Classical

Apple Music Classical is expanding to more countries worldwide starting from January 24. Posting to X (formerly Twitter), Apple revealed that the classical music application will arrive in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao later this month.Since launching in early 2023, Apple Music Classical has given classical music listeners a hub for all their symphonies, separate from the main Apple Music app. Apple Music Classical features improved search, listening recommendations, and exclusive artwork that…

Apple Music Classical is now available in six markets in Asia - Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. The announcement urges users to “pre-order”, meaning the actual availability of the service will happen at a later stage. Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan: pre-order Apple Music Classical now on the @AppStore. https://t.co/lwnF4Dx4ua pic.twitter.com/6PVPl02ZHs— Apple Music Classical (@AppleClassical) January 9, 2024 The service is available for free to all Apple Music subscribers but works…

Stories about the power of stories are an easy sell; in part, I think, because they subtly ennoble the producer and the consumer of those stories, shedding a glow of valour on the profession of the former and chosen leisure pursuit of the latter. Ferdia Lennon’s debut novel, Glorious Exploits, is very much a story about the power of stories – and the spiritual and emotional succour they give – though, fortunately, too much of a clever one to fall entirely into the mode of blithe self-congratulation.It is 412BC, the…

In 2021, Turkish scientist Hamdi Ucar discovered a novel form of magnetic levitation, where a rapidly rotating magnet caused a nearby magnet to levitate. This phenomenon, which defied classical physics, was replicated and studied by Professor Rasmus Bjørk and his team. They found that the levitating magnet aligns with the spinning magnet, creating an equilibrium akin to a spinning top. Credit: SciTechDaily.comScientists from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have confirmed the underlying physics of a newly…

Having worked his way through the sonatas of both Beethoven and Schubert for Signum, Llŷr Williams now turns his attention to Schumann’s piano music. Whether this generously filled two-disc set is intended as the first instalment of a more comprehensive survey isn’t clear. The sleeve notes give no hint either way, nor, more crucially, do they explain just why Williams has settled upon this particular selection of six works. It ranges chronologically from Schumann’s Op 2, Papillons, completed in 1831, to Faschingsschwank…

by Bianca Schröder, Forschungsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There is a growing interest in sustainability among orchestras, ensembles and concert halls in Germany, in terms of reducing their environmental impacts, and in relation to programming, such as creating concert formats that engage with sustainability on a thematic level.…

Very often, adding a short piece of text to a single picture results in a complete change of the context of what we’re looking at. This is especially amusing when observing captured activities, emotions, or interactions between subjects in the image. Adding a funny comment in this way may alter the original meaning and give it a hilarious twist.The subreddit 'Trippin Through Time' features an impressive collection of classical art turned into memes, shared by its community. The fact that all of them are inspired by…

Apple Music Classical has had a bigger impact on my listening habits than any other app, song, playlist or streaming service this year — and it'd be nearly perfect aside from a few small issues holding it back.But first, a little background. There’s a little-known fact about the music I listen to — a bunch of it comes from soundtracks, and this all stems from a love of the music of the Back to the Future trilogy.Back in the 90s, the adventures of Marty McFly amazed my 7-year-old self. I was lucky enough to go to…

Sleater-Kinney – Little RopeIt seemed questionable whether Sleater-Kinney would ever record another album – their last, 2021’s Path of Wellness, attracted the usual critical acclaim but was marked by the departure of longstanding drummer Janet Weiss – yet here we are. Little Rope is likely to be a powerful, moving release: part of it was written and recorded in the wake of Carrie Brownstein’s mother and stepfather dying in a car accident. 19 JanuaryThe Smile – Wall of EyesThe Smile – Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny…

Demystifying the confusion about Linear Regression Visually and AnalyticallyImage: Linear regression illustration, by Stpasha, via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain). Original Image Link: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/OLS_geometric_interpretation.svgThe above image represents a geometric interpretation of Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) or Linear Regression (words used interchangeably in classical statistics). Let’s break down what we’re seeing in an intuitive way:Variables (X1 and X2): Imagine you have…