Tag: Instrumental
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By Philippa Kiraly Bach, to my mind, is the only Baroque composer whose music always survives with triumph, whether it’s played on period instruments, modern instruments, steel band, sung by the Swingle Singers, or given a rock beat. Simone Dinnerstein‘s instrument of choice is the modern grand piano, and her program Wednesday night on the…
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It’s been a busy week for Cornish College, the college’s faculty, and one of the school’s talented soon to be graduates. A new president was unveiled — a violist — Nancy Uscher. That evening student composer Alexander Bishop’s music for viola was the focus at Poncho Hall. Toward the end of the week — innovative…
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By Philippa Kiraly Young American musician Lara Downes opened UW’s President’s Piano Series Wednesday night with an enlightening program of 20th century American music. All the composers but one are well known: Roy Harris, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, plus Florence Price, and all were born close together around the turn of the century,…
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download let me in movies Not quite sure how to celebrate Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday this year? It’s coming up this weekend you know. And if somehow you’ve neglected to plan for the birth anniversary of this genius of Western Music, I understand the sense of guilt you carry. But really, there’s no need for…
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You can watch/read the live blog of Mikhail Shmidt and Agata Zubel’s performance of Kurtag’s “Kafka Fragments” here (after the jump) starting at 7:30 pm PST.
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download movie the green hornet hq Here is my second interview with Mikhail Shmidt. In this video Shmidt talks about Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag’s “Kafka Fragments,” a piece he will perform this Saturday as part of Icebreaker V. “Kafka Fragments” is no ordinary piece; it is one of Kurtag’s most important works and one of…
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By Lorin Wilkerson In a concert entitled ‘The Ancestors of the Guitar,” Portland lutenist/guitarist Hideki Yamaya presented an insightful look into three early instruments on Friday night, January 29th at the Little Church in NE Portland. Despite a delayed start as the artist waited for latecomers (there was a mistake in The Oregonian directing listeners…
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psp the tourist movie download megamind dvd download He played the jazz composer David Sanford’s “7th Avenue Kaddish,” which Haimovitz commissioned after the 9/11 attacks: he described the piece as a hybrid between a sax and a cantor as the buildings collapsed, inspired by Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme.” He played another Canadian composer, Gilles Tremblay,…
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In no particular order, the top ten concerts of 2009 — according to me.
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Local violinist James Garlick held a recital Friday at the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford. I will be writing about the experience and performance in more detail. Until then, here is a short clip from the concert of Garlick performing two variations from John Corigliano’s Red Violin Caprices. download the the violent kind movie psp…