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Music is Hard 44: Lyrics

Posted on 12 May 2012 by Dave

This week:
What is a lyric? Tim and Dave disagree. Can we translate the text without losing it’s meaning? Should we? What is lost (or gained) in translation? Thanks to Chloe Veltman for getting us started on the topic.

Link:
Chloe Veltman: Simultaneous Opera Translation

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Streamers and Punches 33: Silvestri, Assemble!

Posted on 10 May 2012 by Dave

In this episode we look at some new scoring assignments, two interviews, a link to listen to The Avengers score, and we discuss Silvestri’s score to The Avengers as well.

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This week’s panel:

Here is a link to listen to The Avengers score by Alan Silvestri.
There is a concert of music by “Dexter” composer, Daniel Licht – 10 June 2012.
New score assignments: Jack White will score The Lone Ranger, Moby will score The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, Thomas Newman will score the next Soderbergh film, The Bitter Pill.
Two new interviews: David Shire and Alan Silvestri.
Slashfilm (/Film) podcast with guest Drew McWeeny from Hitfix.

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SoundNotion 67: The Mozart Remix

Posted on 6 May 2012 by Dave

Jeff Loeffert and Jonathan Nichol of the h2 Quartet join the panel to discuss their new album Groove Machine and discuss Apple’s classical music offerings, a retracted blog post on WQXR’s website, Joshua Bell on Dancing with the Stars, and more!

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This week’s topics include:

Jeff Loeffert and Jonathan Nichol of the h2 quartet bring their Groove Machine to the SN panel.
“I think that the iPad should give the tuning note.”
Mozart named as front-man the New World Symphony’s late night classical/club music chimera – Pulse!
Joshua Bell ascends to the prestigious DWtS stage.
The Philadelphia Orchestra set to return from from bankruptcy.
Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys dead at 47.
Alarm Will Sound wants your prose for their Cage.
The Metropolitan Opera rolls in heavy on WQXR. The underwriter is always right.
#FoTS Rob Deemer wants to cause trouble in the department again.

Pick of the week:

Marc Mellits’s Revolution (2004), arr. Jonathan Nichol (2010), perf. h2 quartet – CD – Amazon MP3 – iTunes

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Music is Hard 43: Movement

Posted on 4 May 2012 by Dave

This week:
What happens when musicians become “dancers”? Do players bouncing and swaying around look like idiots, or do their motions contribute something to the performance? Is there a point at which a performers movements can actually detract from an otherwise strong performance?

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Music is Hard 42: Encore

Posted on 26 Apr 2012 by Dave

This week:
Chloe Veltman got us thinking about the nature of the encore. Why do people give encores? What is the value to the audience? What does it take to get a standing ovation? (hint: not much)

Link:
Veltman: “Boo to Encores”

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