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Beacon concert will celebrate Broadway In a rarity for classical music ensembles, the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra will feature a saxophone soloist for its program of Broadway arrangements at Beacon High School on Feb. 22. The orchestra recruited Jerry Vivino, a member for 25 years of the house bands for Conan O'Brien's late-night shows, to sit in, although the headliner will be Hugh Panaro, who played the lead in Phantom of the Opera on Broadway more than 2,000 times. Panaro will indeed sing "Music of the Night," along with songs from Chess, Jersey Boys, Les Misérables and The Wizard of Oz. In addition, the orchestra will perform instrumental arrangements of selections from Evita, Wicked, Chicago, 42nd Street, On the Town and The Music Man. This is the Poughkeepsie-based ensemble's second recent concert in Beacon. It performed Messiah in December and returns in May to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of French composer Maurice Ravel with a program of his Ma Mere l'Oye Suite (Mother Goose), Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107, John Adams's Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Elgar's Enigma Variations. Founded in 1932, the orchestra began as an independent entity but partnered with the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie in 1999 after tough times. Over the years, its programming dropped from 12 concerts and 130 school visits annually to three concerts, says Executive Director Rachel Crozier. Last year, it became a nonprofit and is again operating independently. The Pete and Toshi Seeger Theater at Beacon High School is one of the few venues in the Hudson Valley that can accommodate a full symphony orchestra, says Crozier, who plays second violin. In addition to the guest soloist and saxophonist, about 60 musicians will fill the stage, including two substitutes who live in Beacon, Eva Gerard (viola) and Adrienne Harmon (violin). Crozier praises the auditorium's acoustics: "The sound is warm, and it carries throughout the hall," she says. André Raphel, who last year became the symphony's principal conductor and artistic advisor, assembled the program. Raphel, who previously worked with the New York Philharmonic and the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra in West Virginia, seeks to recreate the versatile sound heard on original cast albums from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. "Hearing Broadway material performed by an orchestra is going to be sonically superior to attending the show itself because, no matter how good the pit musicians are, you're getting a lush performance with so many more instruments," he says. One challenge for the future of classical music is its aging audience. "The way we talk about it needs to shift," says Crozier. "Classical is for everyone, and we want people to be comfortable." Mixing things up, like offering a holiday choral work, providing accompaniment for a silent film and rolling out a pops or Broadway program, help orchestras engage with larger audiences, says Raphel. "Movies would be much less engaging or emotional without the background music, which is usually recorded by a full orchestra," says Crozier. "Just as music makes movies better, people can enhance their days by making classical music part of the soundtrack to their lives." Beacon High School is located at 101 Matteawan Road. Tickets are $55 ($68 reserved seating, $38 seniors, $15 students, children ages 5 and younger free) at hudsonvalleysymphony.org.
Short Ride in a Fast Machine is a 1986 orchestral work by John Adams. Adams applies the description "fanfare for orchestra" to this work and to the earlier Tromba Lontana. The former is also known as Fanfare for Great Woods because it was commissioned for the Great Woods Festival of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musicspeaks-podcast/support
durée : 00:24:56 - John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine - par : Anne-Charlotte Rémond - Musicopolis vous emmène aujourd'hui le 13 juin 1986 à Mansfield, dans le Massachusetts, pour la création de l'œuvre « A short Ride in a fast machine » de John Adams. - réalisé par : Claire Lagarde
