12/02
In Beethoven’s days Haydn had just pioneered the transition of the cello from an accompanying basso continuo instrument to a versatile medium that could also bring lyrical melodies and
16/02
The genre of the mélodie reached its acme of success during the ‘Belle Époque’ and is seen today as a jewel of French 19th- and 20th-century music production.
17/02
The friendship between the married couple Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms was very special.
19/02
During a concert tour in 1853 young Johannes Brahms was introduced to the couple Robert and Clara Schumann.
24/02
Adrian Willaert filled churches and cathedrals with his brilliant polyphony in the 16th century.
25/02
The Scottish tenor Paul Agnew proved his mettle with famous ensembles such as The Consort of Musicke, The Tallis Scholars, The Sixteen and Les Arts Florissants.
26/02
The 17th-century French composer Sébastien Le Camus was greatly admired in his days for the way in which he managed to express the words of a yearning love poem into seductive airs.
02/03
In the winter of 1705-1706 young Johann Sebastian Bach walked all the way to Lübeck with a view to meeting his revered example Dietrich Buxtehude.
04/03
In the 17th century protestant northern Europe idolized him: we are talking about the Bohemian Andreas Hammerschmidt, one of the leading authors of German church music.
09/03
The Hungarian Miklós Spányi is a celebrated keyboard virtuoso and is recognized all over the world as a specialist on and an interpreter of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s oeuvre.
