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Lucerne Festival 2009 part 2


“Like a cry of Nature”: thus the expression mark that opens Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony – and the programme of this year’s festival which takes up nature as its guiding theme. To Mahler, nature and art were not opposites; on the contrary, he felt that the one was the teacher of the other. The opening programme also treats listeners to a spectacular début as the twenty-two-year-old Chinese pianist Yuja Wang plays Serge Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto. In her Lucerne appearances she can display the full range of her artistry as Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto demands not only lyricism and intimacy, but brilliance and virtuosity.

Lucerne Festival 2009


Magdalena Kožená does not only make the “heavenly joys” resound in the final movement of Mahler’s Fourth. Before, she devotes herself to the Seraphic beauty and intimate simplicity of Mahler’s “Rückert Lieder”. Practically all the songs that Mahler composed prior to 1900 were based on texts from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”, a collection of folk poems published by Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim. From then on Mahler turned exclusively to a single poet, the Franconian orientalist and translator Friedrich Rückert. Mahler confessed that the poems moved him so deeply that he sometimes felt he had written them himself. In the transcendent final lied, “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen”, he also quoted a phrase from the Adagio of his Fourth Symphony. Asked what it meant, he said that it personified himself. Live recording from the Lucerne Festival 2009

Roy Ayers (born 10 September 1940, in Los Angeles) is the bearer funk, soul, jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers memulai karirnya sebagai pemain musik jazz, beberapa album dirilisnya dibawah naungan Arista Records sebelum pindah ke Polydor Records. Ayers began his career as a jazz musician, released a few albums under the auspices of Arista Records before moving to Polydor Records.

Ayers dibesarkan dalam keluarga musik. Ayers was raised in a musical family. Pada umur lima, Lionel Hampton memberinya sepasang mallets, yang kemudian membawanya menjadi pemain vibraphone yang menjadi ciri khas suaranya untuk waktu itu. At the age of five, Lionel Hampton gave him a pair of mallets, which then took a vibraphone player who characterizes his voice to that time. Ayers dibesarkan di kawasan Los Angeles, yang sekarang dikenal sebagai "South Central", yang kemudian dikenal sebagai "South Park", merupakan sekolah musik di Southern California Black Musik. Ayers was raised in the Los Angeles area, now known as the "South Central", which became known as the "South Park", a music school in Southern California Black Music. Roy sekolah di (Wadsworth Elementary, Nevins Middle School , dan Thomas Jefferson High School) yang dekat dengan Central Avenue, Los Angeles yang setara dengan Harlem's Lenox Avenue dan Chicago's State Street. Roy schools (Wadsworth Elementary, Nevins Middle School, and Thomas Jefferson High School) is close to Central Avenue, Los Angeles equivalent of Harlem's Lenox Avenue and Chicago's State Street. Setelah Ayers lulus dari Thomas Jefferson High School, dia memberikan seluruh hidupnya kepada dunia musik jazz. After Ayers graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, he gave his whole life to the world of jazz.
Ayers bertanggung jawab pada pembuatan soundtrack Jack Hill's pada tahun1973, blaxploitation di film Coffy, dan Pam Grier yang menjadi bintang utamanya. Ayers is responsible for making the soundtrack to Jack Hill's 1973, in the blaxploitation film Coffy, Pam Grier and the main star. Ia kemudian pindah aliran dari musik jazz-funk ke aliran R & B, seperti terlihat pada Mystic Voyage, yang menampilkan lagu Evolution dan underground disco hits Brother Green (The Disco King), serta judul lagu dari albumnya tahun 1976 Everybody Loves the Sunshine . He then moved the flow of a jazz-funk to the flow of R & B, as shown in Mystic Voyage, featuring the song Evolution and underground disco hits Brother Green (The Disco King), and the title song from the 1976 album Everybody Loves the Sunshine.

