by Steven Blier | Dec 19, 2019 | Song of the Day
I’ve been ruminating about bel canto all week—not just the sometimes thrilling, sometimes mediocre Donizetti operas the term usually implies, but the larger meaning of “beautiful singing.” Maria Callas and Ella Fitzgerald are bel canto singers in their very different...
by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | Jul 30, 2018 | Song of the Day
From Charles Cermele, Lincoln Center’s Producer of Contemporary Programming (American Songbook): The universal appeal of these lyrics and the musical sophistication of this composition attract singers and musicians from many musical genres. The blues-inflected chord...
by Joseph Li | May 14, 2018 | Song of the Day
These days I find myself more on the vulnerable side of my reality, not the intellectual one, so I give you this week’s selections desiring little more than for you to listen. Listening with an open mind, much less an open heart, too often runs contrary to my...
by Michael Barrett | Apr 14, 2017 | Song of the Day
It’s been a Bach week, but I’m departing from my faith-based musical life for today. I’m feeling melancholy since spring is finally here. The Norwegians, after months of non-stop darkness and no sunshine, view the first day of spring as the saddest...
by Steven Blier | Sep 22, 2016 | Song of the Day
Today is definitively the first day of autumn. I cannot ignore the fact that the days are shorter, that deadlines are growing tighter, and that I never seem to have enough time to get everything done. My mood must have something to do with this endless election, which...
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