Famous Musician's Podcast

In this episode I talk about the Beatles and put in a plug for Emmanuel Sikora's music. The five songs are:Eleanor RigbyBlackbirdI'm Only SleepingA Day in the LifeI'm Looking Through You and the link to this can be found here, for some of Emmanuel's music: https://www.pbs.org/video/expressions-emmanuel-sikora/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

The 5 songs discussed in this episode are:Follow GodTouch the skyBound 2RunawayOtisThe gentleman I mentioned at the end who is playing a wonderful piece by Charles Stanford, Christopher Prestia, can be found playing this aforementioned piece here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRa4RX_5AoMI feel mixing musical genres is always a welcome panacea for most of the world's issues---perhaps listen to Chris' playing after hearing those 5 songs of Kanye.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

I invited 4 and 20 strings to give a house concert WAY before COVID and all this stuff broke out. Because I was testing live-streaming (and now have great proficiency with it, but then was not so great), I missed all of the recorded concert and just have the end of the last piece, a passacaglia section of the Biber violin sonata No. 3, with Alexandra Calabro playing the vioin, Kevin Lubin the viola da gamba (he's also a talented harpsichordist), and Ryan Closs on Theorbo. I started with the interview I did with them afterwards and then go into the music. Here is their bio! No point in putting in the program as you only hear the VERY last part of it:4&20 Strings, Long Island's premier Baroque ensemble, was formed in 2019. The trio consists of violinist Alexandra Calabro, theorbist Ryan Closs, and harpsichordist/viola da gamba player Kevin Lubin. Garnering attention by programing concerts in both traditional and unique spaces, the overarching goal of 4&20 Strings is to bring early music to Long Island.

Hey! So I dropped the ball on two concerts that happened a week within each other. This was the first one. It was a piano and violin concert with yours truly and Naomi Florin, a talented NYC-based violinist. It was a program featuring George N. Gianopoulos' "City Vignettes", Op. 29d, Cesar Franck's Violin Sonata, and the theme to Schindler's List by John Williams. If you enjoy the works of Gianopoulos, here is his website, showcasing his other works: https://www.georgengianopoulos.com/. Naomi Florin's other work can be found on her Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Mhl9mBjmoOl0QETG4nWpw/ as well as on Facebook, through her dedicated artist page @naomiflorinmusic.Thank you for listening! If you have any suggestions on how to grow the podcast, please send any suggestions to musicatthedailypress@gmail.com.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

Hey guys!How's it going? Well? Don't be silly, it's terrible out there. COVID and such. Anywhoozle, for a guy like me, with more vanity than common sense and wisdom, this is a California gold rush for podcasters, as the assumption is that there will be increased interest in things designed for people taking long solitary walks or listening to things in their office. This is a concert from November 2019. For various reasons, putting this up before was not an option. Thankfully, I am able to do so now, and another one of the things to be grateful for, despite the Unemployment Office being too busy to give anyone money and EMT workers likely all to be harmed from repeated exposure to Corona-Virus, is that this is a time for sedentary bits of media, lovingly recorded for posterity.Here is a link to Masterchorale's website: https://www.nycmasterchorale.org/The choir was ably conducted by Dusty Francis, as well as expertly accompanied by guitarist Giacomo Baldelli.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmus

I got invited to play piano for the Brahms "Geistliches Weigenlied" (Spiritual lullabies) because the mezzo, Kayla Faccilongo, was co-workers with a gentleman in the Hudson Valley who valued great classical music and had a cousin, Gabrielle Toscano, who was a professional violist, and Brahms has this piece for viola, mezzo, and piano, so bam.What followed was our initial and only read through of both movements of the Brahms, then Lo, How a Rose, the Christmas carol, then Ian Joyal lending his talents (Kayla's fiancé, who is a bass-baritone) in addition to Kayla singing the soprano, also sight-reading to Gesu Bambino by Pietro Yon, then closing it all out with a rousing chorus of "Silent Night".Thanks for listening, everybody! I'm gonna figure this whole podcast thingie out.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

This was a concert I did with Stan Lacy, baritone.The reference I was making in the opening monologue was to Stephen Hawking. Figured I'd look it up later, which I did!Here is a link to his company, NCO (New Camerata Opera):https://www.newcamerataopera.org/It's a pretty cool organization.I'm currently doing an appeal (gonna shoot for 2 a year).Here is a link to it! Please chip in if you can:https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/famous-musician-s-podcast/campaigns/3199Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

I sit down with Maria Eleni Zollo after a concert of hers in Brooklyn at the Soapbox Gallery to see what drove her to the ludicrous situation of being a promoter of the arts.Piece at the end: Maria Eleni Zollo with orchestra, "Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay" by Nathan Fletcher---Mannes Orchestra, NYC, led by Ian Schaffer*PREMIERE* Performance of Orchestral Version 1. RecuerdoSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

Recorded concert at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, October 27th, 2019. Jen Groves, Soprano, Joseph Martin, pianist.Christopher Prestia, music director of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd and instrumental patron of the arts whose timeless zeal for promoting art and artists gave us this unique opportunity to do a concert in such a wonderful space (and even for Jen and I to work together, as we are requisitely expensive enough that we wouldn't have been able to afford hiring ourselves, really)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

Hey guys. Sorry I keep dropping the ball. Baby and a house. Mortgages. Left a big full timey type job and still searching for how to make up the income with a million little tiny part time jobs. You get it. Big plans, little wallet. Will fix.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

