Coolness for fellow linguists-and-clarinet-fans

[chanaleh]

Excerpted from our shul e-mail list:

"Ray Jackendoff's CD, Romanian Music for Clarinet and Piano, has been issued by Albany Records and can be ordered from their website (http://www.albanyrecords.com). It is hoped to get some copies in Tower Records in Cambridge. This recording was made in Bucharest by Ray along with Valentina Sandu-Dediu, piano, and contains five engaging works by four 20th century Romanian composers who you never heard of: Martian Negrea, Stefan Niculescu, Dan Dediu, and Constantin Silvestri. One of the pieces was written expressly for the performers by Dan Dediu, the pianist's husband and one of the hot young composers in Romania. Check it out!"

Must go harass Tower Records for this! I love Ray; I had a crush on him for some time when I studied with him at Brandeis :-) More recently, it's been great having him around shul since he and his wife joined. They're both lovely people.

Comments

Music in unexpected places

[cmouse.livejournal.com]

Wow. I didn't know that Jackendoff played music. I've read many of his papers and that sort of thing.

This is like going to the BSO and unexpectedly seeing Noam Elkies play the harpsichord.

Re: Music in unexpected places

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Exactly! :-) He's good, too; I've gone to a couple of concerts he's played over the years.

[laurens10.livejournal.com]

More recently, it's been great having him around shul since he and his wife joined. They're both lovely people.

Yeah, they are nice. His wife's even nice when I spill Coke on her.