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 99, my conversation with author and publisher Elizabeth Ellen. This episode first aired on August 26, 2012. Elizabeth Ellen's stories have been published in American Short Fiction, HARPER'S Magazine, Muumuu House, Joyland, and numerous other magzines and journals. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize for her story "Teen Culture," and is the author of several books including Fast Machine and Person/a. In 2024, Clash Books will publish her novel, American Thighs. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cor anglais and oboe player Kate St. John and pianist and composer Joe Stilgoe join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye to add another five tracks to the playlist. Their short ride in a fast machine takes them from a Parisian classic to Buenos Aires tango via a train tour to Rainbow City. Producer Jerome Weatherald Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye The five tracks in this week's playlist: Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Édith Piaf Stornelli Amorosi by Claudio Villa Train Tour to Rainbow City by The Pyramids Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams Spring in Buenos Aires (for piano), by Ástor Piazzolla, played by the Zürcher Klaviertrio Other music in this episode: Ordinary Life by Van Morrison Vai de Roda by Duarte Burrp by Nardo Ranks Incredible by M-Beat Oblivion by Grimes I'm in the Mood for Love by Lord Tanamo Cry Tough by Alton Ellis Rudy, A Message to You by Dandy Livingstone A Message to You Rudy by The Specials Rudie Can't Fail by The Clash Baby, Come Back by The Equals I Don't Wanna Dance by Eddy Grant Electric Avenue by Eddy Grant Gimme Hope Jo'anna by Eddy Grant Primavera porteña by Ástor Piazzolla
In this second part of a two-part episode, we look at how Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Hopper and Alexandre Desplat pick up the mantle from John Williams to continue the sounds and world of Harry Potter in films 4-8. From folk tunes, to new and unusual instruments, to new places such as the Ministry of Magic, as well as returning ideas from dragons to flying to magic in Hogwarts. Each composer has their own unique sound while still staying within the late romantic orchestral sound with a few quirky moments thrown in while the sounds of magic are continued in choir and celeste.Host: Ruth MudgeMusic included in podcast:"The Quidditch World Cup" - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Patrick Doyle, 2005"Foreign Visitors Arrive" - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Patrick Doyle, 2005"The Goblet of Fire" - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Patrick Doyle, 2005"Golden Egg" - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Patrick Doyle, 2005"Hogwarts' March" - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Patrick Doyle, 2005"Harry Sees Dragons" - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Patrick Doyle, 2005"Underwater Secrets" - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Patrick Doyle, 2005"The Black Lake" - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Patrick Doyle, 2005"Der Zigeunerbaron: Schatz-Walzer (Treasure Waltz), Op. 418" - Strauss II: Most Famous Waltzes, performed by Ondrej Lenard & Strauss Festival Orchestra, music by Johann Strauss, Jnr., 1988."Potter Waltz" - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Patrick Doyle, 2005"Dementors in the Underpass" - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Nicholas Hooper, 2007"The Hall of Prophecies" - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Nicholas Hooper, 2007"The Ministry of Magic" - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Nicholas Hooper, 2007"Short Ride on a Fast Machine" - Adams: Short Ride on a Fast Machine, Grand Pianola Music, performed by Stephen Mosko & Netherlands Winds Ensemble, music by John Coolidge Adams, 1995"The Room of Requirements" - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Nicholas Hooper, 2007"Fireworks" - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Nicholas Hooper, 2007"A Journey to Hogwarts" - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Nicholas Hooper, 2007"Flight of the Order of the Phoenix" - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Nicholas Hooper, 2007"The Sirius Deception" - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Nicholas Hooper, 2007"Ron's Victory" - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Nicholas Hooper, 2009"The Book" - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Nicholas Hooper, 2009"The Slug Party" - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Nicholas Hooper, 2009"Farewell Aragog" - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), music by Nicholas Hooper, 2009"Ministry of Magic" - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1, (Original Motion Picture...
