{"id":43976,"date":"2019-10-12T08:33:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T12:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=43976"},"modified":"2019-10-12T08:33:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T12:33:13","slug":"on-stage-venerable-acts-headline-locally-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=43976","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Venerable acts headline locally this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN\"><strong>By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, <\/span><em><span lang=\"EN\">Entertainment Editor<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10311\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lpd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10311\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lpd-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Legendary Pink Dots<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">There are five musical acts playing around the Delaware Valley on October 12 that are very, very different musically but have one major aspect in common \u2013 longevity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Legendary Pink Dots \u2013 an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in 1980 \u2013 have found a genre all their own. Although far outside the mainstream, LPD have released more than 50 albums, have a devoted worldwide following, and tour frequently. Distinctive vocals and lyrical imagery are a big part of the band\u2019s universal<\/span><span lang=\"EN\"> appeal.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">On October 12, The Legendary Pink Dots will return to the area for a show at Boot and Saddle (1131 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 215-639-4528,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootandsaddlephilly.com\/\">www.bootandsaddlephilly.com<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Legendary Pink Dots have certainly earned their \u201clegendary\u201d status by now. The band, which is based in the Netherlands and has always featured a lineup with English and Dutch musicians, is celebrating its \u201c40th Anniversary Tour\u201d this year and next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The LPD have always had two core members \u2013 singer\/songwriter\/keyboardist Edward Ka-Spel and keyboardist Phil Knight \u2013 along with a variety of rotating musicians and instrumental lineups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Better known throughout Europe than in the states, the Dots\u2019 music has elements of rock, jazz, psychedelia, industrial, synth-pop and avant-garde. They have released more than 50 studio albums and have reached double figures with their live album total. They also have more than 30 compilation albums to their credit along with a handful of DVDs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Legendary Pink Dots, who released their new album \u201cAngel in the Detail,\u201d recently on Metropolis Records, are in the beginning of a stateside tour supporting the new disc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The current LPD lineup includes Ka-Spel (voice, keyboards, devices, gadgets, keyboards, interference, premonitions), Knight\/The Silverman (keyboards, soundscapes, electronics devices, gadgets, technology, korgs, radios, cables), Erik Drost (acoustic, electric, bass and Hawaiian guitars) and Joep Hendrikx (electronics, effects).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cThis is a pretty big tour \u2013 our 40th anniversary tour,\u201d said Ka-Spel, during an interview Thursday. \u201cWe\u2019re starting this fall and will be taking it into next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe released our latest album \u2018Angel in the Detail\u2019 on a Philadelphia label, Metropolis Records. They also released our last two studio albums \u2013 \u201cPages of Aquarius\u2019 and \u2018The Gethsemane Option.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Dots also release a lot of music on their own. One of LPD\u2019s projects is its \u201cChemical Playschool\u201d series of albums which is well into the teens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cIf I tried to remember all our albums and talk a little about each, it might carry into my next lifetime,\u201d said Ka-Spell. \u201cWe also have a special release for this tour &#8212; a Remastered\/Expanded edition of \u2018The Seismic Bleats Of Quantum Sheep.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Angel in the Detail\u2019 was recorded in my home in London over the course of two years beginning in Spring 2017. My little studio is, in fact, part of a living room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we live in different countries, ideas would be exchanged through cyberspace then the rest of the guys would fly or drive to the U.K. for intense recording sessions.\u00a0I prepared outlines for songs as \u2018demos\u2019 and we\u2019d take things from there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re playing a lot of material from the new album. So much of the material lends itself to new twists and turns each night&#8230;so no show is the same as another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome older songs have been included in the second half of the set. But they are very much new interpretations as to simply recreate them would feel a bit like the Dots becoming its own cover band &#8212; and we couldn\u2019t allow that to happen. We thought about the entirety of \u2018Klein Krieg\u2019 (LPD\u2019s debut album from 1981) but reckoned we\u2019d save that for the 80th Anniversary Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Just because the Legendary Pink Dots play two-hour sets with songs that last longer than 10 minutes, don\u2019t be misled into thinking that the Dots are just another jam band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe never get carried away,\u201d said Ka-Spel, the creator of the band\u2019s thought-provoking and often bizarre lyrics. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to turn it to noodling. Noodles are for eating.