Tag: orchestra
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May 08, 2007 12:36 PM EDT --
Summer Music
And the Band Plays On
With all the heat, humidity, and lack of rain this had been a remarkably silent summer.
This week, however, the EAA is back and adding music in the . . . more
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October 26, 2007 06:36 PM EDT --
Dan Bradshaw's Chaconne indicates as much with its material as with its title that it is a piece interested in the past. The path it takes through reminiscence, however, delivers it somewhere . . . more
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February 28, 2008 09:25 PM EST --
"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd."
-- James Crook
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May 16, 2008 02:49 PM EDT --
They have hardly danced for a few seconds, after the efforts needed to breach through the crowd surrounding the square, and the orchestra sounded the tune's last notes. Having no other choice, they . . . more
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October 01, 2007 09:22 PM EDT --
Putting on your dancing duds, making beautiful music together, and why I can’t smile without you. It’s all hot, hip, and happening now on Gather!
(1.) It’s one of the hottest shows on . . . more
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February 01, 2008 11:05 PM EST --
I can spend HOURS on YouTube going from one video to another. Here's some good ones I came across tonight.
Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Promo
Lego Star Wars Orchestra
Batman: . . . more
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October 24, 2007 01:38 PM EDT --
When Minnesota Orchestra principal horn Michael Gast brought out his collection of exotic, unusual horns including a conch shell and an old cow horn, I worried that he might give a more amusing than . . . more
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October 09, 2007 11:16 AM EDT --
Tchaikovsky conducted the premiere of his Sixth Symphony, Pathetique, on October 28, 1893. Nine days later he was dead. While musicologists may never know why he died when he did (some speculate . . . more
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August 08, 2008 01:18 PM EDT --
Years ago when my four children were at home and all taking music lessons, we sometimes all played together. One Christmas I orchestrated favorite Christmas carols so that the whole family - uncles, aunts, . . . more
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October 24, 2007 11:46 AM EDT --
On Monday, Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster Jorja Fleezanis and principal viola Tom Turner courteously and generously offered advice to the seven composers whose works the orchestra will perform on Friday. . . . more
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November 15, 2006 04:26 AM EST --
I haven't actually seen The DaVinci Code yet, since I've been waiting for it to come out on DVD (shhhh). Thus, my review of the film's soundtrack is being done completely blind, though I have . . . more
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October 29, 2007 11:02 AM EDT --
McKinley's "Pocket Symphony" for grand orchestra fits an overwhelming amount of musical ideas into its short duration. The opening showcases a piercing, pouncing woodwind melody and . . . more
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October 25, 2007 08:57 PM EDT --
Earlier this week, the participants and auditors of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute observed presentations about the technical and financial demands of music publication.
Stephen Paulus, . . . more
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June 09, 2008 02:24 AM EDT --
Follw this link, here , to find this week's selctions for immediate listening , but be sure to open an account if you don't already have one. Otherwise . . . more
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October 29, 2007 02:08 PM EDT --
Many of us do Sudoku puzzles when we’re sick and bored at home. Perhaps we’ll read a novel or watch some TV if we’re taking care of a family member. Instead, while . . . more
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November 14, 2007 04:09 PM EST --
Classical music is a genre obsessed with anniversaries. Every year, it seems like classical music institutions all over the world acknowledge the significant dates of at least one famous composer. . . . more
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October 24, 2006 11:59 AM EDT --
It was inevitable. Rock and roll grew up in the 1970s, and one of the signs of this maturation was the emergence of "progressive rock."
Nerdy, over-serious musicians who thought themselves . . . more
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August 06, 2007 10:29 PM EDT --
Before I began writing my first novel, entitled Parallel Opposites, I took inspiration from several movies such as 21 Grams, Mulholland Drive, Training Day, Dancer in the Dark, Requiem for a Dream, The . . . more
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September 03, 2007 08:48 PM EDT --
This week I'm trying a slightly different tack with my weekly playlist feature. Normally I would give it a title, indicating its theme, and publish it under . . . more
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February 11, 2008 03:23 PM EST --
Bringing Boston's A-list together for an evening of elegance and entertainment, the BSO's Repartee group in conjunction with Stuff@Night Magazine and The Boston Phoenix will host an exclusive . . . more
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