DISCUSSION: Defining Our Field - what is 'classical music' to us, why are we involved and what can we learn from our differences? Read John Dante Prevedini's essay, watch the panel discussion and make your own comments.
SPONSORED: CD Spotlight. View from the Celli - Philip Sawyers' Symphony No 3 impresses Alice McVeigh.
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German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, composer and scholar Friedrich Nietzsche was born on 15 October 1844 and grew up in Röcken near Leipzig. He showed early talent in music and languages, and studied at Schulpforta and at Bonn University.
He was the youngest ever professor of classical philology at Basel in Switzerland. His work includes the philosophical novel Also sprach Zarathustra which inspired the tone poem by Richard Strauss.
Nietzsche died on 25 August 1900
Echoes of Oblivion by Robert McCarney - Going for a Song
Ensemble. Rediscovering Scriabin - Italian pianist Mariangela Vacatello plays Scriabin from memory, heard by Giuseppe Pennisi
Ensemble. Meeting Performance Challenges Head-on - Music by Britten, Anna Clyne, Richard Strauss and Johann Strauss II from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain impresses Mike Wheeler
Thus Spoke Nietzsche - Daniel Sampaio marks some interesting anniversaries
CD Spotlight. Powerful and Concise - Blomstedt conducts Richard Strauss, heard by Robert Anderson. '... a composer of infinite promise ...'
Ensemble. Awakening of Nature - Mahler's Third Symphony, appreciated by Giuseppe Pennisi
Record Box. An Unfolding Cycle - Gergiev conducts Mahler, heard by Patric Standford
CD Spotlight. Also Sprach Richard Strauss - 'An Alpine Symphony', enjoyed by George Balcombe. '... beguiling music.'
Legendary generosity - Remembering Constance Keene (1921-2005): an appreciation, by John Bell Young
CD Spotlight. Stirring optimism - A new release from the Nietzsche Music Project, examined by John Bell Young. '... intelligible and convincing.'