Word: clarineting
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...enjoy opera? -Ian Kachemov, Highland, MD.I do like opera. I'm going to direct a small opera this year. I used to go a lot, but [operas] go until 11:30 at night. I get up at 5:30 a.m. and get my exercise and ablutions done-sometimes my clarinet practice even before I go out to shoot. I just can't keep those late hours...
...evening began with a light, carefree mood, thanks to the “Overture to the Great Gatsby” by John H. Harbison ’60. The piece’s jaunty clarinet, saxophone, and piano parts deftly conveyed the cool, foot-tapping breeziness of 1920s ragtime. Its dark, clashing passages poignantly evoked the troubles of Gatsby’s life, as did the lively, often frantic melodies that suggested Gatsby’s extravagant dance parties...
...Calif., studio of Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer. "Wow, that was Zimmer-rific," he says somewhat tentatively after listening to a few bars of music played over some footage. He's pensive for a moment, then continues, "What was that instrument that has a little pathos to it? A clarinet? That's a very emotional instrument, a very Jewish instrument. I'm not sure this is that kind of scene. It feels a little like Yentl...
...week later, the clarinet has been silenced, and after several weeks spent finishing the movie on the West Coast, Seinfeld flies off to entertain the nice folks in Colorado Springs. After the set, he bows to a standing ovation, and then he's gone, ducking into a Mercedes waiting behind the theater. "That show, for me, was one of the best ones I've had in a long time," says Seinfeld en route to the airport. "It's a focus thing. I haven't been onstage not thinking about the movie for a long time." In a few minutes, Seinfeld...
...family to follow a group of musicians on a parade route--a fitting start for a founder of New Orleans' modern-jazz scene. A versatile clarinetist-composer for greats from Ray Charles to Cannonball Adderley, Batiste drew national attention in the '80s as a member of the innovative band Clarinet Summit. The bebop master died of an apparent heart attack hours before he was to perform alongside Wynton Marsalis and Harry Connick...