Author: bbloper

It took me 50 years to be able to listen to complete Wagner opera.

Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream⎜WHY POVERTY?

https://youtu.be/6niWzomA_So How much inequality is too much? 740 Park Ave, New York City, is home to some of the wealthiest Americans. Across the Harlem River, 10 minutes to the north, is the other Park Avenue in South Bronx, where more than half the population live on food stamps and children are 20 times more likely…… Continue reading Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream⎜WHY POVERTY?

Meng Su – CLASSICAL GUITAR – Live from St. Mark’s, San Francisco – Omni Foundation

https://youtu.be/Sw6NK9MqqU4 Meng Su’s performance in front of a live audience at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco on September 17th, 2021. FULL CONCERT PROGRAM: Cinco Piezas by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) I. Campero II. Romantico III. Acentuado – – -Three Pieces for Guitar by Marc Neikrug (b. 1946) I. Quasi una Cadenza. II. Romanza III. Toccata…… Continue reading Meng Su – CLASSICAL GUITAR – Live from St. Mark’s, San Francisco – Omni Foundation

Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44

https://youtu.be/dZhMHEB1gco Performed by the Schubert Ensemble and recorded live at Winchester College on 5th November 2017.

https://youtu.be/dZhMHEB1gco Performed by the Schubert Ensemble and recorded live at Winchester College on 5th November 2017.

Bach – Oboe Concerto in F major BWV 1053r – Black | Netherlands Bach Society

https://youtu.be/TPw5TvDPRoc This Concerto for Oboe in F major, performed by Emma Black and the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, is a reconstruction of an oboe concerto, based on the keyboard concerto in E major, BWV 1053. Oboists did fairly well out of Bach, as his oeuvre contains more than two hundred oboe solos.…… Continue reading Bach – Oboe Concerto in F major BWV 1053r – Black | Netherlands Bach Society

BRUCE (XIAOYU) LIU – final round (18th Chopin Competition, Warsaw)

https://youtu.be/UcOjKXIR8Iw https://youtu.be/PTYz9c24Wqo On the eve of the 18th International Chopin Competition, tonebase Head of Piano Ben Laude interviews Garrick Ohlsson – the only American to ever win gold in Warsaw. Ben asks Garrick what Chopin would have thought of the competition that bears his name, before reflecting on his victory in 1970 and previewing this year’s competition.  https://youtu.be/mvPSYXTl2-Q Garrick Ohlsson at the 1970 International…… Continue reading BRUCE (XIAOYU) LIU – final round (18th Chopin Competition, Warsaw)