More Soundtracks
A sampling of the “Off Sunset Blvd” offerings of this year’s great film composers, Dirk Brossé, Gabriel Yared, Laura Karpman, and Jon Batiste, above.
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Some of our recent programs:
Hejira
Joni Mitchell’s sine qua non, Hejira, with notes to parse out a fuller picture of a magnificent work of art.
Viola da Gamba
Close quarter harmonies for the searing heat of July.
Etta Jones
Music of the little known Etta Jones with a mix of Huston Person her co-creator, and the artistry of recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder.
Ballads
A side-by-side comparison of Ballads by John Coltrane and the tribute album of the same name by Karrin Allyson. Give a listen. Check it out. It’s good. You might like it. You might really like it.
Come Away, O Human Child.
As we bid farewell to the beautiful month of June, we sample music drawn from literature.
The Glories of Summer’s Youngest Child, June.
The music of June and it’s most emblematic flower, lupines.
Methuselah
“Methuselah lived 900 years. But who calls that livin’ when no gal will give in, to no man what’s 900 years?”
The Magic Flute
Among other things, a review of Mozart’s Magic Flute with all its Masonic symbolism, as timely today as it when premiered 200 years ago.
May into June
Songs of Spring and the cautious approach of Summer’s tender child, June.
Tagore
A sampling of new and old from Paul Simon, and a musical appreciation of the Indian mystic Rabindranath Tagore.