Notes From The Aisle Seat

Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 3.16 - The "May Day" Edition

Welcome to Season 03 Episode 16 - the "May Day" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.
Guests on this episode include: Mr. Ray Bonilla on John Singer Sargent; Dr. Robert Strauss on Live at the Met's Madama Butterfly; Sparky and Rhonda Rucker.
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Time Stamps
Ray Bonilla/John Singer Sargent  01:43
Dr. Robert Strauss/Madama Butterfly  19:30
Arts Calendar 36:10
Sparky and Rhonda Rucker 40:34
Media
"Faery Song", written and performed by Lisa Thiel, from the album Invocation of the Graces, 2010
"Un bel di", from the opera Madama Butterfly; music by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa; performed by Asmik Grigorian, soprano, from the May 2024 Metropolitan Opera production, Xian Zhang, conductor
La finta giardiniera, K. 196: Ouverture. Allegro molto; W.A.Mozart, composer, Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Giuseppe Lanzetta, conductor
"Stranger Blues", from the album Treasures and Tears, performed by Sparky and Rhonda Rucker, Rounder Records 1990
"Beltane", from the album The Claws of Dawn, performed by An Danzza, 2018
Artist Links
Mr. Ray Bonilla
Dr. Robert Strauss
Sparky and Rhonda Rucker
 
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Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 3.15 - The "Snowmower" Edition

Welcome to Season 03 Episode 15 - the "Snowmower" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.
Guests on this episode include: Dr. Robert Strauss on Live at the Met's La Rondine; Prof. Dan Lendzian on SUNY Fredonia's Department of Theatre and Dance productions of The Crucible and Abigail/1702; and Dr. Eliran Avni and Mr. Rick Davis on the Young Artist Recital Series.
Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, and Amazon Prime Music, as well as on the Opera House YouTube Channel. If you enjoy this podcast, please spread the word through your social media feeds, give us a link on your website, and consider becoming a follower by clicking the "Follow" button in the upper right-hand corner of our home page.
If you have an arts event you'd like to publicize, hit us up at operahouse@fredopera.org and let us know what you have! Please give us at least one month's notice to facilitate timely scheduling. Thanks for listening!
Time Stamps
Dr Robert Strauss/Live at the Met La Rondine  02:23
Prof. Dan Lendzian/The Crucible/Abigail 1702  17:26
Arts Calendar  34:12
Dr. Eliran Avni & Mr. Rick Davis/Young Artist Recitals  37:50
Media
I'll Remember April", music by Gene DePaul, lyrics by Patricia Johnston and Don Raye, 1941. Performed by Julie London, from her album Calendar Girl, 1956, Liberty Records
"Chi il bel sogno di Doretta”, from the opera La Rondine, composed by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Adami; performed by Angel Blue from the Metropolitan Opera production, March 2024
excerpt from Act I Scene I of the National Theatre (London) production of The Crucible; Lyndsey Turner, director; December 2022.
Summerland, William Grant Still, composer (1935); performed by the SIngapore Wind Symphony, August 2017
Sonata for Cello and Piano, I. Allegro maestoso; Henriëtte Bosman, composer (1919); performed by the Ekstasis Duo; Eliran Avni, piano, Natasha Farney, cello; September 2022.
"I'll Remember April", music by Gene DePaul, lyrics by Patricia Johnston and Don Raye, 1941. Performed by Charlie Parker, saxophone, from the album Charlie Parker with Strings, July 1950, Verve label
Artist Links
Dr. Robert Strauss
Prof. Dan Lendzian
Dr. Eliran Avni
Ekstasis Duo
Link to SUNY Fredonia School of Music Event Calendar
 
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Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 3.14 - The "Total Eclipse" Edition

