The Hours is the original soundtrack album, on the Elektra/Nonesuch
label, of the 2002 film of the same name, The Hours, starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep
and Julianne Moore. The original score was composed by Philip Glass.
Note: Not all of the music in the film was composed specifically for it: earlier music by Glass, including a theme from his opera Satyagraha, was also featured and credited separately at the end of the film.
Beautiful recording and interpretation of Philip Glass's The Hours, arranged for piano solo by Michael Riesman and Nico Muhly.
The Tracks
1. The Poet Acts
2. Morning Passages
3. Something She Has to Do
4. I'm Going to Make a Cake
5. An Unwelcome Friend
6. Dead Things
7. Why Does Someone Have to Die?
8. Tearing Herself Away
9. Escape!
10. Choosing Life
11. The Hours
Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart
(January 27, 1756 - December 5, 1791)
What can I say of this beloved composer that I haven't already said? Inspired Pen Web joins Mozart lovers and enthusiasts worldwide in celebrating the 262nd birthday anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, January 27.
Alongside all the many articles written about Mozart, including those I've posted in this website, for this year 2018, the 262nd birthday anniversary of this beloved genius, I've decided to feature 12 of his music, thanks to Youtube, uploaded by olfux, and narrated by the late Peter Ustinov, two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, director, writer, journalist and raconteur.
2. Mozart and his music (2 of 12)
The years of traveling. Wolfgang Mozart, "das Wunderkind," performs
for the most dignified persons all over Europe with his father as absolute promoter and
accountant.
3. Mozart and his music (3 of 12)
Mozart's life as an adult begins with new journeys, but on
account of his father's professional necessity, now accompanied by his
mother. The first destinations were Augsburg and Mannheim.
In Mannheim he became acquainted with a new kind of music marking the end
of the Baroque period. In 1778 he composed 'Paris Symphony '
with many of the new musical features and to his father's dismay he fell in
love with the fifteen years old soprano Aloysia Weber.
4. Mozart and his music (4 of 12)
After many desperate warnings from his father against women Mozart and
his mother went to Paris on the fathers orders. Here a great artistic
war raged between supporters of Gluck and Piccini and in this war there
were no place for the young Mozart.
Depressed and lonely the mother collapsed and shortly after she died. On
his way home to his father Mozart passed by Munich to see Aloysia only
to be rejected by the now celebrated singer credited the Bavarian
Court.
Heartbroken he came home to Salzburg, but shortly after he was
comissioned to write an opera, Idomeneo, the premiere of which he
watched in Munich.
5. Mozart and his music (5 of 12)
After some time living at home in Salzburg with his father, Mozart moved to Vienna. After some time he marries Constanze Weber, Aloysia's younger sister, without his fathers approval. He now writes the Mass in C minor.
6. Mozart and his music (6 of 12)
Mass in C Minor. Mozart now composed with a new intensity and his
reputation grew hastily. Emperor Joseph II commissioned a new opera,
The Abduction from the Seraglio, which became the first of his five
greatest opera
7. Mozart and his music (7 of 12)
A happy period with one
masterpiece after another from Mozart's hand with an astonishing
speed. With help from his
librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, favoured by emperor Joseph II, and then
The marriage of Figaro which many has called an advance of the french
revolution, written in six weeks!
8. Mozart and his music (8 of 12)
At the height of his career as a composer Mozart's self-confidence was
boundless, but as a person he never grew up to act as an adult. He
was at times unspeakably childish and always as thoughtless as his work
was disciplined.
Symphony in G minor, Symphony in C major "Jupiter," Piano sonata in C
major.
9. Mozart and his music (9 of 12)
Vienna became a center for musical backbiting in which Mozart took part
with enthusiasm. He never forgot, that his opera, written when he was a
child - La finta semplice - The Pretended Simpleton - had been rejected
by older colleagues. His new opera - Don Giovanni - therefore had its
premiere in Prague, where later, it also became a great success in
Vienna.
10. Mozart and his music (10 of 12)
After the death of his father Mozart's marriage became less happy as
Constance's physical virtues could no longer hide her limited
intellectual capabilities. Besides they were often low on money.
11. Mozart and his music (11 of 12)
Cosi fan tutte - Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra -
23 piano concertos - String quintet in G minor. Mozart was no
revolutionary, but he constantly changed the concept of the known forms
and often let the instruments sing like the human voice in
solo-parties.
