|
Borg Svemann,
Woodworker
|
Debussy, Ravel and Gershwin.
This was her first competition and she played the Debussy Sonate and the Introduction and Allegro by Ravel at the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival in July.
Debussy and Ravel only acknowledged Satie's influence many years later, as firmly established composers.
|
|
Luigi Pascioni,
Auto Mechanic
|
Unlike the magic broom, however, nothing can break the spellbinding power of Ravel's La Valse and its madly whirling rhythms.
|
|
Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
|
"Ravels Bolero was created by Ravel from Sufi Sources, in Particular the Great Sufi Mystic, Jallaluddhin Rumi whose work still carries on in the Sufi order of Monks of the Whirling Dervishes.
|
|
Phuong Nguyen,
Exotic Dancer
|
Try the dramatic long rhythms of the Ravel's "Bolero" as a background to your lovemaking.
|
|
Sarah Kennedy,
Fashion Model
|
The music of Ravel's Bolero created the perfect background as a male model graced the stage in all of the splendor of the traditional Spanish cape coat.
|
|
Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
|
Last summer I was able to hear a superb performance of Ravel's String Quartet by the Medici String Quartet.
And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that.
Series Pianist Andrea Anderson will present a unique recital blending the music of Debussy and Ravel with images of the Impressionist paintings that inspired it.
|
|
Anita Ganesh,
Poet
|
Yet the sinful beauty of Ravel's Impressionism isn't lost on her, and she never lets these pieces dissolve into pretty mush.
|
|
Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
|
In addition to Ravel's own label, Kickers, Road Hog, Loakes and Kangaroo for kids.
|
|
|
