Arvo Pärt; Henryk Mikołaj Górecki: Miserere (Diary 2012-11-25)
Music by Arvo Pärt: CD “Adam’s Lament” (Kaljuste), “Beatus” (Kaljuste), “Triodion” (Layton), “Da pacem” (Hillier); Henryk Mikołaj Górecki: Miserere op.44, Amen op.35 (Nelson)
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Bach: Cantata BWV 140
Bach: Cantata BWV 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” — Comparing 5 recordings: Leppard/English Chamber Orchestra, London Voices (1981), Harnoncourt/Concentus musicus (1984, partial), Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists (1992), Koopman/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (2006), Lutz/J.S.Bach-Stiftung St.Gallen (2008, DVD)
Britten, Tischhauser, Tignor / Brooklyn Rider (Diary 2012-07-31)
Britten: Vocal Works — Christophers/The Sixteen, Cantalea; Tischhauser: “Die Hampeloper” — Tschupp; Tignor: “Together Into This Unknowable Night” — Brooklyn Rider
What Makes up a Good Music Teacher?
So much depends on having a good music teacher! I’m not competent to argue whether all of us are born with the talent to become musicians, or at least to love music and to play an instrument well, or whether some or even most of it is a matter of one’s genes, or maybe the consequence of influences / experiences at a very early (maybe even pre-natal) stage — however, for sure, a bad teacher can ruin a lot in one’s musical life! …
Early Encounters with Music
… I listened to all the shallow music that was broadcasted on the radio around 1960 (our radio was an old “steam radio” built into a book shelf). I also distinctly remember that on Sundays the radio always played classical music — typically chamber music, such as music for wind instruments by Mozart — and I hated that music — not because I disliked it, but …