Federico García Lorca
‘It was pain itself, singing behind a smile,’ wrote Federico García Lorca, outwardly happy, inwardly torn. Read More »Federico García Lorca
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Crippled Symmetry | Morton Feldman
In Morton Feldman’s music, silence plays a prominent role, thanks to the hushed volume and the interval between sounds.
Read More »Crippled Symmetry | Morton FeldmanDas Marienleben | Paul Hindemith
‘The greatest song cycle ever written’ that’s how Glenn Gould described Hindemith’s Das Marienleben. Hindemith began his musical career as something of a troublemaker, but later he followed different paths. Das Marienleben, to poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, is a striking example of that.