La Sonnambula
A selection of some magnificent contemporary music, and a brief sampling of a 200-year-old classic, Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula.
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Some of our recent programs:
Mercedes Sosa
Music of a wide-ranging nature for wide-ranging sensibilities.
‘Tis Autumn
La di da di la di dum, ’tis autumn
The Big O
Shigeru Umebayashi, Kremerata Baltica, the Big O, and Hurricane Helene.
Nina Simone
A review of Nina Simone’s first recording, 14 tracks on Bethlehem Records, that made it clear, A Big New Talent Has Come to Town.
Music for Theater, Stage and Film
A brief over view of La Traviata, and a teaser of Johann Johannsson and Ólafur Arnalds (above).
Blue Moon
Songs and lore in celebration of this month’s blue moon.
Jeffery Dench
New music by Pat Metheny, selections by Julian Lage, Jude, Laibach, Amy Winehouse. and a reading of “All the World’s a Stage” by the late Jeffery Dench (above).
High Summer
Music for the fullness of summer.
June Farewell
We bid fare-thee-well to June and shake out a mix of music for July and open-air listening.
’57, ’58, ’59
An all too brief sampling from the finest years in jazz, 1957 through 1959, featuring John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Duke Ellington, and Red Garland, above.