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HANNA SHYBAYEVA & UTRECHT STRING QUARTET BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTOS 3 & 4……CD -DVD-BOOK OF THE WEEK

Posted on September 30, 2021 by strecker

Hanna Shybayeva’s somewhat recent CD arrived this afternoon and I’ve been doing a repeated back and forth, between Beethoven’s 3rd and 4th concerti, well into this evening. What an absolute pleasure these performances are, transcribed for piano and string quartet … Continue reading →

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COMPOSER/PIANIST FRANK HORVAT EXPLAINS HIS LATEST RECORDINGS: “I STARTED WITH THE HEALING ELECTRONIC SOUNDS OF ‘HAPPINESS IN A TROUBLED WORLD,’ FOLLOWED BY SOLOS FOR OUR TIME, ‘MUSIC FOR SELF-ISOLATION,’ AND NOW ‘PROJECT DOVETAIL’ WHICH FEATURES SOME OF MY CHAMBER COMPOSITIONS THAT ARE INSPIRED BY OTHER FORMS OF ART, LIKE VISUAL ART, LITERATURE, AND FILM” …. A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on September 12, 2021 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us what you want the public to know about your recent project or one you are actively working on. For instance, what is it, why is it, and how is it done? Also, please tell us … Continue reading →

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DANCER OLGA BARRIOS PERFORMS SEPTEMBER 29 AT FALL FOR DANCE NORTH: A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on September 9, 2021 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why should they matter to others? OLGA BARRIOS: Recently I co-produced and … Continue reading →

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DANCER BAKARI IFASEGUN LINDSAY PERFORMS OCTOBER 2 AT FALL FOR DANCE NORTH: A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on September 9, 2021 by strecker

JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why should they matter to others? BAKARI IFASEGUN LINDSAY: You might not … Continue reading →

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NOTES ON THE ARTS: TOP THEATRE, BOOKS, DVDS, PLUS AN ASININE REMARK

Posted on September 5, 2021 by strecker

1.Three Tall Women by Edward Albee at the Stratford Festival: At one point, as I watched Martha Henry playing A, I listened to her speak Edward Albee’s meticulously crafted lines and let my eyes wander into the deep darkness above … Continue reading →

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WELCOME BACK, SHAW FESTIVAL, AND THANKS FOR THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE

Posted on July 26, 2021 by strecker

I think it was 1968 on one of my first trips to the Shaw Festival, situated at the time in the charmingly tiny Court House of Niagara-on-the Lake, when the announcement was made that Frances Hyland was too ill to … Continue reading →

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TWO NEW POEMS ON THE KILLING OF REGAN RUSSELL – JUNE 19, 2021

Posted on June 20, 2021 by strecker

INTRODUCTION:   Last June 2020, when animal activist –  and friend for forty years – Regan Russell was killed or murdered at Fearman’s Slaughterhouse in Burlington, I wrote a cycle of five poems which was included in this blog later last … Continue reading →

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CHRISTOPHER DARTON: FILMMAKER, WORKING ON HIS NEW DRACULA FEATURE FILM, SAYS, “I REALLY FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER I DO MAKE WILL COME OUT WELL ENOUGH TO ATTRACT AN AUDIENCE OR AT LEAST INTEREST SOMEONE ENOUGH TO SAY, “HEY, I WONDER WHAT THIS GUY COULD DO WITH A LITTLE MORE MONEY?” …. WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MY CREATIVE LIFE? – JAMES STRECKER REVIEWS THE ARTS

Posted on June 6, 2021 by strecker

.JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us what you want the public to know about your recent project you are actively working on. What is it, why is it, and how is it done? CHRISTOPHER DARTON: Thanks James. Well, I’m working on … Continue reading →

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ESIE MENSAH – DORA-NOMINATED CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCE ARTIST, & DIRECTOR ON HER FILM TESSEL AND ITS WORLD PREMIERE ON JUNE 1…. A REVIEWER INTERVIEWS PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

Posted on May 26, 2021 by strecker

Photo byMikka Gia Photo by Felix Russell-Saw, Design by Tony Tran JAMES STRECKER: Please tell us about one or more projects that you have been working on or have recently completed. Why exactly do they matter to you and why … Continue reading →

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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TIMES FIVE: A SERIES CALLED PUNK INCLUDING THE SLITS, A CENTENNIAL EDITION OF LADY IN SATIN, A MEDIEVAL FLORENTINE GARDEN WITH THE SOLLAZZO ENSEMBLE, VIOLINIST VILDE FRANG, AND MATHEO ROMERO’S ROMERICO FLORIDO

Posted on May 11, 2021 by strecker

.1.I’ve watched many times the four-part film series “PUNK,” with its executive producer being Iggy Pop, partly because it’s a necessary release nowadays to vicariously bring down the shitty system in which we find we live by listening to the … Continue reading →

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