Catherine Kustanczy
Writer at Freelance
Writer ~ Media Teacher. Artsy. Manchmal auf Deutsch ou français.
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1 month ago |
theoperaqueen.com | Catherine Kustanczy
Anyone who has ever seen John Daszak live in performance isn’t likely to forget the experience. The British tenor brings to mind Goethe’s quote that “(g)reat passions are diseases without hope (Große Leidenschaften sind Krankheiten ohne Hoffnung)” (Maxims and Reflections, No. 23).
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2 months ago |
theoperaqueen.com | Catherine Kustanczy
Schubert, Mahler, Brahms, Schumann, and Liszt are names known and celebrated within the world of lieder; Christian Immler and Helmut Deutsch are hoping to add a few more to the list. The celebrated bass baritone and collaborative pianist are set to release Be Still My Heart (Alpha Classics) featuring the music of Robert Gund (1865-1927) and Wilhelm Grosz (1894-1939), two composers whose oeuvres have been largely overlooked.
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Jan 30, 2025 |
theglobeandmail.com | Catherine Kustanczy
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Jan 29, 2025 |
theoperaqueen.com | Catherine Kustanczy
“Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding,” ponders Die Marschallin early in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier; indeed time and its passage are phenomena keenly felt by a great many these first four weeks of 2025. Time can sometimes pass too quickly, a cause for alarm (“Manchmal hör’ ich sie fliessen – unaufhaltsam”); time can also slow to a snail’s pace, a water’s drop, a faucet that only pours tepid. “Welcome to the 87th day of January!” one contact wryly wrote in a recent note.
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Jan 19, 2025 |
theglobeandmail.com | Catherine Kustanczy
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Bizarre (if beautiful) Easter weekend earworm: https://t.co/KZMWgNI6BW Sigh, I love (and miss) Haitink. x
"I am allergic to the suggestion that music needs to be attached to claims about something else to be worthwhile – be that its ability to make money, or aid focus (and productivity), or to optimise health. Can’t it just be for its own sake?" https://t.co/wDy66BIIoM
"Suppose I am moved by this absurd performance... "
Just dropped: the trailer for Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme — including an imaginative use of music by Stravinsky and Mussorgsky. Only in theaters May 30. https://t.co/jF2eBbsH3i
