“From Beatles to ballet, McCartney writes for dance” plus 2 |
- From Beatles to ballet, McCartney writes for dance
- 'American Idol' recap: Hello Beatles, Goodbye Dreams
- American Idol: Beatles Virgins, Holy Matrimony and a Jennifer Lopez Breakdown
| From Beatles to ballet, McCartney writes for dance Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:45 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) – From the Beatles to ballet -- Paul McCartney is putting the finishing touches to his first original orchestral score for dance. The former Fab Four member announced on Thursday that he was collaborating with New York City Ballet's ballet master in chief Peter Martins on a new work to be premiered by the company on September 22. "I am always interested in new directions that I haven't worked in before," McCartney said on his website. "I became very excited about the idea. When I got back to England after meeting Peter I started writing music and am now in the very final stages of the orchestral score." He said the composition work differed from writing songs as it was a more abstract exercise in expressing pure emotion "... so you have fear, love, anger, sadness to play with and I found that exciting and challenging." Martins and McCartney met at the School of American Ballet's Winter Gala in 2010 and began discussing the possibility of working together on a ballet. "Like the rest of my generation, I grew up being a huge fan of The Beatles so I was thrilled to meet him," said Martins. "After I got to know him a bit, and knowing of his great love of composing classical music, I asked if he might be interested in doing something for New York City Ballet, and I am ecstatic that he has agreed to write a score for us." According to the New York Times, the new work is a love story titled "Ocean's Kingdom." McCartney told the newspaper it was "basically a romantic story" involving two worlds: the ocean kingdom, representing purity, and the earth kingdom, inhabited by "the sort of baddies." McCartney, 68, is one of the most successful songwriters in pop history, particularly through his affiliation with the Beatles. He has since branched out, and tried his hand at classical music composition with the 1991 "Liverpool Oratorio." (Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| 'American Idol' recap: Hello Beatles, Goodbye Dreams Posted: 24 Feb 2011 01:24 AM PST Image credit: Fox MOMENT TO ARISE Rarely seen Nashville stars Kendra Chantelle and Paul McDonald dueted on "Blackbird" Episode 11 | Aired Feb 23, 2011 The contestants (barely) meet the Beatles and J. Lo breaks down in a real circus show| Published Feb 24, 2011Field trip to Vegas! It was Beatles night for 61 American Idol singers, some of whom had never heard a Beatles song before. My instincts told me these people should be dragged into one of the dreary back rooms of THIS SPECTACULAR HANGAR to be killed at once, but instead they were allowed to sing. Living is easy with eyes closed. Misunderstand and you're on TV. Five of the 24 semifinalists were announced and five more headed home, so Fox has two whole hours tonight to deal with the life and death of just a few more trembling teens. (We are all teens at heart, and occasionally in mind.) We can rest assured Idol will find more tremendous ways to fill the dead air -- perhaps "vocal coach from hell" Peggi Blu will get a half hour all to herself, and I think at least a whole segment should be devoted to Ashley Sullivan blubbering from a lonely jail cell about where she might have "hidden" her new husband. Spoiler alert: He's dead. I must now pause and give it up for Wednesday's Unsung Hero of the Night: Camera man Dave, who sure was excited to bear the privilege of being the primary records custodian of Ashley Sullivan's crazy. (I still can't believe she didn't sing "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" like I so politely asked, albeit several months after the fact.) Runner-up hero: Piano player who kept a straight face as the vocal coach from hell told Thia and Melinda they were going to die onstage. We only got an hour of Beatles performances, because Chris Medina ended up serenely gliding away forever and the producers wanted us to see Jennifer Lopez cry. Did you cry with J. Lo, friends? I was about to -- so on the verge -- but then I began to thoroughly inspect the contours of J. Lo's dress. I'm not proud of this; it's just what happened. My job is to report the facts. So there was J. Lo completely losing it, and there I was in an entirely different place, wondering if her hair was extra greasy that day or if it was just a case of too much product. J. Lo cried for a long, long time; she was human, she was beautiful, and my God, the draping of that luscious green silk! To sum up our collective experience: "I felt so bad." NEXT: Whatever happened to Baby J. Lo? This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| American Idol: Beatles Virgins, Holy Matrimony and a Jennifer Lopez Breakdown Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:06 PM PST Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player. As American Idol took off for Las Vegas, the remaining 61 contestants were fully aware that a third of them would be cut after the coming Beatles round. The emotional Ashley Sullivan, insisted along with duet partner Sophia Shorai that "We Can Work It Out." But maybe she should have spent more time working it out instead of rushing off to get married... RECAP: Who soared, who sank and who quit last week? After a pitch-imperfect performance that was so nasal it hurt our sinuses, Ashley Suraiva, née Sullivan, was cut—but, wouldn't you know, she handled that way better than she did rehearsals and solo performances. "How could I have wanted more from this? I've been to American Idol. That's sick," the newlywed said by way of farewell. While we figured she would stick around until the Top 24, hats off to Idol for cutting a lesser singer despite the dramatic possibilities inherent in keeping Ashley around. Other than her ouster, there weren't really any big shocks from the Vegas cuts (besides the scary number of contestants who had never heard a Beatles song before), and the most consistent hopefuls continued to perform at a high level. Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player. Afterward, it was back to Los Angeles, where the remaining 40 performed yet again and then made that long, lonely walk to learn their Top 24 fate, half of them crying already by the time they sat down. It was the usual procession, though, Randy Jackson, bless him, again made Clint Jun Gamboa—he of the "brilliant" San Francisco audition followed by the wretched dissing of Jacee Badeaux during group round—sweat for his supper. "There was some sort of discrepancy..." Randy rambled on, not quite calling a spade a spade, but forcing Clint to mutter some sort of BS excuse for kicking Jacee out of the group. A great voice is a great voice, however, and the unlikely villain was the first guy to find out he had made the Top 24. By far the hardest goodbye was when they cut Chris Medina, who perhaps made the biggest emotional splash this year when he introduced his accident-disabled fiancée to the judges when he first auditioned. "It was honestly a pleasure to meet you, someone like you, that was a blessing for me," Jennifer Lopez said, ultimately dissolving into tears when Chris stoically walked away. "I just feel like I didn't tell him in the right way," she cried, as Randy and Steven Tyler consoled her. "I felt so bad. I don't want to do this anymore...I can't." Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player. Meanwhile, here are the five who have made the cut so far: • Naima Adedapo The rest of the Top 24 will be revealed tomorrow. WATCH: You'd think this was a crying competition the way some contestants carry on Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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