Word: mandolin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Tonight at Peasant Stock Restaurant (354-9528, reservations necessary) the Cheap Trills String Band does it to anyone within earshot with a violin, mandolin, guitar and bass. "Bluegrass, Irish, swing and classical" influences here--could be interesting...
Monday night at the Black Rose (523-8486) Peter Johnson hosts an open hoot. Tuesday, the 15th through Saturday, the 19th, The Black Rose-- a very authentic foursome, between them playing guitar, fiddle, mandolin and bodhran--perform traditional Irish music at the Black Rose. (Clever, eh?) Rose opens at noon on St. Patric's day; don't go, it will be jammed. See the listings page for other nights...
...boogied, Balaban introduced a new campaign song, sung to the tune of I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate. Sample lyrics: "I wish I could legislate like my sister Bella/ She can write better laws than any right-wing fella." Chances are, she also plays a meaner mandolin, at least judging by her rendition of My Melancholy Baby...
...Intermezzo is a concert rarity never before recorded. It is dreamy, emotionally vague and inconsequential. His piano and cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor is another matter. Here Cellist Solow gets the chance to display his flawless intonation and generous technique as the cello imitates a guitar, flute, mandolin and tambourine. The Saint-Säens C Minor Sonata is a work of contrasts and Pianist Vallecillo masters both its turbulent and serene passages. If this LP serves as an indicator of Desmar's artistic and recording quality, its future should be cheerful...
...after hearing his Symphony C performed for a bewildered but appreciative audience at the University of Iowa. The avant-garde composition began "as an English dance rhapsody and developed into a symphony more or less against my will," explained Burgess. Its finale is "corny, full of schmalz, with a mandolin tinkling away in the background," and at the end "the orchestra plays a single fortissimo chord of C major and everybody goes off for a drink." The music's mystery may be rooted in its unusual creation. Burgess, 58, wrote at least half of his symphony while...