Several weeks back, my piano teacher gave me a book of jazz numbers and told me to pick one. I chose “Lullaby of Birdland,” which I’ve always liked. I've managed to be able to play it pretty nicely. The arrangement is sort of intermediate, maybe...
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Nicholas Lanier playing a lute, by an unidentified painter. Lanier (1588-1666) was an English composer and musician. Public domain. In moving to Bluesky, I’ve found new people to follow. One.
In my piano lessons, I am learning to read a lead sheet and arrange accompaniments to simple tunes. It’s something I’ve wanted to learn forever, but I got into it.
From the architect's website. Many more pictures there. The Santa Fe Opera House is a lovely venue. It is open to the now warm evening air, and the audience at the sides may feel wind and rain. A few years back, wind baffles were installed...
Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár I haven’t seen the film “Tár” and might not. I would much prefer to watch it in a theater, but I am not willing to.
In the comment thread to my first post in this series, Erik comments that you can’t dance to classical music. Well. Music and dance are intimately intertwined. Always have been..
One of our readers requested classical music commentary. I had thought of a couple of classical music posts over the past month but thought maybe rock and country were the official LGM flavors. So I volunteered. You know how it is with volunteers, though. They...