This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about the e-scooter referendum in Paris, the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick, and “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Audio” arrow above and enjoy! Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.The ePOP video competition is open! The deadline for entries is 20 April 2023 – but don't put it off! Start now!The ePOP video competition is sponsored by the RFI department “Planète Radio”, whose mission is to give a voice to the voiceless. ePOP focuses on the environment, and how climate change has affected “ordinary” people … you create a three-minute video about climate change, the environment, pollution – told by the people it affects. So put on your thinking caps and get to work ... and by the way, the prizes are incredibly generous!To read the ePOP entry guidelines – as well as watch videos from previous years – go to the ePOP website.Erwan and I are busy cooking up special shows with your musical requests, so get them in! Send your musical requests to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr Tell us why you like the piece of music, too – it makes it more interesting for us all!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the breaking news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts which will leave you hungry for more.There's Paris Perspective, Spotlight on France, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. And there is the excellent International Report, too.As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our staff of journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” on the upper left-hand side of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers, take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books which were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in all your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!And don't forget, there is a Facebook page just for you, the independent RFI English Clubs. Only members of RFI English Clubs can belong to this group page, so when you apply to join, be sure you include the name of your RFI Club and your membership number. Everyone can look at it, but only members of the group can post on it. If you haven't yet asked to join the group, and you are a member of an independent, officially recognized RFI English club, go to the Facebook link above, and fill out the questionnaire !!!!! (if you do not answer the questions, I click “decline”).There's a Facebook page for members of the general RFI Listeners Club too. Just click on the link and fill out the questionnaire, and you can connect with your fellow Club members around the world. Be sure you include your RFI Listeners Club membership number (most of them begin with an A, followed by a number) in the questionnaire, or I will have to click “Decline”, which I don't like to do!We have two new RFI Listeners Club members to welcome: Karuna Kanta Paul from West Bengal, India, and Jahangir Alam from Naogaon, Bangladesh.Welcome, Karuna! Welcome Jahangir! So glad you have joined us! Be sure you join the RFI Listeners Club Facebook page!You too can be a member of the RFI Listeners Club – just write to me at english.service@rfi.fr and tell me you want to join, and I'll send you a membership number. It's that easy. When you win a Sound Kitchen quiz as an RFI Listeners Club member, you receive a premium prize, AND, you can join our Facebook page, the RFI Listeners Club page. You must ask to join the group, and you must furnish your RFI Listeners Club membership number. I'll approve you, and off you go!This week's quiz: On 21 January, I asked you a question about our article “Paris to hold public vote on continuing e-scooter rental services”.The fans of the e-scooters praise them as a “fast, non-polluting alternative to cars or crowded public transport”, to quote our article.But there are many non-fans as well: the riders often use the sidewalk, which is forbidden – they can go really fast! - and there have been some bad accidents that have severely hurt pedestrians. Due to the many complaints, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo scheduled a referendum on whether the rental e-scooters will continue to be available in Paris.You were to answer these two questions: when will the referendum be held, and what will Parisians be asked?The answer is, to quote our article: “Hidalgo said Paris residents would be asked ‘a very simple question' in the referendum planned for the second of April: "Do we or don't we continue with free-floating rental scooters?"In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question: “Where is the best place to be in the spring?”Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Dipita Chakrabarty from New Delhi, India. Dipita is also the winner of this week's bonus question: “Where is the best place to be in spring?”Congratulations Dipita!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are RFI Listeners Club members Father Steven Wara from Bamenda, Cameroon; Renita Rini from Munshiganj, Bangladesh, and RFI English listeners Liu Wei from Guangdong Province in China, and Sheuly Khatun from Sirajganj Bangladesh.Congratulations winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “dJarabi”, written by Sona Jobarteh, and performed by Jobarteh and her band; Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and the traditional Mongolian song “Altain maagtaal”, played and sung by Batzorig Vaanchig.Do you have a musical request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr This week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, re-read our article “EU to ban fossil fuel car sales by 2035, slash truck and bus emissions”, to help you with the answer.You have until 13 March to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 18 March podcast. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.Send your answers to:english.service@rfi.frorSusan OwensbyRFI – The Sound Kitchen80, rue Camille Desmoulins92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFranceorBy text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or “ + ”, then 33 6 31 12 96 82. 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In deze aflevering is pianist en musicoloog Ralph van Raat te gast. Als een van Nederlands meeste bekende pianisten, heeft hij in concertzalen over de hele wereld gespeeld. Vanaf zijn 14e is hij al gek van hedendaagse muziek. Maar ook de oude meesters hebben hun weg gevonden in het repertoire van deze meesterpianist. Wat gaat hij Aniek & Job brengen... Deze muziek hoor je in de aflevering * John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine (https://open.spotify.com/track/6Olyr6tQ7DKWPJro6nn35C?si=25443761bbaa465a) door Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal olv Kent Nagano * Call Super - Eye Flow Wide (https://open.spotify.com/track/7JryfaXQFOYTw8Z1tMXxyH?si=b21aa97d4cf842fe) * Word Colour - Blossom (https://open.spotify.com/track/1I7pn49ysDf2NRq2lrjO8o?si=f2893b84efc34cfa) * John Luther Adams - Become Ocean (https://open.spotify.com/track/0Ne5itrohiBOTy425hrBGJ?si=f7d904020fc74ab3) * Basic Channel - Quadrant Dub (https://open.spotify.com/track/0dC0x8MaaASf0zenCVA4zc?si=5922d7ce2db04e9a) I * Aphex Twin - Jynweythek (https://open.spotify.com/track/7etelDpVxaPTzmeZrYo8Qy?si=52294280e3ba4fe5) * Sirin Ensemble - The Beatitudes (Vladimir Martynov)
Vielleicht ohne 9-Euro-Ticket, dafür aber garantiert Erste Klasse: Senk ju vor träwelling wis Philipps Playlist. Diese sonnigen Musikstücke hast Du in der Folge gehört: Pat Metheny Group - "Last Train Home" // John Adams - "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" // Alma Naidu - "Hold on to Me" // Philip Glass - "Etude No. 2" // Alan Jackson - "Freight Train" Wenn Du eine Idee oder einen Wunsch hast, zu welchem Thema Philipp unbedingt eine Playlist zusammenschustern muss, dann schreib ihm: playlist@ndr.de.
