X is for exult
Kiri Te Kanawa sings Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate with the Royal Opera House Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Barlow, in Greenwich. I grew up in the joyful German Christmas Eve tradition, thanks to my mother, who brought her beliefs and practices to the US. Whatever your religion and practice, peace, joy and love to you this evening […]
Conductors are managers
Helmut and I loved Itay Talgam‘s presentation of famous conductors and their styles, from the TED conference in Oxford. It’s actually not just a mirror of styles of management, it’s also a prism of culture, as control is organized in very different ways. So, which of the conductors appeals most to you: Carlos Kleiber, Ricardo […]
Rabih Abou-Khalil: Lewinsky March
Happy Father’s Day, you marvellous men! 🙂 My brother Christoph introduced me to the music of Rabih Abou-Khalil years ago. Going to see him – Chris! – soon
Florence Foster Jenkins
She kept us in stitches at college. You haven’t heard of Florence Foster Jenkins? She couldn’t sustain a note, and her sense of pitch and rhythm was off, but she was totally sincere about loving music and had loads of fans attending her recitals. Wikipedia writes: “After a taxicab crash in 1943 she found she […]
My wing
Happy anniversary sweetheart! Never mind the pictures, the blurb on YouTube says this is Monte Montgomery‘s version of Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing, played on an Alvarez-Yairi DY-62c acoustic/electric guitar.
Susan Boyle Sings on Britain’s Got Talent
Britain’s got Talent! As for the opening act of the season, we were told as children: Don’t judge a book by its cover. The old “freakshow” is alive and well, and it’s still got morals for the masses. The embedded video doesn’t run, so see it here. What I’m doing with this A group of […]
Rich woman
Sorry, honey, not sure I’ll ever be a rich woman. Alison Krauss & Robert Plant took five (count ’em) Grammies including record of the year. “Rich Woman” took top pop collaboration. Good old Americana, but top record? How conservative. Boring Coldplay won bigtime while hot Radiohead got nothing. That was to be expected.
