The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3John Travolta and Denzel Washington square off in director Tony Scott's hyperkinetic do over of the 1974 suspense classic, with Travolta searing the screen as Ryder, the leader of an armed gang that hijacks a New York City subway train. When Ryder threatens to kill passengers unless his ransom demands are met, the expert hostage negotiator (John Turturro) turns to dispatcher Walter Garber (Washington) for help. With Luis Guzmn, James Gandolfini. 106

One of the very first works I discovered was Vallee d'Obermann

deciding instead to allow his illness to run it's course

" And they were happy to finish off each performance with a rousing retro blast of "Nutrocker

" "Lady Picture Show

Featuring seven songs of social and personal import drawn from Simone's celebrated songbook

we wanted to present two different atmospheres with two quartets by the same composer

Haydn/ Suk/ Piano Trio Impression - Gypsy

Life is Not a Lesson has a way of evoking an alternate-universe version of Guided By Voices

One could easily compare this project to Stevens' album Carrie & Lowell

alongside the experience of addressing climate change and the potency of nature

where she picked up a bass guitar and invented her own plucky minimalist sound

Both The Ballad of Blaník and The Fiddler's Child (also known as a 'ballad for orchestra') are characterized by the use of musicals symbols reflecting the Czech poems on which the pieces are based and also some of the composer's personal reflections and responses