Welcome to Season 03 Episode 14 - the "Total Eclipse" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.
Guests on this episode include: Ms. Christine Wilson, Park Manager of Midway State Park; Mr. Dan English of Downbeat Percussion; and Mr. Mchael Fath of Smallwood and Fath.
Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, and Amazon Prime Music, as well as on the Opera House YouTube Channel. If you enjoy this podcast, please spread the word through your social media feeds, give us a link on your website, and consider becoming a follower by clicking the "Follow" button in the upper right-hand corner of our home page.
If you have an arts event you'd like to publicize, hit us up at operahouse@fredopera.org and let us know what you have! Please give us at least one month's notice to facilitate timely scheduling. Thanks for listening!
Time Stamps
Christine Wilson/Midway Park -  03:06
Dan English/Downbeat Percussion -  18:35
Arts Calendar - 36:29
Michael Fath/Smallwood and Fath -  40:37
Media
"Total Eclipse of the Heart", from the album Faster Than the Speed of Night, performed by Bonnie Tyler, written by Jim Steinman, April 8, 1983, Columbia Records
"Organ Grinder's Serenade," from the album Good Old USA Carousel Music Vol. 2, arranged by Tom Meijer, Feb. 15, 2010, Chris Carlisle Music Company
from the Downbeat Percussion promotional video, May 11, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6KBrp5TY1M
"Peaches en Regalia", from the album Flick of the Wrist, performed by Michael Fath, guitar; written by Frank Zappa, July 28, 1969, Rykodisc
"Harder Going Down", written and performed by Smallwood and Fath, Feb.9, 2024, Michael Fath Music
"Terraria Music - Eclipse", from the video game Terraria, written by Scott Lloyd Shelly, May 3, 2016
Artist Links
Midway State Park/Christine Wilson
Downbeat Percussion
Michael Fath
Smallwood and Fath
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Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 3.13 - The "Ostara" Edition

Welcome to Season 03 Episode 13 - the "Ostara" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.
Guests on this episode include: Mr. Donald Marrazzo, voice faculty member at the SUNY Fredonia School of Music; Ms. Laylah Ali, visual artist and professor of art at William College; and Mr. Rick Davis, Executive Director, 1891 Fredonia Opera House.
Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, and Amazon Prime Music, as well as on the Opera House YouTube Channel. If you enjoy this podcast, please spread the word through your social media feeds, give us a link on your website, and consider becoming a follower by clicking the "Follow" button in the upper right-hand corner of our home page.
If you have an arts event you'd like to publicize, hit us up at operahouse@fredopera.org and let us know what you have! Please give us at least one month's notice to facilitate timely scheduling. Thanks for listening!
Time Stamps
Don Marrazzo/Live at the Met  02:06
Laylah Ali/Is Anything The Matter?  22:18
Arts Calendar 42:58
Rick Davis/Bach and Beyond  47:40
Media
"Swingtime in Springtime," composed and performed by Django Reinhardt, 1947, from a collection entitled Django Reinhardt: Best of the Radio Sessions, Cleopatra Records, 2009.
"Ah! Je veux vivre", from the opera Roméo et Juliette; Charles Gounod, composer; Jules Barbier and Michal Carré, libretto, 1867; performed by Nadine Sierra, soprano, from the 2024 Metropolitan produuction
"Some Other Spring," Arthur Herzog Jr. and Irene Kitchings, composers, performed by Ben Webster, saxophone; from a 1971 recording produced by Tim der Bals.
Four Seasons: Spring: Antonio Vivaldi, composer (1718-20); performed by Voices of Music, Feb. 8, 2020
"Voices of Spring" Opus 410, Johann Strauss II, composer, 1882.
Artist Links
Donald Marrazzo
Metropolitan Opera House
Laylah Ali
Rick Davis
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Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 3.12 - The "Spring Ahead" Edition

