tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4909013099066614202026-01-25T19:59:16.891-07:00Michael Emmanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477801973505012921noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490901309906661420.post-48649944626556360052011-11-18T10:59:00.001-07:002011-11-18T11:02:18.102-07:00

Just posted another video on youtube featuring two songs from William Blake's "Songs of Innocence". "The Shepherd" and "The School Boy". The audio is from and old cassette tape recorded circa 2002 in Newberry, South Carolina. Scored for guitar, violin, viola cello and flute and solo voice.

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New videos at my Youtube channel. "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats. "Songs of Innocence, Introduction" of William Blake and "East of the Sun" by J.R.R. Tolkein. One of the most popular videos is "Infant Joy" of William Blake, also in the Songs of Innocence. "La belle Dame Sans Merci" of John Keats is also a fast rising video.Also added somewhat recently was "Little Black Boy" from Blake's

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Happy Birthday and thanks for the beautiful and fun songs, Michael Head. from Wikipedia:Michael Head was born in Eastbourne, United Kingdom on January 23, 1900. His father was a barrister and journalist and his mother an accomplished amateur singer and pianist. His mother’s influence evidently dominated, and at age 10 he commenced his musical training, taking piano lessons with Jean Adair and

Michael Emmanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477801973505012921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490901309906661420.post-36528483818831633762009-06-25T09:01:00.003-07:002009-06-25T09:09:25.731-07:00

From article at BBC:Scientists in Germany have published details of flutes dating back to the time that modern humans began colonising Europe, 35,000 years ago.The flutes are the oldest musical instruments found to date. The researchers say in the Journal Nature that music was widespread in pre-historic times. Music, they suggest, may have been one of a suite of behaviours displayed by our own

Michael Emmanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477801973505012921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490901309906661420.post-31146582835672235722009-04-16T10:14:00.003-07:002009-04-16T10:25:53.677-07:00

From TimesOnline: Think of Rocky for opera lovers: this summer Jon Andrew, a former star international tenor, is coming out of retirement at 77 for one last shot at Otello. If he makes it all the way through the title role of Giussepe Verdi’s adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy Othello, he will become the oldest person to tackle one of the most demanding roles in the repertoire. Plácido

Michael Emmanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477801973505012921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490901309906661420.post-74551728793548630302009-02-09T13:03:00.003-07:002009-02-09T13:22:52.607-07:00

The Aquarian alignment 14th February 2009 We measure our global sense of both space (latitude and longitude) and time (universal time - UT or GMT) from the prime meridian located at Greenwich, England. So we can perceive the collective influence of this momentous astrological event by looking at the alignment from this globally ‘centered' perspective.When we do something extraordinary and

Michael Emmanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477801973505012921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490901309906661420.post-44464056240833365002009-01-26T19:00:00.005-07:002009-01-26T19:05:17.033-07:00

Saw this little one just a few nights ago on the patio. I believe it's a snail but what kind? We had a good rain recently and some warm weather. I had never seen such a shell before. The desert has so many surprises.

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Belated congratulations to President Barack Obama and all those who made his election victory possible. Since this is a music site and I'm trying my best not to include politics I just want to share a few thoughts about the music played by the venerable classical musicians who braved the below freezing temperatures that January morning at the capital building. Even though most people heard the

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Tucson has three events scheduled for Martin Luther King Day Celebration:Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Multi-faith Service - St. Augustine Cathedral will be open for a special, multi-faith religious service to commemorate the birth date and legacy of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Freedom March" - Jan. 19 A Freedom March commemorating the birth date of The Rev. Dr.

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Shaman's Hand with it's musical focus on Michael Emmanuel's music and musings is also starting to add shows that deal with ISSUES! Whats this?This week's show will focus on the Drug War! Our featured guest will be Sheriff Richard Mack. He's going to talk about how and why he went from under-cover narcotics agent to an advocate for ending the so-called "war on drugs." Does this mean all illegal

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Admit it, you're as bored as I amAfter 40 years and 1,500 concerts, Joe Queenan is finally ready to say the unsayable: new classical music is absolute torture - and its fans have no reason to be so smug.During a radio interview between acts at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, a famous singer recently said she could not understand why audiences were so reluctant to listen to new music, given

Michael Emmanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477801973505012921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490901309906661420.post-13826144614540241952008-12-17T21:34:00.003-07:002008-12-17T21:40:40.148-07:00

Shaman's Hand Blog Talk Radio show will have special guest Buck Bannister to talk about the highly acclaimed movie "Milk" which stars Sen Penn.After moving to San Francisco, the middle-aged New Yorker, Harvey Milk, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, making him the first openly gay man to be