In spite of his enormous popularity he never had an official employment. Gradually his personal
problems worsened and eventually the Vienna-public let him down. He tried
to find new strength by the free masons. In this sad period he was commissioned an opera for the celebration of the coronation of
Leopold II - La clemenca di Tito - and soon after, The magic flute, and
finally a requiem.
12. Mozart and his music (12 of 12)
Requiem.
A mysterious person ordered a requiem which would be well paid for on
certain conditions: Nor the composer or whom the requiem was written
for was ever to be revealed. (Later a count Wallsegg claimed the requiem
was his work). Mozart agreed, he needed the money and the deadly illness
of smallpox already raged in his body. He never completed the work (Franz Xaver Süssmayr was an Austrian composer
and conductor, Mozart's pupil and friend completed the unfinished Requiem in D Minor), and
on his deathbed listened with friends and family around him to the
Lacrimosa and died, 35 years old. He was buried in a massgrave which
was common practise with people of modest wealth and which Mozart himself
would have found naturally.
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Jacqueline Mary du Pré, OBE (26 January 1945 – 19 October 1987) was a British cellist. At a young age, she achieved enduring popularity. Despite
her short career, she is regarded as one of the most distinctive
cellists of all time. At the age of 28, her career was cut short by multiple sclerosis.
Du Pré was born in Oxford, England, the second child of Iris Greep and Derek du Pré. Derek was born in Jersey, where his family had lived for generations. After working as an accountant at Lloyds Bank in St Helier and London, he became assistant editor and later editor of The Accountant. Jacqueline's mother was a talented concert pianist who had studied at the Royal Academy of Music. At the age of four du Pré is said to have heard the sound of the
cello on the radio and asked her mother for "one of those." She began lessons from her mother, who composed little pieces accompanied by illustrations, before enrolling her at the London Violoncello School at age
five, studying with Alison Dalrymple.
For her general education, du Pré was enrolled first at Commonweal Lodge, and then at the age of eight,
transferred to Croydon High School, an independent day school for girls.
In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the
last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled
artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
Loving Vincent is a 2017 animated biographical drama film about the life of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, in particular, the circumstances of his death. It is the first fully painted animated feature film. It is a Polish production, funded by the Polish Fil Institute, and partially through a Kickstarter campaign. It was first conceived as a seven minute short movie in 2008. which was idealized by Dorota Kobiela, a painter herself, after studying the techniques and the artist's story through his letters.
The film is said to consist of 65,000 frames, each of them an oil painting on canvas, using
the same technique as Van Gogh's, created by a team of 125 painters. The film premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 2017.
Directors: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman Writers: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman Stars: Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Robert Gulaczyk
Film Award:
Loving Vincent won Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 30th European Film Awards in Berlin and was nominated and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards.
"The Windmills of Your Mind" is a song with music by Michel Legrand, one of my favourite French composers of film and television scores. The English lyrics of this piece is written by Americans Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The melody was inspired by the theme of Wolfgang A. Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante second movement. The French lyrics (under the title "Les Moulins de mon cœur") was written by Eddy Marnay. The song (with the English lyrics) was introduced in the film The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), starring Steve McQueen and Faye Funaway. It was sung by Noel Harrison, and the film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in the same year.
In 2004, "The Windmills of Your Mind" was ranked 57 in AFI's 100 Years
... 100 Songs survey of top songs in American cinema. Above, is a
recording of Noel Harrison singing this haunting and moving Oscar
winning classic song from the Thomas Crown Affair film.
Join Sydney Philharmonia Choirs this year 2018 for their Discover series! The music will bring great choral masters that allow us to explore the
history behind the works, what inspired the composers and the chance to
sing excerpts from the scores. All this under the guidance of a skilled
group of workshop leaders who specialize in choral music. Each workshop
leader has been selected based on their experience with particular
composers and will bring a wealth of knowledge, enthusiasm and expertise
to the workshop.
Why join Discover?
Gain a deeper understanding of the times in which the music was written and uncover the stories around the work
Actively engage in the music, singing sections of the work
Learn about your voice and the ways it is used to sing these great choral works
For the first half of 2018 Discover workshops take place in SPC rehearsal space at Pier 4, Hickson Road, Millers Point. Pier 4 is
located in Walsh Bay, is easily accessible by public transport and is
surrounded by cafes, restaurants all with gorgeous views of Sydney
Harbour. With renovations scheduled to begin on the Walsh Bay wharves in
July 2018, they will be holding the remainder of workshops CBD
locations, soon to be confirmed.
