The Apotheosis from Brazil, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Beloved throughout the northern and southern hemispheres, composer, pioneer and performer from Rio de Janeiro, “Tom.”
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Some of our recent programs:
Rejuvenation
More music to celebrate these glorious days of high summer, and the hope of Rejuvenation for one and all near and far.
’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.
La Sonnambula
A sampling of some magnificent contemporary music, and a brief sampling of a 200-year-old classic, Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula.
Babel
A sampling of the music by French composer Hugh de Courson, and a brief foray into unity consciousness and the fall from grace.
High Summer
Portraits of summer by Ray Charles, Vivaldi, Gershwin, Janis Joplin, Luciano Pavarotti, Sting and a few others for an hour of superb music.
Arethusa
Songs, ballads and poetry from Ovid to Tom Waits that tell stories for the long hot summer days and nights of July.
One from the Heart
Music for the heat of summer featuring the Tom Waits/Crystal Gayle soundtrack to Francis Ford Coppola’s film One From the Heart.
The Circus
Damn everything but the circus, and this week’s collection of song and story telling from Ovid to The Boss.
Midsummer
In honor of the solstice, a sampling of Mark Hoffman’s film version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The Magic Flute
A brief review of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute with all its Masonic symbolism, as timely today as it was when premiered 200 years ago.