RE: what are you hearing?

Melody,
Perhaps you knew this but, shortly before or after the Allie McBeal
shows, he got a chance to fill in for (I think) Andre Bocceli at a
concert with Celine Dion. He was a total unknown. Andre couldn't get
there in time and Dion asked someone working on the concert if he knew
someone who could fill in. This someone was Groban's voice teacher. So
he brought him in and Dion was very impressed. (that's the story as I
recall it, I might have some of the particulars wrong except that I do
know it was Celine Dion)


Kitty
> Kitty: No, unfortunately I didn't see Josh on Allie McBeal...but I have
> seen him twice now on Good Morning America...and apparently without
> knowing who he was at the last Olympics...he performed during the
> closing ceremonies, I think. I listen to his CD at least once or twice a
> week and still I am completely enraptured at how such a young person can
> have such a voice...
> 
> 
> 
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> 
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
> --Albert Einstein
> 
>  --- On Thu 12/11,  < kmrsy@comcast.net > wrote:
> From:  [mailto: kmrsy@comcast.net]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:07:50 +0000
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] what are you hearing?
> 
> Melody,<br>Did you catch some of Josh's earlier appearances on Allie
> McBeal? I was stunned at how beautiful his voice was.<br>Kitty<br>> Jim:
> As an apparent fellow lover of classical music, I would invite you<br>>
> to check out a young man by the name of Josh Groban...24 years old
> with<br>> the voice of an angel...nearly brings me to tears listening to
> his<br>> beatiful music. He does some contemporary Broadway stuff,too
> and brings<br>> a great deal to that genre as well. Am hoping Santa will
> be kind to me<br>> with a gift of Josh Groban's new CD under the tree
> this year. re:<br>> Handel's Messiah--a few years ago I was lucky enough
> to find a 12 volume<br>> record album set of the entirety of this
> masterpiece at a consignment<br>> store, in very good condition...it's
> not difficult to find a CD or<br>> something with selected works from
> the Messiah, but to find the whole<br>> thing...ahhh!!! And for less
> than $5...what a victory!<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)<br>>
> <br>> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> <br>> --Albert Einstein<br>> <br>> --- On Mon 12/08, james singer <
> jsinger@igc.org > wrote:<br>> From: james singer [mailto:
> jsinger@igc.org]<br>> To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003
> 19:14:10 -0500<br>> Subject: [CHAT] what are you hearing?<br>> <br>>
> It's odd, Daryl, but I can't find the Yo Yo Ma set [two CDs, Bach,<br>>
> <br>Goldberg Variations]; my wife must have it in her vehicle. It's
> a<br>> <br>terrific recording. A real head piece. I remember going to a
> party<br>> once <br>when it was played followed by Rostopovich's
> recording--and we<br>> debated <br>the merits of each or both on into
> the night.<br><br>The<br>> good news is that, when looking for Ma's
> recording, I found my <br>Jerry<br>> Garcia-David Grisman CD [that's
> what it's called: "Jerry<br>> <br>Garcia/David Grisman"]. This is
> another one that's worth running<br>> down. <br>If you don't know
> Grisman, he may be the best mandolin picker<br>> that ever <br>lived.
> He's one of those blue grass
> 
> guys, like Peter Rowan<br>> [remember <br>"The Free Mexican Airforce"?],
> that seem to be all over<br>> the place--and <br>comfortable about
> it.<br><br>About this time of year:<br>> It has always been a problem
> for me. Most <br>"christmas" music is<br>> soppy-sappy crap orchestrated
> to make you feel <br>festive and mindless<br>> in the aisles at
> Wal-Mart. And by now [December 8] <br>it has grown<br>> truly tiresome.
> There used to be a classical music station <br>DJ in<br>> Washington who
> played christmas music in July and not in October,<br>> <br>November,
> December, and [in case you missed it] January. And it has<br>>
> <br>always torqued me that the greedy co-opted Handel's "Messiah"
> to<br>> sell <br>give-away sentimentality among the pine boughs and
> snowflakes<br>> [and <br>amused me, of course, because Handel would have
> done it himself<br>> if it <br>had occurred to him].<br><br>You asked if
> I have a favorite.<br>> Yes. My all time favorite of all time <br>is the
> Julliard String Quartet<br>> of the late-1970s early-1980s playing
> <br>almost anything--a Beethoven<br>> quartet preferred. Robert Mann and
> Richard <br>Carliss on violin, Samuel<br>> Rhodes on viola, and [blush,
> I don't <br>remember] on cello. Mann was to<br>> the Strad what Grisman
> is to the <br>mandolin. Fantastic. And, if you're<br>> in the audience,
> genuinely heart <br>stopping.<br><br><br><br>On<br>> Thursday, December
> 4, 2003, at 05:05 PM, Daryl wrote:<br><br>> Wonderful<br>>
> news!<br>><b<br>> <br>> r>> By the way, I love your juxtaposition w/Yo
> Yo Ma. Do you have a<br>> <br>> favorite?<br>><br>> At this time of
> year, my mix might be Iron<br>> Butterfly, Yo Yo Ma and <br>>
> Alabama's<br>> "Christmas in Dixie". And<br>> maybe a Canzon of
> Gabrielli.<br>><br>> Daryl<br>><br>Island<br>> Jim<br>Southwest
> Florida<br>Zone<br>>
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