I’m surprised that I got this old and know so little. —Terry Riley Terry Riley, talking and playing, California, 2010 ***** In C (excerpt), Terry Riley, 1964 Take 1 Terry Riley, Center of Creative and Performing Arts (SUNY-Buffalo), 1968 *** Take 2 Ars Nova, Percurama Percussion Ensemble, Paul Hillier (cond.), 2007 ********** lagniappe art beat: [...]
Archive for the ‘oboe’ category
Wednesday, 4/6/11
04/05/2011Monday, 1/24/11
01/24/2011Does anyone play Mozart with more verve? Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, KV. 466, first movement; Friedrich Gulda (piano and conducting), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, live, Germany (Munich), 1986 Part 1 *** Part 2 More? Here. ********** lagniappe Friedrich Gulda has refused to succumb to the increasing specialization of our age, refused to [...]
Thursday, 11/4/10
11/03/2010Violins teach us what it would be like to fly. Henry Cowell, Symphony No. 13 (“Madras,” 1956-58), excerpt (first two movements), San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, live, San Francisco, 2005 Want to hear all five movements? Here. ********** lagniappe Henry Cowell, the all-American composer of the 20th century, did it all. “I want to live [...]
Saturday, 10/23/10
10/22/2010Your 16-year-old daughter dies, suddenly, in a car accident. What do you do? If you’re pianist/composer Kenny Werner, what you do is create music. Kenny Werner, No Beginning No End (featuring Joe Lovano, tenor saxophone), recording session, New York (NYU), 2009
Tuesday, 9/28/10
09/27/2010crystalline, adj. Clear and transparent like crystal. E.g., Mitsuko Uchida playing Mozart. Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, KV. 466/Mitsuko Uchida (piano and conducting), Camerata Salzburg, live, Germany (Salzburg), 2001 Part 1 (first movement) Part 2 (first movement, cont.) Part 3 (second movement) Part 4 (third movement) ********** lagniappe I like to make [...]