Beidi Chen talks about "Pixelated Butterfly: Simple and Efficient Sparse Training for Neural Network Models." Overparameterized neural networks generalize well but are expensive to train. Ideally, one would like to reduce their computational cost while retaining their generalization benefits. Sparse model training is a simple and promising approach to achieve this, but there remain challenges as existing methods struggle with accuracy loss, slow training runtime, or difficulty in sparsifying all model components. The core problem is that searching for a sparsity mask over a discrete set of sparse matrices is difficult and expensive. To address this, our main insight is to optimize over a continuous superset of sparse matrices with a fixed structure known as products of butterfly matrices. As butterfly matrices are not hardware efficient, we propose simple variants of butterfly (block and flat) to take advantage of modern hardware. Our method (Pixelated Butterfly) uses a simple fixed sparsity pattern based on flat block butterfly and low-rank matrices to sparsify most network layers (e.g., attention, MLP). We empirically validate that Pixelated Butterfly is 3x faster than butterfly and speeds up training to achieve favorable accuracy--efficiency tradeoffs. On the ImageNet classification and WikiText-103 language modeling tasks, our sparse models train up to 2.5x faster than the dense MLP-Mixer, Vision Transformer, and GPT-2 medium with no drop in accuracy.
In this week's SlatorPod, we're joined by Kenneth Heafield, Reader in Machine Translation (MT) at the University of Edinburgh. We originally connected with Kenneth on Twitter in a discussion about Slator's coverage of a research paper on Carbon Emissions in MT.Kenneth talks about his experience going back and forth between academia and industry, reflecting on the pros and cons of working for Big Tech. He discusses his recent research with efficient translation and language modelling as well as other MT topics that are undervalued by the industry.Kenneth shares his thoughts on the popular preprint platform arXiv and how news outlets should cover research that hasn't been peer-reviewed. He gives tips for those interested in attending natural language processing (NLP) conferences, particularly on how to navigate the complex system.Kenneth concludes the podcast with an exciting demo of Translate Locally, an MT app that runs locally on a desktop or laptop CPU, allowing cloud-like translation speed without sacrificing privacy and browsing habits.First up, Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, with Argos Multilingual acquiring rival Venga Global and roughly doubling its size to become one of the top 25 LSPs in the world. One LSP that missed the top spot by a hair is RWS, whose full-year revenue is exceeding expectations, with consensus placing the figure around USD 965m. Meanwhile, Slator's very own Anna Wyndham joins the Pod to talk about our highly popular article, “10 Areas Where Translators Are (and Will Remain) Essential Experts in the Loop,” published last week. She highlights a selection of mission-critical scenarios in which translators are the true experts in the loop, despite the advancement of tech.
