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Evening Music

Friday, December 12, 2008
  • NYC Skyscrapers

    The Skyscraper Blues

    We start the show with a 1949 Broadway gem, Matt Dennis's "The Skyscraper Blues" (as re-interpreted by Tony Bennett). Also, non-movie music from film score master Franz Waxman, as well as works by Ennio Morricone, Ravel, Poulenc and others.

    Also Featured Tonight:

    Antonio Vivaldi / Flute Concerto, "La tempesta di mare"
    Traditional Irish / "Banish Misfortune" and "Langstrom's Pony"
    Francois Couperin / Piece en concert
    Edwin Finckel / "Variations on 'Willow Weep for Me'"
    Heitor Villa-Lobos / Harmonica Concerto in A Minor
    Ludwig van Beethoven / Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23

Comments

  • [1] Mary Mills from Jersey City December 12, 2008 - 07:50PM

    HUD the movie

    Music score.


  • [2] Vic from Bernardsville, N.J. December 12, 2008 - 08:45PM

    David ~ One of my favorite movies and soundtracks is from, THE MODERNS, directed by Alan Rudolph, and music by Mark Isham.

    This movie rings so true.


  • [3] mike from edgewater, nj December 13, 2008 - 12:29PM

    happy holidays david!

    last night, dec 12 at around 7:30pm, i heard only a snippet of a wonderful piece from an italian movie scored by morricone. what is the movie and if the piece has a name, what is its name.

    thanks, mike


  • [4] aulaire from valley cottage, NY December 13, 2008 - 03:32PM

    I repeat Mike from Edgewater's question: what was that Morricone piece you played?


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