Well the count down has begun in earnest! I’ve been going down my check list and I am really excited. This is the first time I’ve had a table in the Artist Alley, having been helping out at the Cartoonist[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes… I admit it… I’m going with Liszt’s second Hungarian Rhapsody again! But since I did it with Bugs Bunny earlier this year in Rhapsody Rabbit. I thought I’d share it’s great rival The Cat Concerto with Tom & Jerry.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well the first day of the Emerald City Comic Con is done and I’m still alive. Other than a few tiny panicky bits It was a good first day. The panicky bit included being my assistant being a little late.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well to start with, it was raining and I hadn’t slept as well as I would have liked. I had a touch of sore throat, probably a bit of the so called “convention crud” the day before and had gone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well it’s done. And while I’m relieved and exhausted I will admit to have had a good time and despite the final day being utterly insane I shall chalk it up as a success. It started with not being able[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhapsody is Charles Martin Loeffler‘s 1st Rhapsody “L’Étang” performed by Camerata Pacifica. With Nicholas Daniel on oboe; Richard O’Neill on viola & Kevin Fitzgerald at the piano.
Well I hope everyone had a great Easter. For the most part this was just a typical Sunday for me and I pretty much the usual routine which consisted of going to University Friend’s Meeting and helping out with lite[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhapsody is the Caribbean Rhapsody (Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra) by James Carter. I really like the way the Saxophone plays with the string quartet here going back and fourth from haunting to whimsical ending in marvelous festive crescendo.
In my ongoing search for new Rhapsodies I inevitably find myself repeating myself with different recordings of some of the more popular example… Brahmes, Gershwin, Liszt… and Queen. I try to go for the more interesting variations after all what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay I confess, I’m really stretching it this week. This is Oriental Sky or Scarlet Perception from the official Soundtrack of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody by U2 Akiyama. I’ll be completely honest in admitting I’m not completely sure if it’s actually a Rhapsody[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
