A fun-filled pre-Christmas celebration at Sydney CBD's Pitt St Mall with the Sydney Phiharmonia Choirs Flash Mob of favourite Christmas Carols.
The carols are part of the "Carols at the House" gala performance concert at the Sydney Opera House, December 6 and 7, 2014. Obviously, the crowd had much fun, they actually broke our choral formation after the intermission.A wonderfu feeling to share the joy the wonderful season of love.
A very happy Christmas!
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Sydney Philharmonia Choirs flashmob Christmas carols
performance at Pitt Street Mall, Sydney, 27 November 2014
Friedrich H. Himmel
Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (Nov 20, 1765 - June 8, 1814), German composer and conductor, was born at Treuenbrietzen in Brandenburg, Prussia, and originally studied theology at Halle.
During a temporary stay at Potsdam, he had an opportunity of showing his self-acquired skill as a pianist before King Frederick William II, who made him a yearly allowance to enable him to complete his musical studies. He did this under Johann Gottlieb Naumann, a German composer of the Italian school, the style of that school Himmel himself adopted in his serious operas. The first of these, a pastoral opera, Il Primo Navigatore, was produced at Venice in 1794 with great success.
His Italian operas were all received with great favor in their day. Of much greater importance than these is an operetta to German words by Kotzebue, called Fanchon, an admirable specimen of the primitive form of the musical drama known in Germany as the Singspiel. Himmel's gift of writing genuine simple melody is also observable in his songs. He died in Berlin.
During a temporary stay at Potsdam, he had an opportunity of showing his self-acquired skill as a pianist before King Frederick William II, who made him a yearly allowance to enable him to complete his musical studies. He did this under Johann Gottlieb Naumann, a German composer of the Italian school, the style of that school Himmel himself adopted in his serious operas. The first of these, a pastoral opera, Il Primo Navigatore, was produced at Venice in 1794 with great success.
His Italian operas were all received with great favor in their day. Of much greater importance than these is an operetta to German words by Kotzebue, called Fanchon, an admirable specimen of the primitive form of the musical drama known in Germany as the Singspiel. Himmel's gift of writing genuine simple melody is also observable in his songs. He died in Berlin.
Fritz Kreisler
Classical Music / Composers Datebook: February 2
Fritz Kreisler was an Austrian and later American composer and violinist. At the age of 13, he made his American debut in Steinway Hall, New York City.
Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962), Austrian-born American violinist and composer.
He was one of the most noted violin masters of his day, and regarded as one of
the greatest violinists of all time. Kreisler was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing.
Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a
characteristic sound which was immediately recognizable as his own.
Although it derived in many respects from the Franco-Belgian school, his
style is nonetheless reminiscent of the gemütlich (cozy) lifestyle of pre-war Vienna.
Kreisler wrote a number of pieces for the violin, some of them in the style of other composers, in particular, emotionally committed performances of the Beethoven and Brahms violin concerti. Many of these works were originally ascribed to earlier composers such as Giuseppe Tartini and Antonio Vivaldi until Kreisler revealed in 1935 that they were actually by him.
He is famous for romantic short pieces, for example: "Liebesfreud" (Love's joy), "Liebesleid" (Love's sorrow) and "Schön Rosmarin", among others.
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