Tag Archives: video
Recording of the Month – Benvenuto Cellini
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 11th September 2022Hector Berlioz (1803-66) was a composer of such unique gifts that he deserves a place among the great composers all to himself. So original were his ideas and talents that even after more than a century and a half after his death, we still struggle to keep up with him. He invented the modern symphony…
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Norma – Animal Version
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 20th November 2019The short video below depicts a snippet of the Guerra Chorus from Bellini’s Norma. For more details about the piece read the entry in the Vimeo Blog. The video was produced by Bloom Pictures.
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Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Video
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 30th March 2013The video below give a good picture of how good Lubbock’s premiere arts organization is. The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra would be outstanding in a city 10 times our population. Here it verges on the miraculous.
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Dr Ben Carson’s Speech at the National Prayer Breakast
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 12th February 2013Benjamin Carson is the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. On February 7 he spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast with the President and the First Lady in attendance. The affair displays the usual insensitivity to non-Christian faiths typical of such events which stems from inadvertence not malice. Carson’s speech is in his own words not politically correct; it…
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What Makes a Great Tenor
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 11th February 2013That’s the title of a 2010 BBC program narrated by Rolando Villazon. I don’t know how long it will stay on Youtube, but here it is. It’s almost an hour long and leaves out a lot of great tenors; but it’s worth watching.
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