Category — Power of Art

Discovered on a great blog, Vocalpella, “appreciating vocals and vocalists everywhere.” I have to agree with Rich: “This tenor is positively bomb-diggity!” I don’t want to drag you away from the hours of fun you could have browsing through our archives, but when you’re done here, head on over to Vocalpella for more musical delight.

A few more:

Once a Spizzwink, always a Spizzwink:

For their final number yesterday Boston String Quartet played this (a snippet of their version here):

Aren’t we ornery New Englanders who like to do things differently? Alex Ross, in the Feb. 8 issue of The New Yorker, writes that younger people are less likely to attend classical music performances than their elders (abstract here). Maybe they just haven’t been introduced properly. The Boston String Quartet, ensemble-in-residence at Boston’s School of Groove, are dedicated to delighting and surprising experienced classical audiences, and to exciting those who are unfamiliar with the classical canon. You will hear Mozart, Puccini and Grieg on Sunday, and you will also hear works by Cohen (Leonard—every kid who’s seen Shrek knows his “Hallelujah”) and Wonder (Stevie, that is). Students 13 & up can see the show for only $8, and kids 12 & under are free, though they still require a ticket reservation. During intermission you and your young people will have a chance to meet and talk with the performers. Tickets here or at The Other Store in Tamworth.

We will also hear the Flower Duet from:

One man wrote in: “Too many to pick just one. I won’t tell you how long I spent just trying to pare down this list.”

His list (in alphabetical order, you’ll notice):

One woman wrote: “…I could go on and on.  I love the sappiest, saddest of love songs… I cut my list short, and am sending this quick before I think of more.”

Her list:

“Your Boston Eyes”, Bill Morrisey

“(This last one is upbeat, and about many kinds of love.  I still cry when I hear it though.)”

Her husband wrote in, too:

One mother wrote in saying she loved this song because of her age when she first heard it, and because of the romance of the movie it appeared in…

…and for her daughter, it’s this one:

Thank you to everyone who wrote in—so fun to hear about your favorite love songs, and to be introduced to unfamiliar ones. There are so many that I will post them over the next couple of days so the posts don’t take forever to load. Happy Valentine’s Day to you and all your loved ones… (Love poems next year?)

(…written by Bob Dylan)

Email us here or comment below and we’ll post some of your picks on Valentine’s Day.

Here are two of mine:

This gets filed under Local Talent, too, because of course Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads is Ralph and Lo’s daughter.