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American film composer (1924–1994)
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2024-04-08 03:30:00
A Jazz Musician on Classical Music and Jazz
[…] read the title and did not consider the essay. If I had the chance to publish again, would I change the title? I don't know. FR: How did your jazz interest start?EI: My parents weren't musicians or music fans. Music came in through the TV set. Early things I liked weren’t really jazz, but they were jazz-adjacent. The James Bond movies, what was that music by John Barry? The Pink Panther cartoon, what was that music by Henry Mancini? Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas music. Stuff on Sesame Street or Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. When I was ten years old or so, I started on a journey to find my first jazz records.FR: Are you able to pinpoint what you liked? Was it the chords, the texture of the music, the rhythms?EI: I don’t know exactly, but I can say this: Jazz is equally dependent on harmony and rhythm. Probably a lot of folk and pop […]
2024-04-02 16:08:21
On April 16, 2024, we celebrate the 100th birthday of Henry Mancini, a true icon in the world of music...
2021-10-16 12:22:07
Thrilling virtuosity and engaging personality in Arias for Ballino, tenor Jorge Navarro Colorado's exploration of rare 18th-century repertoire with Opera Settecento at London Handel Festival
Jorge Navarro Colorado (Photo Jan Rebuschat)Pen and brown ink drawing of Annibale Pio Fabri (‘Ballino’) c.1720-30 by Anton Maria Zanetti the Elder (courtesy of The Royal Collection Trust) Arias for Ballino - Handel, Mancini, Vivaldi, Corselli, Caldara, Alessandro Scarlatti, Francesco Scarlatti; Jorge Navarro Colorado, Opera Settecento, Leo Duarte; London Handel Festival at St George's Hannover Square Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 15 October 2021 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★) An exploration of arias written for the Italian tenor known as Ballino, who sang for two seasons in London and dazzled Europe with his virtuosityAnnibale Pio Fabri, known as 'Ballino', is not the best-known name amongst the singers who worked for Handel, yet on hearing him for the first time in 1729, Mrs Pendarves wrote described his voice as "sweet, clear and firm ... he sings like a gentleman, without making faces, and his manner is particularly agreeable; he is […]
2021-10-11 23:30:09
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL | Cellist Sophia Bacelar [WATCH]
MONDAY OCTOBER 11, 2021 | 8:00 PM (ET) UNITED NATIONS “INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL” CELLIST SOPHIA BACELAR Sophia Bacelar (Cello) | Noreen Polera (Piano) | Jamaii Melvin (Dance) Rachmaninoff | Andante from Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19 Piazzolla | Oblivion Chopin | Nocturne in C# minor (Arr. Piatigorsky) Mancini | […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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