1.0Classical Musichttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-musicBryan Rippinhttps://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-music/author/bryan/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rl06q4O6Wa"><a href="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-music/vienna-tonkunstler-orchestra/">Vienna Tonkunstler Orchestra</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-music/vienna-tonkunstler-orchestra/embed/#?secret=rl06q4O6Wa" width="600" height="338" title="«Vienna Tonkunstler Orchestra» — Classical Music" data-secret="rl06q4O6Wa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.euroresidentes.com/euroresiuk/classical-music/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2014/03/Vienna-Tonkunstler-Orchestra.jpg700525I have an elderly friend who I visit sometimes. He is a musical enthusiast and when I phone him to see if it’s convenient to call, there is usually a background of orchestral sound. I asked him last week who was his favourite composer and with a warm almost conspiriatorial smile he said, ‘Beethoven’.  A classicist, I thought. But then to confound my labelling he went on to include Shostakovich as another favourite, identifying which of the fifteen symphonies he liked most. He would have approved Tuesday’s all Beethoven concert in Bristol. The Vienna Tonkunstler Orchestra is on a whirlwind