Podcast appearances and mentions of james kallembach

Welcome to our yearly miniseries on the Brandenburg Concertos of J. S. Bach!  Here we jump into Brandenburg 6, delighting in the weirdness that results when Bach decides to omit violins, preferring a dark, low sound of violas, violas de gamba, cello, and violone.  This brings us to some more examples across Bach's oeuvre, as well as some others by Brahms, Bruce Broughton, and John Williams.  As any creative person knows, setting limitations for yourself -- "no violins", for example -- is actually a good strategy for stimulating creativity, and results in a more unique creative output.  How fortunate for us, then, that Bach seems to agree. Brandenburg 6 - movement 1 - Netherlands Bach Society Other pieces that were used as audio examples: BWV 18 (cantata with 4 violas and no violins) - Netherlands Bach Society BWV 80 (Ein feste burg), middle movement (unison chorale) - Netherlands Bach Society Brahms - A German Requiem - movement 1: University of Chicago Orchestra, University Choir, Motet Choir, Members of the Rockefeller Chapel Choir, James Kallembach, conductor (recording used under Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license) - refer to the first entry on this IMSLP page Other pieces that we talked about, but did not play as examples: Bruce Broughton - score from Tombstone (1993) - Gunfight at the O. K. Corral (4 bassoons can be heard in the first minute of this scene) John Williams - score from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) - Hogwarts Forever (French horn quartet) (can be heard from 0:00 - 1:50)

Our guest today, Michael Brofman, was seriously injured during undergraduate school. He tried various teachers and received much medical advice - some of which included chain smoking! That's not a typo. Stay tuned for that outrageous story.Michael came across Taubman Approach expert Robert Durso. Through lessons with Robert Durso, Michael experienced physical healing and a level of artistic freedom that was almost unimaginable during his academic study.  Today's episode is a story of healing and freedom through the Taubman Approach. www.golandskyinsitute.org Pianist Michael Brofman has earned a reputation as one of the finest vocal accompanists of his generation. He has performed over one thousand songs, from Schubert's earliest lieder to premieres of new songs by today's most-recognized composers. He was hailed by the New York Times as an “excellent pianist” and Feast of Music recently praised his “elegant and refined playing… exhibiting excellent touch and clean technique.”  Parterre Box Blog called Mr. Brofman a “master communicator at the piano,” and Voix des Arts praised his “finesse and flexibility.”  Seen and Heard International recently wrote “Brofman got to the core of each song…delving into their emotional depths.”  Opera News stated “Michael Brofman provided exquisite piano accompaniment.”Highlights from Mr. Brofman's 2023-2024 season include performances of Arnold Schoenberg's Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten with Kate Maroney, Poulenc's Tel Jour, Telle Nuit with Michael Kelly, and repeat or premiere performances of works written for him by Daniel Felsenfeld, Libby Larsen, Jessica Meyer, and Reinaldo Moya.  Mr. Brofman also performs works by Benjamin Britten, Johannes Brahms, Michael Djupstrom, Shawn E. Okempolo, Caroline Shaw, Clara Schumann, Anton Webern, Kurt  Weill, and Hugo Wolf.Mr. Brofman has championed new works and has fostered relationships with many living composers, including Katherine Balch, Lembit Beecher, Tom Cipullo, Michael Djupstrom, Daniel Felsenfeld, Herschel Garfein, Mikhail Johnson, Daron Hagen, Jake Heggie, James Kallembach, Libby Larsen, Lowell Liebermann, David Ludwig, James Matheson, Reinaldo Moya, Harold Meltzer, Russell Platt, Kurt Rohde, Glen Roven, Andrew Staniland, Carlos Simon, and Scott Wheeler. In all, he has premiered over 100 songs, many of them dedicated to him. Mr. Brofman is the founder and artistic director of the Brooklyn Art Song Society, an organization dedicated to the vast repertoire of poetry set to music now in its 14th  season. His first CD New Voices on Roven Records includes four world-premiere recordings and was number one on Amazon's new releases for Opera/Vocal and debuted in the top 10 of the Traditional Classical Billboard Chart.  Since then he has recorded world premiere recordings of Kurt Rohde on Albany Records and Herschel Garfein for Acis Records. An eloquent and passionate advocate for art song, Mr. Brofman has been interviewed by Russell Platt for Opera News, for Caught In the Act on Brooklyn Public Television, on the WQXR radio show Soundcheck, on Seattle KING FM 98.1, and for the Linked Music blog. He also hosts his own internet show Song and Wine.  Mr. Brofman has a reputation as a gifted educator and has presented masterclasses at the University of Chicago, Cornell, Ithaca College, the University of Notre Dame and University of South Carolina. Mr. Brofman holds a bachelor of Music from Northwestern University where he studied with James Giles. There he was awarded the Frida A. Pick Award for Piano and featured on Chicago's classical radio station. Mr. Brofman spent several summers at the Aspen Music Festival as a student of Rita Sloan and continues his studies with Robert Durso. He resides in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn with his wife

The groundbreaking Lorelei Ensemble, led by Artistic Director Beth Willer, releases Antigone: The Writings of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Movement by the acclaimed composer James Kallembach. The album features Ensemble sopranos Sarah Brailey, Rebecca Myers Hoke, Jessica Beebe, and Arwen Myers, mezzo-sopranos Christina English and Sophie Michaux, and altos Stephanie Kacoyanis and Emily Marvosh, plus a cello quartet consisting of Caleb van der Swaagh, Lisa Caravan, Michael Unterman, and Jonathan Dexter. Beth Willer conducts Antigone.Purchase the music (without talk) at:Antigone (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission of Katy Solomon from Morahana Arts and Media.

