Extractions: Credit where credit's due: It took guts for Billy Joel to title this recording of his first classical piano compositions . That's more than a gilt-edged invitation, it's an outright plea to critics to be snotty, to have some malicious fun at his expense. There's no way he could have been oblivious to the danger; he knows he's daring us to knock the chip off his shoulder. It isn't completely clear why an enterprise of this sort invites that kind of sneering, but it does, frequently and almost irresistibly. Perhaps because the history of popular musicians trying their hand at classical composition is a melancholy one. (Musicians who are primarily performers rather than composers have managed the transition more smoothly; Neil Sedaka played a creditable Chopin back in the early '60s, and
Digest For November 12, 1996 Nov. 69-p. 3 At 2 pm on Saturday, Russian-born American pianist Yuliyagorenman will present a concert in Herrick Chapel. gorenman http://www.friends-partners.org/newfriends/community/lists/newfriends/digest/199
Christo Bresnahan - MP3 Audio Peabody Symphony, yuliya gorenman, piano. In the extract you will hear the pianiststepping on, cutting off and crushing the opening of an atonal fugue. http://www.sfchristo.net/ChristoMP3.html
Extractions: Christo's Music in MP3 Audio updated 1/1/02 Click on the button or title to download excerpts of my music in CD quality MP3 format: Vocal Say You Are (on Receiving a New Volume of Medtner in the Mail) (2.6 Mb) Words by Margaret Fabrizio. Written for 4 part male chorus. This version is being performed by Noel Cragg singing every part on multiple tracks. Kenneth Matthews conducting the Old First Orchestra, premiered March 4th, 2001 Paranoic Rhapsody a Sublimation of Liszt (2 Mb) - for solo 'cello. A reworking of my earliest written piece, 19th century gypsy romanticism is taken over by electronic-like sounds and the harmony and rhythms of the current world. Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick , 'cello (playing the earlier version) Apparition of B-A-C-H in a Cubist Piano Piece (1.5 Mb) - my personal answer to serialisms' defiance and denial of tonal gravity. In the extract you will hear the pianist stepping on, cutting off and crushing the opening of an a-tonal fugue. The piece somehow compresses all the emotions and events of 4 months of my life into 4 minutes.
Classical Music And Dance Listings This weekend Mark Peskanov, a violinist, anchors the performances. Tonight he joinsYuliya gorenman, a pianist, in three sonatas by Beethoven (Op. 23 and Op. http://college3.nytimes.com/guests/articles/2003/09/26/1114692.xml
Extractions: Classical Music and Dance Listings (Jun 4, 2004) Classical Music and Dance Listings (May 28, 2004) Classical Music and Dance Listings (May 21, 2004) selective listing by critics of The Times of new or noteworthy opera, classical music and dance events this weekend in the Northeast. Opera "LA BOHÈME." This Puccini favorite was more ubiquitous than usual last season, but even if you've seen it recently at City Opera or the Met or on Broadway, it's safe to say the production was nothing like this. The Amato Opera performs in a minuscule theater downtown. The sets are homely and the singers are young, but their voices most certainly fill the house, such as it is, and there is an intimacy you will never find in a larger venue no matter how much you spend on tickets. Tomorrow night at 7:30 and Sunday at 2:30 p.m., 319 Bowery, at Second Street, East Village, (212) 228-8200. Tickets: $30, $25 for students, 65+ and children under 12 (Jeremy Eichler). "CARMEN." With a graceful stage presence and a soft-edged velvety voice, the Israeli mezzo-soprano Hadar Halevi is quite alluring as Bizet's sultry cigarette girl whose love cannot be domesticated. Her Don José, Michael Hendrick, was a bit wooden on opening night, but he sang with sufficient ardor, and he well may relax into the role. Jonathon Eaton's handsome 1992 production, which presents all the requisite exotifications of Spain in deep dark colors, has worn well. Tomorrow night at 8, New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, (212) 870-5570. Tickets: $30 to $110 (Eichler).
AU News Press Release Contact Maralee Csellar, (202) 8855952 WHO Russian-born, American pianistYuliya gorenman WHAT A Solo Piano Recital WHEN 8 pm, Saturday, Nov. http://domino.american.edu/AU/media/mediarel.nsf/0/ff36dc1d65b9f3b685256dd3007dd
Today's Daily Dish Reverie was performed by the awardwinning Russian-born classical pianist YuliyaGorenman and recorded live in concert last week in the Seiji Ozawa Hall at http://www.dailydish.com/1997/101097MAIN.html
Extractions: CLASSICAL GAS On Monday, October 13 (Columbus Day observed), Nation Public Radio (NPR)'s "Performance Today" will broadcast the debut performance of "Reverie," a classical piano composition by Columbia Records artist Billy Joel. "Reverie" was performed by the award-winning Russian-born classical pianist Yuliya Gorenman and recorded live in concert last week in the Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, Massachusetts. Monday's broadcast will be the general public's first opportunity to hear one of Billy Joel's classical pieces. "I've just found myself getting to a point where I want to say more with the music," Billy told "Performance Today" host Martin Goldsmith. "I've become a better musician as I've gotten older. I've become a better writer as I've gotten older, hopefully. I have to expand on that." For "Performance Today" local broadcast times, please contact your local NPR member station. CLUMSY, YET SKILLFUL
Alexandria Symphony 2002-2003 Season The Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, NorthernVirginia Community College, Alexandria Campus. http://www.alexsym.org/nov2002.html
