by Amy Burton | Jul 19, 2017 | Song of the Day
Having escaped the Nazi takeover of the German government, Kurt Weill found himself in Paris in 1933, trying to get a foothold in a new artistic landscape. His reputation there was solid, though based mostly on the 1930 French film and stage versions of The...
by Amy Burton | Jul 18, 2017 | Song of the Day
Who doesn’t love the famous Liszt song about the Lorelei? There she is, that infamous temptress, combing her flaxen hair, singing her siren song to lure hapless sailors to their deaths upon the rocks… Well, long before I sang that great work (with Steve Blier at a...
by Amy Burton | Jul 17, 2017 | Song of the Day
As many of you know, I’m a big Francophile. So, it may not surprise you that three of the five songs I’ve chosen to feature here are from, or pay homage to, France. And what better time is there to celebrate than the week of her birthday (July 14), otherwise known...
by Steven Blier | Jul 14, 2017 | Song of the Day
When I was planning the FSH gala with Amanda Bottoms and Dimitri Katotakis, they both mentioned that they’d recently sung “Too Many Mornings” from Sondheim’s Follies. For some reason, I initially resisted. Too hackneyed? off-topic? I don’t know. About two weeks later...
by Steven Blier | Jul 13, 2017 | Song of the Day
I know of two perfect songs: Fauré’s “En sourdine,” and Hoagy Carmichael’s “Skylark.” Paul Verlaine was the poet for the first of them, and Johnny Mercer the lyricist for the second. Please don’t ask me to explain what makes them perfect, or even why I think they...
by Steven Blier | Jul 12, 2017 | Song of the Day
Art, like medical research, thrives on creative, talented people. But it also thrives on open-hearted patrons, some of whom can be as visionary (in their own way) as their beneficiaries. For this week’s FSH Dystrophy fundraiser, I grabbed a recent song by Stephen...
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