Tahun 1976, hitnya yang tebesar adalah Running Away. In 1976, the biggest is hitnya Running Away.
Pada tahun 1980 Ayers merilis Music Of Many Colors dengan Nigerian Afrobeat (pelopor Fela Kuti). In 1980 Ayers released Music Of Many Colors by Nigerian Afrobeat (pioneer Fela Kuti).
Pada tahun 1981 Ayers memproduksi album penyanyi Sylvia Striplin, Give Me Your Love (Uno Melodic Records 1981). In 1981 Ayers produced albums singer Sylvia Striplin, Give Me Your Love (Uno Melodic Records, 1981).
Pada tahun 1990-an, Ayers merilis beberapa album rekaman hip-hop dibawah naungan label Ichiban Records.Ayers telah mendirikan dua label rekaman, Uno Melodic dan Gold Mink Records. In the 1990s, Ayers released a few recordings of hip-hop under the umbrella label Ichiban Records.Ayers has established two record label, Uno Melodic and Gold Mink Records.

Vibraphonist / vokal Roy Ayers adalah yang terbaik di antara vokalis-vokalis yang lainnya. Vibraphonist / vocalist Roy Ayers is the best among the vocalists, the other vocalist. Dia juga yang paling dihormati dan dicintai di dunia musik jazz atau R & B sampai dengan hari ini. He is also the most respected and loved in the world of jazz or R & B up to this day. Dalam empat dasawarsa dalam bisnis musik, Ayers dikenal sebagai Godfather dari Neo-soul, terus dia juga dapat menjembatani kesenjangan antar generasi pecinta musik. In the four decades in the music business, Ayers known as the Godfather of Neo-soul, he can also continue to bridge the gap between generations of music lovers. Di era tahun 60an dia adalah pemenang award vibraphonist jazz, dan berubah ke aliran R & B bandleader di tahun 70-80an. In the era of the 60s he was the award-winning jazz vibraphonist, and transformed into the flow of R & B bandleader in the year 70-80s. Saat ini, musik yang dinamis adalah jenis musik yang banyak diminati oleh banyak orang. Currently, the dynamic music is the kind of music that much in demand by many people. Contoh penyanyi yang memakai jenis musik yang dinamis adalah Mary J. Examples of singers who use a dynamic type of music that is Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, 50 Cent, A Tribe Called Quest, Tupac, dan Ice Cube. Blige, Erykah Badu, 50 Cent, A Tribe Called Quest, Tupac, and Ice Cube. Banyak lagu-lagu dari Ayers' termasuk lagu "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", "Searchin", "Running Away" sering diputar dan dijadikan remixed oleh banyak DJ di seluruh dunia. Many of the songs from Ayers' songs including "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", "Searchin", "Running Away" is often played and made remixed by many DJs all over the world.

Salah satu lagu hit dari Roy Ayers yang dibawakan kembali oleh D'angelo. One of the hit songs from Roy Ayers brought back by D'angelo.

tribute to michael jackson


“With all the troubles in love, life and failed marriages, he would still seek out talented young musicians and help them launch their career. Many of today’s young American musicians owe their success to him.”

This past week has been a sad week for America with the death of two stars – actress Farrah Fawcett and music icon Michael Jackson. Farrah’s death was not so sudden; she was suffering from cancer and it was a question of days when she would lose her battle. And she died on Wednesday.

But Michael’s was unbelievable! Simply earth-shattering, shocking! No one predicted that he was going to die this soon. He was only fifty years old with parents and siblings living. Well, he had his health problems and has been under physician’s care. But still he was healthy enough to rehearse for his upcoming July European concert “This Is It” tour just the night before. So, when I heard about his death in the evening news, June 25, I could not believe it. I listened for hours to understand how he had died and what people’s feelings were for him. If the reaction of the mourners is one way to measure how one has touched others emotionally, Michael definitely was immensely popular, in spite of the controversies that haunted him for the past two decades. He was not just a star that entertained and made money of his stardom. He was a megastar that touched so many through his superb entertainment since the tender age of five.

