Rest in Peace, Christopher Tolkien

Christopher John Reuel Tolkien died on 16 January 2020, at the age of 95, in Draguignan, Var, France.

Classical Sunday: Vivaldi’s Amor Sacro (Motets)

In furore iustissimae irae...

(Neo-) Classical Sunday: Braveheart – Sound of Freedom

Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical fiction war film directed and co-produced by Mel Gibson, who portrays William Wallace, a late-13th-century Scottish warrior. The film depicts the life of Wallace leading the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England.

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(Neo-) Classical Sunday: Corigliano’s Red Violin

Distraught, Nicolò returns to his shop and varnishes the violin with a red color...

Cultured Wednesday: Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Karl Friedrich Schinkel's most famous extant buildings are found in and around Berlin.

Remembering Our Ancestors: ‘Stumbling Stones’ in Honor of Jupp and Änne

Bochum has not forgotten Jupp and Änne. I am sure they'd be happy about that.

R.I.P J.R.R.T.

There is The Bard, and then there is The Professor.

Classical Sunday: Mozart’s Don Giovanni

Well, we have a thing for Italian at the moment, ever since we posted Rossini's Barbiere. So here's another opera sung in Italian, and with subtitles, too!

Classical Sunday: 10 Sonatas by Henry Purcell

Enjoy.

Classical Sunday: Savall’s Caravaggio Lachrimae

From the Maguelone Festival 2012