Dave Hummings
@MusicianDave
In case someone cares - All opinions are my own.
Reading about Waffles the shelter dog today warmed my heart—just like the kindness I’ve experienced from locals in Azerbaijan. And Mozart’s K488? A perfect reminder of how music and small acts of compassion connect us all.
This week on #CSOradio: Bernard Haitink leads the CSO in Mahler 2, featuring vocalists Miah Persson and Christianne Stotijn, alongside the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Tune in tonight on @WFMTclassical! Listen on demand starting tomorrow on Experience CSO. wfmt.com/2025/05/25/hai…
Jackie McLean - It’s Time feat. Charles Tolliver, Herbie Hancock, Cecil McBee, Roy Haynes 1965 @bluenoterecords Now playing jazz on vinyl
🎹🌈✨ Did you know #HeleneGrimaud sees music as colors? Her #Synesthesia 'greatly enhances her capacity for memorizing musical scores' while creating a uniquely personal relationship with the music she plays. Learn more: bit.ly/4k1E7gv
[REPLAY] Last week, piano phenom Alexandra Dovgan—who has won five international competitions, graced the world's most prestigious stages, all before the age of 18—
“Donde lieta uscì” is the first soprano aria I learned after starting as a mezzo; it was my audition starter for years, and is still one of my all time favorites. Enjoy this rehearsal clip from @MetOpera - opening matinee on Sunday!! 🥳 Rodolfo: Dmytro Popov
"You can be a little bit of a brute, a drunkard, or a man suspicious of his wife because he feels older, or a good man who is so deeply shocked that his wife loves another someone else that he cracks," says @PlacidoDomingo of one of his most powerful roles, Canio. "This latter…
Antal Dorati Mercury Masters. All the mono recordings on 31 discs. Just adding this to my box set thread, ready for comments on each disc.
Video of the Day: Nancy Zhou performs the 2nd movement from Bartók's Solo Violin Sonata gramophone.co.uk/news/article/v…
Access a musical treasure trove of educational resources provided by Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians with the free Orchestral Excerpt Insights video series. Explore all episodes now — including three newly released excerpts — at cso.org/oei
Timeless song!💙 ✨🎵The Police - Every Breath You Take (TOTP 1983)
💥The Shadows - Apache (1964) No one makes music like this anymore. This will never get old.💖
Here is a preview of the Architecture Biennale, which opens this weekend. Between the Giardini and the Arsenale, these are the pavilions we recommend you visit. domusweb.it/en/architectur…
My top 10 favorite works by Sibelius: 1. Symphony 6 2. Karelia Suite 3. Symphony 2 4. Lemminkainen Suite 5. Symphony 1 6. The Tempest Suite 2 7. Kullervo 8. Symphony 3 9. The Wood Nymph 10. Violin Concerto
When arts fuse! Dream project with paintings by Sean Scully accompanied by cello music spanning over 10 centuries. Thank you @FCLP_Fundacio for making it all possible! The exposition of Sean Scully paintings is until July at the Gaudi building @LaPedrera_BCN 📸 by Castor P. Cufi
Composer Claudio Monteverdi was baptized on 15 May 1567, though the exact date of his birth appears to be up for debate. Although I have some JEG recordings of his music, I know very little else. What would recommend as your favourite Monteverdi works and recordings?
Pre-order the deluxe edition of the Starlight Express album now! broadwayworld.com/article/Andrew…
From the rise of ‘red-chip’ artists to exhibitions of underground comics, the values of the traditional artworld are being challenged and reshaped artreview.com/notes-from-new…