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What are we listening to right now?
What are we listening to right now?
"We" as in the Listening Group.
For the next on-line meeting we are listening to Bartok's Contrasts and Theofanidis' The Here and Now.
Interesting choice of works... the Bartok is small, written for piano, violin and clarinet - it was written for Benny Goodman!
By contrast, the Theofanidis is big - written for the Atlanta Symphony chorus and orchestra. I just received a CD from Amazon and will listen to it for the first time this weekend.
The next meeting will be on Friday January 12, 2007 - next year is right around the corner!
Put the date on your calendar and start your ipods, CD players, MP3s. The recordings are available on iTunes and, of course, Amazon. Remember, there are no rules to be a part of the group - you don't need to own the scores, read music or hold a degree of any sort.
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Musicians
Tue, 12/26/2006 - 9:31am — Guest (not verified)Hello Guest, Thanks for your comments. I, too, am delighted that June has agreed to guest-blog on this site. I have invited other members of the Chicago Sinfonietta to do so as well and hope that others will take me up on the offer. In the meantime, look for June's submissions once a month. Jim Hirsch
What a great piece - finally
Mon, 12/25/2006 - 8:44pm — Guest (not verified)What a great piece - finally the musicians get a chance to say something. There is a huge difference between the musicians and the people who organize programs. Please, let us hear more from the people making the music.
Listening
Fri, 12/15/2006 - 2:30pm — dramaqueenMr. Palermo:Thank you for writing about the music you are currently listening to, and thanks in particular for the tip about the guitar concerto. It sounds lovely and I intend to buy it at my earliest convenience. If you program it, I will come!DQ
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