Search Details

Word: apollon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...defining element of The Bad Plus, whose latest album features both original tracks and a number of covers, including renditions of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” and Igor Stravinsky’s “Variations d’Apollon,” a 20th century classical piano piece. “We rework rock music, we play original music, we play classical music, we score for dance, we’ve got music for fashion,” King says. “We’re interested in boundary-less influence...

Author: By Susie Y. Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bad Plus Adds Diverse Musical Elements to Jazz | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...falls for. Singerman and Koch’s dance across the stage in courtship and flirtation was energetic and playful, adding depth to an already solid performance.In the same manner as “Amour piquè par une abeille,” the last cantata “Apollon et Doris” proved accessible to a modern audience. The story of Doris, a sea nymph who resists Apollo’s advances on the grounds that he will not be faithful, could just as easily have been about two guests arguing over their relationship at a masquerade party...

Author: By Jessica X.Y. Rothenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 18th Century Cantatas Morphed for Modern Crowd | 11/19/2006 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next