Hah! I didn’t know the story behind the unsung lyrics for the original Star Trek. Too funny. I hope that meant that Mr. Roddenberry was able to live comfortably.
Oh. Wait. I think he was fairly successful in the long run. Wasn’t he?
OK, Trekkies: Anyone know the lyrics to the theme music for the [...]
If you really want to throw a truly scary and memorable Halloween party, use classical music in combination with your Halloween decor and your typical scary music soundtracks of howling wolves and creaking doors. Below, you will find my recommended track listing of scary classical music along with YouTube videos for you to watch and [...]
San Francisco Opera is doing Elixir. We are doing Elixir. Theirs is taking place in Napa. Ours in “The Valley of Heart’s Delight”. Theirs took place in 1915 . Ours? Early 20th century.
You can see both acts done Northwestern University School of Music style via YouTube. They appear to take place in the old west. [...]
i like classical music as much as the next broad
It didnt take long before I’d realised that this is no ordinary concert broadcast. The film basically provides a deconstruction of individual members of the Berliner Philharmoniker, through a series of interviews, peeling away the layers of confidence and exuberance which they portray through their concerts. Slowly, the film reveals some of the inner fears, [...]
On her next album, Franklin will take on classical music.
“My teacher is a student at Juilliard and she knows the Juilliard technique, so I get it,” Franklin said.
With nothing to prove at this point, Franklin says that she is still working and still growing.
“Oh, absolutely. You never stop growing and reaching out for bigger and [...]
If you are in the Bay Area, are you tuned in to KQED? San Francisco Symphony is on. You might enjoy it!
Running commentary … but only for a while …
Bill Bennett sure plays with the oboe nearly straight down. I’m not sure I could play that way.
I wish they’d stick on some players [...]
Opera rehearsal was “meh” (to quote some kids I know). My reed didn’t exactly misbehave, but it wasn’t the sort I’d want to play a performance on. Lots of silly music, though … it’s a comedy, after all.
Now I teach a student, so I can’t quite relax yet.
The nice thing about having an afternoon [...]
The author added he deliberately chose themes of sex, obsession and adultery because he believed they suited opera.
This talks about a new opera with the libretto by Ian McEwan.
Here’s another quote, from a different article:
The biggest problem with opera, for me, is the disjunction between the sublime quality of the music and the silliness, [...]
On Monday, the LA Opera is holding a press conference to announce what it says will be “the largest cultural event to come to Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympics.” Elsewhere it’s referred to as “a major citywide cultural event,” and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is slated to be on hand for the announcement with representatives [...]
Today we begin rehearsals for Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (Elixir of Love). I just hope my reeds decide to behave. Dan said that my reeds would be “wonder reeds” … I suggested that meant “I wonder what’s wrong with this one?”
But who knows.
Yesterday they certainly weren’t happy. Which means I’m not happy. No one wants [...]
I’m just home from Idomeneo. I’m too tired to really write. I will only quickly say I was disappointed when it was announce that Alice Coote wouldn’t be singing, but I had not reason to be; I thought Daniela Mack did quite well!
But the opera … totally new to me … sure has some [...]
San Francisco Symphony’s All-Bernstein Carnegie Hall Concert to be Broadcast Nationally on Great Performances on PBS October 29
A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein: Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008 DVD to be released on SFS Media
The San Francisco Symphony (SFS)’s September 24 all-Bernstein gala concert opening the Carnegie Hall 2008-09 season will be broadcast nationally Wednesday, October [...]
… woo hoo … and I have a good reason now!
People who play a high wind-resistance instrument like a trumpet, oboe, French horn or bassoon, especially when they play high-pitched notes, can more than double their eye pressure.
RTWT
No clowns in Detroit, no pops in Pasadena.
Michigan Opera Theater has canceled a production of Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” because of the economy’s southward plunge. The Pasadena Symphony Orchestra has abandoned plans for three pops concerts.
As it has everywhere else these days, the economic crisis has hit classical music, a particularly fragile corner of the nonprofit world [...]
