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Tag Archives: Marc Blitzstein

Keys of Change, Podcast, Politics

Keys of Change: Lenya & Weill

Author guylive Date April 27, 2018
Tonight’s show revolves around Lotte Lenya and Kurt Weill, who were not overtly political...
Tagged activism, Alex North, Berlin, Bertolt Brecht, cabaret, Charles Ives, communism, Donal Fox, Fred Plotkin, Hans Eisler, immigrant, John Mauceri, Keys of Change, Knickerbocker Holiday, Kurt Weill, Leonard Bernstein, Lotte Lenya, Ludwig van Beethovan, Marc Blitzstein, new york, political music, politics, refugee, sarcasm, social commentary, socialism, Teresa Stratas, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Leave a comment |
Keys of Change, Podcast, Politics

Keys of Change: Marc Blitzstein & Paul Robeson

Author guylive Date March 30, 2018
Today’s show focuses on Paul Robeson and Marc Blitzstein, both ardent socialists, passionate musicians,...
Tagged activismmusic, Amsterdam, Bill T Jones, communism, Guy Livingston, Justin Hopkins, Keys of Change, Marc Blitzstein, modern opera, Opera Forward Festival, Opera Philadelphia, Paul Robeson, politics, Radio GuyLive, socialism, spirituals, Viswa Subbaraman, We Shall Not Be Moved | Leave a comment |
Podcast

Podcast: 100th Episode!

Author guylive Date November 17, 2017
One hundred days on the road. One hundred episodes of American Highways, as Guy...
Tagged 100, America, american, American Highways, anechoic chamber, anniverssary, banshee, Benjamin Bagby, birthday, broadcast, centennary, composer, ConcertZender, Duke Ellington, elevator, Guy Livingston, Henry Cowell, jazz, Joel Sachs, John Cage, John Williams, Marc Blitzstein, Marcos Pujol, music, new music, new york, Notre-Dame Cathedral, orchestral, paris, piano, radio, ragtime, Sarah Cahill, Sean Street, Serpent's Kiss, silence, Sorrel Doris Hays, Star Wars, William Bolcom | Leave a comment |
Podcast

Podcast: Short Cuts

Author guylive Date October 6, 2017
Time is completely variable, as Einstein theorized, and as these miniatures prove. In this...
Tagged Alper Maral, Atanasio Khyrsh, Barbara, Barbara Engel, Charles Ives, D. Andrew Stewart, Derek Bermel, Don't Panic, duration, Elliott Sharp, Frédéric Chopin, Frederick Frahm, Fritz Lauer, Gene Pritsker, George Antheil, Giovanni Mancuso, Guy Livingston, Henry Cowell, Joanna Bailie, Jonathan Norton, Joshua Cody, Ketty Nez, Ketzel Cotel, ketzel the cat, Lansing D. McLoskey, Lionel Sainsbury, Marc Blitzstein, Martial Robert, Martin Fondse, miniatures, Moritz Eggert, Ned McGowan, Newt Hinton, one-minute, Patricia Elizabeth Martinez, Patrick Cahallan, piano, prepared piano, Riccardo Vaglini, Richard Carrick, Robert Eidschun, Sergio Pallante, short, Sixty Seconds, Stéphane Leach, time, Tuyet A. Tran, Vanessa Lann, Victor Ekimovsky, Walter Haven, Walter Sanchez, William Bolcom, Yoichi Togawa | Leave a comment |
Podcast

Podcast: Labor Day Special

Author guylive Date September 1, 2017
A Labor Day Special with a hint of political activism. Pianist Guy Livingston introduces...
Tagged America, American Highways, avant-garde, broadcast, composer, ConcertZender, Dan Moses Schreier, Django Reinhardt, Guy Livingston, holiday special, Kurt Weill, Labor Day, Marc Blitzstein, music, new music, new york, opera, piano, Plastic People of the Universe, podcast, politics, Prague Spring, radio, revolution, Sarah Cahill, struggle, symphonic | Leave a comment |
Blitzstein, News

REVIEW: “The Cradle Will Rock”

Author guylive Date August 1, 2017
reviewed by Guy LIVINGSTON on July 16, 2017 Music and book by Marc Blitzstein...
Tagged America, Broadway, composer, Guy Livingston, Marc Blitzstein, music, new york, opera, orchestral, politics, struggle | Leave a comment |
Podcast, Politics

“I Speak in English Now”

Author guylive Date February 10, 2017
This is the second in my series on American composers who were refugees. Tonight,...
Tagged american, American Highways, broadcast, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, new york, orchestral, Paul Hindemith, podcast, politics, radio, struggle, symphonic | Leave a comment |
Podcast

Podcast: Inauguration Anxiety

Author guylive Date January 20, 2017
As you know I like to feature music of struggle and music of politics,...
Tagged american, broadcast, Charles Ives, composer, Donal Fox, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, music, new york, podcast, politics, radio, struggle | Leave a comment |
Blitzstein, Podcast, Portrait

Act 4: Anarchists at the Opera

Author guylive Date November 4, 2016
Composer Marc Blitzstein wrote engaging, and politically engaged music all his life. In the...
Tagged Broadway, ConcertZender, Dawn Upshaw, Fred Plotkin, Guy Livingston, John Mauceri, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, Metropolitan Opera, opera, podcast, radio, Rudolf Bing, Sacco & Vanzetti, Sara Fishko, Stephen Sondheim | 1 Comment |
Blitzstein, Podcast, Portrait

Act 3: Mack the Knife on Broadway

Author guylive Date October 28, 2016
Composer Marc Blitzstein was a man who straddled many genres, from classical to Broadway....
Tagged adaptation, Beggar's Opera, Bertolt Brecht, Bob Dylan, Bobby Darin, Broadway, Ella Fitzgerald, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, Louis Armstrong, Mack the Knife, Marc Blitzstein, new york, Nina Simone, Paul Robeson, podcast, radio, recording session, Threepenny Opera, translation, WFMT | 1 Comment |
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Summary
  • Quarantine Episode 5: “endings” September 25, 2020
  • Quarantine Episode 4: “huidhonger/blissonance” September 22, 2020
  • Quarantine Episode 3: “niet normaal” August 31, 2020
  • Quarantine Episode 2: “hey, google!” August 24, 2020
  • New Podcast: Under/City/Sound August 5, 2020
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