Posts Tagged ‘Piano’
Mazurka Clandestina, Hanoi Musette, Avant-Piano Teacher
What is the Mazurka Clandestina? Does Vietnam like French Accordion? Is this piano teacher a mountebank?
Accordionist Gil Goldstein: Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland
Jazz accordion on the radio!?! Gil lays it down behind Janis Siegel. On piano, but more importantly busting out the accordion.
30 Years of Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland
NPR last week put up a tribute to McPartland’s long running show by creating a beautiful interactive grid of interviewees from the show. Its a very cool thing, and they chose a great variety for guests from Chick Corea to Willie Nelson. Click on a music celebrity and you’ll hear a roughly 6 minute piece from McPartland’s interview.
Carnegie Hall Names Mehldau First Jazz Artist for Composer's Chair
Great news if you are a fan of jazz pianist Brad Mehldau. Mehldau has been given a season-long residency at Carnegie Hall this season, 2010-2011. What this means? Alot of fantastic new Brad Mehldau music; there will be music with strings, music with words, music for two pianos! Exciting. (Thanks to Nonesuch Records site forRead more..
Andras Schiff & Beethoven's Sonatas
For anyone at all interested in an understanding of classical music, and in particular one of the following: the piano, musical form, harmony, orchestration, Beethoven, classical performance, I must recommend the free library of Andras Schiff’s lectures upon all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonata’s. Andras Schiff is one of a handful of performers at thisRead more..