The last century has taken symphonic music in new directions and to new audiences – from massive cinematic scores, through to the new genre of orchestral video game music. 1920 Music for the big (and small) screen Stravinsky's modern rhythms and harmonies sparked outrage, fights and riots at the premiere of his ballet score in Paris.Ĭomposers were now doing quite individual things.Ĭ. New instruments, larger forces and freer expression were pushing symphonic music in new, sometimes unexpected directions. On the peninsula, Verdi was taking opera to new heights of expression, drama and emotion.īut operatic composers from the British Isles at that time were somewhat less successful, failing to scale Verdi's heights.
There were now dwarves and scary giants on the opera stage. There was lush orchestration, overflowing emotion, tender melodies, and heart-breaking love stories set to music. He revolutionised the symphony and chamber music, and changed the course of music forever. The Baroque and Classical periods saw a massive development in instrumental styles and performance ornamentation, including staccato, illustrated here.ġ756 – The birth of Wolfgang Amadeus MozartĬhild prodigy, keyboard virtuoso, genius composer, wine-lover and all-round fun guy. This landmark occasion passed without a single person being harmed. George Frideric Handel's regal musical extravaganza took over the River Thames, cementing his reputation as one of the most respected and loved composers of his day. Great German Baroque composers like Schutz, Handel and Bach took ideas, styles and pieces from Italy, and used them as their own. He thought music should have a bit more style and drama. Thomas Tallis' masterpiece Spem in Alium was written for 40 independent voices, but here's a quintet doing a good impression, diligently watching the conductor.Ĭlaudio Monteverdi cared not for what had gone before.
"It has a textured surface," White says about the ice, "and what we do is we spray water droplets on here to give it what we call a pebbled surface.Then there were two lines, singing together harmoniously. The ice isn't smooth, and the stones are quite specialized. But don't tell that to Kevin White, an instructor at the Potomac Curling Club in a Washington, D.C., suburb where about a dozen newbies like me gathered on a recent weekend for a lesson.ġ. It's one of those sports people love to mock for not really being a sport. Oh, and there's sweeping involved, too, so throw some basic housekeeping into that mix. But one Olympic sport - curling - is as much about strategy and physics as physicality.Ĭurling is some combination of bowling, bocce ball, billiards and chess - all on ice. The goals are easy to understand: to go faster, to jump farther or more spectacularly. Most of the sports in the Winter Olympics involve great physical strength or agility. 18 at National Capital Curling Center in Laurel, Md. Potomac Curling Club members (from left) Miriam Terninko, Christopher Richard, Joe Rockenbach and Henrique Kempenich await the arrival of stones to the house during a match Jan.
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