My friends (Michael Schultz and Chad Hudson) and I started doing what we called "Music and Art" day where we pick a theme, listen to music (my mixes), have a few cocktails, and create something on our separate 12" x 12" white canvases...
This was our fourth session -- this time on the theme of "Inevitability" -- and here are our three pieces of art created on February 20, 2010:
Here is a playlist of the music that I put together, edited, and re-mashed for us to listened to, discuss, and be inspired by that day:
Inevitability One:
“The Past Propels Us Forward”
Inevitability Two:
“Fate Propels Us Forward”
Inevitability Three:
“Chances Are It’s All or Nothing And So It Goes”
Inevitability Four:
“Opposites Attract”
Inevitability Five:
“Spring Will Come Again”
Inevitability Six:
“The End Propels Us Forward”
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Inevitability One:“The Past Propels Us Forward”Where Does Uttered Music Go (Walton) — Choir of St. John’s College >>
Bolero — Nat Shilkret and His Victor Orchestra >>
“Fresh, yet inevitable” — Elliot Goldenthal >>
Introduction from Carmen Ballet (Bizet/arr Shchedrin) — Boston Pops, Fiedler >>
Romeo and Juliet Overture (Tchaikovsky) — Chicago, Solti >>
Meeting Scene from West Side Story (Bernstein) — Minnesota, Oue >>
Introduction from Carmen Ballet (Bizet/arr Shchedrin) — Boston Pops, Fiedler >>
A Time for Us from Love Story — John Bayless >>
Adagio for Strings (arr for toy piano) — Mutsuhiro Nishiwaki >>
O Fortune from Carmina Burana (Orff) — Cleveland, Tilson Thomas >>
Symphony No 8, Opening Part One “Veni, Creator Spiritus” (Mahler) — Chicago, Solti >>
Bolero (Ravel) — Cleveland, Dohnányi >>
Bolero — Tomita >>
[From Ear-Acid September 2003: “Love:Story”]
The Gate — Enigma >>
Gravity of Love (Judgment Day Club Mix) — Enigma >>
Carmen — Malcolm McLaren >>
[From Ear-Acid May 2004: “All (or Some) About Me”]
Symphony No 5, Opening (Mahler) — Concertgebouw, Chailly >>
People Get Together / Symphony No 3 (Mahler) — Miguel Kursman >>
Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss) — Vienna, Karajan >>
Fast Forward the Future — Orb, Zodiac Youth >>
Jim Morrison Philosophy — Morrison >>
Eldorado from Candide (Bernstein) — London, Bernstein >>
Clouds of Forgetting (J.L. Adams) — Apollo, Faletta >>
Home — Orb, Pop Will Eat Itself >>
Bioplasm (Shapiro) — LA Flute Quartet >>
Just You & I — dZihan & Kamien >>
Animus IV (Druckman) — Ensemble 21 >>
Syrinx (Debussy) — Blanchard >>
The Book of My Life — Sting, Shankar >>
Syrinx (Debussy) — Blanchard >>
Church, It’s Sacred (Angelou) — Angelou >>
There Is No Place For Me In Heaven (Blanchard) — Vaughn / Blanchard >>
Libera me from Requiem (Verdi) — Scotto >>
God Is a DJ — Rollo & Sister Bliss >>
Music’s No Good Without You — Cher >>
Music Again — Lambert >>
[From Ear-Acid September 2003: “Love:Story”]
Maria Callas on “Love” / Titto Gobi on “Maria Callas” >>
A Thousand Days (Laswell Mix) — Sting >>
Gravity of Love — Enigma >>
O Fortuna from Carmina Burana (Orff) — Philharmonia, Muti >>
[From Ear-Acid May 2004: “All (or Some) About Me”]
You Gotta Have Friends — Midler >>
My Beautiful Besmiled Man (Blanchard) — Vaughn >>
Monologue — Streisand >>
Adagietto (Mahler, arr Uri Caine) >>
[From Ear-Acid February 2005: “Meditations”]
Desire For Hermitage from Hermit Songs (Copland) — Price, Barber / Bonney, Previn >>
Church Bells At Night from Hermit Songs (Copland) — Bonney, Previn >>
Soulitude — CCK >>
Via Crucis (Liszt) — Howard >>
