The Empress Arts & Music Zine – November 2016 issue Perry’s “The Gemini Concerto”

Review: William Perry’s Music for Great Films of the Silent Era – The Gemini Concertoby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic Although this review deals with recordings, it should not be forgotten that most of the compositions on this CD were also written with live performance in mind. About live aspects of his works, William Perry explains that,

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – November 2016 issue Perry’s “Three Rhapsodies”

Review: William Perry’s Music for Great Films of the Silent Era –  The Three Rhapsodies by L. Chrystal Dmitrovic The three “rhapsodies” on this CD are excerpts from their full soundtrack versions which accompanied the films when they appeared in the 1971 series The Silent Years, hosted by Orson Welles. (A collection of music from that

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – November 2016 issue Perry’s “Six Title Themes”

Review: William Perry’s Music for Great Films of theSilent Era –  Six Title Themes in Search of a Movieby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic The tracks in this next section, I reviewed keeping in mind that, as William Perry says, “There are some visual moments in the Six Title Themes in Search of a Movie as well.”

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – November 2016 issue – Perry’s Music for Great Films of the Silent Era Part Two

Review: William Perry’s Music for Great Films of the Silent Era Part Twoby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic With a hop, skip and a jump, and a dance step or two thrown in, it’s easy to envision a stage production of this CD. It could very possibly make for glorious musical theatre. The names on the kino

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – November 2016 issue – The Vienna Connection to Perry’s Mark Twain Films

William Perry and the Vienna Connection to The Mark Twain Series of Filmsby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic Composer and conductor William Perry is featured here in a series of photos taken in Vienna, Austria, during his involvement in recording his score and following on to audio post-production of The Mysterious Stranger (1982). Broadcast on Great Performances

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – November 2016 issue Reviews of William Perry’s Jamestown Concerto and The Innocents Abroad CDs

Reviews: William Perry’s Jamestown Concerto and The Innocents Abroad CDsby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic Before listening to the music, it was a joy to read the biographical liner notes to William Perry’s Jamestown Concerto CD. Apart from carrying a wealth of background information, the notes were a view back, revealing fascinating details about the composer’s experiences

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – November 2016 issue William Perry – Notes 1 & 2 and Links of Interest

Additional Notes (1) by L. Chrystal Dmitrovic Related by Naxos about the silent film themes incorporated in the Music for Great Films of the Silent Era (1) CD’s section The Gemini Concerto: “The classic film composer, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, based his popular violin concerto on themes he had written for four films: Another Dawn (1937), Juarez (1939), Anthony

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Fall 2016 issue – Mezzosoprano Wallis Giunta

Wallis Giunta – The Mezzo With the Magicby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic Wallis Giunta is one divine, vivacious redhead who seems to have found her perfect balance on the edge of an exciting whirlwind. As a young, talented singer who is self-admittedly wildly creative in her approaches to life and her music, with that kind of

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Spring 2014 issue -LOVE NEVER DIES (2011) – Of the Same Soul

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Australian cast production THE ULTIMATE MOVIE REVIEW OF LOVE NEVER DIES (2011) – Of the Same Soulby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic “Christine, you must love me!”And Christine’s voice, infinitely sad and trembling, as though accompaniedby tears, replied: “How can you talk like that? When I sing only for you! ” How these words still ring

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Spring 2014 issue -LOVE NEVER DIES (2011) – Her Phantom

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Australian cast production by L. Chrystal Dmitrovic After the release of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies (LND) featuring the Australian cast of the 2011 musical onto DVD, British-born Ben Lewis is now undeniably known the world over as the Phantom. With the musical still on stage, in Japan as of March