Archive for April, 2009

Appreciating Haydn the Opera Composer

Appreciating Haydn the Opera Composer:
With Background and Analysis of Joseph Haydn’s L’Infedeltà delusa
 
By Sara Hartley Llewellyn (nee. Frister)
Spring 2001
 
When music critics of today look back at Classical era opera, they see Mozart, not his equally talented, overshadowed counterpart, Joseph Haydn.  This inequality is very unfortunate, but when we take a closer look, we see that [...]

Southbank London Classical Events

Among the clutch of works commissioned by the Southbank Centre to mark the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall two years ago, Heiner Goebbels’s Songs Of Wars I Have Seen stood head and shoulders above the others, for its originality and touching eloquence, with words and music interwoven with subtlety and theatrical charm in the [...]

Cavey String Trio

Cavey String Trio

Formed in their youth over ten years ago, the Cavey Trio have played at many different important events, including The National Music Awards Week

German Lied

German Lied

German Lied:
The Foundation of German Romanticism
 
By Sara Hartley Llewellyn (nee. Frister)
March 2000
 
 
Romanticism and the poetry from which it sprang made possible the development of the great Leider of Schubert, Wolf, Mahler and the great song writers of their time.  Contributing factors to the development of this intimate musical genre include the more expressive capabilities f [...]