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2021-02-10 21:33:28
Pianist Nomi Epstein writes magical, otherworldly, spacious music that sometimes brings to mind Federico Mompou, other times Messiaen. The piano pieces on her new album Sounds – streaming at Bandcamp – linger with an often mournful, sparse belltone ambience. These works are deceptively minimalist: the way Epstein slowly shifts between relentlessly unsettled harmonies is artful […]
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Royal Opera House
2017-03-28 19:14:26
Puccini's Madama Butterfly musical highlight: ‘Un bel dì vedremo’
Ermonela Jaho and Elizabeth de Shong in Madama Butterfly © ROH 2017. Photograph by Bill Cooper ‘Un bel dì vedremo’ (One fine day) is an aria from Giacomo Puccini ’s 1904 opera Madama Butterfly , sung by the title character, Cio-Cio-San. It has become one of the best-known movements from the opera, with audiences entranced not only by its beautiful melody but also by its heartbreaking encapsulation of the tragedy at the opera’s heart. Where and when does it take place? ‘Un bel dì vedremo’ takes place in Act II of Madama Butterfly. In the first act, the 15-year-old Japanese geisha Cio-Cio-San marries the American naval officer Lieutenant Pinkerton while he visits Nagasaki. Pinkerton views their marriage as just a way to have a good time, but for Cio-Cio-San it is a deeply serious act – so much so that she converts to Christianity, offending her family who disown […]
2017-01-15 16:04:12
Doommates
[…] with Tucker Culbertson) about black genocide, suicide and suffering, while original videos evocative of silent-era horror cinema played on the wall overhead. As a bold new mode of expression, the piece (art directed by Sabin Michael Calvert) seemed not only valid but absolutely necessary, an all-too-timely wail of post-apocalyptic rage and despair. But as music, it lacked something. When I say that M. Lamar’s work evidently owes a great deal to Diamanda Galas and Klaus Nomi, I trust you’ll understand that it’s a compliment; when I say that he lacks their vocal discipline, I trust you’ll understand that it’s no insult—this isn’t an “opera” performance, per se. But at least at the NYC premiere of this work, presented at Williamsburg’s National Sawdust by the PROTOTYPE Festival, there seemed to be a certain musical discipline missing across the board. I’m a fan of co-composer Hunter Hunt-Hendrix‘s band Liturgy, which puts an […]
2016-12-12 13:48:20
Some of my books and CDs live in harmony with my Cave Troll, Franklin There is absolutely nothing better than finding the right book/music combination. Generally I stick to music that’s wordless (I find it distracting) like classical music and movie scores but sometimes the mood requires a favoured band. I’ve made a list of what I like to listen to, what do you enjoy? Movie Scores Cloud Atlas (2012) – Tom Tywker, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) – Howard Shore Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) – Joe Hisaishi Whisper of the Heart (1995) – Yuji Nomi From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) – Satoshi Takebe Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) – John Williams The Theory of Everything (2014) – Jóhann Jóhannsson Arrival (2016) – Jóhann Jóhannsson Classical Artists Claude Debussey (Suite bergamasque, Préludes, or any piano) […]
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