Annemieke
Yesterday I found a blog with a video of Lisa Gerrard. And I was completely blown away by it. She has an incredible strong, haunting and sensitive voice. Of course I immediately had to go looking at... More »
Annemieke
I just found an interesting short listening guide to Beethoven's 9th symphony on Youtube. Here a guy named Luke Crookes gives a nice walk through the whole work. He says "My absolute favourite part in... More »
Annemieke
I cannot stop myself from singing Ode to Joy, especially this part, Deine Zauber binden wieder, Was die Mode streng geteilt; Alle Menschen werden Brüder, Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt. Thy magic binds together, What... More »
Annemieke
Here is a duet which Andreas Scholl sings with Anna Caterina Antonacci from Händel's opera Rodelinda. I had never heard of the opera, I never heard the duet before and I also never heard of Anna Caterina Antonacci,... More »
Annemieke
My other favorite aria from the Matthew passion is the one that is considered the most beautiful aria by most people. It is sang by male as well as by female altsingers. I always found... More »
Annemieke
There are two aria's in the Matthew passion, that are my absolute favourite and one of them is ‘Aus liebe'. It is such tender and pure music. The soprano voice melting together with the flute, I... More »
Annemieke
While searching for my favorite classical music on Youtube these last two weeks, I found myself looking constantly for certain parts of the Matthew passion. And it got me wondering why I especially love that so... More »
Annemieke
I was very intruiged by what Leonard Bernstein said about Beethoven, so I went searching what more he did say about music. I found this video on which he talks at Harvard, where in the early seventies he did... More »
Annemieke
I may be fascinated by Beethoven, that is nothing compared to the fascination of Leonard Bernstein for Beethoven. Here are some quotes of what he, in this video, says about Beethoven and his 9th symphony. "Universality... More »
Annemieke
Well, thinking of Beethoven and piano it is hard not to think about his Moonlight sonata. It is just so very sensitive and poetic, that it alway seems to bring me in a special state... More »
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