by Steven Blier | Jul 24, 2015 | Song of the Day
Steven Blier’s last pick of the week: I am due to start my work on the Rachmaninoff project soon, and to give my mojo a jump-start I have been working on one of his final songs, “Son” (“Sleep”) from Opus 38. It’s one of those sublime pieces of music that needs...
by Steven Blier | Jul 23, 2015 | Song of the Day
(from Steven Blier) I have been listening obsessively to the late American soprano Teresa Stich-Randall this week (as one does). Her name came up during an email interview exchange I was having with writer/critic David Shengold, who casually let it drop that...
by Steven Blier | Jul 22, 2015 | Song of the Day
from Steven Blier: I am up to the “White Album” in my summer traversal of the Beatles songs. My feeling so far is that they reached their apex with “Revolver,” a startlingly good record. But there are certainly some amazing songs on “Sgt. Pepper” (“A Day in the Life”...
by Steven Blier | Jul 21, 2015 | Song of the Day
from Steven Blier: Right now I am at Wolf Trap working on a concert devoted to the Rodgers clan—songs by Rodgers with both Hart and Hammerstein, along with music by his daughter Mary Rodgers and his grandson Adam Guettel. The comforting, lyrical Rodgers sound is...
by Steven Blier | Jul 20, 2015 | Song of the Day
NYFOS artistic director Steven Blier is back making the selections for this week’s Song of the Day. Enjoy today’s selection! My summer has been overflowing with current projects and future ones. I’ve listened to the complete Beatles, hundreds of Schubert...
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