Piece Description

Use this clip to enhance your introduction to almost any recording by John Corigliano. 

Music Options: The Red Violin Concerto and various adaptations (Bell…Sony 77136, 63010, 88060); (Bachmann…Endeavor Classics 1020); (Bieler…Naxos 8559306); Mr. Tambourine Man (Naxos 8559331); Voyage (RCA 6371, Albany Records 194, Centaur 2585); Tournaments Overture (RCA 68100); The Mannheim Rocket (Ondine 1039); Fern Hill (Naxos 8559299 & Nimbus 5449); Symphony No. 1 (RCA 68450); Gazebo Dances (Naxos 8559601); Etude Fantasy (Hyperion 67005).

SUGGESTED HOST INTRO
If you ever enter into a friendly competition over which art form is the most powerful, or holds the greatest potential, you might want to consider this argument made by composer John Corigliano (Core-lee-YAHN-no).

CLIP TRANSCRIPT
"A video picture of something tells you something.  Audio, words tell you something, but music tells you nothing specific, all it does is give you something and then you create the specifics yourself.  And I think in a time where we're being told what everything means and illustrated completely, it's a wonderful time where music can supply, I think what we need a lot, which is our own imagination being able to answer some of these questions."

SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO
Composer John Corigliano (Core-lee-YAHN-no).  He's a Pulitzer Prize, Oscar and two-time Grammy Award winning composer.  His "Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan" won a 2008 Grammy Award in the "Best New Composition" category, and he's best known for his music in the 1999 film, "The Red Violin.")  (Introduce music title and performers).


(To download a .txt file of this suggested copy, look under the "Additional Files" for this piece.)


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