Desire For Hermitage from Hermit Songs — Bonney, Previn / Sylvan, Breitman >>
Shaking and Trembling from Shaker Loops (Adams) — Bournemouth, Alsop >>
Down to Earth from Wall-E — Gabriel, Soweto Gospel Choir >>
Where Does Uttered Music Go (Walton) — Choir of St. John’s College >>
[From Ear-Acid May 2004: “All (or Some) About Me”]
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Mahler) — Hampson / Otter >>
A Little Night Music Waltz (Sondheim) — Boston Pops, Williams >>
We Two Boys Together Clinging (Tilson Thomas/Whitman) — Hampson >>
Candide’s Lament from Candide (Bernstein) — London, Bernstein / Crone >>
The Mystic Trumpeter (Whitman) — Thomas Hampson >>
Battle Music from Candide (Bernstein) — London, Bernstein >>
Make Our Garden Grow (Bernstein, arr Corigliano) — Bell >>
Make Our Garden Grow Introduction — Price >>
A Little Night Music Waltz (Sondheim) — Boston Pops, Williams >>
Overture from La forza del destino “The Force of Destiny” (Verdi) — London, Muti >>
Gravity of Love (Judgment Day Club Mix) — Enigma >>
O Fortuna from Carmina Burana (Orff) — Philharmonia, Muti >>
Symphony No 8, Opening Part One “Veni, Creator Spiritus” (Mahler) — Atlanta, Shaw / Chicago, Solti >>
“Fresh, yet inevitable” — Goldenthal >>
Bolero — Nat Shilkret and His Victor Orchestra.
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Inevitability Two:“Fate Propels Us Forward”Anniversary Fanfare (Walton) — Philharmonia, Willcocks >>
Oedipus Rex Introduction (Stravinsky) — Shiraishi / Chéreau / Jacopucci >>
Oedipus Rex Introduction (Stravinsky) — Bernstein >>
Oedipus Rex (Stravinsky) — Swedish Radio, Salonen >>
Oedipus Tex (PDQ Bach) — Schickele >>
Immortality from Saturday Night Fever — Adam Garcia >>
Death, Be Not Proud (Shakespeare) — Ioan Gruffudd
When I Am Laid in Earth (Purcell) — East Village Opera Company >>
When I Am Laid in Earth from Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) — Leontyne Price >>
Climb Every Mountain — Christine Brewer >>
Climb Every Mountain — Vocal Majority >>
New York City Boy (Superchumbo Uptown Remix) — Pet Shop Boys >>
This Is New York — Ministry of New York >>
This Is New York, Bitch! — La’Mady feat. Kevin Aviance >>
Empire State of Mind — Alicia Keys >>
I’m Gay — Bowling for Soup >>
Girl, I ****** Yo’ Boyfriend — Jonny McGovern feat. Adam Joseph >>
Cool — Quartet San Francisco >>
Ring Them Bells — Liza Minnelli >>
New York, New York — Liza Minnelli, Luciano Pavarotti >>
There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin) —
John Bubbles, Leontyne Price.
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Inevitability Three:“Chances Are It’s All or Nothing And So It Goes”Chances Are — Straight No Chaser >>
All or Nothing At All — Shirley Bassey >>
All or Nothing At All (STUHR Remix) — Shirley Bassey vs Jimmy Scott >>
Que Sera — Doris Day vs Wax Tailor >>
Polonaise in Ab Major (Chopin) — Arthur Rubenstein >>
Til the End of Time — Doris Day / Perry Como >>
Til the End of Time — Mariah Carey >>
After All — Cher with Peter Cetera >>
Time in a Bottle / Piano Man Concerto — David Osborne >>
I’m Yours / Somewhere Over the Rainbow — Straight No Chaser >>
Rainbows — Jon Secada >>
You’ll Never Walk Alone — London Philharmonic >>
Chances Are — Jim Mullen Organ Trio >>
Paradise Is Here (Junior's Arena Anthem) — Cher >>
Air from Suite in G (Bach) — Todd Wilson >>
Everything’s Gonna Be Alright — Sweetbox >>
How Glory Goes — Nigel Richards >>
And So It Goes — Nathan Gunn.
