Writers, scholars, radio hosts and musicians, including the bassist Ron Carter, share songs that shine a light on an ...

Monica Bellucci (Marina)Alessandro Gassmann (Marcello Rambaldi)Angela Finocchiaro (Lucrezia Rambaldi)Gustavo Frigerio (Cesare Rambaldi)Lauretta Masiero (Carolina Rambaldi)Marina Berti (Eva Meyer ...

He said: “You could alter the speed of this ostinato; any kind of alteration, very slow and very fast, very soft and very loud. There were opportunities to advertise the shark with music.

Segun Akinola introduces the Doctor Who theme. Segun became the composer for the show in 2018. We learn how he was inspired ...

It is a slow march over a basso ostinato. The Rakes of Mallow also describes the text, which tells of the carousing and rioting of the young bloods of Mallow. The music grows faster and faster and ...

Ukrainian-American pianist Inna Faliks makes her BroadStage solo debut with an exciting program of works from Beethoven, Bach ...

Throughout their lyrical renditions of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 on April 20, pianist ...

James Lileks blogs at www.lileks.com. The old arcades with their bells and chimes, tinny explosions and electrical zaps, the Pac-Man’s wokka-wokka ostinato running through it — all are long gone.

Members of professional orchestras often have successful performing careers on their own, both individually and as part of chamber ensembles. Princeton Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Alistair ...

Giacomo Puccini’s death. Yet his work is often relegated from histories of 20th-century music. Puccini scholar Alexandra ...

“One of the features we chose for this occasion is basso ostinato,” says the countertenor, referencing the use of a bass line motif that not only provides a rhythmic and textural ...

So where does a producer/singer like Paris-based Sega Bodega fit in? Dennis’ opening track Adulter8 is suitably genre-bending ...