Falla/ Revaz - Inspiration PopulaireFolk music and dance have always been a fount of inspiration for art music, keeping it in touch with the soul of the people. However, the tendency of composers towards a universal musical language has considerably diluted the character of ethnic elements that they include, a phenomenon particularly noticeable in Europe. During the 18th century an artistic trend arose bringing out exotic color and charm. Composers began drawing on foreign folklore to

transformative material

where she first met British composer Gregory Rose

as the years went by Vaccaj's version never left the memory of the best singers and a mongrelized version that borrowed from his score was added to Bellini's version

She serves as associate professor at the Shenandoah University Conservatory of Music and concertmaster of both the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and the Williamsburg Symphonia in Virginia

Paul Hindemith

Hold Ya Mouf feat

Soprano Theresa Nelles and cathedral organist Winfried Bönig invite us to an atmospheric Christmas Eve in Cologne Cathedral and present a varied programme of Romantic works from various countries: music for the feast that goes straight to the heart

Elevation marks the return of bassist and composer Tony Grey to the Abstract Logix Label after his sophomore release - Chasing Shadows

Dan Ettinger conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in Gounod's gloriously tuneful score

the new solo album from Tommy Lee

in the organ loft of St James's Church in central Stockholm - the very church where the young von Otter began her singing career as a chorister and

"Harbor Lights"