He was 71. Here is a link to a short video of "Marika Groove," which was premiered at our April 4 Weill Hall performance. Whilst I do admire his ability to create his own style, the rather crude and rough way he interprets pre-20th century works and moreso, works from the late romantic period is the main reason why I don`t like nor attempt to be influenced by his playing. He confronted Christian leaders round the world, pouring open scorn on the diplomatic niceties which they claimed should govern any dialogue with the communist authorities or church representatives from eastern Europe. Richard Stoltzman's virtuosity, musicianship and sheer personal magnetism have made him one of today's most sought-after concert artists.
To protect Richard and help him make decisions, a continuously rotating council was put into place.
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His chauffer took us two blocks away to an east side deli for soup and sandwich. At the top of the small heap, however, is Richard Stoltzman. The pastor was the author of two books about his experiences: Tortured For Christ and In God's Underground, both of which have become bestsellers, translated into more than 50 languages.
My whole life seemed to be building to this moment. Flash forward 30 years to the moment when the legend called me to come visit him, talk clarinets, and play duets.
He called the philosophy the greatest crime in humanity, and launched fierce attacks on the Soviet and Chinese regimes and organisations he perceived to be soft on them - such as the World Council of Churches. His commitment to new music has resulted in numerous premieres, including acclaimed clarinet works by Steve Reich, Toru Takemitsu, Stephen Hartke and Einojuhani Rautavaara. They are available as audio tracks at: I suddenly realized I had been expecting to see Steve Allen, who played Benny in the movie. Sabina was also imprisoned and subjected to three years' slave labour. Eventually, he leaned on advisers with whom he felt a genuine friendship. Wurmbrand's message was a factor in the eventual collapse of the Ceausescu regime in Romania and, in the 1990s, he and his wife appeared on Romanian television and were able to visit the very prison where he had been held, to find there a repository of his books. Hatch … He has performed or recorded with such jazz and pop greats as Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Judy Collins, Eddie Gomez, Woody Herman, Keith Jarrett, Mel Torme, and Spyro Gyra founder Jeremy Wall. He wanted my opinion of a live recording he had made of the Max Reger Clarinet Quintet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-r_0RA0b6s&feature=email He claimed that he had once been offered the chance to become a bishop by his captors, so long as he would promise to influence the council in Romania's favour. "If I showed you my body, I wonder if you could bear to look at it," he told journalists. Richard Stoltzman's discography numbers well over sixty recordings and he has won Grammy Awards for his recordings of the Brahms Sonatas with Richard Goode and Trios of Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms with Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax. The delicacy of the situation was obvious. All rights reserved. If he sometimes exaggerated the statistics, his essential claim - that persecution was continuing - was correct.
In fairness, Wurmbrand was not entirely rigid in his views, speaking out, for example, against the treatment of Indonesian communists rounded up in the 1960s by their country's government.
It is a recording of the Beaser song, "Fair and Tender Ladies." He is known for his work on Nanook of the North (1922), Great Performances (1971) and Bi no tsubo (2006). This is a link to my live video with Eliot Fisk from last year's Guitarfest (2010) at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall! This link is for a short clip of last year's Le Poisson Rouge performance of Steve Reich's NEW YORK COUNTERPOINT. When he was 10-years-old Richard II’s grandfather died, leaving him next in line to inherit the crown. Not Steve Allen. The door opened, I looked up and was struck speechless. By that time, communist propaganda was exerting a hold on the international Christian agenda through the World Council of Churches and other agencies.
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With a passion that sometimes verged on hysteria, Wurmbrand set out to disprove this; his own body bore the marks of recent torture, and there were millions of others like him. He gave the first clarinet recitals at both the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall, and became the first wind player to receive the Avery Fisher Prize. His efforts at resistance were not always appreciated. And then for a precious few hours the legend and I spoke of all the mundane things which every clarinet player ends up talking about: reeds, mouthpieces, and equipment. Richard Stoltzman was born on July 12, 1942 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Richard Stoltzman, Music Department: Nanook of the North.
As soloist with over a hundred orchestras, a captivating recitalist, an innovative jazz artist, and a prolific recording artist, this two-time Grammy Award winner has defied categorization, dazzling critics and audiences alike throughout many musical genres.