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Asere

A night of fiery Latin rhythms with contemporary Cuban Son live from the amazing Asere!
Asere
Direct from Havana!
Exclusive London club date for one of Cuba’s hottest Son bands, previewing their brand new album ‘Junio Groove’
Emerging at the same time as the Buena Vista Social Club over 10 years ago Asere have been an integral part

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Appreciating Haydn the Opera Composer

Appreciating Haydn the Opera Composer: With Background and Analysis of Joseph Haydn’s L’Infedeltà delusa   By Sara Hartley Llewellyn (nee. Frister) Spring 2001   When music critics of today look back at Classical era opera, they see Mozart, not his equally talented, overshadowed counterpart, Joseph Haydn.  This inequality is very unfortunate, but when we take [...]

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Southbank London Classical Events

Among the clutch of works commissioned by the Southbank Centre to mark the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall two years ago, Heiner Goebbels’s Songs Of Wars I Have Seen stood head and shoulders above the others, for its originality and touching eloquence, with words and music interwoven with subtlety and theatrical charm in the

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German Lied

German Lied

German Lied: The Foundation of German Romanticism   By Sara Hartley Llewellyn (nee. Frister) March 2000     Romanticism and the poetry from which it sprang made possible the development of the great Leider of Schubert, Wolf, Mahler and the great song writers of their time.  Contributing factors to the development of this intimate musical [...]

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Alcohol as the Veinnese Vehicle for Denial and Disillusionment

Alcohol as the Veinnese Vehicle for Denial and Disillusionment

Alcohol as the Veinnese Vehicle for Denial and Disillusionment: An Analysis of “Drink My Darling” and “King Champagne the First” from Johann Strauss’s Dei Fledermaus   By Sara Hartley Llewellyn (nee. Frister) December 1998               In Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss confronts political disillusionment with unmistakable Viennese escapist humor.  Ever since its opening in Vienna [...]

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An Analysis of Verdi’s “Lachrymose” from the Requiem

An Analysis of Verdi’s “Lachrymose” from the Requiem

Tears Appealing Judgment: An Analysis of Verdi’s “Lachrymose” from the Requiem By Sara Hartley Llewellyn (nee. Frister) April 1998 The deep, bitter realization that every great creator of music in Italy had perished prompted Verdi to compose his Requiem. He expressed a great emotion in the tearful “Lachrymose”. Here within we will expose the history [...]

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Duo Spirito

Duo Spirito

  A violin and piano duet formed in 2008, Duo Nouvo provides light classical and jazz repertoire suitable for every occasion. ENQUIRE ABOUT BOOKING Meditation Makin Whopee Sample repertoire: Classical – Hungarian Dances by Brahms, Meditation from Thais by Massenet, Wedding March by Wagner, Melody from Sheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert Waltzes. Popular – Lullaby in [...]

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Classical Singing Lessons

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Singing Teacher Available for Private Lessons
I am a qualified professional singer and teacher; I am looking for work as a singing teacher.
So… are you ready to learn a bit more of this exciting and beautiful world of The Voice? Yes? Then don’t hesitate in contacting me, we’ll discuss your needs and we’ll see

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The Kerntiff Guitar Duo

The Kerntiff Guitar Duo

Biography:
The Ferrer Guitar Duo is a meld of the talent of two well established and successful classical guitarists. Frank and David have worked together for many years and have collaborated on successful guitar publications and together recorded a newly

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Solis String Quartet

Solis String Quartet

The Solis String Quartet,born in 1991, from the encounter of four young graduated absolute talents of the Conservatory of San Pietro a Maiella of Naples.
Composers and arrangers, Vincenzo Di Donna – violin, Luigi De Maio – violin, Gerardo Morrone – Viola, Antonio Di Francia – Cello, joined to give life to one of the most

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