Conduce: José-María Álvarez Contenido: Frederick Converse: "Flivver Ten Million" (Una epopeya alegre inspirada en la leyenda familiar. "El Ford número diez millones” sirviendo a su dueño) Erik Satie: “L'omnibus automobile” John Alden Carpenter: “Aventuras en una carriola” (Todos a bordo) Henry Hadley: Scherzo Diabolique (1934) Michael Daugherty: “Used Car Salesman” (Vendedor de coches usados) John Adams: “Short Ride in a Fast Machine” (Paseo corto en una máquina rápida)
durée : 00:24:56 - John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine - par : Anne-Charlotte Rémond - En seulement 4 minutes, l'ultra-dynamique Short ride on a fast machine et sa polyrythmie démentielle s'est imposée comme une des oeuvres les plus populaires de John Adams. Retour sur cette pièce, populaire du public mais redoutée par les orchestres. - réalisé par : Claire Lagarde
It's great to talk about IDEAS for teaching elementary music, but it's completely different to actually put together lessons. In these What I'm Teaching this Week videos, I'll be talking about EXACTLY what I'm teaching in elementary music! These are replays from the Tuesday night live sessions on Instagram (@beccasmusicroom).Happy teaching!Becca//IN THIS VIDEOLast week's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSyjyzarNR4&t=442sEditable slides templates: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/EDITABLE-Google-Slides-Templates-for-Music-Class-5982787?aref=f82rzb94&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_campaign=BMR%20WITTW%203%20Stick figures: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Stick-Figure-Statue-Posters-for-Movement-Activities-in-Music-4747075?aref=7vafgk6h&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_campaign=WITTW%20First%20Week%20of%20School%204-5%20Youtube%20videoLittle Silver Moon: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Little-Silver-Moon-LESSON-PACK-BUNDLE-Chinese-folk-song-for-rest-6004490?aref=f82rzb94&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_campaign=BMR%20WITTW%203%20Movement scarves: https://amzn.to/3k0z9RLShort Ride in a Fast Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi4A9bPDvTcFollow the Drinking Gourd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6N_eTZP2U//HELPFUL LINKS*Camera I use: https://amzn.to/35BS9Pc*Full Focus Planner (get $10 off when you create an account): https://www.talkable.com/x/NkcxnA*I use Canva for all of my graphics (and it's FREE!): https://www.canva.com/join/forage-toad-wash*Need a website? I use Siteground for mine! You can check it out here: https://www.siteground.com/go/beccasmusicroom*Need Pinterest or Instagram help? I use Tailwind and love it! Check it out here: https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=992347&u=2101266&m=50947&urllink=&afftrack=*Get one month of free ink with HP Instant Ink: http://try.hpinstantink.com/v6mcZWant to get access to exclusive content? Sign up to join my FREE RESOURCE LIBRARY. Once you sign up, you can download and use any of the content in the library. New things are being added every few weeks, so make sure you check back for more FREE stuff! https://mailchi.mp/12c5827aecfa/beccasmusicroom//LET'S BE FRIENDSBlog: https://beccasmusicroom.comTeachers Pay Teachers: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Beccas-Music-RoomEtsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeccasMusicRoomPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/beccasmusicroom/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beccasmusicroom/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beccasmusicroomPainting in the background: https://www.etsy.com/shop/beccadavisdesigns*May contain affiliate links
Hard to play, a lot of fun, a huge noise! John Adams sums up his own music nicely and this is a modern great to leave you uplifted and exhausted. Music here: https://youtu.be/5LoUm_r7It8 and here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Z04UmY Like, share, comment and subscribe Visit cacophonyonline.com
