Prelude in C Sharp Minor w/Art Nouveau Visuals

The BSO's Rachmaninoff weekend finishes this afternoon with "Ravishing Rachmaninoff".

Merry Christmas!

The Nostalgia of a Seasonal Classic...

...is an essential ingredient of Holiday Spirit. Don't you think?

So 'natch, the daughter of a ballet teacher turns to The Nutcracker during the Holidays. Holla if you were a waltzing Flower as a child! ;)

Ballanchine...got creative, took liberties, however you see it, but this is nevertheless a beautiful and accessible presentation of The Nutcracker.


I can't believe it was so long ago, but checking with the Kennedy Center shows that the Kirov Nutcracker we saw with the (awesome) scary black snowflakes was back in 2003!

(If you were good, you got to be a snowflake.)


ps - yes, that is Macaulay Culkin!

Movement and Pose in Space and Sound and Silence...and in Competition...and at Weddings...and on TV...

"Dancing about Sculture" from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham. (England, not Alabama)


The University fo Birmingham took 1st place at the 2011 Bhangra Showdown:


So I'm watching this and thinking "What fun! I wanna do that!" Sure enough, the Good Indian Girl is here to help:

"We've all been in that situation. You're at the wedding, the reception, and the hip hop starts giving way to some Bollywood and Bhangra and you're not quite sure how to dance to it." [ohyeah, happens all the time, I hate that! ;) ]

And if you're really good, you can get from Atlanta, Georgia, all the way to compete on Indian television. (which is as bad as American football for all the junk they paste over the screen while you're trying to watch. :/ )

Songs in a Dying Language

Today is St. Andrew's Day.







Julie Fowlis's USA Spring Tour kicks off in Virginia in April. She'll be at Strathmore April 15th.

Today is Ana Day! ;)

Ana Vidovic:









September 15, 2012 - 8:00 PM - Baltimore, MD, An die Musik, Recital

Sheep May Safely Graze

And other portents...



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Andrea Bocelli

with Elmo:





and with Sarah Brightman (to make it up to you for having to hear Elmo sing):





and finally, Bocelli's break-out, Miserere:





The not-very-succinct (or rather very-not-succinct) Andrea Bocelli wiki.

Strollin' Down Sesame Street with Yo Yo Ma

The Sesame Street Chamber Music Society:





And big fiddle, little fiddle with Elmo:



OK, so now I have to make up for that assault on my imaginary audience's ears. This Dvorak piece (Silent Woods) spotlights the cello nicely:



Ears happy now. :)