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YourClassical Honors King’s College Chapel's 500th Year: 'A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols'
EXCLUSIVE: Small Ensemble, Big Thinking - Kurt Gottschalk at Ostrava Days 2015 [REVIEW]
Ostrava, a smallish Czech city of some 300,000 people about 10 kilometers from the Polish border, hosts the biennial Ostrava Days, a small festival, itself, but with audiences usually numbering a couple hundred. Both city and fest think big. In recent years, Ostrava has seen a remarkable amount of development via commerce and construction, as well as a laudable push to renovate the industrial facilities if its mining past into theaters, galleries and other art spaces. For its part, Ostrava Days is oriented toward big music--the 2015 edition even featuring a night of works for three orchestras--all the while making room for smaller-scale compositions. Sufi Muslim Musicians Perform Christmas Carols in TATA Sky Advertisement [WATCH]
Although 2015 has had its ugly side -- replete with cultural and political hurdles -- the Christmas season has continued to march on with its annual messages of love, compassion, and generosity. While Christmas could, on one hand, be viewed as a much-needed escape from these hurdles, the Indian broadcasting company TATA Sky has chosen to connect the holiday with world affairs by sending out a heartwarming message of cultural unity. In a TATA Sky advertisement, three Sufi Muslim musicians perform Christmas carols during the holiday season as a gesture of good faith -- the kind only music can relay.