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Inevitability Four:“Opposites Attract”Carmen Potpourri (Bizet) — Homophone Orchestra >>
West Side Story Suite — Bell, Philharmonica, Zinman >>
West Side Story Abridged — Broadway Abridged Live >>
West Side Krupke — Berlin Horns >>
Carmen Overture — Bernstein >>
Introduction from Carmen Ballet (Bizet/arr Shchedrin) — Boston Pops, Fiedler >>
L'amour est un osieau rubella from Carmen — Callas, Prêtre >>
Aragonaise from Carmen Suite — LA Guitar Quartet >>
Chanson Bohème from Carmen — Callas, Prêtre >>
Carmen Entr’acte — Alessi >>
Somewhere from West Side Story — Berlin Horns >>
Finale from Carmen Ballet (Bizet/arr Shchedrin) — Boston Pops, Fiedler >>
Habanera from Carmen — Berganza >>
Habanera from Carmen Ballet (Bizet/arr Shchedrin) — Boston Pops, Fiedler >>
Habanera from Carmen — Horne, Bernstein >>
Carmen Jones — Horne >>
Habanera — Alessi >>
Habanera from Carmen Ballet (Bizet/arr Shchedrin) — Boston Pops, Fiedler >>
Melons! Coupons (Fortune Teller Scene) from Carmen — Callas, Prêtre >>
Intermezzo / Bolero from Carmen Ballet (Bizet/arr Shchedrin) — Boston Pops, Fiedler >>
Melons! Coupons (Fortune Teller Scene) from Carmen — Callas, Prêtre >>
Melons! Coupons (Fortune Teller Scene) from Carmen — Price, Karajan >>
Fortune Teller Scene from Carmen Ballet (Bizet/arr Shchedrin) — Boston Pops, Fiedler >>
C'est moi! — Callas, Gedda, Prêtre >>
Finale from Carmen Ballet (Bizet/arr Shchedrin) — Boston Pops, Fiedler >>
La fleur que tu m'avais jetee — Gedda, Callas, Prêtre >>
Finale from Carmen — Price, Corelli >>
Carmen Fantasy (Bizet/Borne/Wilson) Ransom Wilson, Tim Hester >>
Finale from Carmen Ballet (Bizet/arr Shchedrin) — Boston Pops, Fiedler.
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Inevitability Five:“Spring Will Come Again”[From Ear-Acid April 2004: “Loopy”]
Adoration of the Earth from Rite of Spring (Stravinsky) — Kirov, Gergiev >> 1000 Years — Arthur Baker, Astrid Williamson >> Twilight and Shadow from Lord of the Rings — Renée Fleming >> The Sage from Rite of Spring (Stravinsky) — Kirov, Gergiev >>
Act II Prelude from Peter Pan (Bernstein) — Orchestra, Frey >>
At the Bottom of Everything — Bright Eyes >>
When You Come Back Down — Nickel Creek >>
Winter from The Seasons (Vivaldi) — Kremer, Baltica >>
Spring Will Come Again from Peter Pan — Linda Eder, Daniel Narducci >>
Candide’s Lament from Candide (Bernstein) — Bernstein >>
Spring from The Seasons (Vivaldi) — Kremer, Baltica >>
Spring in Buenos Aries (Piazzolla) — Kremer, Baltica >>
The Rose — The O’Neill Brothers / Bette Midler >>
It Must Be So from Candide (Bernstein) — Jerry Hadley, Bernstein >>
A Time for Us / Adagio in G Minor — John Bayless >>
Adagio for Strings (Barber) — Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble >>
Adagio for Strings (Barber) — Todd Wilson >>
After Winter / Nothing Gold Can Stay (Frost) — Lesley Frost >>
Nothing Gold Can Stay (Frost) — Robert Frost >>
Fields of Gold — Shine >>
When I Fall In Love — Vocal Majority >>
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes — Barbra Streisand >>
A Sleepin’ Bee — Barbra Streisand >>
[From Ear-Acid April 2004: “Loopy”]
1000 Years — Arthur Baker, Astrid Williamson >> Twilight and Shadow from Lord of the Rings — Renée Fleming >> The Sage from Rite of Spring (Stravinsky) — Kirov, Gergiev >> Distance — Karsh Kale >> The Wind Sings Welcome In Early Spring (Carl Sandburg) — Tim Wheater >> 1000 Years — Arthur Baker, Astrid Williamson >> Nu Jack — Cotton Club >> Y’mama — Zehava Ben >>