Welcome to Season 03 Episode 12 - the "Spring Ahead" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.
Guests on this episode include: Dr. Robert Strauss, voice faculty member at the SUNY Fredonia School of Music; Ms. Diane Andrasik, City Historian for the city of Dunkirk; and comedian Tammy Pescatelli.
Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, and Amazon Prime Music, as well as on the Opera House YouTube Channel. If you enjoy this podcast, please spread the word through your social media feeds, give us a link on your website, and consider becoming a follower by clicking the "Follow" button in the upper right-hand corner of our home page.
If you have an arts event you'd like to publicize, hit us up at operahouse@fredopera.org and let us know what you have! Please give us at least one month's notice to facilitate timely scheduling. Thanks for listening!
Time Stamps
Dr. Robert Strauss/Live at the Met  01:38
Ms. DIane Andrasik/Chautauqua County Lecture Series  21:19
Arts Calendar 40:36
Tammy Pescatelli  43:20
Media
Songs without Words, Book 5, No. 6 "Spring Song" MWV U 161, Felix Mendelssohn, composer, 1841
La Forza del Destino: “Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio! … Madre, madre pietosa Vergine”, Giuseppe Verdi, composer; performed at the Metropolitan Opera House March 2024 by Lise Davidsen, soprano; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Hej, sokoly; Polish folk song attributed to composer Maciej Kamieński (1734-1825)
Tarantella Napoletana; traditional Italian tarantella, author unknown
Ran Kan Kan; Tito Puente, composer, performed by Tito Puente and his orchestra, 1948
Spring Charm, composed and performed by Adrian von Ziegler, 2012
excerpt from "More Funny Women of a Certain Age", Showtime Special, May 19, 2020
"Traditional Medley", performed by Natalie McMaster, fiddle; Bela Fleck, banjo; from the album Yours Truly, October 10, 2006.
Artist Links
Dr. Robert Strauss
Ms. Diane Andrasik
Tammy Pescatelli
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Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 3.11 - The "Winter Winds"Edition

Welcome to Season 03 Episode 11 - the "Winter Winds" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.
Guests on this episode include: Lucas Cochran, James Harrington and Ashley Zielizinski from Opera Scenes, produced by the SUNY Fredonia Student Opera Theatre Association; Cameron Bonanno, Delaney Gruber and Dylan Janish from Edges: A Song Cycle, produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia; and Drs. Vernon Huff and Stephen Gusukuma from Fredonia Choral Festival.
Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, and Amazon Prime Music, as well as on the Opera House YouTube Channel. If you enjoy this podcast, please spread the word through your social media feeds, give us a link on your website, and consider becoming a follower by clicking the "Follow" button in the upper right-hand corner of our home page.
If you have an arts event you'd like to publicize, hit us up at operahouse@fredopera.org and let us know what you have! Please give us at least one month's notice to facilitate timely scheduling. Thanks for listening!
Time Stamps
Opera Scenes 02:48
Edges  19:55
Arts Calendar 40:48
Drs. Vernon Huff and Stephen Gusukuma/Choral Festival  43:19
Media
"Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (When Icicles Hang)"; John Rutter, composer; performed by The Chamber Singers, John Rutter, conductor; from the album Fancies, March 14, 2019
"With Drooping Wings", from the opera Dido and Aeneas, H. Purcell, composer (July 1668), performed by Ricercar Consort & Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Pierlot, conductor; July 2010
"Lying There" from the musical Edges: A Song Cycle; B. Pasik and J. Paul, composers; performed by Rachel Krah, Oct. 2019
Etude Op. 25 No. 11 (Winter Wind); Frédérick Chopin, composer; performed by Tae-Seung Park, Nov. 2018
At The Spring Dawn; Andrea Ramsey, composer; text by Angelina Weld Grimké; performed by Hal Leonard Choral, June 2023
"Make Our Garden Grow," from the operetta Candide; Leonard Bernstein, composer, with book by Lillian Hellman and Hugh Wheeler; lyrics by Richard Wilbur et.al; performed by the NY Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Aaron Tveit as Candide, Laura Osnes as Cunegonde, and the Westminster Festival Chorus; December 31, 2017
Artist Links
Student Opera Theatre Association Facebook
Department of Theatre and Dance SUNY Fredonia
Dr. Vernon Huff and Dr. Stephen Gusukuma
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Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 3.10 - The "Two Thirds" Edition

