Playlist

Recorded

March 9, 2014

Etude in A-flat, Op. 25 #1 - Chopin - Alfred Cortot

 

weightless, faerie

 

Overture, Scherzo, and Finale, op. 52 - Schumann - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz

 

phrases with hinges, sequences slipping cogs

 

Sonetto de Petrarco No. 104 - Liszt - Vladimir Horowitz

 

seizing stillness, staring straight

 

Scherzo in E-flat minor, op. 4 - Brahms - Yefim Bronfman

 

scary story but reliable :: delicate, witty :: ssbr :: dreamy, ardent :: ssbr

 

Selections from Die Walküre - Wagner - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz

 

such long lines to hang from

 

near Burns, Oregon, 1990

March 11, 2014

Concerto in A - Liszt - Musica Orchestra Vienna, Michael Gielen, Alfred Brendel

 

going nowhere. disinclined to allow alternatives to going nowhere.

NB: of all the pieces I listened to this week, I keep coming back to think about this one.

 

Night on Bare Mountain - Mussorgsky - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner

 

Fritz&crew take this at a helluva clip.

 

Jeux d'enfants - Bizet - Arthur Gold, Robert Fizdale

 

idealized play (no bickering), before the fall from prettified fairytale into myth

 

March 13, 2014

Symphony in C minor, op. 68 - Brahms - Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackeras

 

triumph of the sensible - though it's fun to hear the snarl of open horns and the differentiation of entrances among the string sections various strings. I probably listened to this piece too often as a teenager to be able to hear it properly anymore.

 

Guide Right - John Philip Sousa - Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth

 

In Session at the Tintinabulary

 

March 8, 2014

Banned Rehearsal 854 - Karen Eisenbrey, Keith Eisenbrey, Steve Kennedy, Aaron Keyt, Neal Kosály-Meyer

 

Upcoming

 

April 12, 2014 - 8 PM 

A Cat's Life Returns Again - a recital by Keith Eisenbrey, piano, with special guest Olivia Sterne, narrator

Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, Seattle

Attitude - Doug Palmer

Greek Nickel 2 - J. K. Randall

Sonata (2012) - Aaron Keyt

A Cat's Life, a little opera for solo piano (1990) - Keith Eisenbrey

 

June 27, 2014 - 8 PM

Banned Rehearsal Celebrates 30 Years of Noise

Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, Seattle