Collin and Chris discuss the boundaries of film as art in a discussion of Pure Cinema before diving into Alain Resnais's 1961 French masterpiece Last Year at Marienbad. Last Year at Marienbad is unlike anything we have discussed on the show, or anything we have ever seen for that matter. This film is about as far from the Hollywood blockbuster as it gets, it is film as art and is all the stronger for it. Join Chris and Collin as we discuss what this film is trying to make us think and feel and what it can teach us about the human experience.What we are covering next: The Irishman, Martin Scorsese (2019)Pure Cinema Films and Chris's soundtrack recommendations:Portrait of a Young Man, Henwar Rodakiewicz (1925-31)Giacinto Scelsi“Natura renovatur pour onze cordes”“Anagamin pour douze cordes”“Ohoi pour seize cordes”“Elohim pour dix cordes”Leopold StokowskiPassacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (arr. L. Stokowski)Dog Star Man, Stan Brakhage (1964)PreludeFull Album: Deep Space Psudokument, by PSUDOKUPart I, II, III, & IVHarmonielehre: Part I, by John AdamsHarmonielehre: Part II: The Anfortas Wound, by John AdamsHarmonielehre: Part III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie, by John AdamsShort Ride in a Fast Machine, by John Adams
Episode 03 Summary 0:00 - Intro 0:51 - Introducing Rhythm and Meter Every musical sound has a pitch and a duration Melody and harmony deal with the pitch Rhythm and meter deal with the duration 1:29 - First: What Is a Pulse? Your heartbeat is an example of a pulse Humans find a regular, recurring beat comforting in music (probably because it’s a sign of life) A pulse is a series of regular, recurring sounds. When you tap your foot, you are tapping your foot to the pulse 03:16 - Defining Meter Meter is what occurs when a pulse is organized into strong and weak beats In 4/4, each measure has 4 beats: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4; Strong, weak, slightly strong, weak When you air drum along to music, you are reflecting the meter If you are familiar with time signatures found in sheet music, those tell you what meter you’re in Time signatures also tell you what the meter will look like on the page If you’re listening for meter in music, definitely cue into the drummer 4:58 - Garrett Asks: Would the snare drum accenting 2 and 4 be an example of meter? Because it emphasizes certain beats? If you’re trying to hear the meter in music, you should definitely cue into the drums since drummers usually make the meter very clear However, the snare on 2 and 4 is actually an example of emphasizing weak beats something we’ll address in a future episode In any meter, the strongest beat is beat one It’s called a downbeat because it’s the only beat where the conductor’s hands come down for the other beats, they’ll move side to side or up For music in 4, the beats go: strong, weak, slightly strong, weak 7:33 - Meter Is a Structural Idea It’s sort of like beams in a wall/the framing of a building It’s a structural idea, it’s crucial to the integrity of the music, but you can’t see it unless someone wants you to see it There was a trend of industrial, deconstructed looks for rooms and buildings that made parts of the structures visible Other architectural styles hide their structures In music, most of the time, meter is very clear and obvious 8:34 - Rhythm Is More Abstract Garrett thinks of pulse as a big thing, meter as something that divides that, and rhythm as something that divides it further Amanda says this is practical, but it’s important to remember that rhythm can exist outside of meter Simple definition: Rhythm is the alternation of sound and silence There’s somewhat of a meter with human speech, but we don’t speak in a specific time signature 10:05 - Rhythms and Human Speech/Activities Certain people have distinct ways of speaking/pausing in speech, in walking, etc Amanda points out that musical phrases may be parallel to human breathing You aren’t going to say more in one phrase than you can say in one breath. Garrett does a robot impression Amanda says that you can write longer phrases for trained singers than you can for amateur singers Garrett points out that if you try to sing along with a guitar solo, you will often run out of breath because unlike the human voice, a guitar doesn’t need to breathe. Breath is a limitation for some instruments more than others 12:21 - Defining Rhythm Rhythm is the alternation of sound and silence The sounds can be long or they can be short The same applies to the silences There can be many or few sounds The sounds can help make the meter very obvious, or they can conceal the meter Most of the time, the rhythm sits nicely within a meter You can choose to put a certain number of sounds on beat one You can choose not to put a sound on beat one You can choose to put a long note on beat two We get the rhythms we get in music because of how we choose to decorate or chop up each beat Garrett points out that rhythm is the most obvious mathematic aspect of music, and this is where fractions and decimals come in Amanda compares each beat to a pie or a pizza and says that you can choose how many slices you’ll divide each pie into Depending on the instrument they play, some