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In Aleksander Ford's film "Youth of Chopin" the protagonist embodied a young man with an elaborate appearance, whose eyes looked on and yet were absent from the meeting scene... This young man never smiled, too bad, because it would look like he'd have a nice smile... Ford's film helped me more than my listenings helped me out 20 years ago, sketching composer Chopin . Shortly afterwards I read another subversive "biographical" novel that troubled me again: he chronicled his contradictory life, presenting him as an unwitting, atrophiedly sensitive guy with eccentrically expresed melancholy. I was at the beginning of my pianist career and all this meant a lot... Twenty years later, studying through the sources of his works and his life, I believe Chopin was a witty man, low-voiced but dynamic, a lover of beauty, a dreamy Apostle of Poland. No, Chopin was neither an enemy of life nor a victim of it. He allowed himself to become independent from the measure ...

"Sinfonia" in the Baroque period was called a musical work, which was played as an introduction to a suite or an opera, a precursor to overture. The term ususally described a kind of introduction to an opera or ballet, which in the 18th century developed into the orchestral symphony.   Vivaldi  uses this name to describe a composition for a string orchestra in three loosely connected sections. I. Allegro molto The first part, Allegro molto , is based on a resounding part beginning with dramatic fiddles. Perhaps his was a deliberate play by the composer to surprise his audience at the start of the concert in order to keep quiet. II. Larghetto The part ends calmly, leading to a Larghetto , a tender melody played by violins. III. Allegro The sturdy final Allegro is reminiscent of some works by Handel, Vivaldi's contemporary composer.

This image of country tranquility captures the atmosphere it introduces to  Borghild's Dream . The calm, however, is disturbed as the music suddenly reaps. Grieg was passionate Norwegian. In addition to popular culture, he admired contemporary artists and playwrights, including the very famous Bjornstejerne Marinius Bjornson, whom he met in 1870. Grieg was inspired by Bjornson several lyrical works on local themes, but his most famous nationalist work is Sigurd Jorsalfar , originally written as stage music for Bjornson's eponymous work. This composition presents the drama and emotions of the heroic Viking era and expresses the composer's love for his rich and diverse cultural heritage. The complete play first presented in Christiania (Oslo's old name) on March 18, 1872, on Bjornson's 70th birthday. Grieg transcribed the music into three orchestral suites, published under the title  Sigurd Jorsalfar Suites , twenty years later, in 1892. - Introduction: In the King...

A poster of a German version of Bizet's opera, Pearl Fishers . 1838   Georges Bizet was born on 25 October in Montmartre, Paris. 1848  He begins studying at the Conservatory of Paris. 1857 Wins the Grand Prize of the Music Competition of Rome. 1858  Arrives in Rome for a three-year stay. 1859 Hospitalizes a sick friend from whom he contracted the disease that caused him inflammation of the laryns, from which he later died. 1860  Returns to Paris. 1861  Bizet is shaken by his mother's death. 1863  He is related to a neighbor who will prove to be a role model for Carmen . 1866  First performance of the opera The Beautiful Daughter of Perth , a rare success in public and critics. 1869  Marries Geneviève Halévy, daughter of his former music teacher. 1870  He enlisted in the French National Guard with the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war. 1873  Begins composing Carmen . 1875  Carmen's first performance in March. He dies on June 3rd i...

Mozart composed two flute concertos, even though he didn't particularly love this instrument. The extraordinary art of the Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra shows Mozart's rare talent to bring out the best in every individual instrument. Mozart composed this wonderful concerto on his third and final trip to Paris in 1778. It was his only work for flute, harp and orchestra - but not his last for flute. He arrived in the French capital with his mother on March 23, hoping to repeat the success of his first visit, in 1763, when he was just seven years old. At the time he was treated as a child prodigy and had sat on the knees of the future Queen Marie Antoinette at the Palace of Vesailles. He had even asked her to marry him - a move that had captivated the court. But this time in his 22 years, he did not repeat his previous triumph. He nevertheless found some students, including Adrien-Louis de Bonnièrs (duc de Guines) and his daughter Marie-Louise-Philippine. They were both...