Concerto for Face and Orchestra
Just watch. Trust me. It's worth it. Bonus points? Name that tune
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November 26, 2007
November 21, 2007
Watch Your Radio
To compliment this morning's broadcast of Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, here's video (in two segments) of Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the London Symphony Orchestra performing the work:
November 16, 2007
Arrau at 80
From pianist Claudio Arrau's 80th birthday recital, Liszt's Ballade No. 2:
November 14, 2007
Schumann's Concert Piece for Four Horns: Seeing is Believing
This one airs/aired at 11:22 on Thursday, November 15. Here are Dale Clevenger, Stefan Dohr, Ignacio Garía, Georg Schreckenberger with Daniel Barenboim conducting:
November 13, 2007
For This Cellist? Led Zeppelin.
It runs nine minutes and forty-one seconds long. It's the epic rock ballad "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin. Now it's in the hands of cellist Matt Haimovitz and the ensemble Uccello:
November 6, 2007
Ma's Menu: A Musical Omnivore's Top Five
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, known for his wide and varied taste in music, recently provided the folks at NPR with a list of his five favorite recordings. In his descriptions, you'll see it's not only the music that affects him but also the energies and intentions expressed by the musicians who perform it. Click here to read and hear more.
November 5, 2007
SIMON says it is the most important thing happening in classical music in the world...
...thus begins an article in the November 3rd edition of the L.A. Times. "Simon" is Simon Rattle. The most important thing? Transformative performances being given by across America by the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela with conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
Read awestruck music critic Mark Swed's account, "Dudamel is Absolutely Revelatory", here.
Get ready. If Swed is right, "our country, with its poor music education, may never -- should never -- be the same."
See video of Dudamel and his orchestra setting the BBC Proms on fire here.
Video of an interview with the conductor is here.
November 4, 2007
PopsTube: The Boston Pops now Broadcasting on the Web
Why wait for a broadcast on your local public TV station when you can catch The Boston Pops any time online? Web broadcasts come complete with commentary to guide you through the music: The secondary theme suggests a bustling Arabian marketplace. You can turn the commentary off if you prefer. Interviews and behind the scenes glimpses are offered. Also revealed is a charming gap between conductor Keith Lockhart's front teeth airbrushed out of his smiling portraits. Ah, TV.
November 2, 2007
Lang Lang Outright
A candid glimpse of pianist Lang Lang's irrepressible musical energy. Is this what genius looks like?