Classical music app to send programme notes to your phone as orchestra plays

Posted on July 2, 2017July 2, 2017 by WebAdmin

By: Hannah Furness Anyone who has been tutted at for turning the pages of their programme too loudly may be permitted a wry smile at news of the latest innovation: an app which texts notes straight to ticket-holders’ phones. The mobile phone app promises to deliver programme notes live as the orchestra plays, allowing curious Read more about Classical music app to send programme notes to your phone as orchestra plays[…]

Power Poses for Piano Practice

Posted on May 21, 2017May 21, 2017 by WebAdmin

By: Nancy M. Williams …presence applies beautifully to a concert pianist’s Olympian challenge of a 10-city tour. Yet presence also matters for the daily, dogged commitment to practice. To sight-read, practice repetitive scales, master tricky rhythms like three against two, and ease into a rapid trill, we must occupy the piano bench with presence, Read more about Power Poses for Piano Practice[…]

Best version of Alla Turka EVER!!

Posted on March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 by WebAdmin

Yuja Wang is ridiculously talented and a genius.

Whatever happened to improvisation in classical music?

Posted on March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 by WebAdmin

Today’s classical violinists would probably break out in a cold sweat if asked to improvise in front of an audience (and smirks would probably appear on the faces of the other violinists around them). From the emergence of western classical music until the first half of the 20th century, most composers and many performers possessed Read more about Whatever happened to improvisation in classical music?[…]

Camille et Julie Berthollet – Palladio

Posted on January 30, 2017January 30, 2017 by WebAdmin

Palladio is a composition for string orchestra by Karl Jenkins, written in 1995. The title refers to the architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). The work in three movements is in the form of a concerto grosso.