Thursday 21 January 2021
Friday 15 January 2021
MUSIC THAT MEANS SOMETHING
1. Minuet in G by Mozart my first piano piece. Played on a harpsichord.
I was only six and it got me to love playing.
2. Ruhn in Frieden by Schubert sung by Elizabeth Schwartzkopf. I sang this
to get into Drama School ALRA and my mother used to sing it to me. She was an Opera singer.
3. Maria Callas singing Casta Diva by Bellini. When I was a child I thought my Mother was better
than Callas and I used to ask her to sing every night. Casta Diva. I later made a play and put it in
and a film The Gun the cake and the butterfly. I asked jazz singer Liza Zane to sing it with my son
Charles.
4. I loved Opera Singer Lucia Popp here she is singing - Laudate Dominum (Mozart).wmv which I
used to sing in the choir at school at Bath Abbey when I was 15. She, of course, sings it much
better than I do.
5. King Herod sang by Alice Cooper, Lyrics Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber sung
here by Alice Cooper. I love this because it is about the Bible, lyrics written by my good friend
Tim Rice. It is witty funny and it makes me laugh. Still does. It is often performed by schools and
one of the best stories Jesus Christ Superstar.
6. The first Album I bought was Patti Smith Horses. I thought I was such a rebel. It still spells Rebellion
for me. Horse. The lyrics are great too. I was wearing tight satin trousers at the time and gothic makeup.
Love the goths.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5FrS5aQc50
7. Heart of Glass sung by Debbie Harry. I just wanted to look like her and be her. Walk like her and talk
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