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Some concerts

Posted on 15/03/2013 by otolio

Some of the concerts I’m attending at the South Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic. February 14th 2013 Conductor: Petr Altrichter Richard Strauss – Serenade for woodwind Eb major, op. 7 I tend to have problems to understand Strauss’ forms. This piece is … Continue reading →

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Harp recital 18th Feb 2013

Posted on 19/02/2013 by otolio

Today we went to a teahouse in town to finish a course for work. After it finished, I stayed a bit longer. And then a girl appeared with a small harp, ready for her Monday recital! I didn’t know this … Continue reading →

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Drum concert & workshop

Posted on 21/12/2012 by otolio

Date: December 15th, 2012 Percussionist: Yngo Guttmann Place: Asisi exhibition center, Panometer (Leipzig) Context: Exhibition on the Amazon basin I was there with some friends, who told me the instruments played were bongos. There was a variety of them though, … Continue reading →

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Concert Nov 15th 2012

Posted on 17/11/2012 by otolio

I tried to bring some students to this one and I ended up with six colleagues instead! I hoped not to cry this time, and I found I was closer to laughter. At the end I include some final thoughts … Continue reading →

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Concert Nov 1st 2012

Posted on 07/11/2012 by otolio

My friend Martina Pickering and I went to an All Saints concert, topicked on the date and with the following: Program Haydn, Symphony No. 44 “Mourning” Barber, Adagio for Strings, op. 11 Březina, Requiem aeternam Symphony No. 44 I was … Continue reading →

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Concert Sep 27th 2012

Posted on 28/09/2012 by otolio

Jihočeské komorní filharmonie (South Bohemian chamber philharmonic) Conductor: Jan Talich I had a migraine the whole day and still I went to the concert. I thought I would fall asleep, but not at all! I felt renovated! Berlioz – Romeo … Continue reading →

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Some expectations before listening

Posted on 23/07/2012 by otolio

Today I visited the last concert of this season’s Encuentros de Música y Academia de Santander (Music and Academy Encounters of Santander). When I got the program, I did a different exercise: I tried to imagine what was going to … Continue reading →

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Debussy in Cantabria

Posted on 21/07/2012 by otolio

I would like to share with you some extracts from & reflections about my listener’s log on works by Claude Debussy. Allow me to do an introduction first. In the piano lessons, my teachers tell me from time to time … Continue reading →

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Classical Planet July 7th

Posted on 08/07/2012 by otolio

Yesterday I visited one concert from the cycle Music & Academy Encounter of Santander (which happens to be all through the region of Cantabria, and not only Santander, its capital city). The program was the following: Ludwig van Beethoven– piano … Continue reading →

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