: CD sales August Weiterlesen »
The Covid 19 pandemic has shown one thing: The will to make music together is unbroken. Perhaps some of the orchestras were not able to rehearse with the large instrumentation, but musicians have come together and founded small formations. These groupings require less space and can more easily comply with
Corona-Trend: small wind music ensembles Weiterlesen »
As reported by the German music magazine “Das Musikinstrument”, the NAMM Show planned for Anaheim, California, from 21 to 24 January 2021 has been cancelled due to the Corona Pandemic. The leading international trade fair for the industry has always been the starting signal for the new year and is
NAMM-Show 2021 cancelled Weiterlesen »
40 years have passed since Lech Walesa and his henchmen forced the communist government to legalise the Solidarność movement through the strikes and occupation of the Gdansk shipyard. In 1978 Lech Walesa, together with Andrzej Gwiazda and Aleksander Hall, organised the illegal underground association “Free Trade Unions of Pomerania”. In
The beginning of the end of the communist government in Poland Weiterlesen »
The Rocky Show pays homage to its glorious and terrifying predecessors of the 1950s film world with the opening song: “Science Fiction Double Feature” is both an ode to and a parody of the cheapest science fiction flicks, in whose tradition the film henceforth wallows with pleasure – including the
45 years “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” – the film. Weiterlesen »
In all the works, the roots are unmistakably in his motherland and express in a different way the “moods of his Bohemian heart”. It is no coincidence that the special nature and sensitivity of his many compositions has led to him winning composition competitions in Germany. This “Bohemian heart” has
A Bohemian heart turned 85! Weiterlesen »
Marc Reift’s “Festival Concert No. 38” contains a collection of works for harmony, fanfare and brass orchestras of all levels of difficulty. The publisher is known for its many arrangements of popular music, film scores, classical arrangements and original compositions. With the series “Collection Günther Noris“, the publishing house has
Festival Concert 38 Weiterlesen »
