#symsat — Public Fediverse posts

Thanks for tuning in! I’ll be hosting again on September 20th with music for Hispanic Heritage Month.. Enjoy the rest of your Labor Day weekend/See y’all tomorrow for #BaroqueSun, #SymSat friends💕

Looks lilke I have the keys to #SymSat next week. Also join me tomorrow for #BaroqueSun where we listen to Northumberlain smallpipes accordion to Oscar! Thanks for the unusual piano music!

I ended up kinda hating “Les Mis” as an overall show when I played Eponine as a teen as part of Houston Opera concerts but this part always really stuck me as a really special moment
#SymSat

And finally, “do you hear the people sing?” (https://youtu.be/2crRmKlbfxM?is=1W0D8X0xblxhulVa) from the legendary 10th Anniversary Dream cast of Les Miserables
#SymSat

A happy song about angry men? #SymSat

Apparently, Paul Robeson sang this live on the set of “Show Boat” but the microphones couldn’t pick up his bass voice very well so they had to use a recording of him singing
#SymSat

“Ol’ Man River” (https://youtu.be/df4VdyGIqJ8?is=FbN-t6jqkxXhDLrO) features music composed by Jerome Kernand lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the musical “Show Boat”. It’s about the struggles of Black American. Here it’s performed by Paul Robeson
#SymSat #LaborDay #PaulRobeson #JeromeKern #OscarHammersteinII

It's all fun and games until ... someone just lost an arm? #SymSat

@otheorange_tag I just have a freakishly good memory which has helped me with such extremely vital for everyday life things like being captain of the academic decathlon/quiz bowl team in middle school-college, being able to do readings of Poetry/prose/monologues, memorizing all of that info from med school & memorizing sheet music 🙃
#SymSat

@analgesicsleep #SymSat

Not gonna lie this movement always makes me feel kinda claustrophobic
#SymSat

If I hadn't hit my head so hard and often in childhood, I could probably play more from memory. I do loop over and over ESO and KCO's music, it does seem to help, although I still need music, for some reason :-) #SymSat

The final movement is “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues” (https://youtu.be/b9FHryvghrc?is=xz-VolrfQRIiNKQQ) which was written to somewhat imitate the sounds of dangerous cotton mill machinery
#SymSat #LaborDay #FredericRzewski

@analgesicsleep @MatthewTitus88 There are times when I'm practicing double bass that I bring one of those spray bottles, too afraid to use it during a concert #SymSat

@otheorange_tag @MatthewTitus88 for a split second I always think he’s gonna pour the water on his head after that marathon 😶
#SymSat

Ref won't let me make the joke a third time, I'll have to tag @MatthewTitus88 #SymSat

Movement 3: “Down by the Riverside” (https://youtu.be/K7aFQMJUS5E?is=1DnFvBuliXpy-k2c) is based on the popular traditional African-American spiritual later turned into an anti-war anthem.
#SymSat #LaborDay #FredericRzewski

There’s no way I could play this at the proper speed without dying
#SymSat

I've .... ... got .... ... sunshine..... I'lve ....gooot .... rhythm.... #SymSat

@MatthewTitus88 Yabbut not Bolero 237 bars of the same thing in the 2nd violins repetitive. I'm kinda surprised the double basses only have 162? bars of the same thing. #SymSat

@analgesicsleep I've got old eyes, I spend a lot of time trying to cut and paste every single page turn away, Works about 80% of the pieces, the other 20% usually we have enough rests to turn the pages, but not always. #SymSat

@otheorange_tag I’ve tried doing that but I get lost too easily if I’m not using a hard copy of music/score (at least until I memorize a piece then I find using anything to be distracting)
#SymSat

Onto Movement 2: “Whose Side Are You On?” (https://youtu.be/euppwaLbByA?is=okJ-lhKrpgKbF02c) is based on the 1931 labor song written during the Harlan County War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County_War)
#SymSat #LaborDay #FredericRzewski #HarlanCountyWar

Oh, I thought he was going to use his phone to read the music, I've seen people do that in practices, it's weird. #SymSat

What's a mmn mnnmsm smsms ansnn weight?! :ablobcatgooglymlemjumping: #JokeCount2 #SymSat

And now here’s Movement 1: “Dreadful Memories” (After Aunt Molly Jackson) (https://youtu.be/Mq4mofOff8k?is=rRCiQ9fwM8-urfT_) which is part of piece “Four North American Ballads" composed by Polish-American Pianist and composer Frederic Rzewski (April 13, 1938- June 26, 2021). He is considered to be one of the most important contemporary classical composers of his generation. This movement tells the story of Kentucky coal miners.
#SymSat #LaborDay #FredericRzewski

"The Red Shoes!" #WrongMovie #SymSat

I've got the alternate lyrics to the alternate lyrics going through my head right now. #IYKYK #SymSat

Following that with a quick blip of the labor anthem “Solidarity Forever” (https://youtu.be/Smm4myFWN-w?is=g34AZImSUwSXkb8P) performed by Elise Bryant, director of the Labor Heritage Foundation and leader of the DC Labor Chorus. It was written & composed by American writer, artist and labor activist Ralph Chaplin in 1915.

