Haydn/ Ogdon/ New Philharmonia Orch - Kubelik Conducts HaydnIn the summer of 1968, a few days after the brutal suppression of the Prague Spring, the exiled Czech Rafael Kubelk conducted a gripping concert in his adopted home of Lucerne: a vital Haydn symphony and a passionately glowing Fourth by Tchaikovsky framed Schoenberg's Piano Concerto. Kubelk takes up the cause of the Tchaikovsky symphony as if it were a declaration of the victory of the spirit, of freedom over all the forces of fate, was the verdict of

the 'Choc' de Classica of the year and the Preis der Deustchen Schallplattenkritik

You know how you see all those political ads that end with I'm so-and-so

After the premiere of Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk and the official denunciation of the opera prompted by Stalin's stormy reaction to the work

aiming to reproduce the most intimate expressive facets of a music of extraordinary beauty and profound humanity

decides to pop by with an army of possessed high school students

with HotNewHipHop raving

collecting songs

who share with us their passion for this repertory and their enjoyment of playing together

deliberately pushing for accessibility to the listener and playing pleasure for the performer

referencing Portuguese Fado and Old Mexican Folk Songs

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And thanks to him Basso probably learned his most important lesson: making music is not narcissism