Michael Emmanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477801973505012921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490901309906661420.post-77331980474347963312008-12-04T22:30:00.003-07:002008-12-04T22:34:50.530-07:00

Brain Lateralization Test ResultsRight Brain (56%) The right hemisphere is the visual, figurative, artistic, and intuitive side of the brain.Left Brain (52%) The left hemisphere is the logical, articulate, assertive, and practical side of the brain Are You Right or Left Brained?personality tests by similarminds.comOften times when I take tests like this I find questions posed in a way that are

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Last night I noticed what at first seemed to be a plane in the eastern sky. It was after dusk but early in the evening. I watched it for a while the realized it was not moving. The lights where a bit unusual as far as planes or helicopters, we have a lot of military aircraft around where we live.After some time I noticed that it kept pace with the stars around it and I could also see smaller red

Michael Emmanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477801973505012921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490901309906661420.post-83654605247463278632008-11-20T12:55:00.004-07:002008-11-20T13:18:18.506-07:00

"Paderewski The Story Of A Modern Immortal"by Charles PhillipsNEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1934From the introduction by Edward Mandell House:After finishing his work at the Peace Conference, Paderewski returned to Warsaw, and, as Prime Minister, welded together the new Poland. When this had been successfully accomplished, he went back to that kingdom of which he had been so long master, and

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It's up and ready for purchase at amazon. Just click on the picture above to check it out. The pieces are remastered versions of Eternal Ecstasies: Born in Bethlehem done as a music version by request. The music is somewhere between classical and new age, contemplative and for the most part relaxing and at times deeply emotional. The recording was done on my teacher John Suter's 1885 Steinway

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On the next Shaman's Hand Radio Show we'll be featuring three pieces of Domenico Scarlatti, son of Alessandro Scarlatti. He wrote some 550 keyboard sonatas, few of which were published in his lifetime. I'll be using one example on harpsichord and two on piano.One of the neat things about doing a radio show is learning and relearning so many things about music that I have had the opportunity to

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Michael Emmanuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477801973505012921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-490901309906661420.post-23909263139224702972008-10-17T00:10:00.003-07:002008-10-17T00:17:43.758-07:00

This is one of two versions of some artwork for Shaman's Hand, Piano Meditations that is about to be released at amazon.com. The images are from pictures Jesse and I took of some of the natural wonders around Newberry, South Carolina. The Great Egret on the right was found in Tucson, Arizona, (can you believe it) over at Christopher Columbus Park, not far from where we live. Could make a neat

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October 19th, 1845 Wagner's opera Tannhäuser was performed for the 1st time. The opera is based on the legend of Tannhäuser which is based on a real person who lived in the middle of the 13th Century and was a German Minnesänger and poet. Tannhäuser's poems are parodies of the traditional Minnesänger genre.He was active at the court of Frederick II of Austria, and the Codex Manesse depicts him in

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Watch the preview of Arizona Opera's Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi at the Arizona Opera's website by clicking on the picture above. This picture hangs right in front of me on the wall just above the monitor as I sit at the computer. I was fortunate to have the experience of singing in this opera with Arizona Opera many years ago. Giorgio Tozzi sang the role of Sparafucile. He later became my

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From the Newberry Observer in Newberry, South Carolina:Local Legend signs on with ‘Coyote Girl' in ArizonaBy Cindy Pitts, Staff WriterMonday, September 29, 2008 11:50 AM EDTALocal Legends finalist has released a new album.Former Newberry resident Michael Koch, who goes by the stage name Michael Emmanuel, has released “Morning Sun“ through Coyote Girl Records, a private label.Koch was a finalist

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The Metropolitan Opera opened its 125th-anniversary season on Monday evening with a gala Renée Fleming showcase. Everything about the three-part evening was fashioned, quite literally, for Ms. Fleming.She was featured in three favorite roles: Violetta in Act II of Verdi’s “Traviata”; Manon in Act III of Massenet’s “Manon”; and the Countess in the final scene of Strauss’s “Capriccio,” conducted by

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From the BBC News article: (click here to read all) A previously unknown piece of music by Mozart has been discovered at a library in western France. Ulrich Leisinger, head of research at the International Mozarteum Foundation in Austria, said the single sheet of music was "really important". "His handwriting is absolutely clearly identifiable," he added. "There's no doubt that this is an

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I received an interesting email today with the top ten photographs taken by the Hubble telescope. I always mention something about our awesome galaxy, space/time reality on my radio show, Shaman's Hand. Here's a link to more pictures.The Sombrero Galaxy - 28 million light years from Earth - was voted best picture taken by the Hubble telescope. The dimensions of the

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