#SymSat #LaborDay #SolidarityForever #RalphChaplin #EliseBryant

First up we have “Joe Hill” AKA “I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night” (https://youtu.be/B0bezsMVU7c?is=2rFFxK2Bi2FWEc0W) performed by performer/lawyer/NFL football player/activist Paul Robeson for Scottish miners in their union canteen during a 1949 trip to the UK. “Joe Hill” was written & composed by American composer Earl Robinson in 1936 about the American trade unionist Joe Hill who was allegedly framed on a murder charge and executed in 1915.
#SymSat #JoeHill #PaulRobeson #EarlRobinson #LaborDay2024

RE: https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/117221667488466322

3… 2.. 1. . PRESS PLAY!
#SymSat

Were the Scottish minors accompanied by adults? #BetTheyVeNeverHeardThatOneBefore #SymSat

RE: https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/117221667488466322

Thanks @MatthewTitus88 for music that got me through helping to give our cats their monthly anti-Flea & tick pills… See y’all around, #ILikeToWatch friends, enjoy the rest of your Labor Day weekend💕

PS- drop by #SymSat (info⤵️) in a bit for more Labor Day music

Thanks for the great company, #IlikeToWatch pals.
Enjoy #SymSat I'm off to dreamland.

See you next time. Good night

⏰ONE HOUR⏰ until @ 11:10pm EST/10:10pm CST when I’ll be guest hosting #SymSat with music for #LaborDay featuring Rzewski’s “North American Ballads”. Playlist available here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTfu27NDlg0TXK9rKU1XWaKhK&si=DfM7QjLra8bdMQqd) Can’t wait to see y’all there💕
(4/4)

Rest well, Dolly🕯️💕 …Thanks for tuning in! Drop by #SatMat for workplace health & safety PSAs (info➡️ https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/117193209156349834) & #SymSat for Mabor Day music (info➡️ https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/117193212304276915) + Join me next week when we kick off #HispanicHeritageMonth with “Ana Maria in Novela Land” (2015) & “The Three Caballeros” (1944) on #MusComEnt & #RetroView respectively. Enjoy your Labor Day weekend💕

Rest well, Dolly🕯️💕 …Thanks for tuning in! Drop by #SatMat for workplace health & safety PSAs (info➡️ https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/117193209156349834) & #SymSat for Mabor Day music (info➡️ https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/117193212304276915) + Join me next week when we kick off #HispanicHeritageMonth with “Ana Maria in Novela Land” (2015) & “The Three Caballeros” (1944) on #MusComEnt & #RetroView respectively. Enjoy your Labor Day weekend💕

Rest well, Dolly🕯️💕 …Thanks for tuning in! Drop by #SatMat for workplace health & safety PSAs (info➡️ https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/117193209156349834) & #SymSat for Mabor Day music (info➡️ https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/117193212304276915) + Join me next week when we kick off #HispanicHeritageMonth with “Ana Maria in Novela Land” (2015) & “The Three Caballeros” (1944) on #MusComEnt & #RetroView respectively. Enjoy your Labor Day weekend💕

Rest well, Dolly🕯️💕 …Thanks for tuning in! Drop by #SatMat for workplace health & safety PSAs (info➡️ https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/117193209156349834) & #SymSat for Mabor Day music (info➡️ https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/117193212304276915) + Join me next week when we kick off #HispanicHeritageMonth with “Ana Maria in Novela Land” (2015) & “The Three Caballeros” (1944) on #MusComEnt & #RetroView respectively. Enjoy your Labor Day weekend💕

Rest well, Dolly🕯️💕 …Thanks for tuning in! Drop by #SatMat for workplace health & safety PSAs (info➡️ https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/117193209156349834) & #SymSat for Mabor Day music (info➡️ https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/117193212304276915) + Join me next week when we kick off #HispanicHeritageMonth with “Ana Maria in Novela Land” (2015) & “The Three Caballeros” (1944) on #MusComEnt & #RetroView respectively. Enjoy your Labor Day weekend💕