Welcome to Season 03 Episode 10 - the "Two Thirds" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.
Guests on this episode include photographer Mr. Patrick Stokes, , discussing his experiences as a volunteer in Ukraine, and Ms. Lynne McMurtry of the voice faculty at the School of Music at SUNY Fredonia, who discusses the SOM event "Bach Together Again." 
Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, and Amazon Prime Music, as well as on the Opera House YouTube Channel. If you enjoy this podcast, please spread the word through your social media feeds, give us a link on your website, and consider becoming a follower by clicking the "Follow" button in the upper right-hand corner of our home page.
If you have an arts event you'd like to publicize, hit us up at operahouse@fredopera.org and let us know what you have! Please give us at least one month's notice to facilitate timely scheduling. Thanks for listening!
Time Stamps
Patrick Stokes/"Ukraine in Crisis"  01:50
Arts Calendar  36:57
Lynne McMurtry/"Bach Together Again" 40:14
Media
"Fugue Ostinato", Roman Hrynkiv, composer; performed by Tetiana Mazur, bandura; October 7, 2022
"Njet Vladimir", Ukranian War Song, composed and performed by Vlastimiron, July 4th, 2022
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", from the cantata BMW 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", J.S. Bach, composer; performed by Duo Rosanna, Rosalind Beall (guitar) and Anna Commellas (cello); 1/16/2016
Opening movement of Cantata BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", J.S. Bach, composer; Choir and Orchestra of the J.S. Bach Foundation, Rudolph Lutz, conductor, June 29, 2019
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", from the cantata BMW 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", J.S. Bach, composer; performed by Jon Batiste, piano, from the album Christmas with Jon Batiste, December 2016.
Artist Links
Patrick Stokes
Siobahn's Trust
Ukraine: The Latest - podcast from the Telegraph of London on the Ukrainian crisis
Lynne McMurtry
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Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 3.9 - The "Frozen Pipes" Edition

Welcome to Season 03 Episode 09 - the "Frozen Pipes" edition - of Notes from the Aisle Seat, the podcast featuring news and information about the arts in northern Chautauqua County NY, sponsored by the 1891 Fredonia Opera House. Your host is Tom Loughlin, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at SUNY Fredonia.
Guests on this episode include Mr. Tim Kennedy, founder and Artistic Director Emeritus of Buffalo Opera Unlimited, discussing the Live at the Met production of Carmen; Mr. Barry Kilpatrick offering an overview of the spring semester offerings from the SUNY Fredonia School of Music; and Dr. Tom Janik, whose photography exhibit "Scenes from Where You Live" is now on display at the Darwin R. Barker Library in Fredonia.
Notes from the Aisle Seat is available from most of your favorite podcast sites, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, and Amazon Prime Music, as well as on the Opera House YouTube Channel. If you enjoy this podcast, please spread the word through your social media feeds, give us a link on your website, and consider becoming a follower by clicking the "Follow" button in the upper right-hand corner of our home page.
If you have an arts event you'd like to publicize, hit us up at operahouse@fredopera.org and let us know what you have! Please give us at least one month's notice to facilitate timely scheduling. Thanks for listening!
Time Stamps:
Tim Kennedy/Carmen - 2:30
Barry Kilpatrick/School of Music - 20:40
Arts Calendar - 38:45
Tom Janik/"Scenes from Where You Live" - 41:08
Media:
"Looks Like A Cold, Cold Winter", written by Jack Fulton, Al Goering, Caeser Petrillo; performed by Georgia Gibbs, September 1950
"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle", from the opera Carmen; George Bizet, composer; Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halvéy, libretto; performed by Aigul Akhmetshina, mezzo-soprano; from the Metropolitan production of January, 2024
"Toréador, en garde!", from the opera Carmen; George Bizet, composer; Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halvéy, libretto; performed by Kyle Ketelsen, baritone; from the Metropolitan production of January, 2024
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream; Frederick Mendelssohn, composer; performed by Seraph Brass, from the album Asteria, April 2018.
Toccata in D Minor; J.S. Bach, composer; performed by the United States Naval Academy Band Trombone Quartet, October 2019
Carmen Overture, composed by George Bizet, 1875; performed by Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Myung-Whun Chung, December 2017
Artist Links:
Tim Kennedy
Metropolitan Opera House
Barry Kilpatrick
Visual and Performing Arts Calendar SUNY Fredonia
Tom Janik
Darwin R. Barker Library
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