2010 ACP Idol results

Aaaand we have a winner!!  Composer Nick Vasallo has garnered the most votes in our 2010 ACP Idol poll and will be featured in an upcoming show.  Congratulations to Nick!  More details soon!

ACP Idol 2010 Retrospective is live!

The All the Cool Parts Idol 2010 Retrospective show is live!  Here's how it works:

Listen to the first minute of each piece by all the 2010 Idols.  (I even direct you to the original airing episode if you'd like to hear more and/or want more information)

Choose your favorite Idol of 2010.

Go to this very web site and vote for that Idol on the poll.  The poll will be open until April 31st, 2011.

The winner will be announced on this blog on May 1st, and will be invited to submit a new piece to be played on the podcast, as well as be invited for an interview on that same podcast.

Best of luck to all of the 2010 Idols - you are all awesome - but there can be only one winner - VOTE!!!

Here is a list of all the Idols and they original episodes they aired on:

Jessica Rugani - Nymphshadow - Episode #5 (main topic was Andreas Scholl and Dowland)

J.C. Combs - Prologue - Episode #7 (main topic was the choral music of Eric Whitacre)

Nick Vasallo - Expand the Hive - Episode #9 (main topic was chamber music of Jennifer Higdon)

Michael Kaulkin - City Walks - Episode #10 (main topic was classical guitarist Steve Kostelnik)

John Astaire - Rebonds (Xenakis) - Episode #11 (main topic was Monteverdi's Orfeo)

James Holt - Action Items - Episode #12 (Fugue-O-Rama #1)

Charlie McCarron - The Mysteries of Grey Matters - Episode #13 (main topic was music of Arvo Part and Louis Andreissen)

Bret Williams - Head of Flowers - Episode #14 (main topic was music of Carl Stalling)

David Farrell - 8_BIT_CHACONNE - Episode #19 (main topic was Boulez and Sur Incises)

Gregory Hall - Woodstock 8-14-10 - Episode #20 (main topic was Astor Piazzolla)

Carl Schimmell - Elemental Homunculi - Episode #22 (main topic was interview with David T. Little and Newspeak)

All the Cool Parts Idol 2010 - VOTE!!!

I'm currently working on a special edition of All the Cool Parts that features all of the ACP Idols in a retrospective of sorts.  You'll be able to hear the first minute or so of each piece, and then vote for your favorite Idol on the poll at the top of the website.  Voting will be open until April 31st, 2011.  The winner will have a new piece played on the podcast, as well as be invited for an interview.

So get on the poll and vote!!!

ACP #24

This week on All the Cool Parts I take you through Antonio Vivaldi's famous Four Seasons concertos.  The recording I use is the brilliant release of Vivaldi's complete Op. 8 concertos by the fabulous Europa Galente, lead by violin soloist Fabio Biondi.












http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/acp/acp24.mp3

Early Music Friday: Apollo's Fire play Vivaldi

Today:  The Apollo's Fire orchestra under the direction of Jeannette Sorrell play Antonio Vivaldi's Variations on La Folia.  One of the very cool things about this video that I love - besides being a great performance - is that, during his life, Vivaldi's "day job" was headmaster of the Pieta, which was an orphanage for girls.  The orphanage was music centric, and taught all of its students music first.  As a result, the orphanage continually turned out great ensembles, soloists and singers.  So, back in Vivaldi's day when this piece would have received its premier, this is probably really close to how it would have looked!

Wind Wednesday AND Vocal Thursday: Mnozil Brass play Queen

I decided to combine Wind Wednesday and Vocal Thursday for this one special, über post!  The very multi-talented Austrin Brass Ensemble Mnozil Brass perform their own special rendition of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody!

Keyboard Tuesday: Elaine Comparone plays Couperin

Today:  Harpsichordist Elaine Comparone plays Francois Couperin's beautiful Les Baricades Misterieuses.

Guitar Monday: Jason Vieaux plays Bach

Today:  Classical guitarist Jason Vieaux performs the Prelude from J.S. Bach's Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV 995.

Wild Card Saturday: Bowed Piano Ensemble perform Stephen Scott's Entrada

Today:  The very recent phenomenon of the bowed piano ensemble, here performing Entrada by Stephen Scott.

Early Music Friday: Jonas Nordberg plays de Visée

Today:  A MUST SEE - Jonas Nordberg performs Robert de Visée on one of the absolute coolest instruments ever made - the theorbo.  Also in HD - this is the best video of theorbo I've ever run across - check it out!