I remember when I had come for my studies to the United States, one of the first things I did was to buy his album – the Jackson Five. Later I bought few other albums with his more popular songs. He had by then established himself as a highly gifted singer and a successful stage performer. Listening Michael was not enough to understand his impact on the audience. You had to see him perform; see how he glided backward with effortless grace in a move that would forever after be known as the moonwalk and his movement on the stage like a robot.
As a student at the University of Southern California, I lived a few blocks north of the campus and just within 20 yards of the Shriner Auditorium where he occasionally performed. I could not buy those expensive tickets. The closest I came to watching any of the Jackson 5 was when I bought a ticket for a charitable show for the LAPD where his sister performed a dance routine. Janet was not a star then.

Fortunately, for many of us, we had the videos to see his electrifying performances. By 1982 his singles — ”Billie Jean,” ”Beat It,” ”Thriller,” and so many more had become very popular. The Thriller became the world’s best-selling album of all time. There were hardly enough hours in the day for the fledgling MTV network to show the iconic music videos he shot to promote what was quickly recognized as a masterpiece. The 24-year old kid had definitely by then become the King of the Pop. Those videos were simply sensational and wonderful to watch! No star, not even Madonna, could generate so much excitement as Michael was capable of. He was simply the best among all those entertainment stars.

Michael was a very soft spoken person. He had a soft and caring heart and used his extraordinary music talent to fight poverty and raise awareness for caring of children around the globe. He raised millions of dollars in 1985 to fight hunger in Africa through an album “We are the World.”

Although, Michael was past his youthful years, he remained a child in his heart and exhibited child like qualities who loved children much. He raised millions of dollars in charity for them. He developed the Never Land Ranch in 1988 and, with its museum and amusement park, tried to entertain children. And yet, his love for them became his greatest nemesis. In 1993 and 2005, he would be falsely charged by some greedy parents of improper mixing or activities with children. He was acquitted of all such charges. However, those false charges ruined him financially and mentally, and adversely affected his music career. He failed to repeat his successes of the 1980s.

In spite of all the popularity he enjoyed, Michael remained a very shy and insecure person. His marriage with Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of another music sensation Elvis Presley, fell apart in 1996 after just two years. He kept a very low profile in the 1990s. But his was an indomitable character that would not be subdued by such mishaps in life. He joined with Pavarotti for a charity concert to raise millions of dollars for global refugees in 1999.

With all the troubles in love, life and failed marriages, he would still seek out talented young musicians and help them launch their career. Many of today’s young American musicians owe their success to him.

Michael was the greatest and most successful music entertainer of all time. He sold 750 million albums, something that is unbelievable for any singer, and would probably never be matched in our lifetime by any musician. He was also a smart investor. It is, therefore, quite puzzling to learn that in his death he owed some $400 million in debt.

Michael was a mega-star by any measure in the entertainment industry. Our world has not seen a singer, composer, producer, dancer and choreographer of his caliber combined in a single individual. He earned millions and gave away also in millions in charity. Although he hasn’t sung lately, he was immensely popular everywhere. He is more known globally than any individual in our planet. Through his music, he will live for ages. To label him as the “King of Pops” is lowering his greatness. He was simply the unrivalled Emperor of popular music.

And yet, Michael was a very lonely person. The bad publicity had hurt his tender soul and forced him to seek solace and find the meaning of life outside America in the Middle East where he lived for months before returning to the USA recently. The only person that he confided in and felt comfortable about sharing his inner pains and thoughts was his brother Jermaine. It was all too natural that when he died, it was Jermaine who told the world that his loving younger brother, the most talented of the Jackson siblings, Michael had died at 2:26 p.m. on Thursday, June 25 at the UCLA Medical Center. With Michael’s death, we lost not only a music icon, we lost a caring, charitable brother. Like Jermaine, let’s pray – May Allah be with you always, Michael.

El Sistema


The documentary film by Paul Smaczny & Maria Stodtmeier explores Venezuela's unique system of music education which takes children from violent slums and turns some of them into world-class musicians.

"El Sistema" shows how Venezuelan visionary Jose Antonio Abreu has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of children over the past three decades.

This lyrical and moving documentary takes us from the barrios of Caracas to the world's finest concert halls. Children from barrios dominated by the gun battles of gang warfare are taken into music schools, given access to music, and taught through the model of the symphony orchestra how to build a better society. Paul Smaczny and Maria Stodtmeier's film finds hope and joy in unlikely places.