About 8 months ago, Nick and I cornered Marc Geelhoed in an alley. We thought he looked a little young to be Marc Geelhoed, but he said his name was Marc. How French. Whereupon Nick and I threatened the safety of Marc's French recordings collection & the reputation of his French name unless Marc agreed to devote at least the occasional Timeout article to biased and shameless praise of Opera Cabal. Thanks, le Marc. You've done it again.
(You can have either your Whitesnake CDs back, or your AC/DC.)
http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/classical/25173/
hall-marked-moments
12.25.2007
music on myspace
Having received recordings from the fall show, we've posted a few of the shorter tracks on our myspace page. Yes, I hate myspace too, but everybody else is doing it and I'm a hopeless slave to peer pressure.
That address again is:
http://www.myspace.com/operacabal
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Next on the Christmas day agenda: I swear that I'm neither trying to make this blog an obituary page for great musicians, nor a plug for the NY Times, but great musicians keep showing up on the front page of the Times dead, and with great photos. Most recently, Oscar Peterson.
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Lastly: I head to NYC tomorrow for some good old holiday gallivanting, some late-night runnin in a big circle with 4000 people I don't know, and some Barishnakov doing Beckett. In the midst of all of this will come the usual "I'm alone in a sea of 8 million people" existential soul searching, and quite truthfully, both Majel and I find ourselves at differently similar sorts of crossroads.
So I think it's time for yet another poll:
Should Opera Cabal move it's base to Berlin?
Yes or no. Comments welcome.
Merry Christmas.
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That address again is:
http://www.myspace.com/operacabal
**
Next on the Christmas day agenda: I swear that I'm neither trying to make this blog an obituary page for great musicians, nor a plug for the NY Times, but great musicians keep showing up on the front page of the Times dead, and with great photos. Most recently, Oscar Peterson.
**
Lastly: I head to NYC tomorrow for some good old holiday gallivanting, some late-night runnin in a big circle with 4000 people I don't know, and some Barishnakov doing Beckett. In the midst of all of this will come the usual "I'm alone in a sea of 8 million people" existential soul searching, and quite truthfully, both Majel and I find ourselves at differently similar sorts of crossroads.
So I think it's time for yet another poll:
Should Opera Cabal move it's base to Berlin?
Yes or no. Comments welcome.
Merry Christmas.
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12.07.2007
Karlheinz Stockhausen; 1928-2007
Found this in my email this morning:
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PRESS RELEASE
The composer Karlheinz Stockhausen passed away on December 5th 2007
at his home in Kuerten-Kettenberg and will be buried in the
Waldfriedhof (forest cemetery) in Kuerten.
He composed 362 individually performable works. The works which were
composed until 1969 are published by Universal Edition in Vienna, and
all works since then are published by the Stockhausen-Verlag.
Numerous texts by Stockhausen and about his works have been published
by the Stockhausen Foundation for Music.
Suzanne Stephens and Kathinka Pasveer, who have performed many of his
works and, together with him, have taken care of the scores, compact
discs, books, films, flowers, shrubs, and trees will continue to
disseminate his work throughout the world, as prescribed in the
statutes of the Stockhausen Foundation for Music, of which they are
executive board members.
Stockhausen always said that GOD gave birth to him and calls him home.
****
…for love is stronger than death.
IN FRIENDSHIP and gratitude for everything that he has given to us
personally and to humanity through his love and his music, we bid
FAREWELL to Karlheinz Stockhausen, who lived to bring celestial music
to humans, and human music to the celestial beings, so that Man may
listen to GOD and GOD may hear His children.
On December 5th he ascended with JOY through HEAVEN’S DOOR, in order
to continue to compose in PARADISE with COSMIC PULSES in eternal
HARMONY, as he had always hoped to do: You, who summon me to Heaven,
Eva, Mikael and Maria, let me eternally compose music for Heaven’s
Father-Mother, GOD creator of Cosmic Music.
May Saint Michael, together with Heaven’s musicians in ANGEL
PROCESSIONS and INVISIBLE CHOIRS welcome him with a fitting musical
GREETING.
On behalf of him and following his example, we will endeavor to
continue to protect the music.
Suzanne Stephens and Kathinka Pasveer
in the name of the world-wide family of musicians who love him,
together with everyone who loves his music.
****
On Thursday, December 13th 2007, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. it will be
possible to personally say farewell to Karlheinz Stockhausen in the
chapel of the Waldfriedhof in Kuerten (Kastanienstrasse).
A commemorative concert will take place soon at the Sülztalhalle in
Kuerten. Programme, time and date will be specially announced.

(n.)
PRESS RELEASE
The composer Karlheinz Stockhausen passed away on December 5th 2007
at his home in Kuerten-Kettenberg and will be buried in the
Waldfriedhof (forest cemetery) in Kuerten.
He composed 362 individually performable works. The works which were
composed until 1969 are published by Universal Edition in Vienna, and
all works since then are published by the Stockhausen-Verlag.
Numerous texts by Stockhausen and about his works have been published
by the Stockhausen Foundation for Music.
Suzanne Stephens and Kathinka Pasveer, who have performed many of his
works and, together with him, have taken care of the scores, compact
discs, books, films, flowers, shrubs, and trees will continue to
disseminate his work throughout the world, as prescribed in the
statutes of the Stockhausen Foundation for Music, of which they are
executive board members.
Stockhausen always said that GOD gave birth to him and calls him home.
****
…for love is stronger than death.
IN FRIENDSHIP and gratitude for everything that he has given to us
personally and to humanity through his love and his music, we bid
FAREWELL to Karlheinz Stockhausen, who lived to bring celestial music
to humans, and human music to the celestial beings, so that Man may
listen to GOD and GOD may hear His children.
On December 5th he ascended with JOY through HEAVEN’S DOOR, in order
to continue to compose in PARADISE with COSMIC PULSES in eternal
HARMONY, as he had always hoped to do: You, who summon me to Heaven,
Eva, Mikael and Maria, let me eternally compose music for Heaven’s
Father-Mother, GOD creator of Cosmic Music.
May Saint Michael, together with Heaven’s musicians in ANGEL
PROCESSIONS and INVISIBLE CHOIRS welcome him with a fitting musical
GREETING.
On behalf of him and following his example, we will endeavor to
continue to protect the music.
Suzanne Stephens and Kathinka Pasveer
in the name of the world-wide family of musicians who love him,
together with everyone who loves his music.
****
On Thursday, December 13th 2007, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. it will be
possible to personally say farewell to Karlheinz Stockhausen in the
chapel of the Waldfriedhof in Kuerten (Kastanienstrasse).
A commemorative concert will take place soon at the Sülztalhalle in
Kuerten. Programme, time and date will be specially announced.

12.03.2007
Best Thing I've Seen All Day
I'm sure the rest of the world has seen this already, but my god. Amazing. Hold out for the third take.
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