musicians are more aware of the fractions and ratios they’re using than others Can be very micro (beat to beat) or macro (a rhythmically active or inactive part in a piece) 15:26 Obvious Meter vs Concealed Meter Pop tunes/music to dance to requires an obvious meter so that the dancers can coordinate their footwork with the beat Horror films might conceal the meter to make jump scares more effective because this makes the music less predictable Garrett brings up the example of Jaws 16:51 Importance of Rhythm for Memorable Music Rhythm is just as important as melody for making music memorable (sometimes even more important) Jaws is a good example because the two note motive doesn’t have a lot going on melodically, but its rhythm is iconic, and the amount of space in between repetitions keeps it unpredictable 17:44 More Ways to Think About Rhythm Pitch is somewhat related to space; rhythm and meter are more related to time On a grid, pitch would be the Y axis (vertical) and rhythm/meter would be the X axis (horizontal) Musical notation is basically a very simple graph 19:45 Rhythm Can Exist Without Melody, But Melody Cannot Exist Without Rhythm Because every musical note has a duration, that means every musical sound has a rhythm The rhythm could be irregular, it could not spell out a meter, but it is present Garrett brings up the importance of playing the right notes at the right time If you don’t, even the right pitch sounds wrong! 21:25 - A Quick Review Pulse is like a heartbeat, a series of regular recurring beats, what you tap your toe to Meter is the organization of a pulse into strong and weak beats, and it’s a structural idea like framing of a building Rhythm is the alternation of sound and silence and usually fits easily into a meter Rhythm and meter exist on a horizontal plane where pitch exists on a vertical plane 22:20 Listening Recommendations 22:23 Garrett’s 1st Rhythm Pick: John Adams’s "Short Ride in a Fast Machine” (1986) 25:48 Amanda’s 1st Rhythm Pick: Giachino Rossini’s “Wiliam Tell Overture” (1829) This selection is just the end of the overture. There's more to it! 28:04 Garrett’s 2nd Rhythm Pick: Mars, The Bring of War from the Planets Suite by Gustav Holst (1918) 31:00 Garrett’s 3rd Rhythm Pick: “Cecilia” by Simon and Garfunkel (1970) 32:25 Amanda’s 1st Meter Pick: Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” (1913) This section is entitled "The Augers of Spring" Video Amanda referenced 36:08 Garrett’s 1st Meter Pick: “Only” by Nine Inch Nails (2005) 38:00 Amanda’s 2nd Meter Pick: “Take Five” by Paul Desmond/The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959) 40:44 Amanda’s 3rd Meter Pick: “Bubble Dream” by CHON (2013) 42:27 Answering Listener Questions! 42:52 Steven S. wants to know: What are some things that beginning musicians overlook when it comes to rhythm? 43:07 Amanda: They Don’t Always Count the Rhythms Percussionists are taught to count rhythms very early on, but many wind players don’t focus much on that Garrett points out that wind instruments aren’t as tactile as percussion, so they don’t learn to internalize rhythm as easily Wind players also have to focus on slide position/correct fingerings, intonation, articulation, style, and technical challenges specific to their instruments Amanda points out that it’s not as if percussionists don’t have to think about these things; they do, but they can conceive of them a little differently, and some of them are basically handled automatically depending on the percussion instrument Example 1: duration of single notes on snare drum, unless rolling; Example 2: intonation, unless playing timpani 42:24 Garrett: They Need to Consider Duration Lots of people don’t truly understand durations of rhythms they’re playing until late high school/college The ending of the note is just as important as the beginning 46:02 Amanda: The Silences Are Just As Important As the Notes The rests should be the easy part! Make sure you “don’t play” just as accurately as you “do play” 46:24 Amanda’s Soap Box: Counting triplets correctly!!! (For Musicians) Amanda does not care for tri-puh-let as a counting for three note groupings because you can easily forget which beat you’re on Try 1-trip-let, 2-trip-let, 3-trip-let, etc. This reminds you which beat you’re on so that you don’t get lost when you have many triplets to play in a row! Garrett confesses blasphemy in this regard and Amanda chastises him lightly Amanda denounces using food names to teach and count rhythms students may morph the word into a new rhythm without realizing it 49:30 - Sign Off Please feel free to submit more questions if you’d like! Thanks so much for listening! Spotify Playlist of this week's listening recommendations. Special thanks to OpenMusicRevolution.com for our intro and outro music and to the guys at Better Podcasting for being such great guides to us. Special thanks to you, our listeners, too! Visit our Website! 