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#1

The Diner / Alice Munro 1931-2024

Last post by Spotted Horses - Today at 07:28:19 PM

Alice Munro has died at age 92. I have read several of her short story collections and she was clearly one of the great masters of the genre.

#2

The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 06:45:27 PM

I liked it so much that I read the novel!  Which I also recommend.

Alright, I either need to  check this out of my library or borrow it online.

PD

#3

The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 06:37:07 PM

Now he's gonna watch nothing but silent movies for the rest of the month 

 

[Zelig]

#4

The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by Cato - Today at 06:27:47 PM

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Woody Allen's Zelig. I owe the Sarge thanks for reminding me how witty this is.

Yiddish word from German Selig, "Blessed."    Another little joke!

#5

The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by Brian - Today at 06:27:01 PM

Come on, mon ami....watch some more current movies too. 

Meant with love,

PD

Now he's gonna watch nothing but silent movies for the rest of the month 

[Sarge]

#6

The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 06:24:52 PM

Woody Allen's Zelig. I owe the Sarge thanks for reminding me how witty this is.

Come on, mon ami....watch some more current movies too. 

Meant with love,

PD

#7

Composer Discussion / Sergio Barer

Last post by Roy Bland - Today at 06:18:34 PM

"Sergio Barer is a composer and pianist who was born in Mexico City and studied with Cuban pianists Marcia Freyre and Marcia Freyre de Andrade in Mexico and then with Mario Feninger and Ian Brooks in the United States.

https://sergiobarer.com/

#8

Classical YouTube Video Library / Rhapsody for Chorus and orches...

Last post by Roy Bland - Today at 06:11:53 PM

The exposition of the Themes is entrusted to the solo voices used as an instrument. Soprano and Contralto interpret the melodies as if they were Sirens, supported by the large choir. The woodwinds: Flute, Clarinet and English Horn, intertwining with each other, perform all the solo parts. The Strings and Brass are the enveloping support of the entire arrangement. "Classical" percussion performs unusual rhythmic figures, for example in "Swing Fun". The Vibraphone in "Taste of Ireland" performs latin-jazz virtuosity contaminating the Irish world. This genre is also defined as "Classic Crossover" - a fusion between classical/operatic music and pop/jazz music.

Franco Serafini (Oleggio, 5 March 1958) is an Italian singer, keyboardist, composer, arranger and pianist.
He studies piano, organ and composition at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan.

#9

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Bach Six Partitas

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 06:08:16 PM

I found (ten years ago -  not listened to them since) her AoF and French suites solid but rather traditional and not that flexible / jazzy.

By comparison, Keith Jarrett's classical recordings don't seem particularly flexible or jazzy. Perhaps jazz pianists play classics to feel comfortable within a strict framework.

#10

Composer Discussion / Re: The British Composers Thre...

Last post by calyptorhynchus - Today at 05:56:39 PM

And here is the link to Eleanor Alberga's Piano Concerto (world premiere)

https://mega.nz/file/3eZTHQhb#UMVSiKLYWGZCGSlW6h7nv7Ip5i8GLsUtfYwQtG7syas

Broadcast Tuesday 14 May 2024, BBC Radio 3
Alim Beisembayev, piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Domingo Hindoyan, conductor

There are four movements: Love - Play - Beauty - Excitement