Alcohol as the Veinnese Vehicle for Denial and Disillusionment:
An Analysis of “Drink My Darling” and “King Champagne the First” from Johann Strauss’s Dei Fledermaus
By Sara Hartley Llewellyn (nee. Frister)
December 1998
In Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss confronts political disillusionment with unmistakable Viennese escapist humor. Ever since its opening in Vienna in the May of 1874, Johann [...]
Jozef at the keyboard is intense, virile, masterful, and confident, a typical Eastern European virtuoso. Equally comfortable in the concert hall or the a coktail lounge. He also has a wonderful rhythmic sense that gives the music a welcome vigour
Tears Appealing Judgment:
An Analysis of Verdi’s “Lachrymose” from the Requiem
By Sara Hartley Llewellyn (nee. Frister)
April 1998
The deep, bitter realization that every great creator of music in Italy had perished prompted Verdi to compose his Requiem. He expressed a great emotion in the tearful “Lachrymose”. Here within we will expose the history and painful motivation of [...]
A violin and piano duet formed in 2008, Duo Nouvo provides light classical and jazz repertoire suitable for every occasion.