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Erotic music
Posted: 22/10/12 02:47 |
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There seems little doubt in my mind that the two major stimuli to the creative activity of our greatest composers are sex and death. Perhaps they are linked; they are closely allied in the natural world. Plants not only devise remarkable methods of procreation, but can spring as vigorously from natural disasters and chemical warfare […]
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So what do the listeners make of it?
Posted: 26/02/12 02:13 |
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A concert audience is a rather different creature now compared with what it once was, although it can give performers just as hard a time as reputedly in the 18th century. It is not unusual for a singer in an Italian opera house to receive applause and shouts of ‘encore’ which, far from being flattering, […]
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Musical highlights of 2011
Posted: 09/01/12 05:13 |
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Just before we turn off the lights and lock the door on 2011, here are the musical highlights – as chosen by members of the OCA music team. Duncan Druce: For about a decade, each June, I’ve been spending a week (sometimes longer) in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, playing the violin at the English Haydn Festival. A […]
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