Antonio Caldara’s ‘Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo’ is overwhelmingly beautiful, really sublime and divine music and the soprano Hana Blazikova is truly a revelation, as you will find out by playing the three clips below.
Category Archives: Western Classical Music
Lady Gaga dressed up in counterpoint
Great counterpoint playing – derived from (wtf!) Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’ – that doesn’t need any assistence from sexy girls dancing in the emptiness of a glamourous pop video 🙂
A lecture of birdsong poet Olivier Messiaen
A lecture on birdsong by western music’s poet of the birds.
and…
Kathleen Ferrier sings Händel: Art thou troubled? Music will calm thee (from ‘Rodelinda’)
Art thou troubled? Music will calm thee…
Bach on wood in the forest – watch this great clip !
Bach on wood in the forest, a joy of man’s desiring 🙂
Immortal Janacek opera scene : Jenufa’s grief on the loss of her baby
Great YouTube-upload showing one of the great scenes from Jenufa. I would love to see the complete documentary film.
A beautiful and meditative John Adams classic : Christian Zeal and Activity
A beautiful and meditative John Adams seventies-classic… Christian Zeal and Activity.
Interior Horse : beautiful music by Max Richter in wonderful clip
A wonderful and moving video, featuring the composition ‘Interior Horse’, beautiful minimal music of Max Richter.
Don’t we all have an ‘interior horse’?
Lente en natuurlijk… Bach !
21 maart… het is weer lente en daarom natuurlijk ook driewerf hoera voor de jarige Johann Sebastian en zijn springlevende muziek !
Marie-Claire Alain plays one of Bach’s gems for organ
I consider ‘O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross’ (BWV 622) one of Bach’s most beautiful works for organ.
It’s played here by world renowned organ player Marie-Claire Alain. Brilliant architecture and moving at the same time, one of Bach’s trademarks. I’ve cherished the beauty of this piece ever since I first heard it as a child.