Musicon / Theodorakis / Theodorakis, Zorbas Ballet - Montreal Ph.O, I. Forti, Ch. Dutoit
Mikis Theodorakis’ soundtrack for the film Zorba the Greek is famous and, beyond this, it has given an impression to many people that this music expresses Greece more than any other. It was a pleasant surprise for me to listen to a new version (if it can be called a “version” ::More
Musicon / Dylan / Bob Dylan, Christmas in the Heart - 2009
Just listening to the Christmas album of Bod Dylan. It is called “Christmas in the Heart” and contains the most of what we know as ‘Christmas hits’ - Here Comes Santa Claus, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, Little Drummer Boy, Adeste Fideles, Silver Bells, etc. I admire the ::More
Musicon / Musical education / Seiji Ozawa: I hope Asiatic peoples love classical music
Seiji Ozawa was born in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation - his father a Buddhist, his mother a Presbyterian - he was raised in Tokyo, and greatly influenced by western culture and a Christian upbringing. His love of music was first explored through the church, but later he studied at the ::More
Musicon / Debussy / Ravel / Debussy and Ravel Quartets - A note
Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel only wrote one quartet each. Both of these are extremely impressionistic in style, correlating chronologically with the work of Monet and his contemporaries in France, full of colour, and rich in bold gestures. Thirteen years younger than Debussy, Ravel wrote his ::More
Musicon / Cowell / Musical education / Henry Cowell - Living in the Whole World of Music
Born in Menlo Park, Calif., in 1897, Cowell toured the world in the 1920s as a pianist, winning amazed reviews and publicity when he, for example, smashed rows of adjacent piano keys with a forearm or played directly on the piano strings and sound board. Such techniques added musical color and ::More
