… 'For I am a Pirate King!
There’s a music CD in a wallet of audio CDs in our Nissan Latio that’s a recording of The Pirates of Penzance. One of the most well-known songs in this work is sung by a self-professed Pirate King, and part
Tag: Classical Music
Musically yours
While I’ve been persistently listening to Classical Music for just over the last 20 years now, there was a long lull period during which I slowed down my classical music CD acquisition. The dates are a little fuzzy right now,
Sinfonia Concertante
Mozart wrote concertos for a large number of instruments: like his 4 concertos for Horn, 27 concertos for piano, 2 for flute, 1 for clarinet, oboe, bassoon each, 5 for violin etc. In his list of compositions too, there are
Marriage, Mozart and da Ponte Part II
One of the strange things I’ve never quite understood is our love for musicals. Yep I’m referring to the popular and widely-performed musicals by current composers like Claude-Michel Schönberg and Andrew Lloyd Webber, of which Les Misérables and The Phantom
Marriage, Mozart and da Ponte Part I
Here’s another multi-entry post about Le Nozze di Figaro, or The Marriage of Figaro. Yep, that favorite opera of mine for years now.:) Now, how I got acquainted to this opera by Mozart is a bit of a story. In
A Classical Revival: Part II
In the old days in the mid to late 90s when we were still using portable CD players, I had a CD wallet alongside the player in my haversack. I was commuting from Yio Chu Kang station where home was
A Classical Revival: Part I
Here’s another series of posts about an interest of mine for two decades now. No, it’s not about photography (again :P), but about classical music. Just prior to our Bali trip I’d blogged about my discovering Classics Online. One thing
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