
Oscars
Sampling some of the standouts for this year’s Oscar nominations for Best Original Song and Best Soundtrack.
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Some of our recent programs:
Wasteland of the Free
“…laugh about it, shout about it but when you’ve got to choose, every way you look at it you lose.”
Leonard Cohen
Music of the Master, the Maestro, the Mystic from Montreal.
Interpretations
Interpretations! (Above, Karrin Allyson)
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.
Salli Terri/Laurindo Almeida, Chavela Vargas
Music of Brazil and Mexico with brief sketches of Salli Terri, Laurindo Almeida and Chavela Vargas (above).
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.
Jóhann Jóhannsson
A sampling of music for film and theater by the Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Correspondence
Kathleen Turner performs Ariel Dorfman’s arresting poem Correspondence that will both chill and warm you. And in honor of their magnificent collaboration, a sampling of tangos.