Accordion (of course) and piano help evoke an overseas wintery musical vignette.
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Winter in Paris | |
The album of Identity: Zhongshan Zuang, a concerto for orchestra and guzheng, will be released by Hanyi on March 24th, 2011. The album features the concerto itself, written by Michael Gordon Shapiro and Victor Cheng, as well as several solo guzheng pieces by virtuoso Su Chang.
The album will be available in CD format on CDBaby, as well as on iTunes and other major online music retailers.
A Feast of Snacks, an anthology of short musicals by Michael and playwright Mark Harvey Levine, will premiere in London on March 24, 2011. The production company, London-based A Stage Kindly, also produced several cabaret performances of Michael’s theater music in 2009 and 2010.
This week’s selection is the orchestral main theme for a political thriller I scored back in the mid-90s, and the first major recording I conducted myself. We tracked at the fondly-remembered O’Henry Recording Studios, which has sadly joined the ranks of retired recording facilities. I was too young at the time to fully appreciate the quality of the union orchestra I had at my disposal, but the rich performance says it all.
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The F-Zone (End Titles) | |
In this week’s selection, ambient solo piano evokes a mood of longing for days past.
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Tender Days | |
