Vladimir Godar, Mater (ECM). In the course of writing the notes for George Mraz's forthcoming CD Moravian Gems, I made the aural acquaintance of the Czech singer, violinist and actress Iva Bittová and was enchanted by her. Mraz informed me that the composer VladimÃr Godár, inspired by Bittová's … [Read more...]
Archives for July 11, 2007
Think Before You Stand Up
Remember our series of Rifftides riffs and exchanges about applause? It started like this. Then it went here and here In the past year and a half, the issue has not gone away. San Diego Union-Tribune classical music critic Valerie Scher's Sunday, July 8 column bore the headline, "Think Before You … [Read more...]
Other Matters: More Women
If you enjoyed the video montage of women in painting a few weeks ago, click here for act two; women in film. The cello accompanist is the same. I wonder who it is. … [Read more...]
Quotes, More Or Less Compatible
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body.--Oliver Wendell Holmes You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow.--Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket My … [Read more...]