New CDs:
Scott Joplin — Treemonisha: An Opera in Three Acts (CD 9622)
Donald Ashwander — Sunshine and Shadow (CD 9623)
Robert Black — Modern American Bass (CD 9624)
Victor Herbert — Works for Cello and Piano; Solo Piano Works (CD 9625)
Rune Karlsson — Fransk Orgelmusik i Botkyrka kyrka (CD 9626)
Yatsura — ¡Pulpo! (CD 9627)
New Score
Solos for Oboe :30 Repertoire Pieces with Piano Accompaniment (M245.S64 2006)
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Check out these upcoming concerts with AU faculty member Yuliya Gorenman.
On Sunday March 4th, 6pm at the Sixth and I Historic Syagogue, come see the “What Makes It Great?” Program with Rob Kapilow. This will be an exploration of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 3 for Cello and Piano. Yuliya Gorenman, piano and Zuill Bailey, cello.
For more information visit www.wpas.org or www.yuliya.com or call 202-785-WPAS (9727).
The Gorenman Piano project continues with a concert of W.A. Mozart’s greatest works. Come join us in the Abramson Family Recital Hall on Saturday March 24th at 8pm.
Tickets can be purchase online here.
Finally, enjoy reading this interview with Yuliya published by MusicWeb International.
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Concerto for Orchestra by Lutoslawski (CD 5201):
When you hear “Concerto for Orchestra,” most people think of the one by Bartok. Personally, this one by Lutoslawski is my favorite although I still love the one by Bartok. The melody in the lower strings at the beginning reminds me of the opening of Resurrection Symphony (#2) by Mahler a bit. This piece should be played more often! If you have not heard it already, you must. Really cool piece.
Michael Torke’s Color Music (CD 1373):
You want to hear colors in music? Torke’s got the colors. When I was in graduate school, I had a chance to play Ecstatic Orange which is on this CD. The piece sounded very NEW to me at that time, and I wasn’t sure what to think of it, but as you listen to it, it becomes addictive. There are some minimalistic elements, but nothing like Steve Reich or Philip Glass. You will definitely hear colors or colours or however you want to spell it.
Janacek, Hindemith, Prokofiev (CD 5620):
Janacek is one of my favorite composers. Sinfonietta may be played almost too often, but it is still one of my faves. The bestselling “1Q84” by Hikaru Murakami mentions this piece at the beginning of the book. There are a lot of good and exciting parts for brass and percussion. What more can you ask for?
Abbey Road by Beatles (CD 5122):
Among the many albums the Beatles released, this album has two of my favorite songs: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer and Octopus’s Garden. It is almost not right to say that the song makes me happy because Maxwell is killing people in the song. I wonder why the song sounds so happy… About Octopus’s Garden, who doesn’t want to visit an Octopus’s Garden?
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The Music Library has received a few new scores from the bindery. The new scores are:
No No Nanette
Lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach
Music by Vincent Youmans
M1503.Y65 N5 1925
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=11033242
48 Famous Studies for Oboe and Saxophone
by W.Ferling
MT365.F47 E88 2002
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9656150
The Yellow Pages
by Michael Torke
M522.T67 Y4 1988
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9663336
Concerto No. 3 in G minor
by G. F. Handel
M1123.H36 no.3 1946
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9656155
Trio for Piano, Oboe & Bassoon
by Francis Poulenc
M317.P68 T7 1954
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9665062
Sonata for Oboe and Piano
by Francis Poulenc
M246.P68 S6 2004
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9656149
Oboensonate
by Saint-Saëns
M246.S25 S6 2010
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9656147
Oboenkonzert
by W.A. Mozart
M1023 .M7 K.314 2001
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9656151
La Cheminée Du Roi René
by Darius Milhaud
M557.M55 C4 1969
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9665056
Sonate für Oboe und Klavier
by Paul Hindemith
M246.H56 S6 1967
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9656148
Concerto per oboe e archi
by Tomaso Albinoni
M1123 .A42 op.9 no.2 1997
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9656146
Concerto in mi bemolle
by V. Bellini
M1023.B45 C6 1998
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9655951
Come in and check out the new scores!
Feast your ears on the new batch new CDs at the Music Library!
Philip Glass & Robert Wilson - Einstein on the Beach (CD 9615)
Philip Glass & Constance DeJong – Satyagraha (CD 9617)
To What A Strange Place – The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora 1916-1929 (CD 9614)
A Clarinet Collective – Dennis Nygren, Clarinet (CD 9611)
War Horse – Original Music from the National Theatre production (CD 9613)
Silence! The Musical – The Unauthorized parody of Silence of the Lambs (CD 9612)
Jack Beeson – Dr. Heidegger’s Fountain of Youth and Hello Out There (CD 9606)
The Civil War – Original Soundtrack to the Ken Burns Film (CD 9618)
Rainbow Body – Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (CD 9616)
GodSpell -The New Broadway Cast Recording (CD 9621)
19th Century Organ Music – Dirk Jansz. Zwart, Organ (CD 9620)
Looking Back – Leonard Garrison, flute // Jay Mauchley, Piano (CD 9610)
Vamonos Pa’l Monte – Eddie Palmieri (CD 9619)
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Happy Mardi Gras Y’ALL! To put you in the mood, the Music Library has found some excellent tunes for you to listen to. They are all available on:
The American Song database.
