Miscellaneous Archives an exclusive Classical Music e-Magazine Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:38:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Musicians and Artists: Stravinsky and Matisse https://interlude.hk/musicians-and-artists-igor-stravinsky-and-henri-matisse-the-nightingale-ballet/ https://interlude.hk/musicians-and-artists-igor-stravinsky-and-henri-matisse-the-nightingale-ballet/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:05:58 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=139782 The Nightingale Collaboration Even though they were contemporaries, Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) and Henri Matisse (1869–1954) are rarely regarded together. In 1925, however, the two collaborated on a project for the Ballets Russes on a ballet version of Stravinsky’s first opera,

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]]> https://interlude.hk/musicians-and-artists-igor-stravinsky-and-henri-matisse-the-nightingale-ballet/feed/ 0 Andy Warhol Exploding Plastic Inevitable https://interlude.hk/andy-warhol-exploding-plastic-inevitable/ https://interlude.hk/andy-warhol-exploding-plastic-inevitable/#respond Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:03:29 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=139013 Diving into the world of Andy Warhol is like stepping into a dazzling electric dream, where soup cans become icons and every face is a superstar. His art, with its bold colours and cheeky repetitions, turned the mundane into magic.

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]]> https://interlude.hk/andy-warhol-exploding-plastic-inevitable/feed/ 0 Musicians and Artists: Byström and Kusama https://interlude.hk/musicians-and-artists-bystrom-and-kusama/ https://interlude.hk/musicians-and-artists-bystrom-and-kusama/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:14:59 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=134143 Britta Byström: Infinite Rooms Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) has taken the idea of dots and pumpkins to an infinite extreme. She says that creating art is how she maintains her sanity, ‘I followed the thread of art and

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]]> https://interlude.hk/musicians-and-artists-bystrom-and-kusama/feed/ 0 A Variety of Opera Singers in Ceramic https://interlude.hk/a-variety-of-opera-singers-in-ceramic/ https://interlude.hk/a-variety-of-opera-singers-in-ceramic/#respond Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:06:49 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=110926 The ceramic modeler Johann Joachim Kändler designed many music objects for the porcelain maker Meissen. In addition to the figures of the singer with the fox at the keyboard, he also did other figurines of singers. This group of two

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]]> https://interlude.hk/a-variety-of-opera-singers-in-ceramic/feed/ 0 The Magic of Franco Zeffirelli https://interlude.hk/the-magic-of-franco-zeffirelli/ https://interlude.hk/the-magic-of-franco-zeffirelli/#respond Fri, 11 Feb 2022 16:08:19 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=107054 An exhibition just opened in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, on the artistic legacy of Franco Zeffirelli (1923-2019). In talking to people at the opening, so many remember so many different aspects of his art: one remembers his film of Romeo

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]]> https://interlude.hk/the-magic-of-franco-zeffirelli/feed/ 0 The Heart Symbol and Music https://interlude.hk/the-heart-symbol-and-music/ https://interlude.hk/the-heart-symbol-and-music/#respond Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:03:48 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=106783 We don’t really think about what the heart symbol (♥) really means. We know it’s not the shape of a real heart, which is much more asymmetrical. It’s been discovered in jewelry dating back to 3,000 years BCE, and is

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]]> https://interlude.hk/the-heart-symbol-and-music/feed/ 0 A Galant Orchestra By Johann Joachim Kändler https://interlude.hk/a-galant-orchestra-by-johann-joachim-kandler/ https://interlude.hk/a-galant-orchestra-by-johann-joachim-kandler/#respond Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:00:22 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=106539 The master ceramic designer Johann Joachim Kändler observed the world around him and re-created it for the ceramic company Meissen. Kändler, through his work, established the appropriate scale and style for porcelain figures, based on his previous training as a

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]]> https://interlude.hk/a-galant-orchestra-by-johann-joachim-kandler/feed/ 0 Music in View: Cleveland Museum of Art https://interlude.hk/music-in-view-cleveland-museum-of-art/ https://interlude.hk/music-in-view-cleveland-museum-of-art/#respond Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:03:37 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=104909 The Cleveland Museum of Art was founded in 1913 by 3 Cleveland industrialists and has grown to be the 4th wealthiest in the US. It holds international collections ranging from Chinese, Japanese and Korean Art to Western Medieval through Modern.

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]]> https://interlude.hk/music-in-view-cleveland-museum-of-art/feed/ 0 Music in View: Detroit Institute of Arts – (DIA) https://interlude.hk/music-in-view-detroit-institute-of-arts-dia/ https://interlude.hk/music-in-view-detroit-institute-of-arts-dia/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:03:51 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=104686 The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) was founded in 1885 and benefitted from the Detroit philanthropists such as the Dodges, the Firestones, and the Fords, i.e., the leaders of the American automotive industry, known collectively as the Auto Barons. Charles

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]]> https://interlude.hk/music-in-view-detroit-institute-of-arts-dia/feed/ 1 Music in View: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) https://interlude.hk/music-in-view-pennsylvania-academy-of-fine-arts-pafa/ https://interlude.hk/music-in-view-pennsylvania-academy-of-fine-arts-pafa/#respond Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:06:31 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=104518 Considered the first and oldest art museum and art school in the United States, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) was founded in 1805. Known for its collections of 19th and 20th century materials, it also has a strength

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