In the HandsPaul Cantrell's music weblog: Original recordings of piano music old and new, classical and otherwise, from a devoted amateur. The podcast features complete pieces -- not just snippets! -- and spoken commentary. Music ranges from Chopin, Brahms, Schubert and Schumann to avante-garde improvisations.First Autumn Night- April 16, 2006 Here, for the first time in a long time, is something I wrote &8212; but it&8217;s not the music! A couple of weeks ago, I recorded some of my friend Todd Harper&8217;s songs with Kim Sueoka, a marvelous local soprano who sings with (among others) the Rose Ensemble and a first-rate voiceguitar duo called Voce y Cuerdas. She&8217;s great, Todd&8217;s great, and by golly, we had a wonderful time making the recordings! Todd mostly writes voice piano duets &8212; and that&8217;s mostly what we...http://innig.net/music/inthehands/2006/04/16/114/ Carei Thomas: The Usual Topic- April 9, 2006 Here is a second selection from this year&8217;s Keys Please to follow Todd&8217;s little musical rattlesnake adventure. This is an improvisation by Carei Thomas, the rattlesnake&8217;s narrator, now on piano. I thought &8212; and he said afterward &8212; that there was a little nod to my own funny little improvs in this one, especially in the way it starts with a very low note and a very high one &8230; but it&8217;s definitely a Carei thing! Some improvs have a definite form (head-solo-head,.http://innig.net/music/inthehands/2006/04/09/113/ |