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Re: [F_minor] Alicia de Larrocha's passing 9-25-09
Title: Re: [F_minor] Alicia de Larrocha's passing
9-25-09
Even more apropos, on Saturday, 9/26, the day after GG's
birthday, Barbra Streisand performed at the famous Greenwich Village
jazz club (97 seats), the Village Vanguard. It was the first
time she'd performed there, in such a venue, since 1961.
The NYTimes has a nice piece on her, that refers to GG being a
self-confessed "Streisand freak" (from his review of her
1976 album "Classical Barbra"), and talks with her about her
approach to making music.
"Streisand's Fine Instrument and Classic
Instinct"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/arts/music/27tomm.html?_r=1&ref=music
"The Village Vanguard Set List"
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/barbra-streisand-the-village-vanguard-set-list/
(There's a few other articles there as well, about the sociology
of the performance. All the seats were free, distributed by
lottery, so some people who never would have had a chance to see her,
did.)
Now, if only Petula Clark had sat in on the set and sang with
Barbra, it truly could have been a GG birthday party...
At 9:54 AM -0500 9/28/09, Kpapademas wrote:
FYI: In case you have not
heard:
The passing of pianist Alicia de Larrocha
on Friday, September 25, 2009
(GG's birthday anniversary).
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/arts/music/26larrocha.html?_r=4&hp
Clips showing Madame Alicia with Dudley
Moore
http://nemirovski.blogspot.com/2008/04/alicia-de-larrochas-rehearsal-and.html
Katherine
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