Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms are undeniably some of the world's most famous and skillful composers, and on one night, they will be on Notre Dame's campus. Not literally, of course, but rather through the skillful interpretation of the University of Notre Dame Chorale and Chamber Orchestra.
Four new piano discs run the gamut from sparkling concertos and modernist Mozart to Russian miniatures and unsung American sonatas. Piano Concertos No. 1: Shostakovich, Liszt, Prokofiev Lise de la Salle, piano; Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, Lawrence Foster, cond.
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Rehearsal assistant David Mathers brought his lapel microphone up to his mouth for a throaty demonstration of the German word "dich," putting particular emphasis on the guttural "kh" sound at the end.
Two years ago, Mark P. Thomas, conductor of the Schuylkill Choral Society, and his singers were performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s works in Vienna, Austria.
Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major. Sibelius's Symphony No. 7. And of course, Mozart's "Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major," or as it's otherwise known, K. 333. If you have any idea what these actually sound like, feel free to congratulate yourself. The rest of us will be sniggering and pointing from the other end of the room.
These students are serious. Whether it’s an opera by Mozart or traditional Persian folk music sung in Farsi, vocalists at the SVPA live and breathe the music they study.
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