Posted in Brubeck Braid, Chopin Currency, Claire Huangci, Edward Rebner, Gilmore Festival, J.S. Bach, Piano Concertos, Preludes, Rafał Blechacz, Richard Goode, Theodore Saidenberg, Woody Woodpecker, cartoons on Apr 29th, 2008
Chopin Video of the Day:
Woody Woodpecker: “Musical Moments from Chopin“
Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda give a piano performance for an audience of barnyard animals. Soundtrack is provided by the duo-piano team of (Thomas) Saidenberg & (Edward) Rebner.
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Posted in Alex Kobrin, Ballades, Chopin Currency, Dang Thai Son, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Gilmore Festival, Impromptu (movie), Impromptus, Ingrid Fliter, Nocturnes, Richard Goode on Apr 22nd, 2008
Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Pianist Born to the Colors of Chopin
New York Times - United States
Veteran New York Times critic Bernard Holland isn’t thrilled about Ingrid Fliter’s Beethoven and Schubert, but is charmed by her Chopin:
The Ingrid Fliter who appeared…
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Chopin News, Reviews, and Previews:
Diavolo to defy the laws of physics Saturday
Preview of Telluride appearance by innovative LA Dance Troupe incorporating Chopin into their latest show: “Diavolo is comprised of dancers, gymnasts, actors and rock climbers who perform together like…
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Chopin Commentary, News, Reviews, & Previews
Answers to Reader Questions
Celebrated neurologist and author Oliver Sacks responds to New York Times’ readers queries about “amusic” migraine auras. Sacks recounts a passage from his best-selling book “Musicophilia…”
New York Times - United States
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Chopin News & Reviews:
Clara and Robert Schumann/ Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn/ Chopin …
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Her choice of lieder is questionable - Fanny Mendelssohn’s are dreadful, Chopin’s aren’t much better -but what is so amazing is the restrained, …
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Posted in Ballades, Chopin Currency, Flavio Varani, Ken Russell, Marc-André Hamelin, Martha Argerich, Piano Sonata No. 2, Piano Sonata No. 3, Richard Goode, dogs on Jan 29th, 2008
Chopin In the News:
Chopin, With Progenitors and Progeny
New York Times - United States
In a brief program note Mr. Goode called the concert “a kind of homage to Chopin.” In practice, this meant surrounding Chopin’s works with music by German …
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Chopin News, Reviews & Previews:
A certain sameness mars an otherwise fine recital
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
His Chopin mazurka had a preestablished framework that would encourage dynamism: The choice of mazurkas encompassed the composer’s Polish nationalist side …
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