Tag: Symphony

• What Is The Difference Between Richard And Johann Strauss?

  This is easy. One of them wrote music famously featured in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The other one, um, also had music prominently used in that movie. Okay, let me try again. One of them is Austrian, and one of them is… um… German? Okay, I give up. What does the article say? […]

  David Friedman

  March 22, 2011

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  composers, Entertainment, Johann Struass, Music, Richard Strauss, Symphony

• Possibilities In Mahler Symphony

  When I saw the Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra perform Mahler’s Eighth Symphony at Carnegie Hall in 2008, there were 335 performers on stage, including a chorus of 205 people. It was pretty impressive. But that was nothing compared to the symphony’s premiere. Mahler’s Eighth is sometimes called the Symphony of a Thousand and it turns out […]

  David Friedman

  March 2, 2011

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  Entertainment, Mahler, Symphony