Musings on ballet, classical music, the violin, and life
A revised version of this appeared at Violinist.com in 2008 As the story has it, when Hungarian-born 20th century composer Franz Schmidt received the news in 1932 that his beloved daughter and only child, Emma, had died in childbirth, it was just prior to his setting to work on his Symphony no. 4 in C … Read more
Okay, let’s hear your opinion. Is watching a grand, evening-length story ballet on the silver screen better, worse, or the same as the real deal, live onstage before you? My opinion ricochets around, kind of like movie popcorn in its glass case at the concession stand. No, nothing can beat the real deal – nothing! … Read more
Robert Dekkers Jennifer Friel Dille David Fonnegra Tetyana Martyanova Rosselyn Ramirez Derek Sakakura Edward Stegge Mayo Sugano Justin VanWeest Okay, so maybe the title’s sort of a teaser. I mean, certainly, you should watch Diablo Ballet. And the aforementioned dancers are indeed a good reason to go — odds are you’ll see all of them perform, … Read more
Editor’s note: a decade later, here are more “birthday” and/or milestone posts to visit! The Classical Girl turns 3! https://wp.me/p3k7ov-Bj My 100th post (plus a table of contents) https://wp.me/p3k7ov-hM The Classical Girl turns 5! https://wp.me/p3k7ov-TX My 200th post, and a giveaway https://wp.me/p3k7ov-WO The Classical Girl was a concept I’d created on the eve … Read more