Jean-Marie Plum News
Belgian composer and organist
Commemorations 2024 (Death: Jean-Marie Plum)
- pipe organ
- Belgium
- Catholic priest, composer
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2024-04-21
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2023-12-25 04:30:00
Our Favorite Christmas Recordings (CD Reviews)
[…] have the 350-voice strong Mormon Tabernacle Choir (now known as The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square) with orchestral accompaniment recorded in glorious sound quality by the engineering team at Telarc. Hard to find but worth the search. Christmas Rhapsody. O Come All Ye Faithful / Angels We Have Heard on High / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; I'll Be Home for Christmas / "Going Home" (New World Symphony); Santa Claus Is Coming to Town / Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy; The Christmas Song; Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer / Let It Snow; Ave Maria; O Come O Come Emanuel / O Little Town of Bethlehem / The First Noel; Winter Wonderland / Jingle Bells; Silent Night / O Holy Night; Sweet Little Jesus Boy / Away in a Manger / What Child Is This?; Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring / Amazing Grace; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; White Christmas. John Bayless, piano. Koch KOC-CD-9610. This is an album that brings […]
2023-12-01 17:00:00
Dinner Topics for Friday Wise men still follow Him. Nutcracker Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Tchaiko
2023-11-29 02:42:00
Boston Ballet. Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker." Conductor: Mischa Santora. November 26, 2023.
Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston. Mezzanine Center Left (Seat C115, $154).Choreography - Mikko Nissinen; Set and Costume Design - Robert Perdziola; Assistant Scenic Design - Micholas Kostner; Lighting Design - Mikki Kunttu.Dancers. The Nutcracker Prince - Jeffrey Cirio; Sugar Plum Fairy - Ji Young Chae; Drosselmeier - Lasha Khozashvili; Clara - Sophie Hatton.We saw the same program back in 2005, my recollection was the experience was generally forgettable. What stood out in my memory was the orchestra's sound was such that it sounded as if it came from two speakers on recording; that was my first use of "tinny" to describe the sound of an orchestra. I certainly didn't remember if it was a live orchestra or not. Going over the blog, I concluded the orchestra was live, and my complaint was limited to the orchestra - I had a lot of admiration for the ballet company.This is 18 years later, […]
2023-11-04 12:00:38
Chineke! swing in an infectious jazz version of Tchaikovsky’s ballet by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. And Angela Hewitt keeps Mozart wonderfully fresh• Find the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy just a little too sweet? Then savour Sugar Rum Cherry, from Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s 1960s jazz reworking of Tchaikovsky’s
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