Updates relating to the creation of a classical cultural renaissance
April 25 (EIRNS) – The Schiller Institute NYC Chorus & with friends from Ibero-America and Europe broadcast an uplifting concert this afternoon, which was introduced as follows by Jen Pearl: Good afternoon, and welcome to `Beethoven’s Credo: Believe in the…
Beethoven: Sparks of Joy – Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18, No. 2 The second of Beethoven’s Opus 18 quartets has earned the nickname “Compliments Quartet” or “Quartet of Bows and Curtseys.” With Haydnesque overtones, it was first published in 1801. Good-natured…
Beethoven: Sparks of Joy – Piano trio, variations on “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu” theme “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu” (I am Kakadu the tailor) was the name of a popular tune from Wenzel Muller’s opera “Die Schwestern von Prag…
Brazil’s Monitor Mercantil Covers the Schiller Institute Statement ‘President Alberto Fernández to China, Ibero-America to Mars’ April 13, 2021 (EIRNS)—Brazil’s Monitor Mercantil, a political analysis daily widely read in leading circles in that country, yesterday published a short article headlined:…
Beethoven: Sparks of Joy — his beautiful song, An die ferne Geliebte to contemplate the future. Alois Jeitteles was a young physician who was also making a name for himself as a poet when he wrote the six poems which…
Schiller Institute Statement: President Alberto Fernández to China; Ibero-America to Mars! April 10 (EIRNS) — {The Schiller Institute today issued the following statement in Spanish for broad circulation in Ibero-America and Spain. Below is the English-language version.} The upcoming May…
Beethoven: Sparks of Joy – Fifth piano concerto Beethoven’s fifth and last piano concerto was published in 1810 in French-occupied Vienna, but not performed until the following year in Leipzig. The Vienna premier took place in 1812, with Beethoven’s pupil…
Beethoven: Sparks of Joy — Fourth Piano Concerto Beethoven’s fourth piano concerto is unique in that it opens not with a grandiose orchestral introduction, but with a serene statement of the ideas by the piano soloist. Following its public premiere…
Beethoven: Spark of Joy – Oratorio, Op. 85, Christ on the Mount of Olives Beethoven’s little-known oratorio “Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op. 85”, is considered a failure by most critics and scholars today, and they insist that Beethoven…
Beethoven: Spark of Joy – Piano concerto No. 3, Op. 37 in C-minor. Beethoven premiered his third piano concerto in 1803 at a massive benefit concert, which also featured the premieres of his Second Symphony, the oratorio “Christ on the…