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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!

“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

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

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

@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💕
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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💕

@MatthewTitus88 Jesus shoes! #IYKYK #SymSat

Just a head’s up: Here’s what’s in store for #LaEsoterica, #MusComEnt, #RetroView, #SatMat & #SilentFlickerSunday in September + I’m also hosting #SymSat on September 5th and #BaroqueSun on September 20th
#LaborDay #HispanicHeritageMonth #EndOfSummer #SilentMovieDay

Part of the reason that Samuel Barber rewrote “Vanessa” to be a 3 act Opera was in order to eliminate some of the tougher arias meant for Sopranos. One of the first people approached for the opera’s premiere performance was soprano Maria Callas (She turned it down)
#SymSat #PrideMonth #SamuelBarber #GianCarloMenotti

Just to remind y’all what we listened to last week: Act 1 of “Vanessa” is about the tension at an estate when the titular Vanessa, who has been waiting for 20yrs for her long lost lover Anatol to return, is faced with the arrival of a man who turns out to be Anatol’s son (also named Anatol), who in turn falls for Vanessa’s niece Erika.
#SymSat #PrideMonth #SamuelBarber #GianCarloMenotti

“Vanessa” was originally a 4 act opera when it premiered at the Met Opera in 1958 under the direction of gay Greek-American conductor & musician Dimitri Mitropoulos with a set designed by gay British artist Cecil Beaton. By the time of this 1979 staging, Barber and Menotti had re-written it to be 3 acts and, sadly, the sets designed by Cecil Beaton had been destroyed in a fire at the Met’s storage units
#SymSat #PrideMonth #SamuelBarber #GianCarloMenotti #DimitriMitropoulos #CecilBeaton

“Vanessa, Op. 32” (https://youtu.be/ykAqw1NY0UA?si=DBUUAayXcAvA325s) is another major collaboration between Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti. Tangentially inspired by Isak Dinesen's stories, in particular her “Seven Gothic Tales”. It’s essentially a gothic psychological thriller that tells the story of the delusions and illusions of obsessive love across the intersecting lives of 3 generations of women at the turn of the 20th century.
#SymSat #PrideMonth #SamuelBarber #GianCarloMenotti

“A Hand of Bridge, Op. 35” (https://youtu.be/GelwXT0qHLo?si=Occ38jRrZsUfOEAO) is a one act opera composed by Samuel Babrer with the Libretto written by Gian Carlo Menotti that debuted in 1959. Per the title, it’s centered around a the card game Bridge. The 4 players all air their existential anxieties and fantasies in their respective solo airettas. The original book for the opera features designs by Andy Warhol, a close friend of Barber and Menotti
#SymSat #PrideMonth #SamuelBarber #GianCarloMenotti #AndyWarhol

Samuel Barber (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981)🇺🇸 was a Curtis Institute trained composer, pianist, music educator, conductor and Baritone who is known for his hand in shaping American music from mid to late 20th century. While he never made any public declaration of it, he was about as openly gay as you could be in the world of professional classical music in the 1940s-mid70s.
#SymSat #PrideMonth #SamuelBarber

“Credo” (https://youtu.be/NInltwWFL74?si=gxC_TNWxYiEB5y9-) is a 7-part cantata written in 1967 set to the 1904 W. E. B. Du Bois' prose poem of the same name. It’s notable for its blending of Western classical and N*gro Spiritual traditions. Each of the movements in “Credo” begins with a statement of belief and then goes on to center black historical figures and settings in a way that marries both ancestry with modern times (extra images added for alttext)

#SymSat #MargaretBonds #BlackHistoryMonth #WEBDuBois

So… yeah, It’s Pianist, composer and conductor André Previn’s (April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) birthday today so here he is with Canadian Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) on Previn’s PBS show “Previn and the Pittsburgh”. They do a little chatting and a casually mindblowing improvised Jazz duet (https://youtu.be/51fUTDWhXys?si=FM_bQVQeoUelc8eh)
#SymSat #AndrePrevin #OscarPeterson #Jazz

So… yeah, It’s Pianist, composer and conductor André Previn’s (April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) birthday today so here he is with Canadian Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) on Previn’s PBS show “Previn and the Pittsburgh”. They do a little chatting and a casually mindblowing improvised Jazz duet (https://youtu.be/51fUTDWhXys?si=FM_bQVQeoUelc8eh)
#SymSat #AndrePrevin #OscarPeterson #Jazz

So… yeah, It’s Pianist, composer and conductor André Previn’s (April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) birthday today so here he is with Canadian Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) on Previn’s PBS show “Previn and the Pittsburgh”. They do a little chatting and a casually mindblowing improvised Jazz duet (https://youtu.be/51fUTDWhXys?si=FM_bQVQeoUelc8eh)
#SymSat #AndrePrevin #OscarPeterson #Jazz

So… yeah, It’s Pianist, composer and conductor André Previn’s (April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) birthday today so here he is with Canadian Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) on Previn’s PBS show “Previn and the Pittsburgh”. They do a little chatting and a casually mindblowing improvised Jazz duet (https://youtu.be/51fUTDWhXys?si=FM_bQVQeoUelc8eh)
#SymSat #AndrePrevin #OscarPeterson #Jazz

So… yeah, It’s Pianist, composer and conductor André Previn’s (April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) birthday today so here he is with Canadian Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) on Previn’s PBS show “Previn and the Pittsburgh”. They do a little chatting and a casually mindblowing improvised Jazz duet (https://youtu.be/51fUTDWhXys?si=FM_bQVQeoUelc8eh)
#SymSat #AndrePrevin #OscarPeterson #Jazz

I swear violin II is going to get it right in the eyeball! SHE GOT THE BALL FIRST REF! #PlayOn #BackToYouJim #SymSat