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Since we're looking at the art of "the collaborative pianist" I think it's time to hear from Sir Gerald Moore, perhaps my favorite singers' pianist. He played with all the greatest singers of his day and really knew his craft. Gerald Moore was the one who when asked...
I once was criticised as having "played like a conductor". Or so I thought. The critic said later "Oh no, I thought it was wonderful. Colorful, orchestral sounds, structurally solid, and not careful the way some accompanists are." Wow, I thought. That really was a...
This week I want to focus on what we now call the "collaborative" pianist. I believe this is what student pianists now get degrees in from music conservatories if they have interests beyond the Beethoven and Rachmaninoff Concertos. I think all pianists used to play...
from Michael Barrett: I earlier wrote about David Del Tredici's Final Alice, his Pulitzer Prize winning salvo of tonality in an age of atonality. It is a remarkable work. I love all of David's big symphonic Alice pieces. They are full of fantasy, wonder and beauty....
from Michael Barrett: Jeff Myers was also featured by David T. Little on the NYFOS Next February 4th concert. The "next" NYFOS Next is tonight, curated by Richard Danielpour and Susan Botti, faculty at the Manhattan School of Music. We will be playing their music as...
from Michael Barrett: On Feb. 4, at NYFOS Next, composer Ted Hearne was on hand to sing two of his songs, "Intimacy and Resistance" and "Protection". These songs have popular "easy rock" qualities on the surface. Their root position chords and steady pulse set you up...