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The cantata Grief of Gravity tells the story of two lovers: Awareness", consciousness that connects us all and "Gravity". For billions of years, "Gravity" and "Awareness" intertwined until a light bea...

Maurice Ravel est peut-être mieux connu pour son œuvre orchestrale Boléro (1928), qu'il considérait comme triviale et qu'il décrivit un jour comme une pièce pour orchestre sans musique. Le Boléro est...

Maurice Ravel est peut-être mieux connu pour son œuvre orchestrale Boléro (1928), qu'il considérait comme triviale et qu'il décrivit un jour comme une pièce pour orchestre sans musique. Le Boléro est...

Tschaikowsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878 and first performed at a Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg on February 1878 under Nikolai Rubinste...

Tschaikowsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878 and first performed at a Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg on February 1878 under Nikolai Rubinste...

Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (WWV 49) (Rienzi, le dernier des tribuns) est un opéra de jeunesse en cinq actes de Richard Wagner, dont le livret a été écrit par le compositeur d'après le roman épony...

Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last notable work, is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. Elgar composed it in the aftermath of the First World War, when his music had al...

Ernesto Paolo Abbate, born in Noicattaro (Bari) in 1881, was an Italian conductor and composer. Together with his brother Gennaro, he was one of the first Italian composers writing original scores for...

Ernesto Paolo Abbate, born in Noicattaro (Bari) in 1881, was an Italian conductor and composer. Together with his brother Gennaro, he was one of the first Italian composers writing original scores for...

An American in Paris est un poème symphonique influencé par le jazz, écrit en 1928 par le compositeur américain George Gershwin. Inspiré par le temps que Gershwin a passé à Paris, il évoque les paysag...

An American in Paris est un poème symphonique influencé par le jazz, écrit en 1928 par le compositeur américain George Gershwin. Inspiré par le temps que Gershwin a passé à Paris, il évoque les paysag...

Many see Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" as the beginning of the move away from common practice harmony and tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the...

Rachmaninov a composé le poème symphonique "L'île des morts" (Die Toteninsel) op. 29 en 1908 à Dresde, inspiré par une impression en noir et blanc du tableau éponyme d'Arnold Böcklin qu'il avait vu en...

Rachmaninov a composé le poème symphonique "L'île des morts" (Die Toteninsel) op. 29 en 1908 à Dresde, inspiré par une impression en noir et blanc du tableau éponyme d'Arnold Böcklin qu'il avait vu en...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

In 1900, Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) composed his ballet 'Nuits d'Egypte', based on the novella 'Une nuit de Cléopatre'. The ballet became very succesful and in 1902 a suite from this b...

Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) composed his ballet Nuits d'Egypte, based on Théophile Gautier's novella Une nuit de Cléopatre, in 1900. The ballet was programmed by Serge Diaghilev at his...

Shostakovich work on the 'String Quartet No. 8' proceeded simultaneously with incidental music to the film 'Five Days - Five Nights' and in this quartet he for the first time resorts to quoting themes...

Shostakovich work on the String Quartet No. 8 proceeded simultaneously with incidental music to the film Five Days - Five Nights and in this quartet he for the first time resorts to quoting themes and...

In 1880, Tschaikowsky composed the 'Capriccio Italien, Opus 45', as a fantasy for orchestra. He was inspired by a trip he took to Rome, during which he saw the Carnival in full swing, and is reminisce...

In 1880, Tschaikowsky composed the 'Capriccio Italien, Opus 45', as a fantasy for orchestra. He was inspired by a trip he took to Rome, during which he saw the Carnival in full swing, and is reminisce...

In 1909, Gabriel Fauré, Director of the Paris Conservatoire, named Claude Debussy to its Board of Directors. In July, Debussy sat on the jury for the conservatory's annual woodwind 'concours' (exit ex...