Tag: Classical Connections
Classical Connections: The Ox on the Roof
It’s not often you come across a restaurant named after a piece of classical music, but there’s one in Paris which has a particular...
Classical Connections: Take me to your Lieder
People have been singing songs for thousands of years and songs can probably be found in almost every culture on Earth. In their simplest...
Classical Connections: Sweet dances
Now I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not much good at dancing. Not much good at all. To be honest, I am...
Classical Connections: Canada Dry
The other night, I was having dinner with some friends at a local Indian place when one of them asked who could name some...
Classical Connections: Sumer is Icumen In
In case you had forgotten, or possibly never knew, the title is taken from one of the most famous medieval songs ever composed. It...
Classical Connections: Off the beaten track
Some of the most rewarding music can often be found in the byways of musical history rather than on the historical super-highway. Even as...
Classical Connections: Kicking up a storm
“Recently there was given a performance of the (new) overture…and all impartial musicians and music lovers were in perfect agreement that never was anything...
Classical Connections: Visions of America
Sometime during the 1970s – I am not quite sure exactly when – the Turnabout record label released a pair of vinyl LPs entitled...
Classical Connections: The Twilight Zone
Mention the words “night music” and I suppose the first classical piece that springs to mind is Mozart’s Serenade No. 13 in G Major,...
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