Word: lyricism
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...summer arts festivals here is run separately, funded by a varying mix of government monies, advertising, donors, company sponsorship and ticket sales. While auteurs head to Cannes for films, music lovers go to Salzburg for melodies, and opera fans flock to Glyndebourne, two hours outside London, for lyric drama, none of these fests offer the array that Edinburgh serves up each year. But before you book for Scotland, a word of warning: don't try to take in everything on your first jaunt. Some advance planning and a little willingness to experiment will make your Edinburgh adventure easier and more...
...same holds true for opera: on any given night, whether at a leading international house or a provincial company, the languishing soprano heroine or the menacing bass villain is now likely to come from East Asia?particularly Korea. The lyric soprano Hei-Kyung Hong and the coloratura soprano Sumi Jo currently dominate their roles to a degree unrivaled by any Western singers...
...back to basics - the 12-bar blues - in the uptempo and deathlessly alluring ?What?d I Say.? There was nothing revolutionary in the lyric, except its daring to be mildly ribald (?Hey, mama, doncha treat me wrong/ Come and love your daddy all night long,? etc.). Nor was the notion of releasing a jazzy, largely instrumental number in two parts; the year before, drummer Cozy Cole enjoyed a two-sided hit with ?Topsy.? What was unusual was the four-part structure: three verses of piano, then four verses of blues patter, then the ?What?d I say? chorus, and finally...
This fall, Rudenstine plans to teach a seminar on 20th century lyric poetry at Princeton, where he has taught several other seminars over the past few years...
Last year, comedian Ferrell’s Class Day speech on the announced topic of “Straight Talk” soon bloomed into an Old School laughfest, complete with an inspirational falsetto lyric performed over the strummed acoustic chords of “Dust in the Wind.” So those filing into the space between Memorial Church and Widener Library today should expect plenty of fun-poking and slang-slinging if Ali G, indeed, comes out to play...