This week in music news: the GRAMMY Awards, and a bunch of really good jokes, if we do say so ourselves.
1. First up, a mini roundup-within-a-roundup: GRAMMY highlights!
Composers Du Yun and Missy Mazzoli were incredible, as always:
Today I am only opening my eyes wide enough for this pic of Du Yun and Missy Mazzoli at the Grammys pic.twitter.com/gGrAA6PAaQ
— Amber Treadway (@treadway_amber) February 11, 2019
Pianist Chloe Flower performed with Cardi B and blew our minds:
View this post on Instagram What an honor. Thank you @iamcardib for having me on stage with you at the Grammys and for graciously allowing me to add my style of music to yours! #cardib #cardibgrammys #pianist #chloeflower #piano A post shared by Chloe Flower (@misschloeflower) on Feb 10, 2019 at 7:01pm PST
JoAnn Falletta gave a phenomenal red carpet interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=zj2Rsm5iFpE&fbclid=IwAR2RTrT-y2FAvK4WFKBLWkcyZ7Mh3dMXs8lPPPCpzh8lvUVSYJqBOl-CdXk
And James Ehnes celebrated his win... from a grocery store parking lot.
Congratulations to all the winners, especially our friends at the Boston Symphony Orchestra! Here's a complete list of winners from the New York Times.
2. How did Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" go from a song associated with tragedy to a club hit? NPR has the story.
3. This summer, get ready for a Pavarotti documentary, directed by Ron Howard! More info is coming soon, but until then:
4. We're still in the mood for love, so here's our Valentine's Day gift to you:
Happy #ValentinesDay! We love you so much that we made all these classical music candy hearts to prove it. pic.twitter.com/dREHzSFotS
— CRB Classical 99.5 (@CRBClassical) February 14, 2019
5. And finally... we just plain love this:
Greatest license plate ever? Wouldn’t Mozart get the biggest kick out of this? #Mozart #DTLA #TheGranPartitaRules pic.twitter.com/PBQN8AZPXM
— Gail Eichenthal (@gaileichenthal) February 13, 2019
