idic5
October 8, 2010, 8:28pm
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<p>I first saw the last Kaleidscope LU did 2 something years ago and was THOROUGHLY impressed with it. It was my daughter's freshman yr and it went over the audience like some kind of waterfall of beautiful music one segment after another, with all the ensembles of the music conservatory , this very proud group of teachers and students, who take music VERY seriously, working and streaming together. </p>
<p>It was a WOW moment. Bits I saw in the link below look good. Note the conductor at the end of the teaser bit in the link. It's the P*******T. My daughter, still in the LSO as a violinist AND an English major -just finished another of her many presentations - AND a psych major -just started an internship - AND getting a teaching certificate, told me she is moved when she has been rehearsing it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/LawrenceUniversity?feature=mhum#p/u/12/kihj2YBy8CU%5B/url%5D">http://www.youtube.com/user/LawrenceUniversity?feature=mhum#p/u/12/kihj2YBy8CU</a></p >
<p>They are going to stream it , audio, I believe, over the web at </p>
<p>I wish they'd make a video of it , too.</p>
idic5
October 8, 2010, 8:50pm
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<p>I found this video clip covertly acquired by some audience member of the last kaleidescope. Forgiving the video’s choppiness, it is just extraordinary voice and orchestra.</p>
<p><a href=“Lawrence University LSO Kaleidoscope 2008 1812 excerpts - YouTube ”>Lawrence University LSO Kaleidoscope 2008 1812 excerpts - YouTube ;
idic5
October 18, 2010, 11:05am
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<p>Yes, I saw the Kaleidescope show and it really delivered - again.</p>
<p>I noticed that I did not put the link to the audio streaming of the concert in the above post. It is at </p>
<p>[Webcasts</a> - Lawrence University](<a href=“http://www.lawrence.edu/conservatory/services/webcasts/programs/101009.shtml]Webcasts ”>http://www.lawrence.edu/conservatory/services/webcasts/programs/101009.shtml )</p>
<p>I liked the ‘Signal Fires’ jazz number, the penultimate piece in the show immediately before LU’s hymn to a quest for understanding. I recall that Signal fires is what they lit in ‘Return of the King’ to tell all who would do battle with the forces of evil and tyranny to gather together.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LGJ7evrAg[/url] ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LGJ7evrAg</a></p> ;
<p>a couple of other bits on the concert…</p>
<p>[Lawrence</a> University Kaleidoscope Concert: A Musical Cornucopia Lawrence University News](<a href=“http://blogs.lawrence.edu/news/2010/09/lawrence-university-kaleidoscope-concert-a-musical-cornucopia.html]Lawrence ”>Lawrence University Kaleidoscope Concert: A Musical Cornucopia – Lawrence University News )</p>
<p>and from a blog I found (the SAMBISTAS the blogster refers to is the #9 entry, Brazilian Batacuda, in the streaming audio link above)…</p>
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The performers and the stagecraft all worked together nicely to produce a good time for us in the audience. </p>
<p>I noticed how the introductory music unfolded from (deceptively) simpler gamelan making such an interesting and pleasing sounding harmony with what almost looked like hammers from home depot and the didjedaru (sp), a single reed instrument that was veritably fused with the player to create a new hybrid instrument and sound, then to the finely crafted stringed instruments of 19th century continental Europe of Dvorak’s quintet way up in the heights of the upper boxes. After that trio of introduction, we knew we were not at ‘just another recital’ , but at the Lawrence Kaleidescope.</p>
<p>And we liked all the rest of the performance - or would that be performances - wowed by the thunder and briskness of the full LSO doing Copland’s Hoedown, and we smiled at the whimsy of three kids playing the piano - now that looked hard and complex, but came off just right and pleasing; the fine voices of the choir sounded like they came from the ether; my son actually said he liked the Roses piece the best; I liked how it started as a poem about summer from a single voice, then it effortlessly flowed into the choristers singing , almost chanting, the simple - again, deceptively simple - ‘a rose is a rose is a rose’; yeah, we are at place that LEARNS!, and seeks understanding (with style); the jazz numbers and sondheim offered us the music of modern times; the SAMBISTAS - and YES , I AM SHOUTING
<p>The Kaleidescope married the single performance and many performances into one thing, with a conclusion to match the fine beginning: Holst, Jupiter, College, Lawrence, Understanding, Light. We stand and applaud that.</p>
<p>Lawrence U, to Jupiter and beyond, seeking understanding with style.
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<p>a covert recording scoring some pictures of LU; the streaming audio above is better quality;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7YjiFsaueE]YouTube ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7YjiFsaueE )</p>