‘Sound’ Category
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The World’s Best Singing Partner – Emmylou Harris
Comments Off on The World’s Best Singing Partner – Emmylou HarrisApril 20, 2012 by Admin
Emmylou Harris just seems to make everyone she sings with sound better. Here’s three examples for your perusal: 1. With …
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Great Music from Ukraine – Meet Nikolai Kapustin
Comments Off on Great Music from Ukraine – Meet Nikolai KapustinApril 14, 2012 by Admin
Time to discover the amazing piano music of Ukraine’s Nikolai Kapustin. Here’s Concert Etude #1: He integrates classical and jazz …
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Enjoyable Nonsense – Dada’s Greatest Hit
Comments Off on Enjoyable Nonsense – Dada’s Greatest HitApril 13, 2012 by Admin
One of my favorite pieces of verbal nonsense/art is Kurt Schwitters’ Ursonate. First uttered/sung/chattered/rattled off in 1932, I think it …
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Progressive Rock – Emerson Lake & Palmer
1April 7, 2012 by Admin
I’ve loved British progressive rock music for more than 40 years, and still listen to the wonderful creations of the …
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Great Short Film – Jammin’ The Blues – 1944
Comments Off on Great Short Film – Jammin’ The Blues – 1944April 7, 2012 by Admin
Just saw this last night for the first time – 1944’s Jammin’ the Blues, an Academy Award nominated short film …
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Another Review of The New York Virtuoso Singers Celebrating Women Composers – Part 1
Comments Off on Another Review of The New York Virtuoso Singers Celebrating Women Composers – Part 1April 3, 2012 by Admin
by Independent New York Concert Reviewer Mark Greenfest If Harold Rosenbaum wears the mantle of Robert Shaw as the top …
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Review of The New York Virtuoso Singers Celebrating Women Composers – Part 1 at New York’s St. Ignatius of Antioch Church
Comments Off on Review of The New York Virtuoso Singers Celebrating Women Composers – Part 1 at New York’s St. Ignatius of Antioch ChurchMarch 27, 2012 by Admin
By Theresa Sauer The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor and Artistic Director Celebrating Women Composers – Part 1 …
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Symphonic Masterpiece – Arthur Honegger’s Symphony No. 2
Comments Off on Symphonic Masterpiece – Arthur Honegger’s Symphony No. 2March 24, 2012 by Admin
Arthur Honegger’s Symphony No. 2 for Strings and Trumpet is one of my favorite works of the 20th Century. The …
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Great Film – Emir Kusturica’s Underground
Comments Off on Great Film – Emir Kusturica’s UndergroundMarch 17, 2012 by Admin
Underground, by Emir Kusturica, is one of the great films of recent years. From 1995, it uses the epic, funny, …
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Two from Samuel Beckett
1March 10, 2012 by Admin
Billie Whitelaw’s performance of Samuel Beckett’s Not I has to be one of the most remarkable things I’ve ever seen …
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