I’m setting out to create a CD (or CD’s) which will feature classical music one can’t find on a top 1000 hits boxed set such as:
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Classical-Top-1000/e/842977033205
Here is the track list thus far:
1) Viatore – Peteris Vasks
2) Miroirs, No. 3 Une barque sur l_’ocean – Ravel
3) Pavane – Gabriel Faure
4) Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faun – [...]
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It was my mother who introduced me to the opera “Nelligan” around 1990. We were flipping channels one night when we chanced upon a TFO (the French language public television station in Ontario) airing of the Andre Gagnon – Michel Tremblay operatic rendering of the life of Emile Nelligan. My mother tracked down the CD [...]
I was driving in to work recently, mentally preparing for the day as I normally do, when I was distracted by a program on our local jazz station. I was listening to ‘Benmergui in the Morning ‘ and he had on a pianist Gene DiNovi. I was completely mesmerized by his playing and [...]
This is one of my favourite programs featuring improv comedy, my favourite type of comedy. I always marvel at how quick the comedians can be on their feet.
In this episode, the Ameer of Groovefunkistan is coming to America and his burnous needs emergency cleaning.
Burnous? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnous
I attended the 3rd lecture on the Jewish Roots of Tin Pan Alley by Jordan Klapman. My notes on the previous lecture can be found here : http://mwiner.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/jewish-contributions-to-tin-pan-alley
The lecture series will continue with another 3 lectures in December of ’08.
This lecture centered around the success of “Bei Mir Bist Du Shein” (To Me You’re Beautiful) [...]
