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Semele (HWV 58) is a 1743 opera (initially presented as an oratorio) in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It is based on the classical myth of Semele, mother of Dionysus.
• SYNOPSIS OF SEMELE [GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL]
Traditional Setting: Roman Mythic Times
The marriage of Semele to Athamas is being celebrated in Thebes. Semele seeks to postpone […]
The Threepenny Opera proclaims itself «an opera for beggars,» and it was in fact an attempt both to satirize traditional opera and operetta and to create a new kind of musical theater based on the theories of two young German artists, composer Kurt Weill and poet-playwright Bert Brecht. The show […]
Vanessa is an opera in three (originally four) acts by Samuel Barber with an original English libretto by Gian-Carlo Menotti. It was composed in 1956–1957 and was first performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on January 15, 1958 under the baton of Dimitri Mitropoulos in a production designed by Cecil Beaton and directed by Menotti. Barber revised the opera in 1964, […]
The Tender Land is an opera with music by Aaron Copland (1900-1990) and libretto by Horace Everett, a pseudonym for Erik Johns. The opera tells of a farm family in the Midwest of the United States. Copland was inspired to write this opera after viewing the Depression-era photographs of Walker […]
¤ The Rake’s Progress [excerpt]
Premiered in Vienna in 1951, The Rake’s Progress is one of the few modern operas that has a permanent place in the repertories of most contemporary opera companies. The Rake’s Progress is a masterpiece by two towering figures of the 20th century: the Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky and […]
¤ Einstein on the Beach
«Einstein on the Beach» was an opera written and conducted by the minimalist composer Philip Glass, and directed by Robert Wilson. The opera in its complete form is 5 hours long, and has only been performed three times by the Philip Glass Ensemble. The opera […]
[1813-1883]
¤ Tannhäuser ⇓
Overture by Gilbert Levine ⇑
ACT I. Medieval Germany. In the Venusberg, magical mountain abode of Venus, the minstrel Tannhäuser halfheartedly praises the goddess of beauty, who for more than a year has bestowed her love upon him. Venus promises greater […]
TG is a master of Indian music, tabla, percussion, and Western drumming: he plays a unique hybrid East-West drum set up. He is also a visionary composer whose musical adventurousness has led him to creative fusions of Indian music with jazz, rock, classical, and ethnic music from all over the world. Gurtu’s eclectic […]
Jan Garbarek‘s sound is one of the hallmarks of the ECM Records label (Edition of Contemporary Music), founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher, who has always granted musicians total freedom to release as many records as they like. ECM’s motto is
‘the Most Beautiful Sound […]
أنور ابراهم
Encouraged by his music-loving father, Brahem began studying the oud, at the age of ten, when he enrolled at the National Conservatory of Music. For nearly a decade, he studied with influential oud player Ali Sitri. By the age of fifteen, he was playing well enough to perform […]
•→Charlie Christian: Swing to Bop [1941]
¤ Pat Metheny first burst onto the international jazz scene in 1974. Over the course of his three-year stint with vibraphone great Gary Burton, the young Missouri native already displayed his soon-to-become trademarked playing style, which blended the loose and flexible articulation customarily reserved for […]
Nicholas Payton
•→ http://nicholaspayton.wordpress.com/←
•→···«Struttin’ With Some Barbeque» ←[w/ Airmen of Note, 2008]
♦ Vitoria/Gasteiz_2002 ↓
Roy Haynes + Nicholas Payton + Dave Kikoski + Kenny Garrett + Christian McBride
♦ Nicholas Payton Trio_[May, 2014] ⇓
w/ Vicente Archer & Adonis […]
¤ James Carter
Born in Detroit, Michigan (January 3, 1969), he learned to play under the tutelage of Donald Washington, becoming a member of his youth jazz ensemble Bird-Trane-Sco-NOW!! On May 31, 1988, at the DIA (Detroit Institute of Arts), Carter was a last-minute addition for guest artist Lester Bowie which turned […]
John Coltrane – Sonny Rollins – Pharoah Sanders – Archie Shepp – Joe Lovano John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman ↓ ‘My Only Love’ ⇐(G Wood & R Mellin)
The very thought of you makes my heart sing Like an April breeze on the wings of spring And you appear in […]
¤ Ron Carter
He was named Outstanding Bassist of the Decade by the Detroit News, Jazz Bassist of the Year by Downbeat magazine, and Most Valuable Player by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. In 1993 Ron Carter earned a Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Group, the Miles Davis Tribute […]
«Don’t call me a legend. Call me Miles Davis.»
Trumpeter-bandleader Miles Davis (1926-1991) was a catalyst for the major innovations in post-bop, cool jazz, hard-bop, and jazz-fusion, and his wispy and emotional trumpet tones were some of the most evocative sounds ever heard. He was also one of the most identifiable and […]
One of the most creative piano players of all times. •→ Essential recordings ⇐ ⇐ Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser – a 1988 documentary produced by Clint Eastwood, Bruce Ricker, and directed/co-produced by Charlotte Zwerin; it features live performances by Monk and his group, and posthumous interviews with friends and family. The film was created when […]
¤ Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker was born to Charles and Addie Parker, and raised in Kansas City, Kansas until he was seven years old, when his family moved to the culturally thriving Kansas City, Missouri. He began to play the baritone horn in high school, and later switched to the alto saxophone. […]
¤ Count Basie [1904-1984]
Count Basie was among the most important bandleaders of the swing era. With the exception of a brief period in the early ’50s, he led a big band from 1935 until his death almost 50 years later. Basie’s orchestra was characterized by a light, swinging rhythm section that he […]
¤ Gene Krupa has often been considered to be the first drum «soloist.» Drummers usually had been strictly time-keepers or noisemakers, but Krupa interacted with the other musicians and introduced the extended drum solo into jazz. His goal was to support the other musicians while creating his own role within […]
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