Word: pianistics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...J.D.L. plan to bomb the Hurok and Columbia offices, both of which have booked Russian talent for the U.S. Hurok, 83, has long been an object of the league's enmity. As the foremost importer of Russian talent, he introduced the Bolshoi Ballet, the Moiseyev dancers and Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, among others, to American audiences. He signed Ashkenazy for a concert in Carnegie Hall last week, and the league called out its storm troopers to picket the performance. Hurok learned of the planned demonstration and informed Zweibon that Ashkenazy was a defector from Soviet Russia and that "the league...
...been destined to become a King, Frederik IX of Denmark might well have earned a measure of fame as an orchestra conductor. Trained as a pianist in his early years, he studied under the Danish Royal Opera's Conductor Georg Hoeberg. As Crown Prince, Frederik used to sit night after night in the Royal Theater, ready to take over the baton if his aging mentor should be taken ill. Later, he was frequently an incognito guest conductor of the state radio orchestra, without the knowledge of critics or radio audiences...
Several major collaborations of this sort were released last year. My favorite is Blue Memphis Suite (Warner Brothers), which features the incomparable singer-pianist Memphis Slim, backed by guitarist Peter Green (Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac), organist John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Duster Bennett on harmonica, Chris Spedding, Pete Winfield, and others. The performance of everyone, especially producer Philippe Rault, is absolutely flawless; the juxtaposition of early Forties blues structure with ultramodern instrumentation and arrangement completely transcends the concept of mere revival. It is a tour de force of textural and harmonic complexity within the blues idiom. On side...
Another first for concert performance was the Karl Kohn Madrigal (1966). The accompanist was none other than Nils Vigeland who is an excellent pianist. In addition to the modern music, the Chorale sang two short Monteverdi works and the Bach Cantata No. 131. All three were marred by weak soloists, unable to project and unvarying in tone. Still, it would be foolish as well as unkind to chastise the Grad Chorale for their work; one can only hope that in the future their quality will come up to the level of their enthusiasm...
From the Heart. Indeed, when "Momo" made his debut at the age of twelve in a Paris cafe, he was dressed as a peasant. He had the spectators roaring with laughter as he sang three tones above his pianist. From the start to the finish of his singing career, which lasted 71 years, Chevalier never did have much of a voice. "I have always sung," he said himself, "more from the heart than the throat." He learned to come on twinkling and debonair, his r-rolling repertory in droll counterpart to his charming manner and accomplished delivery...