On now on #BBCRadio3, the story of the West Eastern Divan Orchestra, started by the remarkable Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim, to bring Arab and Israeli young people together to make classical music.
It’s now its 25th anniversary.
Also moving, as the presenter & violinist Clemency Burton-Hill, who joined the orchestra briefly in 2008, is still recovering from a catastrophic brain injury, which left her initially unable to speak or play. #ClassicalMusic
Throughout International Women's Day, programming is devoted to women composers and performers. This year they're linking up with the #TenPieces classical music project, with ten works by women composers across eight centuries, to be broadcast throughout today. #InternationalWomensDay#ClassicalMusic#Women#WomenComposers
🌒 Got 269 minutes? A desire to lose yourself in the realm where drama and religion become one? Peristent urge to explore the opposing realms of lust and compassion?
I saw “Parsifal” at the Lyric Opera in Chicago in 2013-2014 and it was one of the single most transcendental experiences I ever had in the theatre. I liked it so much I saw it twice. Did the same with “Meistersinger.”
Also, I agree that it would be wonderful to have BBC Radio 3 on here!
Catching up with a Late Junction missed while at a festival and it is the first in their Casseptember series. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001pv3x
"The first compact cassette recorder was launched at the Funkausstellung (Radio Exhibition) in Berlin, Germany, on the 30th of August 1963; and in the sixty years since, this humble format has helped to shape how we make, record, listen to, share and preserve music."
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