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2022-07-15 12:26:25
The Californian narrates the collapse of a relationship through 1970s soul and bossa nova
2022-03-30 18:28:11
Steve Lacy (Unfinished) Guillaume Tarche, editor Lenka Lente Paris 2021, 556 p. Few musicians rival the late soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy (1934-2004) in terms of recorded output. Aside from the more than a couple of hundred records, his life story has been documented in book form (Steve Lacy, Conversations) and his music in a self-written [...]
2021-08-27 07:51:07
A complex mix of dance, text and music: William K.z.'s The Growth of Silk at Camden Fringe
William K.z. The Growth of Silk - Anna Cabre-Verdiell, Helene Mathiesen William K.z. The Growth of Silk; Helene Mathiesen, Anna Cabre-Verdiell, dir:Charlotte MacRae; Camden Fringe at Upstairs at the Gatehouse Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 26 August 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A new music theatre piece deftly weaves together music, dance, text and more to create a compact yet richly complex contemporary fairy taleA contemporary fairy tale about wishing for something and getting far more than you bargained for, The Growth of Silk is a new music-theatre piece by the music producer and composer William K.z, presented by It's Casual Presents at Upstairs at the Gatehouse (seen 26 August 2021) as part of the Camden Fringe. Directed by Charlotte MacRae, the work featured soprano Helene Mathiesen and dancer / choreographer Anna Cabre-Verdiell, with Owen Bunting (guitars), George Burrage (bass), Josh Savage (percussion). The Growth of […]
2020-09-07 23:00:00
Carlos Chavez - The Six Symphonies
Carlos Chávez (1899-1978)THE SIX SYMPHONIES, conducted by the composerOrquesta Sinfónica Nacional de MéxicoCBS Masterworks 32 31 002 - 3 stereo LPs [P] 1967Individual FLAC files, scansAs best I can tell, these recordings have never been transferred to CD.CHAVEZ: THE SIX SPLENDID SYMPHONIESby Alfred Frankenstein (High Fidelity, August 1967)THIS MONUMENTAL RELEASE is a tribute to the genius of Carlos Chávez in more ways than one. Chávez is not only the most distinguished symphonist in the entire Latin- American world; he was also the founder and for many years the conductor of the magnificent orchestra which he directs in this recording. Chávez put Mexico on the map, symphonically speaking. in both senses of the phrase.By far the best known of his six symphonies are the first two: one because it exploits Mexican national material, the other because it exists in an atmosphere easily associated with Mexicanantiquity.The First is the short, one-movement Sinfonía de Antigone of 1932. Embodying material originally written as […]
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