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Video link for The Legendary Pink Dots \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/165800557\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/165800557<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show on October 12 at Boot and Saddle, which has Orbit Service as the opener, will start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and $27 at the door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">If something lasts for 50 years, it must have something going for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10312\" style=\"width: 326px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/renaissance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10312\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/renaissance-316x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renaissance<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">If a music act lasts for 50 years, it definitely has something going for it \u2013 something that translates into guaranteed staying power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">In celebration of the band\u2019s 50th Anniversary, Renaissance featuring Annie Haslam is embarking on a 10-concert date tour of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">As part of \u201c50th Anniversary Tour: Ashes Are Burning: A Retrospective Celebration of Renaissance Classics,\u201d the band will be performing with an orchestra on October 12 at the Keswick Theatre (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.keswicktheatre.com\/\">www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) and without an orchestra on October 20 at The Grand Opera House (818 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 302-652-5577, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegrandwilmington.org\/\">www.thegrandwilmington.org<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Renaissance is a band with a rich history unique unto themselves as progressive rock pioneers who rose from the ashes of the seminal UK rock band, The Yardbirds. Acclaimed for its unique blending of progressive rock with classical and symphonic influences, the band&#8217;s career has spanned forty plus years spearheaded by the five-octave voice of Haslam and the masterful songwriting skills of Michael Dunford.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The band has toured throughout the world and has performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and additionally at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Chorale Society. Renaissance had a Top 10 hit in the U.K. with the song\u00a0\u201cNorthern Lights.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">It\u2019s always a special occasion when Haslam and the band perform in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The band\u2019s latest project is something different. In October and November 2017, the band debuted its \u201cSymphonic Journey\u201d tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe did four shows with the 10-piece orchestra \u2013 an orchestra that featured strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion,\u201d said Haslam, during a phone interview last week from her home in rural Bucks County. \u201cOne of those shows was at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside. We filmed the show and now it\u2019s available for purchase.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Last year, Renaissance released its new DVD \u2013 \u201cA Symphonic Journey.\u201d The DVD was filmed in October of 2017 with the Renaissance Chamber Orchestra. The videographers used track and boom mounted cameras to create more up close and personal shots of the band and orchestra. The concert also featured large screen projections of original paintings by Annie Haslam, with corresponding titles to each song performed throughout the concert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Haslam, who was born in Bolton, Lancashire, first gained world-wide recognition when she was asked to become the lead singer of Renaissance, a band formed by Keith Relf after he left the Yardbirds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">While still a member of Renaissance, Haslam recorded her first solo album \u201cAnnie in Wonderland\u201d \u2014 a highly-acclaimed disc that was a collaboration with (and produced by) Roy Wood, a founding member of both The Move and ELO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">According to Haslam, \u201cI joined the band New Year\u2019s Day 1971. Now, 48 years later we are still performing and bringing our unique style of music to more and more fans all over the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cThis very special Anniversary tour will be a retrospective celebration of Renaissance classics including a special guest appearance from Jim McCarty, Renaissance and Yardbirds co-founder. He will be joining us at\u00a0The Keswick Glenside show on October 12, which will be filmed for our first high definition Blue Ray DVD.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Renaissance &#8212; Annie Haslam, lead\u00a0vocals; Rave Tesar, keyboards; Mark Lambert, guitars\/vocals; Geoffrey Langley, keyboards\/vocals;\u00a0Leo Traversa, bass guitar\/vocals; Frank Pagano, drums\/percussion\/vocals &#8212; will be performing songs with the orchestra that have never been orchestrated before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Last November, Renaissance treated fans to the full symphonic experience when it performed a concert at the Scottish Rite Auditorium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cThe show at the Scottish Rite Auditorium was great &#8212; except for me,\u201d said Haslam. \u201cI got sick. I had difficulty singing. Mid-range vocals were difficult because my vocal cords were swollen. I\u2019m going to start wearing a mask wherever I go. I\u2019m not sick and I\u2019m not going to get sick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cNow, we\u2019re touring again and five of the shows are with the orchestra. We have an Indiegogo to raise all the funds for recording.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cThe Indiegogo is helping keep us alive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cThe song \u2018Ashes Burning\u2019 is going to be orchestrated \u2013 and so is \u2018Midas Man.\u2019 It\u2019s a two-hour show with an intermission. We found that works well. We play a hybrid version of \u2018Prologue\u2019 and then everything else is with the orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cThe orchestra is a group of classical musicians that Rave put together. Some are from Philly and some from New York. It\u2019s 10 people that sound like 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cJim Carty is flying in for the Keswick show. He is going to be playing guitar on a couple songs including \u2018Ashes Burning.\u2019 Another song is \u2018Island,\u2019 which he co-wrote with Keith (Relf).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Video link for Renaissance \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/N2c0b9xZIB0\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/N2c0b9xZIB0<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at the Keswick Theater on October 12 will start at 8 p.m. Ticket prices range from $45-$85.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at The Grand on October 20 will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $29 and $35.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10313\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/redd-kross.