Although comedy and classical music might seem like an oxymoron, celebrated humorists have fused the two, notably Victor Borge and “Professor” Peter Schickele, the tireless promoter of the music of the lost composer P.D.Q. Bach. Igudesman ...
Niemann is equally a fan of verbal wit. The playful potential of English and its illogicality can perhaps better be appreciated by foreigners (consider the late Danish comedian Victor Borge, a master of English-language humour). For every poplar leaf ...
The program calls it"Music for a Ten Minute Opera"; in a note to friends, she calls it"a revival of a show I used to do in jazz clubs 20 years ago, the Victor Borge neoclassical pianologue (joined by fabulous violinist Whitney Bratton and uber ...
The first book ends with such a burst of energy (the pianist all but falls off the bottom edge of the keyboard, somewhat in the style of Victor Borge) that the listener deserves a break before embarking on the second book. On the other hand Opus 111 is not ...
Award-winning pianist and conductor Jodie DeSalvo performs works of Mussorgsky, Liszt, Chopin and skits of VictorBorge. Assisting DeSalvo is mezzo-soprano Cynthia Stiehl of Ephraim, an American music specialist. Reception after the concert to ...
Because then I said, “I’m going into acting.” Q. When did you discover pianist-comedian Victor Borge? A. Well, we had his record “Comedy and Music.” And everything about it spoke to me, rang a bell. I just connected with his sense of ...
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