Word: musicianship
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...group's members noted that Adams had taught them a great deal not only about the individual pieces under rehearsal, but about musicianship, vocal technique and music history as well. The tenor said. "In the Bach Motet, John continually points out the musical symbolizations of the text. I had always known that Baroque, music did that, but I tended not to notice it as much as I do now. I sing much more intelligently now." The soprano agreed: "It's difficult to mediate between concentrating on the small, glorious moment and the macrostructure of a piece of music. John points...
...also commented that the group will improve as it matures and grows together. As Adams phrased it. "The concert, which will be taped, should teach us all a lot, especially about the mix and the way we work together under performance conditions. I'm confident that, given the seasoned musicianship of the members and the rehearsal time. I will be very pleased with the concert sound." One of the basses added. "Yeah. And if it's good now, by the time of the Mozart Requiem in the spring, we should be great...
Beverly is proud of her musicianship, partly because it is hard-earned. "I'm very good," she says unselfconsciously. "When you do something for 30 years you get pretty proficient at it." Those 30 years go all the way back to a now famous singing radio commercial: "Rinso White, Rinso Bright, happy little washday song." That was Bubbles?or rather the young Beverly Sills, a stage name that was suggested by an agent for its theatrical ring. By now, Beverly knew where she was going; ahead of her was an apprenticeship given to few singers of any kind, much less...
...haired but athletic at 50, Rudel has an uncanny ability to get things done, an economist's talent for budget balancing and a gift for inspiring loyalty in colleagues. As a conductor-the job he likes best-Rudel is almost wholly devoid of showy theatricality; yet his taste, musicianship and sense of rhythm are faultless, and he is at home in an unusually wide variety of styles. Says Soprano Beverly Sills: "I think he is one of the greatest opera conductors in the world...
What made the first two Band albums perhaps the greatest white American rock was their combination of Dylan's approach to lyrics with a tight sense of musicianship that Dylan's records rarely achieved. Though their third, Stage Fright, was stylistically similar to the others, it seemed to lack content, as though Robbie Robertson was really straining to come up with new material. Though the singing and playing were excellent, most of the songs didn't seem to justify the effort...