The Live Music Report
October 2007 |
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| Small World Music Festival |
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| Hilario Duran Trio | David Virelles Quintet |
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...Most amazing were the piano improvisations that actually incorporated fugue-like left-hand counterpoint in a few truly Gould-inspired memorable moments...
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| by Tova G. Kardonne |
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| Oliver Mtukudzi |
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...These wonderful melodies are further textured by Oliver's thoughtful and profound lyrics; lyrics that endear him to the common people...
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| by Laila Boulos & Roger Humbert |
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| Concerts |
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| Art of Time Ensemble |
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...to bring us musically into the ruthless action of a sub molecular world. Here tiny entities pop, click, ping, zing, zap, tink into existence...
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| by Stanley Fefferman |
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| Filarmonica della Scala |
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...Under his baton, the multiplicity of pitches did not so much stack up into harmonies as meld seamlessly into atmospheres...
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| by Tova G. Kardonne |
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| Yoruba Andabo |
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...Yoruba Andabo celebrates the varied African traditions of the Cuban people, both religious and popular...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| Eve Egoyan plays Alvin Curran's Inner Cities |
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...It seems fair to describe these Curran piano compositions as experimental/traditional — experimental because of repetition...
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| by David Fujino |
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| A Tribute to Milton Barnes |
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...As soon as he hit his last note of longing, Daniel Barnes went into the fast and famous Gene Krupa licks of “Sing Sing Sing”...
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| by Ori Dagan & Roger Humbert |
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| Michael Pickett |
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...his plaintive, raw voice shone above the cradle-rock rhythms of his acoustic guitar. Pickett expertly traveled through many different styles...
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| by Laila Boulos & Mike Colyer |
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| Theatre |
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| Michele Mele – Naked on the Rocks |
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...Michele Mele has discovered the optimum forum for her unique talent...
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| by Lesley Mitchell-Clarke |
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| Famous Puppet Death Scenes |
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...“The idea for this show developed while we were working on a version of Pinocchio, ... In the original book, Pinocchio kills the cricket on page six..."
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| by Tova G. Kardonne |
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