by Barry Lenson | Jan 2, 2017 | Piano Music, Uncategorized, Violin Music
It has been nearly six months since I downloaded and started to investigate DakApp, a new app for serious students of classical music. DakApp is one remarkable resource for students. In today’s post, I would like to explain what it is and why it belongs on the...
by Barry Lenson | Dec 7, 2016 | holiday music, Piano Music, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, Steinway Pianos, Uncategorized
Here is Jeffrey Biegel delivering holiday magic in “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson. Pure happiness . . . what a perfect way to begin today’s post! I recently wrote a post on this blog about pianist Stewart Goodyear’s CD of his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s...
by Barry Lenson | Nov 15, 2016 | Henry Purcell, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, Russian Music, Sacred Music, Uncategorized
We might not always enjoy participating in history . . . but thanks to music, we can relive important events in the past I invite you to watch Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s “Festival Coronation March,” which was written for...
by Barry Lenson | Oct 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Let’s start today’s post with this terrific video of an early scene in Verdi’s Macbeth in which our title Thane encounters witches in a barren landscape. Riccardo Muti conducts . . . Ghosts, witches and the devil often appear in opera, and you...
by David Barg | Oct 24, 2016 | Ensemble Playing, Music Education, Music Pedagogy, Uncategorized
Greetings! Band, chorus, and orchestra conductors: Welcome to Classical Archives’ newest Blog – it is for you! And welcome to anyone who suspects there is more to conducting than waving one’s arms about – you’re sure to find it interesting. Just as Classical...
by Barry Lenson | Sep 30, 2016 | Andres Segovia, Guitar Music, Johann Sebastian Bach, Uncategorized
Sometime around 1964 when I was in high school, my parents made me take off my baseball glove and put away my bike on a Sunday afternoon. They then made me put on a sport jacket and itchy woolen pants and told me, “We are going to hear Segovia.” Sure enough, the great...
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