This tiny bit of music is particularly interesting because of its arrangement – try to follow individual voices – you will see, it’s quite hard 
Especially in this amazing interpretation by the King’s Singers.
Download the score la, la, la, la je ne l’ose dire.
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A friend of mine introduced me to Spinosi’s interpretation of Vivaldi’s Op. 439 “La notte” – I found it amazing and fresh. Thus I want to share this amazing pice of music with you:
(Unfortunately I could not find the scores for the Vivaldi online beside this one at Google Books which is quite restricted.)
Also check out this Telemann interpretation (TWV 52:e1): which is as impressive as the Vivaldi above.
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The Kino Dynamique Jena (KDJ) festival offered a spot for filmmakers from all over the world to meet and work together producing short movies. They got 60 hours of time for developing an initial idea, filming, cutting, post-processing and presenting the movies in a public screening at the Schillerhof cinema – plenty of time so to say
Nico Herzog came up with the Idea to visualize the flute playing and the sounds coming from the instrument. Izabela Spaleniak and me used the opportunity to help out Nico playing a improvised voiceless dialog with our flutes. The title “Der Besondere Kuß” actually originates from an article by Arthur Schopenhauer, who stated that the flute player’s lips actually form the shape of a special gentle kiss rather for a beloved one than for an instrument. Probably, this is one reason for the very special relation between flautists and their instruments – I like that idea
See the result:
Thank you Iza, Nico and Mathias for your support and of course: Thanks to the people who organized the festival!
Also have a look at some other movies produced at the festival here!
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Recitativo:
Er hat uns allen wohlgetan.
Den Blinden gab er das Gesicht,
die Lahmen macht er gehend;
er sagt’ uns seines Vaters Wort,
er trieb die Teufel fort;
Betrübte hat er aufgericht’t
er nahm die Sünder auf und an;
sonst hat mein Jesus nichts getan.
Aria:
Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben, aus Liebe,
aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben,
aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben,
Von einer Sünde weiß er nichts, nichts, von einer Sünde weiß er nichts.
daß das ewige Verderben und die Strafe des Gerichts nicht auf meiner Seele bliebe.
Aus Liebe, aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben,
aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben,
von einer Sünde weiß er nichts, nichts, von einer Sünde weiß er nichts.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben
Download Score from Werner Icking’s Archive
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Indian (here Hindustani) classical music has an amazing depth. Often misunderstood as Jazz alike in the western worlds it represents an other rich but very different approach to reach the highest spheres of musical culture beside the western classical music. (isn’t “classical” actually a quite inapplicable term?)
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recorded 14th of June, 2008, Braun Professional Care with Timer, Motu Ultralight, Neumann KMS 105 Read the rest of this entry »
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Georg-Friedrich Händel,
Rinaldo, Act II, Scene 4
premiered 24th February, 1711 in London “Queen’s Theatre”
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Die Zauberflöte, Act II, Scene 8, No. 14 Aria
premiered 30th September, 1791 in Vienna “Theater im Freihaus”
If operas only received their budget from the payments of their visitors instead of getting supported by governments they probably would just (need to) perform the “Zauberflôte” to cover their expenses. People just love this Singspiel – and for good reason since it’s rally one of the most amazing operas. Mozart is a master of developing characters with and in his music. The most famous examples are the Arias of the Queen of the Night esp. “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen”, Sarastros “In diesen heil’gen Hallen” and Papagenos “Der Vogelfänger bin ich” (just to mention a few).
So here are two version of the famous aria No. 14. Read the rest of this entry »
Richard Wagner,
Tristan und Isolde, Act III
composed 1857-1859 premiered 10 June, 1865 in Munich Read the rest of this entry »
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