King Charles Makes His First Christmas Speech as Monarch
Charles III is making the first Christmas speech as King, continuing the tradition his mother upheld for the entirety of her 70-year reign. Queen Elizabeth II’s first Christmas speech was in 1957, at the age of 31.
The Jack Benny Program – Christmas Shopping (1960)
In the video, Jack Benny goes Christmas shopping with Rochester and runs into all sorts of unexpected surprises in this episode aired December 18, 1960 on CBS. Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success playing violin on the vaudeville circuit […]
Why Music Should Be Beautiful…
In the video Alma Deutscher explains why music should be based on the forms of early music and not on today’s. Alma Elizabeth Deutscher (born 19 February 2005) is a British composer, pianist and violinist. A child prodigy, Deutscher composed her first piano sonata at the age of five. At seven, she completed the short […]
The Grapes Are Ripe – Relaxing Erhu Music
The erhu (Chinese: 二胡; pinyin: èrhú; [aɻ˥˩xu˧˥]) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a Southern Fiddle, and is sometimes known in the Western world as the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-stringed fiddle. The first Chinese character of the name of the instrument (二, […]
Journey To our Heavenly Home, Relaxing and Inspirational, Erhu Solo
The erhu (Chinese: 二胡; pinyin: èrhú; [aɻ˥˩xu˧˥]) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a Southern Fiddle, and is sometimes known in the Western world as the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-stringed fiddle. The Erhu can be traced back to proto-Mongolic instruments which […]
Spring. Relaxing music, Erhu solo
The erhu (Chinese: 二胡; pinyin: èrhú; [aɻ˥˩xu˧˥]) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a Southern Fiddle, and is sometimes known in the Western world as the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-stringed fiddle. It is used as a solo instrument as well as in […]
Eight Female Artists in Art History
Fiona Alderton takes a tour of some of the paintings painted by women in the National Gallery collection, including: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, who painted portraits of Marie Antoinette and fled the French Revolution Rosa Bonheur, who obtained the French authorities’ permission to wear men’s clothes so she could paint without harassment, Rachel Ruysch, […]
French Art of the 18th Century at the National Gallery of Art
Over the decades, appreciation of French eighteenth-century art has fluctuated between preference for the alluring decorative canvases of rococo artists such as François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard to admiration for the sober neoclassicism championed by Jacques-Louis David and his pupils. In this final lecture in the series, presented on August 25, David Gariff, senior lecturer, […]
The Ski Town, Saalbach
Saalbach (in Saalbach-Hinterglemm) is one of Austria’s premier ski resorts, offering a wide range of runs, extensive off piste, and an excellent snow record. Skiing can be found on both sides of the valley. The runs on the north side of the valley (south-facing side) tend to be preferred by visitors due to their […]
Golling in the Mountains
Golling an der Salzach, It is located on the southern rim of the Tennengau region south of the city of Salzburg. Here at the confluence of the Salzach and its Lammer tributary, the river leaves the Salzachöfen Gorge between the Berchtesgaden Alps and the Tennen Mountains ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps and flows northwards […]