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The Classical Connection Blog: Where Progressive Rock and Classical Music Meet: December 2011
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Monday, December 5, 2011. New Renaissance Live DVD released. The band Renaissance, led by founding members guitarist Michael Dunford and vocalist Annie Haslam, have released a DVD/2CD package from their 2011 tour of the eastern US. The recording features the classic albums "Turn of the Cards" and "Scheherezade and Other Stories" in their entirety, with over 2 hours of music. It also features an interview with Dunford and Haslam. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Creator of The Classical Connection.
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The Classical Connection Blog: Where Progressive Rock and Classical Music Meet: July 2012
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Friday, July 13, 2012. Felicite Thosz is released. And a special treat, for me, was finding this clip of Christan Vander playing his composition at the piano, rather than sitting at his drum kit where we usually see him:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Creator of The Classical Connection.
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The Classical Connection Blog: Where Progressive Rock and Classical Music Meet: New Magenta Album Coming Sept 2; New Video
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Friday, August 23, 2013. New Magenta Album Coming Sept 2; New Video. Are back with their 6th album, and the first video cut from it sounds great! All comments are moderated and will not appear immediately. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Creator of The Classical Connection. New Magenta Album Coming Sept 2; New Video.
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The Classical Connection Blog: Where Progressive Rock and Classical Music Meet: September 2011
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Monday, September 26, 2011. John Lord's Durham Concerto. As it's been quite a few years since I recorded the original Classical Connection episodes, I periodically follow up on the musicians I featured to see what they've been up to. In episode 28 I featured John Lord. S Suite for Band and Orchestra, recorded back in the early years of Deep Purple. Since I recorded that episode John has composed a number or orchestral works; I've been very happy to find and listen to the gorgeous Durham Concerto. It is a...
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The Classical Connection Blog: Where Progressive Rock and Classical Music Meet: June 2011
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Friday, June 24, 2011. Aaron Meyer: Portland-area rock violinist. Here in Tualatin, Oregon we've got a nice summer "Concerts in the Commons" series of free outdoor concerts with a wide variety of music. As I reviewed this year's schedule I was pleasantly surprised to see a "Rock Violinist" listed! Intrigued, I checked out the artist's website. Then a couple clips from an older live concert, where the sound and camera isn't as clean but it's a genuine live performance with audience:. Friday, June 17, 2011.
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The Classical Connection Blog: Where Progressive Rock and Classical Music Meet: August 2013
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Friday, August 23, 2013. New Magenta Album Coming Sept 2; New Video. Are back with their 6th album, and the first video cut from it sounds great! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Is a cross genre musical celebration, exploring the many relationships between progressive rock and classical music. This blog serves as an interactive counterpart to the main site, providing me a more fluid medium for sharing my musical discoveries with fans of the show. I hope you enjoy! Creator of The Classical Connection.
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The Classical Connection Blog: Where Progressive Rock and Classical Music Meet: Amarok - Progressive Rock / World Music from Spain
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Friday, February 8, 2013. Amarok - Progressive Rock / World Music from Spain. Just found a great live video from the 2005 Gouveia Art Rock festival of one of my favorite bands that I wanted to share. Amarok. Is a band from Spain that plays music combining instruments and influences from all around the world with a bit of progressive rock and classical flavoring. On their most recent CD, Sol de Medianoche (2007) they even did an excellent rendition of Keith Emerson's Abaddon's Bolero!
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The Classical Connection Blog: Where Progressive Rock and Classical Music Meet: January 2013
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Thursday, January 3, 2013. New Anglagard Album: Viljans Oga. The Swedish band Anglagard made a big impact in the prog rock world with their debut album Hybris. In 1992, and its followup Epilog. In 1994. Both albums contain mostly instrumental, dense music heavily influenced by compositional techniques typically found in classical music, and feature woodwinds in addition to rock instrumentation. Unfortunately, apart from a live album released a few years later, the band went silent.
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The Classical Connection Blog: Where Progressive Rock and Classical Music Meet: November 2011
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Friday, November 11, 2011. Echolyn Recording Sessions Continue: Bringing In the Strings! Continues work on their new studio album. They recently posted short video clips featuring Chris Buzby leading a string quartet through a recording session (Chris is the keyboardist; he is also a career music teacher and does many of the arrangements for the band). This is a good sign, as usually recording the session musicians is done toward the final stages of the recording process! 2000): After the debacle with So...
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The Classical Connection Blog: Where Progressive Rock and Classical Music Meet: February 2013
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Friday, February 22, 2013. Trevor Rabin: Jazz Fusion Album "Jacaranda," featured on "The Score". Yes, that's right. It's jazz fusion. And it's very good. This is what Trevor playing a guitar with no pop influences with a bit of jazz thrown in can sound like, and I must say I love it! I'm not a big fan of his 80s pop tunes, but I really liked parts of Talk. It definitely doesn't disappoint (well, it might if you're looking for "Owner"—no repetitive pop riffs here! Also, Trevor was recently featured on "Th...
