by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | Jul 31, 2018 | Song of the Day
From Hanako Yamaguchi, Lincoln Center’s Director of Music Programming (Great Performers, Mostly Mozart Festival, White Light Festival): It is incredible how this simple plaintive melody that begins with a note materializing out of nothing, suspended in space, never...
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 Corey Friedlander | Jul 27, 2018 | Song of the Day
A few years after I came out in my late twenties when I realized that I was gay, still struggling to understand and find my place in a challenging society, the music of The Flirtations, celebrating gay culture with wit and strength, offered me solace and support, a...
by Corey Friedlander | Jul 26, 2018 | Song of the Day
I’m sitting at a friend’s memorial service, moved to tears, not only by the testimonials to his all-too-short life, but also by a recording that he had asked to be played: a short, lush orchestral intro, then a soprano … luminously singing of her longing for sleep and...
by Corey Friedlander | Jul 25, 2018 | Song of the Day
Yes, I’m well aware that no sound can be heard in the vacuum of space. Still, I am rather taken by the theory of Pythagoras known as the Harmony of the Spheres, in which he postulated that the sun, moon, and planets all emit their own unique hum based on their...
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