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This Chinese Flute Piece Bring You Hope and Positive Energy | Musical Moments

The universe will be renewed, and the world will be recreated. People who have experienced unforgettable historical changes will enter into a new world. The composer used this beautiful melody to describe the beauty of the future world: Everything is renewed, people’s hearts are restored to goodness, and moral beliefs are rebuilt. Human beings will…


Chopin’s Preludes: Musical Windows on Human Feeling

Certain musical works speak of their time in a timeless fashion. Think of the heady Romanticism of Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique,” or the naive musical picture-making of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” concertos. Then there are compositions that seem to translate human feeling directly into musical language, works in which time itself falls away. Chopin’s Preludes, Op. 28,…


A Lively and Beautiful Chinese Flute Song | Musical Moments

The plum tree blossoms ahead of all other flowers, proudly blooming in the frost and snow, and signifying the arrival of spring. The composer compares people with lofty ideals who stick to their beliefs, endure hardships without changing their original aspirations, and strive for self-improvement to spring plums blooming proudly in the frost and snow—praising…


Helping Kids Become More Resilient Through Music Mentorship

In Southern California music pastor Duff Rowden was riding a bike trail when he came upon an orange orchard loaded with fruit. “They were beautiful, large, ripe, and ready to eat. I thought I might take a couple, but they weren’t mine so I rode away.” Two weeks later he came by the orchard again….


The Man Behind That Grrrreat! Bass Voice

Have you enjoyed the deliciously deep voice that sang “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”? I began to wonder just who that singer was. It turns out to be the same man who, for over five decades, was the “Grrreat!” voice of Tony the Tiger! The equally colorful name of this singer is Thurl Ravenscroft…


Curtain Time! A Guide to Enjoying Your Opera Experience to the Fullest

Attending a live performance of the opera is a feast for all the senses, as you take in the sights and sounds of the performers, the orchestra, and the other guests around you. What to Expect The opera is an exciting, interactive experience during which the guests and performers can see and hear each other….


Tchaikovsky’s ‘Winter Dreams’ Finally Come True

“Tchaikovsky appears to be the victim of the epidemic of the Music of the Future that wallows in torpor and time and time again collapses in dissonant convulsions.” (Wiener Fremdenblatt, Nov. 28, 1876) “Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, like the first pancake, is a flop.” (Novoye Vremya, St. Petersburg, Nov. 13, 1875) “Difficult, strange, wild, ultra-modern…


Christmas Medley From a 5-Year-Old Piano Prodigy

This boy is truly blessed with great talent. Very impressive!


What’s Behind the Magic of Live Music?

For months, fans were relegated to watching their favorite singers and musicians over Zoom or via webcasts. Now, live shows—from festivals like Lollapalooza to Broadway musicals—are officially back. The songs that beamed into living rooms during the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic may have featured an artist’s hits. But there’s just something magical about seeing music surrounded by other people….


Christmas Lights-Obsessed Man Syncs Music and Bulbs for Eyepopping Symphony Show

Albuquerque resident Michael Coffing is a self-described Christmas “light bug.” He even bought his new house based on Christmas light dramatic potential and optimal viewing location. Every year, the 37-year-old dad puts on a Christmas light show like no other, incorporating his favorite musical tunes—music taking center stage in Coffing’s decorations—which he programs with lights…