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...Critic Choice Award” in 1983. Recent compact disc releases on the Hyperion, Guild, Nimbus and Priory labels have brought wide critical acclaim. Program highlights will include Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in A minor and Mozart’s Fantasia in F minor. Expect a scintillating and nuanced performance on a superb organ from Scott. —Alexander B. Fabry
...like watching a baby walk, isn't it?" Then the music started and all hell broke loose. The Grammy producers really enjoy "spontaneous" moments, and despite years of evidence, they believe nothing provides more of them than star-filled medleys. What we learned is that Joss Stone, John Legend, Fantasia, Maroon 5, Ciara, Will.i.am, Steve Tyler, Joe Perry and Robert Randolph all have one thing in common-they can butcher Sly Stone songs beyond recognition. But at least they tried, as opposed to super duper secret guest star Sly Stone, who emerged with a platinum mohwak, strode to the keyboard...
...style film, possibly based on Will Eisner's comic The Spirit. Meanwhile, creative kingpin John Lasseter, who has a deep affinity for traditional 2-D cel animation, is expected to revive that form in some way. He may even jump-start the long-dormant world-music spin-off of Fantasia, titled Musicana...
...Fantasia beat out this vocal powerhouse in 2004, but Hudson got the last laugh: she just landed a lead in the film Dreamgirls, co-starring Beyonc, Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx...
...their technically difficult closing piece, “The Rite of Spring” (known to most audience’s for its inclusion in Disney’s “Fantasia), the orchestra was finally given center stage to demonstrate its strong skills, independent of individual performers. The full orchestra ably captured the dramatic and frenzied mood of the piece. Of special note were the moving opening solo by bassoonist David L. Richmond ’06 and the resounding performance by the brass section, which effectively redeemed the section after their slightly pinched sound in their opening...