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Mississippi's (Year 6) broadcast is packed full of positive thinking, climate change, an insight into Mongolia through The Eagle Huntress and their book in class: The Unforgotten Coat. They share well being advice, talk about gender inequality in sports and tell us facts about the formidable Genghis Khan. Music from this week includes: Walking on Sunshine by Katrina & the Waves Genghis Khan by Miike Snow Coat of Armour by George Ezra Jim Cain by Bill Callahan I will Survive by Gloria Gaynor Short Ride in a Fast Machine by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Chapter by Penguin Cafe
durée : 00:24:56 - John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine - par : Anne-Charlotte Rémond - Musicopolis vous emmène aujourd’hui le 13 juin 1986 à Mansfield, dans le Massachusetts, pour la création de l’œuvre « A short Ride in a fast machine » de John Adams. - réalisé par : Claire Lagarde
1- Steve REICH (b.1936) "City Life" (1995) 23:20 arranged by Anthony Fiumara (2005) First Recording of this arrangement 2- Terry RILEY (b.1935) "In C" (1964) 51:29 3- Louis ANDRIESSEN (b.1939) "Workers Union" (1975) 17:15 4- Kyle GANN (b.1955) "Sunken City" (Concerto for Piano and Winds in Memoriam New Orleans) (2007) 28:59 Geoffrey Douglas Madge, piano soloist First Recording, written for Volharding 5- John ADAMS (b.1947) "Short Ride on a Fast Machine" (1986) 4:07 arranged by Anthony Fiumara (2007) First Recording of this arrangement 6- David LANG (b.1957) "Street" (1993) 9:51 Orkest de Volharding Jussi Jaatinen, conductor
From Purchase, New York, this week's From the Top highlights the 115 incredible young musicians that make up Carnegie Hall's National Youth Orchestra of the USA. Featured on the program are four performances by the full ensemble under renowned conductor Marin Alsop including an adrenaline-inducing performance of John Adams' "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" and a newly-commissioned work by composer Gabriela Lena Frank.
Matilda chats to Ilan Kelman about his work on disaster and risk in island communities, learns how to survive two weeks in the studio, and discovers that islands aren't always surrounded by water. Plus our weekly science news round-up! Mixtape: 1. The Isle of the Dead by Sergei Rachmaninoff 2. Some Die Young by Laleh 3. The Old Ways by Loreena McKennitt 4. Let the Sun Shine In by Hair 5. The Tears of Nature by Tan Dun 6. Short Ride on a Fast Machine by John Adams
Mit Werken wie "A Short Ride in a Fast Machine" und "Harmonielehre" avancierte der Amerikaner John Adams zu den beliebtesten und meistaufgeführten Komponisten der Gegenwart. Doch er hat sich niemals von irgendeinem ideologischen Lager vereinnahmen lassen. Am 15. Februar feiert er seinen 70. Geburtstag.
Today in 1986 witnessed the debut of Short Ride in a Fast Machine by American composer John Adams. On this episode of "A Classical Day in the Life" we explore the this rhythmic gauntlet and the origins of its inspiration. Hint: it was a car. What type? Have a listen!
We bring you the final episode of 2015 from Rare Form Brewing Company in Troy, NY. Matty and Kev join Rare Form founder Kevin Mullen to talk about their fantastic variety of beers, while playing some of the most regal and celebratory classical pieces, including the 1812 Overture and John Adams' 'Short Ride in a Fast Machine.' Blast it and Happy New Year to you all! Hear Matty talk about balls and the splash they make.....cannonballs that is.
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform John Adam's Short Ride in a Fast Machine, as heard in the Ten Pieces film.
Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer. This week's Proms Composer, is the American John Adams who is strongly influenced by minimalism. Known equally for his orchestral works such as Short Ride in a Fast Machine, chamber music such as Shaker Loops, vocal music like The Wound-Dresser and his operas which include Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer and Doctor Atomic.
Elizabeth Ellen is today's guest. She's the author of the chapbook Before You She Was a Pit Bull (Future Tense) and her latest book, Fast Machine, is a collection of her best work from the last decade. She lives in ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices