by nyfos | Jun 17, 2017 | Song of the Day
Bonus Weekend Song of the Day! And on Saturday, we’ll go dancing. A couple of years ago, I attended a performance by the Met Opera Chamber Orchestra, and for a finale (or encore – memory hiccup), they played a Strauss waltz with orchestrations by Arnold Schoenberg. ...
by Penny Ross | Jun 16, 2017 | Song of the Day
For the finale, back to harmony and counterpoint. This is the final trio from Der Rosenkavalier, by my all-time favorite cast of Renee Fleming, Susan Graham, and Christine Schaefer. In 2000 a friend and I saw the Fleming-Graham-Schaefer trio in Rosenkavalier at the...
by Penny Ross | Jun 15, 2017 | Song of the Day
Born to Run can be considered Bruce Springsteen’s anthem. It is also the song that may have saved his career. Up until that moment, Springsteen’s two albums were not selling well. He had a fan base in New Jersey, Manhattan clubs and, for some reason, Arizona. There...
by Penny Ross | Jun 14, 2017 | Song of the Day
Here’s to the Eagles, despised by many critics who didn’t think their music was tough enough for rock and roll, but loved by their many fans who made their Greatest Hits the best selling album of all time (29 million copies thus far). I loved them best in concert and...
by Penny Ross | Jun 13, 2017 | Song of the Day
“Sing for Your Supper”, a Rodgers and Hart trio from The Boys from Syracuse is irresistibly goofy, especially when it’s done so enthusiastically by world class singers. I couldn’t decide who did it better—the Broadway stars Rebecca Luker, Audra McDonald...
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