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Last Friday, the Bach Society (BachSoc) Orchestra rang in Leap Day with a dazzling showcase of talent that featured their own members, as well as two guests: composer Elizabeth C. Lim ’08 and pianist Charlie Albright ’11. Music director Aram Demirjian ’08 led the orchestra with great poise, but Albright stole the show when he led the orchestra through Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1”—a notoriously difficult piece—with great polish and professionalism. The evening began with Igor...
...earlier Magnetic Fields albums. The cello was coated in crisp, low-frequency reverb that took full advantage of Somerville Theater’s excellent acoustics. Bass notes seemingly resonated forever, and higher parts sounded full and organic. Merritt played mostly rhythm on the bouzouki, sharing lead vocals with pianist Claudia Gonson and Shirley Simms, the band’s new singer. Claudia’s upright piano was padded to muffle high-frequency resonance, yielding full but unobtrusive background chords and soft, understated scraps of twee melody. Individually, Shirley, Claudia, and Merritt are quite capable vocalists; together, however, they...
...Glen Hansard, 37, lead singer of the Irish rock band The Frames, and Marketa Irglova, 19, a Czech singer and pianist, play struggling artists in director John Carney's romantic musical, which won the best song category for the ballad "Falling Slowly." The Oscar was the capstone of a long journey that started with a tiny movie that was made for $150,000 on the streets of Dublin and propelled by clever, slow-build marketing that relied on Hansard and Irglova's strengths as live performers...
...said Noah L. Nathan ’09, manager of the Monday Jazz Band. “His dedication is remarkable.” In addition to sharing his own musical knowledge, Everett has brought many eminent jazz musicians to Harvard, including trombonist Slide Hampton, saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Bill Evans, and trumpeter Clark Terry. “We can read, listen, and even play music, but nothing is more insightful than meeting with and hearing these jazz greats in person,” Everett said. But Everett said he still sees more to be done. “There...
...night in Pyongyang seemed to belie that impasse. And what dramatic possibilities there might have been. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was on the same peninsula, albeit in South Korea, attending the inauguration of that country's new President. If there had been a breakthrough, Rice, a classically trained pianist, could easily have made a flight into the North Korean capital. That would have been some encore...