Here are some of our favorites:
Alan Lomax Haiti Collection, Vol. 46: Mardi Gras Bands performed by Mardi Gras Band
Music of New Orleans, Vol. 1: Music of the Streets: Music of Mardi Gras
The Big Easy performed by Henry Roeland Byrd.
Louisiana Creole Music Mardi Gras! performed by Queen Ida
Have a marvelous day!
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So, looking for some AMAZING music to listen to this weekend? Check out some of my personal favorites:
Esta Plena - Miguel Zenón (CD 5123)
This incredible saxophonist blends the American sound of jazz with the cultural songs of his home country, Puerto Rico.
Best of the Black President – Fela Kuti (CD 5190)
If you don’t know who Fela Kuti is, it’s time to find out! This is the second staff pick featuring this incredible freedom fighter and king of Afro-beat!
Symphony No. 3, Opus 36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” – Henryk Gorecki (CD 6037) Dawn Upshaw
This is a GORGEOUS symphony, and the vocalist, Dawn Upshaw is a name to be known. At first this collection of traditional-Polish inspired songs was criticized for being too “poppy,” but Henryk’s countrymen and foreign followers have come to love his third symphony.
El Tango – Astor Piazzolla (CD 5999)
My freshmen year this was THE CD being listened to…at least for the AU saxophone studio. It is an incredible compilation of tangos by and inspired by the great Argentinean bandoneón player, Astor Piazzolla.
Still Life – Noah Getz (CD 9445)
I had to add this new CD recently released by my saxophone professor, Noah Getz, but if you even sorta like the saxophone you should check this out! Noah’s impeccable style combined with his incredible musicality is a wonder to listen to!
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So the weekend is coming up and you have a problem. You have no idea what to do.
Well the DPA has a solution.
Ubu Rex
Where is it?
Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre
When is it?
Thursday, February 16 at 8 pm
Saturday, February 18, at 2 pm and 8 pm
What is it?
This bawdy spoof on Shakespeare’s Macbeth provoked audience riots at the original 1896 production. The crude language and violent, absurd vision of the world, coupled with the characters’ outrageous greed, cruelty, and cowardice, satirizes the fundamental attitudes and practices of Western civilization. This seminal work of anti-theatre shattered common perceptions of what theatre was and could be, and paved the way for the Surrealists, Dadaists, Theatre of Cruelty, and Theatre of the Absurd.
AU Symphony Orchestra Concerto and Aria Competition
Where is it?
Abramson Family Recital Hall at the Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Arts Center
When is it?
First Round: Friday, February 18, at 7 pm
Final Round: Saturday, February 19, at 3 pm
What is it?
The talented members of the American University Music Department do musical battle for the honor of performing with the AUSO in the Fall semester of 2012.
So how much will all of this cost? Ubu Rex will set AU students and seniors back $10 and everyone else $15. The Concerto and Aria competition is free of Admission.
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In honor of Presidents’ Day we have found music that is all about presidents!
James Brown, “Funky President”
James Brown’s tune is about the decidedly unfunky Gerald Ford, whose propensity was for falling down rather than getting down. Brown paid him the ultimate tribute with this powerhouse cut, featuring a super-solid drumline and killer sax courtesy of David Sanborn and Pee Wee Ellis. It was also sampled to death in its later years.
The Ramones, “Bonzo Goes To Bitburg”
President Reagan’s quirky nickname, “Bonzo,” commemorated the 40th anniversary of World War II that canceled an excursion to a concentration camp in order to view a Nazi SS cemetery. This political faux-pas was the subject of many rock songs including The Ramones’ “Bonzo Goes To Bitburg” which prompted the lyric “You’re a politician/don’t become one of Hitler’s children.”
The Minutemen, “If Reagan Played Disco”
For every scheming politician there is a cacophonous punk rock song to lampoon him. The Minutemen’s one-minute-ish tribute to Reagan consists of only these lyrics, “”If Reagan played disco, he’d shoot it to sh*t/ You can’t disco in jackboots/Born, born on a white horse/he’d sing lame lyrics/and try to reach the working man.”
Animaniacs, “The Presidents”
The Animaniacs created a song that named every US president (up to Bill Clinton, due to production date) to the tune of the William Tell Overture. This iconic cartoon series ran from 1992-1998.
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Hey guys!
Did you forget we have tons of music you can stream from your computer when you’re sitting home alone on a Saturday night in your dorm and/or cave? Or when you’re studying abroad and you forgot all of your music at home!?!
I thought you might have.
Kim and I picked out a couple jams to get you started:
10 Timeless Country Songs – I fall to Pieces
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