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Top 10 Posts of 2014
Now that the OM is back in business, I’ve spent quite a lot of time rummaging around in the code, checking various stats reports and fixing all the things are in disrepair or just outright broken. The...
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Sunshine and Roses
On my way to Leipzig for the Praetorius Mass for Christmas Morning performance at the Thomaskirche, the sky gave a glorious performance. The train car was empty and my phone battery full, so there was...
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The Clog Dance – Royal Ballet
Men in bonnets! Clogs! Slapstick! Just another night at the ballet. La fille mal gardée at the Royal Ballet to be precise. The year of its premiere, 1789, was somewhat overtaken by a little something...
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Watch Opening Concert At Paris Philharmonie
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Watch Lang Lang at the new Paris Philharmonie
The stream goes live tonight at 8:30 Euro time, 7:30 in the UK, 2:30 in NYC and 11:30 in LA. Aussies, tragically, it’s 6:30am tomorrow. Program is: Borodin – Polovtsian Dances Tchaikovsky – Piano...
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Watch: Les Arts Florissants at the Paris Philharmonie
Les Arts Florissants, directed by William Christie and now in its 35th year is one of the three resident ensembles at Paris’ new Philharmonie. Program is: Charpentier – Te Deum H.146 Jean-Joseph...
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Watch Ensemble Intercontemporain at Paris Philharmonie
If you prefer turtlenecks to waistcoats, this is your stream. L’Ensemble Intercontemporain comes live from the new Philharmonie in Paris. The very first piece ever played in the hall was Varèse’ Tuning...
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Watch Pierre Boulez’ 90th Birthday Concert
Pierre Boulez turns 90 on 26th March. Where has the time gone. Miss Mussel has always had a soft spot for M. Boulez due in large part to his resemblance to Grandpère Mussel. Aside from that claim to...
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Playing The Barre: A pianist at work
Balletopiano people! Here’s one for you. The result of a delightful chat with ballet pianist Jonathan Still. What do ballet pianists do exactly? How do dancers hear music differently to musicians? For...
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Strange Magic – On quantifying the sound of the Stradivarius
After threatening poor editors for some years with 5000 word exegeses when they barely had room for a listicle, I finally got a yes. And am very pleased to have started with something as...
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