The second volume of my Shostakovich plays Shostakovich series, “Black and White and Red Redux,” is now posted as a webcast.
https://www.wwfm.org/post/lost-chord-february-9-black-and-white-and-red-redux
And of the course, the three-hour “Picture Perfect” Oscar Party has been up since Friday.
https://www.wwfm.org/post/picture-perfect-february-7-oscar-party-2020#stream/0
Nobody loves a party like Shostakovich.
In America, you go to party… In Soviet Russia, party comes to you!
Due to its timely nature, my annual WWFM Oscar Party has been posted as webcast. I can’t promise you it’s the greatest thing ever (I didn’t eat lunch yesterday), but there’s plenty of enjoyable music from 18 films, including all five of this year’s nominees for Best Original Score (“Phantom Thread,” “Dunkirk,” “The Shape of Water,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”). Get yourself primed for the Oscars with three hours of classic and contemporary film scores. Follow the link, and crunch away.
http://wwfm.org/post/enjoy-picture-perfect-oscar-party-friday-afternoon
André Rieu needs more brass! Here he is to conduct “The Parade of the Charioteers” from “Ben-Hur.” The Academy Award-winning music is by Miklós Rózsa.
Ordinarily, I’m not a huge fan (of Rieu, not Rózsa), but holy cow, the vulgarity is hard to resist.
Academy Awards Sunday. How can I be so in love with Oscar, and yet have so little interest in tonight’s ceremony? Of course I’ll be watching, but I’ll be thinking of Gregory Peck, Gene Hackman, George C. Scott, Sean Connery, David Niven, the streaker.
If you are looking for some background music to accompany your Oscar preparations, Friday night’s two-hour “Picture Perfect” Oscar Party is now posted as a webcast, at http://www.wwfm.org.
PHOTO: Though its record 11 Academy Awards was later matched, unfathomably, by “Titanic” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (really?!!), “Ben-Hur” is still the all-time Oscar champ, at least in my book – epic scope, compelling story, amazing craftsmanship, outstanding music, real stunts, a cast of thousands, and no CGI anywhere.
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