Music Library
March 10th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
If you’re preparing for an audition, this is the place to look.
Vaughan Williams
February 23rd, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
Did you know that the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was a direct descendent of Josiah Wedgwood, and a great nephew or something of Charles Darwin?
Bach
February 22nd, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
From The Broadway Bach Ensemble and the New Amsterdam Singers. Here’s an mp3 of our performance of a chorus from “Gott ist unser Zuversicht” from Cantata 197.
Brooklyn Symphony
February 21st, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
Today, 3:00. St. Anns’ Church on Montague St. at Clinton St., Brooklyn NY. We’re doing Smetana, Weber and Dukas
All-Stars
February 17th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
Working through my Big Box Of Stravinsky, I came across the 1959 recording of Les Noces, with an unusual A-team roster of performers.
The Times…
February 11th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
…They Are A-Changin’. It’s as fresh and relevant as the day it was written.
And changing to waltz time. This will be on PBS tonight, part of the White House’s Civil Rights Music Night.
Too Late
February 9th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Music |
It was so sad, yet I couldn’t tear myself away. I had to watch, like a rubbernecker passing a fatal highway accident.
Weekend Concert, The Broadway Bach Ensemble
February 6th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
The BBE teams up with the New Amsterdam Singers for two free concerts in the next couple of days. A program of the “Three Bs” includes:
Johann Sebastian Bach: O Jesu Christ mein Lebens Licht, BWV 118
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36
Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gott ist unser Zuversicht, from Cantata 197
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Everything Stravinsky, On Sale
February 5th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Music |
When I showed this to daughter C., she accused me of stealing from Amazon.
Jeremy Denk
January 30th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
It’s always amazing-slash-disappointing to us to see the poor turnout at SOPAC. Tonight they had pianist Jeremy Denk doing Schumann and Bach to a half-empty house. Denk may not be a household name, but he sure is good enough.
A Civilived Evening
January 11th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Music |
It’s funny, 30+ years in the New York area and I’d never been to one of the concerts at the Metropolitan Museum. Funny, and a mistake I’m going to try and continue making up for. Saturday night we went to hear Anthony McGill and Friends, and all-in-all it was one of the better investments in [...]
The Week In Reviews
January 9th, 2010 | 0 Comments | Art, Entertainment, Movies, Music |
I spent most of my time over the break with LF out there in real life, and I offer a thousand apologies for not posting anything. Well, trying to get back on track, here are a few capsule reviews of some of the various entertainments we availed ourselves of.
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