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![Celebration!]()
Celebration!
04/01/2012Surprisingly, over half of this composer's output involves voices in some manner, and the six last masses are considered to be at the pinnacle of his contributions to the genre. His primary duty was to supply a mass each year for performance in conjunction with the celebration of the name-day of Maria Hermenegild.
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![Bach: Mass in B minor, “Et in terra pax”]()
Bach: Mass in B minor, “Et in terra pax”
04/01/2012Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: A musical job transfer!
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![Rossini: Barber of Seville, “Largo al factotum”]()
Rossini: Barber of Seville, “Largo al factotum”
03/01/2012Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: A musical jack-of-all-trades!
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![Glass: Dracula, “Mina on the Terrace”]()
Glass: Dracula, “Mina on the Terrace”
02/01/2012Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Talk about juggling jobs!
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![Puccini: La Bohème: Act III Quartet]()
Puccini: La Bohème: Act III Quartet
30/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Love won and lost in the snow
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![Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, Winter]()
Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, Winter
29/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: A spicy winter down south
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![Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death, Trepak]()
Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death, Trepak
28/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Death in winter. . .
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![Year in Review 2011]()
Year in Review 2011
28/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here's a hint: sometimes penny-pinching can lead to artistic inspiration...
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![Chopin: Etude No. 11 in A minor, “The Winter Wind]()
Chopin: Etude No. 11 in A minor, “The Winter Wind"
27/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Keeping warm at the keyboard
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![Schubert: Winterreise, Frühlingstraum]()
Schubert: Winterreise, Frühlingstraum
26/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Let's just skip winter. . .
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![Bortniansky: Cherubic Hymn, No. 7]()
Bortniansky: Cherubic Hymn, No. 7
23/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Chubby little winged friends
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![Tartini: Cello Concerto in A, Allegro Assai]()
Tartini: Cello Concerto in A, Allegro Assai
22/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: A cocktail in La Brea.
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![Beethoven: 12 Variations on a Russian Dance]()
Beethoven: 12 Variations on a Russian Dance
21/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Just something off the top of the head
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![Tchaikovsky: Final Waltz]()
Tchaikovsky: Final Waltz
20/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: sugar plums fairies and mice
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![Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture]()
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
19/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: No bunnies were harmed in the writing of this composition.
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![Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Titan, Excerpt]()
Mahler: Symphony No. 1, "Titan," Excerpt
16/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: It's a rollercoaster ride of musical moods
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![Adams: Tromba Lontana]()
Adams: Tromba Lontana
15/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Some very strange music for a celebration?
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![Gluck: Orpheus and Euridice: Excerpts From Act II]()
Gluck: Orpheus and Euridice: Excerpts From Act II
14/12/2011Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Here are some very seductive harmonies
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![International Holidays]()
International Holidays
14/12/2011In France, the midnight service on Christmas Eve is traditionally followed by a meal called "Le Réveillon," during which many cafes and restaurants are open all night. When the play was adapted for this particular opera, this French custom was replaced by something more familiar to Viennese audiences: a ball!