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Song at end: Joseph Martin and Grace Chen---Arensky Second Suite, Mv. 1: Le SavantSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

"Mister Snow" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel-Allyson Kurian"Feelings" from The Apple Tree by Sheldon Harnick by Cate Webber"Green Finch and Linnet Bird" from Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim by Constance Rogalski"By My Side" from Godspell by Stephen Schwartz-Ensemble"You Don't Know This Man" from Parade by Jason Robert Brown by Amy Yoshizumi"Simple Little Things" from 110 In The Shade by N. Richard Nash by Cate Webber"Meine Lippen" from Guiditta by Franz Lehar by Constance Rogalski"I Will Never Leave You" from Sideshow by Russell and Krieger by Kate Bernhardt and Allyson Kurian"Still Hurting" from The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown by Amy Yoshizumi"Once You Lost Your Heart" from Me and My Girl by Jacqui Scott by Kate Bernhardt'You Could Drive A Person Crazy" from Company by Stephen Sondheim-Amy Yoshizumi, Constance Rogalski, Allyson Kurian, Cate WebberINTERMISSION"Flight" by Greg Carnelia-Amy Yoshizumi and Kate Bernhardt"I Remember" from Evening Primrose by Stephen Sondheim by Cate Webber"Used

I sat down with Brooke Vettese to discuss life after making a dope hip hop song. She's cool. Life is good. Hofstra grad.Song at the end: "Crystallize"-Brooke Vettese (under the pseudonym Doctor Imposter)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

I sat down with Jennifer Allenby to discuss life and music. There were a few moments where it seemed that I might have asked an unnecessarily didactic question, and the potential for it seeming didactic increased due to it being a situation where I was asking someone in school very schoolish questions, having, myself, been out of school for quite a while.We concluded with a performance of 3 Nadia Boulanger songs: "Elegie", "Extase", and "La Mer".These will be featured on a senior recital March 29th, which is a friday, at 7pm, in Lefrak Concert Hall, at Queens College (65-30 Kissena Blvd, Queens, NY, 11367) accompanied by Keith Chambers, vocal coach and conductor. Free admission! Please attend.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

I sat down with John Tiranno, tenor to talk about life and music. The mics failed, so I did a monologue on what we discussed, and will attach the transcript here. The performance he mentions at the end can be found here: https://www.showclix.com/event/handel-dixit-dominus-haydn-harmoniemesseThe transcript of the original interview can be found at this link: https://josephmartinlives.blogspot.com/2019/03/transcript-of-fmp-podcast-20-february.htmlSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

I sat down with Domenic Salerni, first violinist of the Dali Quartet and violin teacher, to discuss his views on music and life. Shout out track: Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D 703, the 3rd track of the Dali Quartet's CD. CDs can be personally requested at this link: http://www.daliquartet.com/artist.php?view=contactsStreaming media of their music can be found here:http://www.daliquartet.com/artist.php?view=mediaSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

From a concert given by confluss, a modern music group consisting of bassist Sam Zagnit and soprano Amber Evans. This transpired on December 21st, 2018 at 7:30PM at St. John’s in the Village, 218 W. 11th Street, and featured the music of Katherine Balch, Ledah Finck, Jay Julio, and György Kürtág, and an improvised collaboration to close the concert with the dance group NE14 Dance, featuring Michael Greenberg and Lauren Twomley.Check out the YouTube version! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvUJw08KfjSFctCDokwPtS6IvbBJp2SZRFull texts available with the Youtube version. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

Helen Van-Tine Golden's "Bring Opera To The Party" event on 11/17/18, recorded by Famous Musician's Podcast. Subscribe on any major podcasting app! Traviata Credits:Alfredo: Drew WatsonVioletta: Jennifer AllenbyGermont: Gustavo MoralesDuphol: Brinson KeeleyFlora: Mary Kathryn MondayGastone: Tom TolandMarchese: Thomas GeibDottore: Ian JoyalChoreographer: Rachel Goodman Die Fledermaus Credits:Adele: Samantha DicapoRosalinda: Kathleen MonsonEisenstein: Doug SaboPrince Orlofsky: Kayla FaccilongoFrank: Thomas GeibFalke: Ian JoyalSally: Kamala Ross Sloss Chorus Members: Kathryn Malm Bourgoine, Elisabeth Schemistch Musical Director: Joseph Martin Subscribe to Famous Musician's Podcast on Buzzsprout! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)

This was a concert I did at Our Lady of Peace in Lynbrook, NY. The program was "Ave Maria Virgo Serena" of Josquin des Prez, "In Perfect Charity" by Randall Debruyn, "Sicut Cervus" of Palestrina, "Warum" by Brahms (Op. 74 No. 1), The Vaughn Williams Mass in G, and "Spirit, Open My Heart" by Matthew Koraus. Amber Evans, Soprano and Soloist in Vaughn WilliamsKatrina Montagna, SopranoFontaine Sheridan, SopranoHelen Van Tine-Golden, Mezzo and Soloist in Vaughn WilliamsSavannah Gordon, MezzoKayla Faccilongo, MezzoMatthew Koraus, Tenor and Soloist in Vaughn Williams, as well as composer of the last pieceMatthew Georgetti, TenorGrant Mech, Bass and Soloist in Vaughn WilliamsIan Joyal, BassJoseph Martin, BassThanks to Our Lady of Peace for hosting, thanks to the choir for the donation of their time, efforts, and catering, and thank you to Alfred Allongo for spear-heading the catering.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Famousmusicianspodcast)