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10313\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/redd-kross-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Redd Kross<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Redd Kross, which is headlining a show on October 12 at Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, <a href=\"http:\/\/undergroundarts.org\/\">http:\/\/undergroundarts.org<\/a>), is another band that has been around for more than 40 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The band started in Hawthorne, California in 1978 as a punk-rock band called the Tourists with brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald and two of their friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Since then, more than 20 band members have come and gone while the siblings have held down the fort. The current line-up features the McDonald brothers along with guitarist Jason Shapiro and drummer Dale Crover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Redd Kross\u2019 debut album was \u201cBorn Innocent\u201d in 1982. Its most recent LP was \u201cBeyond the Door,\u201d which was just released in August on Merge Records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe\u2019ve released eight albums in 40 years,\u201d said Steve McDonald, during a recent phone interview from Indianapolis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cThat\u2019s an album every five years. That\u2019s fairly prolific.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe haven\u2019t gone through songwriting menopause yet. Like women with their lifetime supply of eggs, maybe we have a lifetime supply of songs. We don\u2019t want to use up the whole supply, so we\u2019ve been rationing the songs over the years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">McDonald hasn\u2019t been rationing his energy as a performer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe\u2019re touring now with the Melvins,\u201d said McDomnald. \u201cOur drummer Dale is also the Melvins\u2019 drummer and I play bass for the Melvins. So, there are two bands and we share the same rhythm section.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Recently, a friend and his wife celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. When someone congratulated them for being married 40 years, they replied \u2013 we got married 40 years ago but we haven\u2019t been married for 40 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">It\u2019s the same with Redd Kross. The band formed 40 years ago but hasn\u2019t continuously been an active band for four decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Redd Kross announced an indefinite hiatus after its tour for the \u201cShow World\u201d album. In July 2006, Redd Kross returned to the live stage after almost a decade\u2019s absence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe started the band when I was extremely young \u2013 11 years old and in middle school,\u201d said McDonald. \u201cIn 1997, I was turning 30 and had been in the band the whole time. It just felt like I was being irresponsible \u2013 that maybe it was time to approach music from a different direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cSo, instead of playing in a band, I worked as a record producer and as an A&amp;R consultant spotting talent in the raw. If I found talent, I could be their guardian angel. I enjoyed the job until it got to the point where I had to work in an office. I wasn\u2019t good at that part of the job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cIn 2003, I auditioned for Beck\u2019s band and played bass for him on his \u2018Sea Change\u2019 tour. Then, I played with Sparks for about five years and then joined the band Off!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Redd Kross was sleeping \u2013 but not dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cAround 2006, Redd Kross got tons of offers to do gigs,\u201d said McDonald. \u201cWhat was different with us and other bands that reunite is that my brother and I were always close.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">One thing led to another. A few gigs led to a tour and that led to another tour and that led to a new album. In 2012, Redd Kross released an album titled \u201cResearching the Blues.\u201d Seven years later, the band released \u201cBeyond the Door\u201d and now is touring in support of the lively LP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cOur new record is more collaborative than anything we\u2019ve done,\u201d said McDonald. \u201cWe started it a couple years ago. I was in a couple bands, so it was hard to find time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe made the album in L.A. in our own studio. Jeff and I recorded and produced it and I mixed it. We finished it in February, and it came out in August.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Video link for Redd Kross &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/I4QE08QTVXY\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/I4QE08QTVXY<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at Underground Arts, which also features the Melvins and Toshi Kasai, will start at 9 p.m. Tickets are $25.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10314\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1-Hiromi_By_Muga-Muyaha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10314\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1-Hiromi_By_Muga-Muyaha-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hiromi<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">On October 12, , internationally-acclaimed composer and jazz pianist Hiromi will visit Philadelphia to perform a concert at the Annenberg Center (3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 215-898-3900, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annenbergcenter.org\/\">http:\/\/www.annenbergcenter.org<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Hiromi Uehara (<\/span><span lang=\"EL\">\u4e0a<\/span><span lang=\"EL\">\u539f<\/span> <span lang=\"EL\">\u3072\u308d\u307f<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">), known professionally as Hiromi, is a jazz composer and pianist born in Hamamatsu, Japan. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blend of musical genres such as stride, post-bop, progressive rock, classical and fusion in her compositions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Hiromi started learning classical piano at the age of six and was later introduced to jazz by her piano teacher Noriko Hikida. At 14, she played with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. When she was 17, she met Chick Corea by chance in Tokyo and was invited to play with him at his concert the next day. After being a jingle writer for a few years for Japanese companies such as Nissan, she enrolled to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. There, she was mentored by Ahmad Jamal and had already signed with jazz label Telarc before her graduation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Since her debut in 2003, Hiromi has toured the world and appeared in numerous jazz festivals. She performed at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2009 and at the Paris Olympia in Paris in 2010 and toured in the summer of 2010 with the Stanley Clarke Band. