Tag: Classical Composers
Posted on May 3, 2017
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This post was written in preparation for our May 2017 concert, Music Speaks In our 2017 spring concert, Manitou Winds explores the meandering, mystical path connecting music and words. We’ve been discussing for the past few weeks how music can enliven poetry and prose… Continue Reading “A Bunch of Nonsense?”
Category: Music Speaks, Musical Musings, PerformancesTags: art songs, bassoon, chamber group, Chamber Music, clarinet, Classical Composers, composers, concert, David Jones, Edward Lear, Emily Curtin Culler, featured spring, flute, french horn, Grace Episcopal Church, horn, Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll, manitou winds, Music Speaks, nonsense poetry, oboe, soprano, The Owl and the Pussycat, Traverse City, wind quintet, woodwind quintet
Posted on September 30, 2015
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My fascination with composers’ eating habits began innocently enough in my undergraduate years… now that I’m no longer a student and can study anything I choose, I’ve decided to dust off that quest and go off in search of my favorite composers’ favorite breakfasts!… Continue Reading “Woodwind Gourmet: Jenni’s Tofu Scramble”
Category: Notable Breakfasts, Woodwind GourmetTags: California, Chamber Music, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Jenni Brandon, manitou winds, modern music, Northern Michigan, Notable Breakfasts, recipes, Tofu, United States, Vegan, Vegetarian, woodwind gourmet
Posted on September 23, 2015
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A composer growing up in Paris while bridging the 19th & 20th centuries probably ate some interesting breakfasts—a mix of gourmet and eating on the cheap. Today’s recipe is an autumn-inspired riff on classic “Pain Perdu” (literally “lost bread”). Dressed down, it’s just stale bread dipped in egg batter and fried up. Dressed up, it’s adorned with exotic spices and rich, complex flavors of fruit and wine.
Category: Notable Breakfasts, Woodwind GourmetTags: 20th century music, Classical Composers, Classical Music, France, french toast, Ibert, Jacques Ibert, manitou winds, music history, Northern Michigan, Notable Breakfasts, pain perdu, Paris, recipes, woodwind gourmet
Posted on September 16, 2015
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My fascination with composers’ eating habits began innocently enough in my undergraduate years… now that I’m no longer a student and can study anything I choose, I’ve decided to dust off that quest and go off in search of my favorite composers’ favorite breakfasts!… Continue Reading “Woodwind Gourmet: Haydn’s Cherry-Almond Tart”
Category: Notable Breakfasts, Woodwind GourmetTags: Austria, Beethoven, cherries, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Haydn, Hungary, manitou winds, Mozart, music history, Northern Michigan, Notable Breakfasts, recipes, woodwind gourmet
Posted on September 9, 2015
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My fascination with composers’ eating habits began innocently enough in my undergraduate years. Between long stints in the practice room, I would sit in the music building break room where I would invariably find myself in the company of many of my classmates. We… Continue Reading “Woodwind Gourmet: Bach’s Bread & Biersuppe”
Category: Notable Breakfasts, Woodwind GourmetTags: Bach, Baroque, beer, bread, breakfast, Buxtehude, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Germany, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, Notable Breakfasts, organ music, recipes, woodwind gourmet
Posted on July 1, 2015
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Manitou Winds’ July 11th performance at Stormcloud Brewing Company is part of a special series to promote the Benzie Area Symphony Orchestra’s concerts for the 2015 season. Jason McKinney and Laura Hood perform regularly with the symphony and invite you to attend the upcoming… Continue Reading “Manitou Winds at Stormcloud Brewing Company”
Category: PerformancesTags: Arrieu, Barthe, Benzie Area Symphony Orchestra, Benzie County, Classical Composers, Classical Music, concert, Haydn, Ibert, John Lennon, manitou winds, Mozart, Northern Michigan, Stormcloud Brewing Company, wind quintet, woodwind
Posted on May 20, 2015
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“Frederick the Great [1712-1786] used to make his own coffee, with much to-do and fuss. For water he used champagne. Then, to make the flavor stronger, he stirred in powdered mustard. Now to me it seems improbable that Frederick truly liked his brew. I… Continue Reading “Woodwind Gourmet: Irish Coffee”
Category: Composers & Coffee, Woodwind GourmetTags: Classical Composers, Classical Music, cocktail, coffee and composers, featured celtic, featured spring, Frederick the Great, G.F. Handel, Jenni Brandon, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, oboe, recipes
Posted on May 13, 2015
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“Every morning I have to write, correct, and score till one o’clock, when I go to Scheidel’s coffeehouse in Kaufinger Gasse, where I know each face by heart and find the same people every day in the same position: two playing chess, three looking… Continue Reading “Woodwind Gourmet: Tiramisu”
Category: Composers & Coffee, Woodwind GourmetTags: Beethoven, Classical Composers, Classical Music, coffee and composers, dessert, Felix Mendelssohn, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, recipes, woodwind gourmet
Posted on May 6, 2015
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was known to burn the midnight oil, feverishly scribbling out brilliance by candlelight. Responsible for creating reams of new, original music for very prominent performances for myriad occasions throughout the year, he may have felt his life was a long… Continue Reading “Woodwind Gourmet: Pan-Fried Chicken with Red-Eye Gravy”
Category: Composers & Coffee, Woodwind GourmetTags: Bach, Classical Composers, Classical Music, coffee and composers, Coffee Cantata, J.S. Bach, manitou winds, Northern Michigan, recipes, woodwind, woodwind gourmet