Month: May 2009
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watch rango film in high quality The Medieval Women’s Choir presents songs of praise and peace from medieval Italy. Director Margriet Tindemans talks about the music:
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The Cascade Symphony is one of Edmonds’s best kept secrets. For almost 50 years – 47 to be exact – this north Puget Sound orchestra has presented orchestral concerts to the Edmonds, Shoreline, and Lynwood communities. The orchestra is led by Seattle Symphony veteran Michael Miropolsky. Since starting this blog a number of years ago,…
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The combo of Mark Rucker and Sarah Colburn added an extra layer of emotion that made the Portland Opera production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” a dynamic and satisfying experience on opening night (Friday, May 8). Rucker, in the title role as the hunch-backed jester, blustered, cried, and raged magnificently, and Colburn completely embodied his love-smitten, totally…
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The Wall Street Journal reports Classical Archives, a site devoted exclusively to selling classical music downloads, is launching with a new look and better functionality. As a fan of classical downloads, I am always put off by the cumbersome search mechanisms iTunes and others use. I am not sure Classical Archive’s has done any better. …
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We don’t hear Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” that often, more’s the pity, but listening to Seattle Pro Musica’s performance of it at St. James Friday night, the reason is clear. It’s a great work, but it’s an expansive work which takes a first class choir and two and a half hours. It’s too long for a regular…
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I understand why someone might be afraid to take a chance on the current run of Seattle Symphony concerts. The program is eclectic and unfamiliar. Even if people are put off by the unfamiliar pieces on the program, they certainly would embrace the performances — especially the solo performances in the first half — which…
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Composer John Paul, who heads the music department at Marylhurst University, has written a score for the silent film “City Girl,” which will be shown at the Oregon Sesquicentennial Film Festival. The festival will show 10 films in ten days and ” John Paul’s score will accompany “City Girl” at 7 pm on May 8…
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David Zinman, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra; Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 (RCA) *** The current release in the Tonhalle’s Mahler cycle is curious. On the one hand, it is a no-nonsense performance of perhaps Mahler’s most popular symphony. There is tension and drama but its not overdone. The SACD recording quality is splendid. But, on the…
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In his informative essay, Speight Jenkins calls “The Marriage of Figaro” “the perfect opera…The opera has, in six of its eight arias, as famous solo pieces as exist as well as many brilliant ensembles. Its story is involving but can be understood, and the music unfailingly illuminates and expands the text.” While the perfection of…