Beth Willer, Founder & Artistic Director of the Lorelei Ensemble and Director of Choral Activities at Bucknell University, where she is Assistant Professor of Music, speaking with Mindy Cronk, WVIA Production Associate, about the new oratorio by James Kallembach, "Antigone: The Writings of Sophie Scholl & the White Rose Movement" to be performed by the Lorelei Ensemble with members of the Bucknell University choirs under Beth Willer. The concert will be held on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts on the campus in Lewisburg, PA, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. There will be a free pre-performance talk on Wednesday, April 10 at noon in the Weis Center Atrium with faculty members & the composer. www.bucknell.edu

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "A Lukan Horizon". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "I look from afar" adapted from G.P. da Palestrina and "Magnificat 'The Advent'" by James Kallembach along with service music and hymns.

Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill preaches a sermon entitled "A Lukan Horizon". The Marsh Chapel Choir sings "I look from afar" adapted from G.P. da Palestrina and "Magnificat 'The Advent'" by James Kallembach along with service music and hymns.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Elizabeth Davenport was formally installed as sixth Dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on November 9th, 2008. She began the ceremony by knocking on the chapel door and was invited in, saying, "Peace be to this house and all who enter here."James Kallembach, the University's Chorus Director, wrote a peaceful, celebratory anthem for the occasion based on Eastern and Western texts Davenport selected - all with wisdom as the theme. The celebration included readings and sacred dances, chanting by monks, traditional Medieval English dancers, and even a Chinese lion dance as a blessing to close the proceedings. Davenport presented gifts of hand bells and plants to represent harmony and growth. As Dean of the chapel, she will work with students to explore how they understand religion in today's world. "A smaller percentage than a generation ago has a strong sense of religious identity, but today, religion impacts the world at large, our news, and political debates," Davenport says. "We need to foster religiously literate citizens and ensure they understand what it is to live with an engaged pluralism that works for the 21st century."

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Elizabeth Davenport was formally installed as sixth Dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on November 9th, 2008. She began the ceremony by knocking on the chapel door and was invited in, saying, "Peace be to this house and all who enter here."James Kallembach, the University's Chorus Director, wrote a peaceful, celebratory anthem for the occasion based on Eastern and Western texts Davenport selected - all with wisdom as the theme. The celebration included readings and sacred dances, chanting by monks, traditional Medieval English dancers, and even a Chinese lion dance as a blessing to close the proceedings. Davenport presented gifts of hand bells and plants to represent harmony and growth. As Dean of the chapel, she will work with students to explore how they understand religion in today's world. "A smaller percentage than a generation ago has a strong sense of religious identity, but today, religion impacts the world at large, our news, and political debates," Davenport says. "We need to foster religiously literate citizens and ensure they understand what it is to live with an engaged pluralism that works for the 21st century."

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Elizabeth Davenport was formally installed as sixth Dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on November 9th, 2008. She began the ceremony by knocking on the chapel door and was invited in, saying, "Peace be to this house and all who enter here."James Kallembach, the University's Chorus Director, wrote a peaceful, celebratory anthem for the occasion based on Eastern and Western texts Davenport selected - all with wisdom as the theme. The celebration included readings and sacred dances, chanting by monks, traditional Medieval English dancers, and even a Chinese lion dance as a blessing to close the proceedings. Davenport presented gifts of hand bells and plants to represent harmony and growth. As Dean of the chapel, she will work with students to explore how they understand religion in today's world. "A smaller percentage than a generation ago has a strong sense of religious identity, but today, religion impacts the world at large, our news, and political debates," Davenport says. "We need to foster religiously literate citizens and ensure they understand what it is to live with an engaged pluralism that works for the 21st century."

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Elizabeth Davenport was formally installed as sixth Dean of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on November 9th, 2008. She began the ceremony by knocking on the chapel door and was invited in, saying, "Peace be to this house and all who enter here."James Kallembach, the University's Chorus Director, wrote a peaceful, celebratory anthem for the occasion based on Eastern and Western texts Davenport selected - all with wisdom as the theme. The celebration included readings and sacred dances, chanting by monks, traditional Medieval English dancers, and even a Chinese lion dance as a blessing to close the proceedings. Davenport presented gifts of hand bells and plants to represent harmony and growth. As Dean of the chapel, she will work with students to explore how they understand religion in today's world. "A smaller percentage than a generation ago has a strong sense of religious identity, but today, religion impacts the world at large, our news, and political debates," Davenport says. "We need to foster religiously literate citizens and ensure they understand what it is to live with an engaged pluralism that works for the 21st century."