[From Ear-Acid September 2003: “Love:Story”]
Love Story 31 — O Fortuna — Apotheosis >> High Eb — Leontyne Price >>> Into the Fourth Dimension — Enigma >> >> Callas on Challenge >> Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninov) and Somewhere Out There from American Tail — John Bayless
[From Ear-Acid April 2004: “Loopy”]
The Sage from Rite of Spring >> Pavement Cracks — Annie Lennox >> Spring Rounds from Rite of Spring (Stravinsky) — Kirov, Gergiev >> Twilight and Shadow from Lord of the Rings — Renée Fleming >> Mystic Circles from Rite of Spring (Stravinsky) — Kirov, Gergiev >> Magic Fire Music from Ring Cycle (Wagner) — Seattle, Schwartz >> 1000 Years — Astrid Williamson >> Distance — Karsh Kale >>
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Inevitability Six:The End Propels Us Forward(Note: We actually did not get around to listening to this finale of finales that day. I hope we will find an appropriate occasion to do so in the near future...)End Title from Star Wars (Williams) — London Symphony, Williams >>
Finale from Symphony No. 2 “Romantic” (Hanson) — St. Louis, Slatkin >>
Finale from Symphony No. 92 in G Major (Haydn) — Cleveland, Szell >>
Finale of Act I from L’Italiana in Algeri (Rossini) — Horne, Battle, Ramey, Metropolitan, Levine >>
William Tell Overture (Rossini) — London, Muti >>
Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 (Bach) — Ton Koopman >>
Finale from Symphony No. 8 in F Major (Beethoven) — Berlin, Abaddo >>
Finale from Symphony No. 1 in D “Classical” (Prokofiev) — Maazel >>
Finale from Piano Concert No. 2 (Rachmaninov) — Ashkenazy, Israel, Mehta >>
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D (Elgar) — Concertgebouw, Marriner >>
Great Gate of Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky/Ravel) — BBC, Tortelier >>
Finale Scene from Adriana Lecouveur (Cilea) — Scotto, Domingo, Milnes, Philharmonia, Levine >>
Finale Scene from Madama Butterfly (Puccini) — Domingo, Philharmonia, Maazel >>
Finale Scene from La boheme (Puccini) — Domingo, Berlin, Karajan >>
Finale Scene from La traviata (Verdi) — Scotto, Carreras / Kraus >>
Finale from Appalachian Spring (Copland) — Cincinnati Pops, Kunzel >>
Finale from the Rite of Spring (Stravinsky) — Kirov, Gergiev >>
Do, Re, Mi from The Sound of Music (Rogers/Hammerstein) — Andrews, Plummer, et al >>
Finale from Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (Beethoven) — Berlin, Abaddo >>
Finale from Capriccio Espanol (Rimsky-Korsakov) — BBC, Tortelier >>
Finale from Symphony No. 3 in C Minor “Organ” (Saint-Saens) — Berlin, Levine >>
Finale from Symphony No. 4 in F Minor (Tchaikovsky) — Chicago, Solti >>
O Fortuna from Carmina Burana (Orff) — Cleveland, Tilson Thomas >>
Juliet’s Death from Juliet from Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) — Berlin, Salonen >>
Finale from The Firebird (Stravinsky) — Philharmonia, Craft >>
Finale from Concerto in D (Reinecke) — Galway, London >>
Crown Imperial March (Walton) — Philharmonia, Willcocks >>
Candide Overture (Bernstein) — Minnesota, Oue >>
One from A Chorus Line (Kleban / Hamlisch) — 2006 Cast Recording >>
Finale from Symphony No 96 in D (Haydn) — Cleveland, Szell >>
End Title from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Williams) — Boston Pops, Williams >>
Finale from Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of Thousand” (Mahler) — Berlin, Boulez / Chicago, Solti.
