Classical Music
A journey in Classical music
Year 1975 Royal Irish Academy of Music Certificate in PianoForte, First Honours,(page11 of the book)
Year 2010 at the time of the Iceland volcanic ice cloud.) Wien, via Holyhead. London& the Channel tunnel Eurostar train, &Koln. Visiting the Musiker-Wohnungen, houses/ apartments of Haydn,Beethoven (3#)IChaus,Pasqualihaus,Heiligenstadt,Mozart,Schubert,, Strauss,attending the “Bruckner Mass” at the Stephansdom
2012: Leipzig, Thomaskirche, Nikolaikirche, Bach Museum , for J.S.Bach,Mendelssohn haus,Schuman haus, Halle. Handel haus, Also there were Handel festivals, “Messiah” performances in Dublin in 2014. inter alia,
2013: Salzburg. Mozart Residenz, Geburthaus,Ignaz Francis Biber,
Wien as above,&Musikverein performance of Brahms, Budapest. Verosmarty, dor ;Liszt apartment,. Academy, Mozart performance.
Bonn. Beethoven. Haus,
Ludwig van Beethoven(Image: Handel in Liondon” book by Jane Glover, with Beethoven bust from the Geburthaus in Bonn) Beethoven deeply revered George Frideric Handel, calling him “the greatest composer that ever lived” and “the master of us all.” He admired Handel’s ability to achieve “great effects by such simple means” and studied his scores, particularly Messiah, for inspiration. On his deathbed, Beethoven was surrounded by Handel’s music, reportedly referring to it as “the truth.”