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The piano virtuoso has released 11 studio albums &#8212; five as Hiromi, two as Hiromi\u2019s Sonicbloom and four as The Trio Project. She is currently touring the states in support of \u201cSpectrum,\u201d released last month on Telarc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Hiromi rarely records by herself. The pianist has spent nearly two decades working with bands to create a string of whirlwind albums and also boasts an eclectic list of collaborators such as Chick Corea, Akiko Yano and Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Every 10 years, she steps away from all that for a time to go it alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI want to record a solo album every decade,\u201d said Hiromi, during a phone interview Friday from a tour stop in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI did one in 2009 and I wanted to do another one this year as a milestone. As a pianist, recording solo and performing solo is something special.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cEver since I was six years old, I\u2019ve had a very intimate relationship with the piano so, once in a while, it\u2019s nice to be sitting alone with it. It\u2019s a great way to see how I\u2019ve grown as a pianist. I just had to write and record what I\u2019m really feeling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Hiromi is equally comfortable playing jazz or classical \u2014 and equally adept.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI listen to all kinds of music,\u201d said Hiromi. \u201cMy teacher (Noriko Hikida) was a big jazz fan but she\u2019d be playing Horowitz at the same time. I listened to all kinds of music ever since I was young.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cMy teacher had me listen to musicians like Oscar Peterson and learn about improvising. That really fascinated me. In my live shows, there is a section in the songs written for improvisational parts. We\u2019re always looking for something new in songs. It\u2019s very free and open.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">As its name might indicate, \u201cSpectrum\u201d deals with colors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cI decided to do an album with the concept of colors,\u201d said Hiromi. \u201cI thought that it would be an interesting theme \u2013 especially with a piano with its black and white keys.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">It was Hikida who first introduced Hiromi to the relationship between music and colors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWhen I was very young, Noriko Hirida introduced me to using colors with music,\u201d said Hiromi. \u201cShe would draw on the sheet music with colored pencils \u2013 red for passionate, blue for melancholy. She really connected color and music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Hiromi\u2019s focus on colors on \u201cSpectrum\u201d is underscored by some of the songs on the album &#8212; \u201cOnce In a Blue Moon\u201d, \u201cWhiteout,\u201d \u201cYellow Wurlitzer Blues,\u201d \u201cBlackbird,\u201d \u201cKaleidoscope,\u201d \u201cRhapsody in Blue,\u201d \u201cBlue Train,\u201d and \u201cBehind Blue Eyes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWith my show at Annenberg Center, people can hear the colors because I\u2019ll be mostly playing songs from \u2018Spectrum.,\u2019\u201d said Hiromi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Video link for Hiromi &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/A8RCz_RoefM\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/A8RCz_RoefM<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The show at Annenberg Center will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $44, $52 and $59.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Here in Chester County, there is a music act that has been going strong for more than 75 years &#8212; the Kennett Symphony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">On October 12, the Kennett Symphony (<a href=\"http:\/\/kennettsymphony.org\/\">kennettsymphony.org<\/a>) will open its 2019-2020 season with a concert featuring an attractive selection of compositions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Lament-to-Triumph-Facebook-Cover-banner-1-768x292.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Lament-to-Triumph-Facebook-Cover-banner-1-768x292-350x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>The concert, which is titled \u201cLament to Triumph,\u201d will get underway at 7:30 p.m. at Unionville High School Auditorium (Route 82, Kennett Square). The performance will be under the baton of Conductor\/Kennett Symphony Music Director, Michael Hall, and feature pianist Thomas Pandolfi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">From complete resignation before Fate to the triumphant and glorious finale,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No.5 is the opening number. The Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 was composed in 1888 and was first performed in St Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theatre later that year. It is described as a \u201cgo-to piece for people who like their music unapologetically heart-on-the-sleeve.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The middle piece will be Sergei Rachmaninoff\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Rachmaninoff between 1900 and 1901 and premiered in November 1901.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">This piece is one of Rachmaninoff&#8217;s most enduringly popular pieces and established his fame as a concerto composer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The concert\u2019s final piece will be \u201cLament and Primeval\u201d by Canadian composer Harry Somers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Somers was a Toronto musician\/composer whose best-known work is the opera \u201cLouis Riel.\u201d Composed in 1946, \u201cLament and Primeval\u201d is one of his earliest works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Tickets are $63, $55, and $40 with $10 tickets available for students up to age 18.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor There are five musical acts playing around the Delaware Valley on October 12 that are very, very different musically but have one major aspect in common \u2013 longevity. 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