Tony Pappano on Mahler and passing on knowledge

On this beautiful sunny afternoon, spend some time listening to Tony Pappano talk about Mahler and many other things...

Click on the pictures to be taken to the Euronews website where you can watch the videos.

Opening minds, telling the secrets... a beautiful thing :-)

Juan Diego Flórez at the RFH this week!

It'll be a short couple of week before i have opera on my calendar again, but before that JDF is in town :-)
Royal Festival Hall - Juan Diego Flórez
Thursday 20 January 2011
If you click on the link above it will take you to the Southbank centre link of the recital, where you can still buy some tickets. Program is mostly Mozart and Rossini, but the Prado and Verdi are less usual treats :-)
Well, that is except for this "little known piece"... . ;-))))




By the way, the Southbank website features this cute Q&A with Juandi where among more serious things ;-))) you also find out where he likes eating in London (giggle... giggle, giggle..)


By the way, this is part of the Rosenblatt recital series (more on the upcoming recitals and artists by clicking on the photo below)

Happy New Year!!!

Neujahrskonzert 2011-Liszt - Mephisto Walzer

Thank you guenter011141 for the video

A new year, more music !! At least i hope so :-)

As i have said a year ago i can't imagine beginning the year anywhere else than in Wien ( well, virtually at least ;-) and in rhythms of valse.

It may be old world tunes, but they are as beautiful as on they day the were first played and they make my heart sing and my feet want to dance. Because this is the Liszt year a wicked bit of valse from him to begin with and then some more "usual suspects" from this wonderful concert of the Wiener Philamoniker. This year under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst (an Austrian himself), who must have been more than thrilled to do this, on TV they mentioned he says this was kind of a Nobelprize in the music world :-)

By the way, if you ever fancy seeing the concert in Wien, they actually raffle the tickets! Here is how. The pdf links at the bottom of the article will guide you to the instructions in the appropriate language, Good luck!!! I might just try this out myself ;-)

And here is two more bits to slide you off dancing into the new year, may it be a good one for everyone!

Joseph Hellmesberger - Zigeunertanz aus Die Perle von Iberien (Vienna 2011 New Year Concert)

Thanks rudolfo6666 for the video

Edward Strauss - Ohne Aufenthalt, Polka schnell (Vienna 2011 New Year Concert)


Thanks rudolfo6666 for the video

If you want more, just utube Neujahrskonzert 2011 ;-)

Tralalalalalaaaaa.......